I love the internet!
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I love the internet!
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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I actually had to learn morse code by flash light, and I was quite good at it. Probably a bit rusty now. Cool tool thoughDaddyHoggy wrote:Have been playing with this site - addictive!
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
"A brilliant game of blasting and trading... Truly a mega-game... The game of a lifetime."
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).
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Gimi wrote:I actually had to learn morse code by flash light, and I was quite good at it. Probably a bit rusty now. Cool tool thoughDaddyHoggy wrote:Have been playing with this site - addictive!
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
Didn't you have any mains lighting or candles?
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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Now, back in my days, the hardship we suffered, you wouldn't believe it!DaddyHoggy wrote:Didn't you have any mains lighting or candles?Gimi wrote:I actually had to learn morse code by flash light, and I was quite good at it. Probably a bit rusty now. Cool tool thoughDaddyHoggy wrote:Have been playing with this site - addictive!
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
Anyway, one of these things:
"A brilliant game of blasting and trading... Truly a mega-game... The game of a lifetime."
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).
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Morse code in radio has the advantage of being better than voice for long range communications. Since it's just the carrier wave being keyed on and off, it can be understood clearly at distances where the fading signal strength would make understanding a voice difficult or impossible.
And hey! Maybe the Thargoids don't know it!
And hey! Maybe the Thargoids don't know it!
Sleep? Who needs sleep? Got game. No need sleep.
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It took the aliens in Independence Day a little while to work it out...
But then again they had a rubbish firewall...
But then again they had a rubbish firewall...
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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All your flashers belong to us poet...Ganelon wrote:And hey! Maybe the Thargoids don't know it!
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And remarkably, the same OS, hardware, wireless and/or USB standard as humanity.DaddyHoggy wrote:It took the aliens in Independence Day a little while to work it out...
But then again they had a rubbish firewall...
Cheers,
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Ah the 10 inch signalling lantern. Damn I remember that very well! Although I was a "Sparker" and didn't have to use it.Gimi wrote:Now, back in my days, the hardship we suffered, you wouldn't believe it!
Anyway, one of these things:
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I didn't have to use it that much, but as the OOW I had to be able to read it. (Had to learn how to use it during training though)Hemlock wrote:Ah the 10 inch signalling lantern. Damn I remember that very well! Although I was a "Sparker" and didn't have to use it.
"A brilliant game of blasting and trading... Truly a mega-game... The game of a lifetime."
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).
(Gold Medal Award, Zzap!64 May 1985).