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I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community. It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.
I remember that someone did that when the video was posted last year, and it was an easter egg..
I wish the idea of acoustic couplers still existed and was nicely integrated with things. Imagine the ease of technical support: Customer: Hello? I can't open this Excel file Me: OK, wave your phone near your computer for me {remote control established} No IE slowness, no reading URLs and passwords back and forth, no "did you notice the information bar" or plugin prompts or download prompts or email invitations stuck…
Customer: Hello? My bingo cards are wonky.
Me: Do I have your permission to log into your account?
Customer: Sure.
Me: Wow, they're certainly wonky. taps commands into console Fixed. Have a nice day.
Good golly I like having all the data on the server. I've even started using this with my desktop app. One of the first things I ask for is the users to try hitting one feature that will give me an exact copy of their word list, to try reproducing the issue. If I had been thinking ahead I would have built a Get Tech Support button which would tell me everything about the running program and the relevant portions of their environment.
I wish the idea of acoustic couplers still existed and was nicely integrated with things. Imagine the ease of technical support: Customer: Hello? I can't open this Excel file Me: OK, wave your phone near your computer for me {remote control established} No IE slowness, no reading URLs and passwords back and forth, no "did you notice the information bar" or plugin prompts or download prompts or email invitations stuck…
At 300 baud, you might be better off driving over.
This is the most awesome thing I have seen in a long time.
I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community. It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.
The linux box was in his lab most likely in a private network, which he dialed into. He didn't dial into an isp.
I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community. It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.
I wish the idea of acoustic couplers still existed and was nicely integrated with things. Imagine the ease of technical support: Customer: Hello? I can't open this Excel file Me: OK, wave your phone near your computer for me {remote control established} No IE slowness, no reading URLs and passwords back and forth, no "did you notice the information bar" or plugin prompts or download prompts or email invitations stuck…
At 300 baud, you might be better off driving over.
This is a duplicate post from a while ago, but fascinating all the same.
What's especially impressive is that the electrolytic capacitors in it haven't failed after all these years.
They may have avoided having to use electrolytic capacitors. Or they might have used especially high-quality ones given that it was a specialized (and probably very expensive) piece of equipment.
I would have expected such a device from 1964 to have at least a few tubs in it, but the fact that it didn't require any 'warm up' time after he switched it on suggests that that's not the case.
I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community. It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.