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Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks

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Re: Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

AuthorizedCust wrote: post #2

What’s the point of this article?

Life-among-the-ruins of old technology. Accretion, aggregation, accrual. The lifecycle of systems. The author has their own pretty direct answer for you:

> if only because I thought it'd be interesting to watch such a legacy, time-worn piece of automation come back to life.

> ...and it was [ed: coming back to life]! I got to see the terminal boot from a quite sophisticated script and the sound of everything settling into place was enchanting, pitifully.

Being perceptive & interested in the world is what hackers do & are.

Re: Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks

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Post by sbierwagen »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #3
AuthorizedCust wrote: post #2

What’s the point of this article?

Life-among-the-ruins of old technology. Accretion, aggregation, accrual. The lifecycle of systems. The author has their own pretty direct answer for you: > if only because I thought it'd be interesting to watch such a legacy, time-worn piece of automation come back to life. > ...and it was [ed: coming back to life]! I got to see the terminal boot from a quite sophisticated script and the sound of everything settling…

The very next line, which you elided:

>Unfortunately, though this did clear the error, it landed on (and got stuck) the exact same error when I tried my card lol

He didn't actually fix anything. It's still broken.

Re: Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks

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Post by ShadowBanThis01 »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #3
AuthorizedCust wrote: post #2

What’s the point of this article?

Life-among-the-ruins of old technology. Accretion, aggregation, accrual. The lifecycle of systems. The author has their own pretty direct answer for you: > if only because I thought it'd be interesting to watch such a legacy, time-worn piece of automation come back to life. > ...and it was [ed: coming back to life]! I got to see the terminal boot from a quite sophisticated script and the sound of everything settling…

There wasn't so much as a screen shot, nor was the system explored or restored.

This post is way below any reasonable standards for a site like this and should have been buried, not promoted to the front page.

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