Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-15 Thread Drsolly
I'd have thought it wouldn't be too difficult to make an little box that allowed you to use a morse key instead of a keyboard, and translated the morse to the scan codes that computers want. The mouse might be a bit tricky, though. On Thu, 15 Dec 2011, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hann

Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-15 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
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Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-15 Thread RL Vaughn
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Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-14 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:33:15 +0200 From: Gadi Evron > Unlike other dead languages though, with some people here and there who > strive to keep dead languages alive - this language has a niche with > people who will keep it undead even a thousand years from

Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-14 Thread Gadi Evron
While I sympathize with the hobbyists on the list who do ham radio and speak Morse code, and I am certain there are probably some odd systems around the world who make regular use of it, I unfortunately agree that as a language it is dead. Unlike other dead languages though, with some people h

Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-14 Thread Marc
>-Original Message- >From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu [mailto:valdis.kletni...@vt.edu] >Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 09:17 >To: Marc >Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org >Subject: Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell > >On Wed, 14 Dec 2011

Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-14 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:02:46 EST, Marc said: > air! You can get most anywhere around the world on 5 watts RF with CW while > voice requires many times that. Great. You can tune into 154.342 and talk to somebody in Zanzibar on 5 watts. Let's think about that for a moment - it *also* means that

Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-14 Thread Marc
> >But they won't tell you anything about what it was like to be a >telegrapher, to actually communicate, and help other people >communicate with Morse code. How you got started, what the work was, >and what your career might be like. This book does. > > >The title, "Good Night Old Man," come

Re: [funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-13 Thread RL Vaughn
On 12/13/11 6:19 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > Some might mention that it isn't in use anymore. Actually, it is. ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funs

[funsec] REVIEW: "Good Night Old Man", George Campbell

2011-12-13 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
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