Post-apocalyptic geeks (was: [rescue] Re: Re: Quick EXB-210 questions)

[Dave McGuire]

On August 27, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, G W Adkins wrote:
> 
> > -On the Rebuilding of Technology, New Planet Press, (c) 2442 AD
> > 
> > Laurel, MD,
> > Known to the world as the re-birthplace of Computing technology, the lucky
> > find of a stash of supercomputers located in an abandoned residence was the
> > electronic find that brought us back from the brink of a dark age.  The
> > broad spectrum of technology, from TTL based systems to advanced Vector
> > Processing Supercomputers formed a functional roadmap for scientists and
> > engineers to re-invent the Computer Technology of the Pre-Disaster era.  Two
> > outstanding questions remain unanswered.  First, who were the 16 persons
> > who's remains were found by archaeologists at the site, and why the hell was
> > all that equipment stored in a residential location?  We may never know...
> 
> CONTINUED
> 
> Archaeologists are further puzzled after they discovered a large satellite
> uplink array 1/4 mile away from the original site;  and speculations have
> been made as to whether this was left by visiting aliens as a means to
> communicate back to their home planet.  The satellite farm has been recorded
> slowerly broadcasting the entire contents of the former International
> Computer Network to a unidentifible location in Deep Space.

  You sure know a lot about Cidera, Paul. ;)

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD