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SAGE System: The Movie

Thu Dec 17, 2009, 11:22 AM
Update Fail.

Thats right, two chapters of a large Christmas story are up and nothing more for days. My deepest apologies to the anyone reading for this, hopefully Chapter 3 will go up today and 4 & 5 tomorrow.

On a more positive note, I watched a fascinating movie from 1959 entitled "The SAGE System" put out by the Air Force. There's a lot of info packed into those 23 minutes, for one it finally solved my question of what the first operational Direction Center was (McGuire AFB in New Jersey), the fact that Burroughs was involved was brought back to my mind, plus it had a nice chart of what data sources went into SAGE and what weapons systems were directed against potential threats. At points I could imagine SAGE-san in the scene. Its on YouTube: Cold War Computing- The SAGE System.


Now on to this journal's list: Favorite OS-tans & OS Superlatives!
(Yeah, I know, but why not?)

1. Bell Lab's UNIX-sama
Best Eyes
Having Owl ears, because Cat girls are boring!

2. SAGE-sama
Most likely to rampage to Black Sabbath

3. Multics-sama
the one everybody wants to emmulate

4. GENIAC-chan
Best Gaming Partner

5. Whirlwind I-hime
Most likely to pahk a cah in Hahved Yahd

6. Windows 95-san
Most likely to induce Nostalgia

7. Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Most likely to be as close as Slackware gets

8. Slackware-san
Best Fangirl

9. Apple ///-tan
4 8 15 16 23 42

10. OS/2 Warp-tan
Worst Luck

11. EXEC-sama
Best Hair

12. CTSS-sama
Teacher of the Year

13. MINIX-sensei*
Obi-Wan Award

14. RISC OS
Best Dressed under the worst circumstances

15. Leopard-tan
Doing the Time Warp

16. System 1-tan
Best thing based on 1984

17. BSD-san
Best Henchwoman

18. Windows 98- Yamada
Most unfortunately passed over

19. Windows XP Pro-tan
Most likely to cause irritation with use

20. Windows 3.1-chan & DOS Kitty
Best Team


*Should their be a new -tan for Minix 3?

  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: O Brother Where art Thou? soundtrack
  • Reading: The Dilbert Principle
  • Watching: Law & Order: SVU
  • Drinking: Water

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: West Virginia
  • Interests: Multitude of
  • Favourite movie: Serenity or O Brother Where art Thou?
  • Favourite genre of music: Ecclectic
  • Favourite artist: Edward Hopper
  • Favourite poet or writer: Thomas Pynchon
  • Operating System: Too many
  • Wallpaper of choice: Multics & UNIX
  • Favourite game: Battlefield Vietnam
  • Favourite gaming platform: Computer
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencil, MS Paint

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:iconmarkkarvon:
Thank you for the favorite on "The Reconnaissance Party". [link]

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Fine Art by Mark Karvon [link]
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:iconrevack:
Thank you very much for the :+fav: on "Baltimore Lighthouse" . I am very glad you like it. :)

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:iconcptlfrghtr:
You're welcome, the former nuclear lighthouse is quite nice but you don't see many photos of it.

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:ekud: Reaganomics!
Actually, no. I think Ive made the situation even worse.
-Ichijou
HODIE NATUS EST RADICI FRATER
:iconrevack:
This was a rather long shot which accounts for some of the lack of sharpness. As I stated in the description, I shot it from the beach at Sandy Point Shoal. :)

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:iconmarrekie:
Thanks for faving my stuff man.

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:iconcptlfrghtr:
Thanks for making it

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:ekud: Reaganomics!
Actually, no. I think Ive made the situation even worse.
-Ichijou
:iconbellacielo:
For being a fellow vintage computer & OS-tan enthusiast, having a damn cool DevID (Hey! Unix-sama's company's logo :excited: ) and writing one of the best OS-tan fanfics I've seen to date, I think I shall watch ye.

:salute:

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:iconc-quel:
Appreciate the UNIX love, kind sir! ^^b
:iconcptlfrghtr:
Appreciate you drawing her sir, I happened to purchase a copy of Learning the UNIX Operating System. Seeing the Owl jumped 'search for UNIX-sama art' up my list of things to do.

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:ekud: Reaganomics!
Actually, no. I think Ive made the situation even worse.
-Ichijou

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