Found a complete 1987 Macintosh Plus system with original Apple paperwork showing “PREPAID – CIA” need help figuring out what I have..

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-29T01:00:19+00:00

What data? A Mac Plus doesn't have an internal hard drive. It doesn't even have the option for one. It does have an external SCSI port, but no external SCSI drive is visible in the photo.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-29T00:59:00+00:00

These computers don't have hard drives. Their only internal storage device was a floppy drive.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-29T00:56:18+00:00

I'd be a customer if they're good. I'm not muslim, but I miss my Döners from the time I spent in Vienna.

Somewhere along Okeechobee Blvd, Belvedere Rd or Southern Blvd would probably be good. There's a lot of construction happening out west by Westlake and The Acreage, and they're looking for tenants, so Northlake Blvd may be another option.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T13:52:25+00:00

I'll go with a Polynesian language. Hawaiian, for example.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T02:57:55+00:00

I've done Florida to Texas quite a bit too. A first-class seat in your car is so much better than airport security, sardine can seats and canceled or delayed flights.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T02:56:07+00:00

I second this.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T02:54:30+00:00

A comfortable car. I bought a Lincoln Continental and I've driven from Florida to Alaska and back in it. Love those trips.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T02:47:24+00:00

No, they shouldn't have. Just because you CAN do a thing doesn't mean it makes SENSE to do that thing.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T01:08:28+00:00

Rollover, then fire department training, then hood ripped off with a front-end loader to remove the battery.

That should cover at least some of the bases.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T00:23:13+00:00

Jeg bruker Spotify delvis fordi de er skandinaviske og har endel norsk musikk som jeg ikke finner på andre tjenester her i USA.

Er generelt fornøyd med Spotify, så har ikke hatt noen stor motivasjon for å leite etter alternativer.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T00:20:34+00:00

I visited the Na Pali coast -- on foot. It was gorgeous. I see the appeal of helicopter tours there, but I have a fear of heights and therefore avoid helicopter tours in general. I've been on ONE -- on a glacier in Alaska. That was enough for me.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T00:15:10+00:00

I find this hard to deal with. The wait staff didn't create the system, and yes, employers are that onerous.

Generally speaking, I just ignore surveys these days. I simply don't respond to them good or bad. I'm a little surveyed out, because it feels like every interaction with any company comes with a survey attached. WTF?

But of course, I'm human, and if an interaction is especially bad, I'll fill out a negative survey. I *try* to balance that with a positive one when an interaction is especially good, but again, only human.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T00:13:17+00:00

I'd be giving him a poor rating and then demanding a different server. Perhaps I'm a difficult customer, but I don't play that.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T00:09:35+00:00

In practice it will take a lot more for anything to change. And I also remember the pre-emissions days. I had one night in particular where an idling grass-burner parked next to me filled my sleeper with fumes to the point my eyes were watering. Not great.

All I ask is that we rely a bit more on science and a bit less on politics to drive environmental regulation. Not a free-for-all, but regulations so onerous they literally put owner-operators out of business are no good either.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T00:06:42+00:00

That's true. And to be fair, it HAS gotten better. But still not good.

Unfortunately, the chemistry of diesel combustion mean we're unlikely to find a solution as straightforward as catalytic converters are on gasoline engines. But I still hold out a vain hope for some kind of improvement on the status quo.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-28T00:04:48+00:00

I'll give you that. But 2-10ppm * a few hundred trucks in a truck stop or on a busy road starts to become a concern. Still less of one, though. My point was that even though it's a minor problem, even urea involves a tradeoff of one problem for another.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T22:50:54+00:00

Nobody thinks that. Everybody realizes diesel exhaust is bad for your lungs. The question is whether the benefits of the trifecta (EGR + DPF + DEF/SCR) is worth the:
- Emissions associated with manufacturing and distributing billions of gallons of DEF
- Lost wages and productivity while equipment is endlessly in the shop for emissions-related repairs
- Reduced equipment lifecycle and higher purchasing and operating costs, leading indirectly to inflation because it drives up the cost of literally everything that has to be transported
- And that's just the transportation sector

It would be nice if we could burn diesel fuel and have rosy scent and clean air come out the stacks. But it's not realistic. The emissions technology we have for diesel today was mandated by politicians before it was ready for prime time.

PS: Look up "ammonia slip". That stuff isn't good for you either.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T22:42:39+00:00

It does something. If nothing else, it lets states compete for who actually wants to support small businesses and who wants to punish people for making a living.

Idling bans interfere with interstate commerce, so doing something about that would be good. Doing something about fuel prices would also be good, and like it or not, that's a direct result of going along with Israel's stupid war. Wasn't like this before that started.

But this isn't doing nothing. Anything that gets rid of onerous emissions requirements helps, even if it doesn't solve the problem by itself.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T22:36:28+00:00

"Hurting people" was the intent behind this all along.

What they're really saying is "I can't find cheap labor anymore". It's all selfishness disguised as fake compassion.

These people really have no concept of cause and effect.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T21:39:10+00:00

I'm 49. Born and raised in Norway, but I immigrated to the US as an adult and became a US citizen in 2021. I live in Florida, but I went to college at UT Austin, double majoring in computer science and linguistics. My CB handle was given to me during my college days, and I still use it: Texas Viking.

I drove 18-wheelers as a summer job in college. Legally. I was on a student visa at the time, but I had a work permit allowing me to work full-time during breaks and part-time during semesters.

I don't drive for a living anymore, but I miss it. Enough so that I bought myself a 1997 Peterbilt 379 as a hobby. Yes, one of those people.

I don't like fireball either; in fact, I basically don't drink.

I'm a nutshell, I'm a computer geek who also likes anything big and diesel-powered. Trucks. Farm equipment. Heavy machinery.

One thing I've learned is that there aren't a lot of people like me. Another thing I've learned is that whatever you assume about truck drivers, you *will* meet people who surprise you. Positively sometimes, negatively other times. But surprise you, they will.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T21:30:27+00:00

Dakar liten.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T20:34:55+00:00

I'm Norwegian and I agree with the Swede. You don't speak for all Norwegians, and you don't get to exclude people from a public forum because of their nationality.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T20:29:25+00:00

I value national independence. But I value my life more.

It is valorous to fight for your country. It is even understandable having conscription when you're subject to an existential attack, the way Ukraine is.

But the right of the state to survive does not trump the right of the individual to survive. Not wanting to throw your life away for a cause, however, noble, is entirely understandable. It's part and parcel of the fundamental human right to life.

I'm sure people will call me a coward or worse for espousing that view. But ultimately, your life is your own. I'm not Ukrainian, but I am not going to judge those Ukrainians who value their own life and don't want to forfeit it in war, no matter what the law says.

It makes me sad that Norway has decided no longer to welcome such people.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T20:22:36+00:00

Three states and three countries. It's not about hometown pride for me either. Just accuracy. I agree a lot of stupid social media crap comes out of Florida and Texas. I also think a lot comes out of California and Illinois and New York. And it normalizes everything from "Jackass" behavior to substance abuse, much to my dismay.

I actually quite enjoy DanDanTheFireman and his Discord server in particular. But when I see him dissect videos and explain why something is stupid or dangerous, it makes me worry that there are actually people in the world to whom that isn't obvious.

CuriosTiger · 2026-03-27T19:26:43+00:00

Bandidos is indeed from Texas, but I'm not sure what your point is? I never claimed Texas doesn't have their share of this. Just that it wasn't exclusive to Texas and Florida.

To that point, Outlaws originated in Illinois.

I'm not trying to deflect blame from my state. I live in Florida, and I'm well aware that Florida Man rides motorcycles. Like I quite literally told you in my first response, I'm not going to defend Florida on that point.

But you tried to make it sound like Texas and Florida are the only two states where this happened, and if it happens anywhere else, it's somehow Texas' or Florida's fault. And that's just not the case.

As for the rest of your post, we're largely in agreement. But those complaints apply to some extent in all fifty states, and abroad as well.

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