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@#3 ... The real story is that the NHS predicted an unusually active season ...
Yeah.
We seem to be residing in the 15% that was outside their prediction.
NOAA forecasts extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season (May 2024)
www.axios.com
... By the numbers: The NOAA is forecasting the season will bring 85% odds of an above normal season ...
... Anyone else use CompuServe back in the day, paying those hellacious hourly charges? ...
[waving arms] me ... me .. me...
But, I would object to the hellacious hourly charges comment.
Back then, those charges were quite the norm. Yeah, if you dared to go online, it would cost you, by the minute.
But some folk went online.
I was one of those intrepid folk. :)
At a whopping 300 cps.
(yes, that is characters per second)
And I will also state that it was on the CIS forums that I learned about participating in discussions.
For me, I used a program called OzCIS that allowed me to log in to CIS (CompuServe Information Service) download all the comments in the forums in wanted to read, and then log off. I would then reply and comment on the messages that were downloaded. After i commented on those messages, I would then prompt OzCIS to upload my comments. So, my online time on CIS (and the cost) was limited.
When Wndows was released, OzCIS became OzWin.
Yeah, the online message forum world was quite different back then.
And, fwiw. CIS used the X.25 protocol, not Ethernet. At one point in my career, I was a system engineering in a company that provided a world-wide X.25 service. But i digress.
X.25
en.wikipedia.org
... X.25 is an ITU-T standard protocol suite for packet-switched data communication in wide area networks (WAN). It was originally defined by the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT, now ITU-T) in a series of drafts and finalized in a publication known as The Orange Book in 1976.[1][2]
The protocol suite is designed as three conceptual layers, which correspond closely to the lower three layers of the seven-layer OSI Reference Model, although it was developed several years before the OSI model (1984).[3][4] It also supports functionality not found in the OSI network layer.[5][6] An X.25 WAN consists of packet-switching exchange (PSE) nodes as the networking hardware, and leased lines, plain old telephone service connections, or ISDN connections as physical links.
X.25 was popular with telecommunications companies for their public data networks from the late 1970s to 1990s, which provided worldwide coverage. It was also used in financial transaction systems, such as automated teller machines, and by the credit card payment industry.[7] However, most users have since moved to the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). X.25 is still used, for example by the aviation industry.[citation needed] ...
And what about (OK, there's that "what about" but in this instance I think it may be real) AM stations moving to FM?
610 Sports Kansas City Moving to FM; Will Become 96.5 The Fan
barrettmedia.com
Connecticut AM radio stations move to FM for financial reasons, joining growing trend
www.ctinsider.com
@#9 ... Given the proliferation of other platforms and mediums, this is kind of a moot point. ...
I do not disagree.
So, should the AM radio band be eliminated?
Say goodbye to AM radio: Why carmakers are removing it from new models (2023)
www.binghamtonhomepage.com
@#1 ... Then the MBAs' (remember them, from the "yuppies" of the 80's?) ...
In case you need a reminder ...
The Pheromones - YuppieDrone (1986)
www.youtube.com
@#56 .. No, but they are scared -------- of him so they have no choice. ...
My current opinion is that fmr Pres Trump is a wimp. I mean, just look at how Pres Putin seems to control him.
foreignpolicy.com
My current opinion is that what "they are scared -------- of" is the MAGA crowd that seems to carry out the violence that fmr Pres Trump wants.
@#54 ... Sorry, Obama did his two terms. ...
Yup.
But who does the Republican offer to the Country for this election cycle?
A convicted criminal, awaiting sentencing?
I mean, is that the best within their party that they can surface for the Oval Office?
Trump's criminal sentencing delayed until after election
www.bbc.com
Number of hurricanes aside, the intensification rate of the storms is something to be aware of...
Hurricane Helene's rapid intensification fits ominous trend
www.axios.com