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Re:HAM radio operators receive signals from Voyager 1 on Dwi... by bell-cot on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:07AM (#42469705)
"WP" looks like WordPress to me.
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Re:HAM radio operators receive signals from Voyager 1 on Dwi... by biofox on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:49AM (#42469987)
I thought Washington Post
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Re:HAM radio operators receive signals from Voyager 1 on Dwi... by in12parsecs on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:14AM (#42470143)
I am old enough to still see "WordPerfect"...from the 1980s.
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Re:HAM radio operators receive signals from Voyager 1 on Dwi... by nedrylandJP on Friday December 20, 2024 @08:03AM (#42470753)
Well, I am old enough to still see William Penn...from the 1680s.
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Re:HAM radio operators receive signals from Voyager 1 on Dwi... by MoreMoore on Friday December 20, 2024 @08:48AM (#42471025)
You don't look a day over 200.
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Re:HAM radio operators receive signals from Voyager 1 on Dwi... by Cthulhu_ on Friday December 20, 2024 @10:33AM (#42471973)
I'll have you know I learned typing in WP (word perfect) in the late 90's still.

(I guess they preferred typing on DOS based systems even though windows 98 was mainstream by then since it meant you couldn't alt-tab and lose focus or cheat somehow? IDK know. Maybe it was a licensing issue)

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