Windows 10 Will Steal Your Bandwidth

Well, I'm going to reveal a dark secret. When I volunteered for military duty at age 16, I was of course, a high school dropout. I was inducted a couple of months after my 17th birthday, which was the legal age for service. When I arrived at boot camp I was interviewed for assignment of an MOS (Military Occupational Specialty). Only the guys with brains got to pick and choose. The dum-dums were assigned an MOS that basically relegated them to one of the many jobs where you wound-up as cannon-fodder.

During the interview I'm told that I scored in the top 5% and basically could go into any specialty that I wanted that didn't require I go to Officers Candidate School (OCS), unless I wanted to do that by extending my commitment. No thanks. I told the interviewer that I was clueless and could he recommend something for me? He informed that there was a brand new MOS and the best part of all the training was at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, which meant I could get home every weekend. "So, what is it," I ask. He says, it's using computers for fire control. The idiot that I am says to myself, "Wow, putting fires out with computers. How futuristic is THAT???" Sold!!!

So after I drag my 90 pound ass through basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC (Yes, I actually weighed 90 pounds) for 8 weeks, I shipped to the APG for advanced training. Imagine my surprise when I learned that fire control meant placing ordinance from big guns on enemy targets, meaning life spent in the field. Not really what I bargained for. I was there to learn how to repair the Army's newest technology, the FADAC (Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer) fire control system. It handled 105mm 155mm cannons along with an 8" howitzer. It even would plot trajectories for the Honest John rockets. Yeah - a freakin' rocket. lol

So I learned to be a computer repairman, learning binary math and the one based on 'five' if memory serves. Of course I graduated first in the class and because of that was then asked if I wanted to get involved with something even newer than FADAC, which was TIFF (Tactical Imagery Interpretation Facility), basically learning how to read satellite imagery during warfare. I passed. I freakin' hated math and only did so well at binary math because my instructor told me I would never graduate the class because I had a poor attitude. Like I said - 1st in the class. lol

Had I pursued my computer skills upon leaving the military at the ripe old age of 20, who knows where live would have taken me. Instead I went home, bought a 1968 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle, let my hair grow half-way to my ass and became a tied-dyed hippie. A freakin' Commie as it were. lol

I may only have a GED, but I'm no dummy. I know all about computers and how all of the architecture works. I just don't have any interest in what takes place iside the box, only what the hell you can get out of it, as quickly, painlessly and creatively as possible.

I love engines, but I can't change a spark plug. I love every piece of mechanical equipment you can name - trains, trucks, buses, pumps, generators, tractors, planes, helicopters, boats, motorcycles - but I don't care how they work - only that they do - without any backtalk! :-)

I have never once popped the hood on my BMW. There are people that get paid to do that. I just want the car to go, in style, when I step on the gas. It does, so my needs have been met.

I've been that way my entire life and we are what we are. To try to be something we are not is the largest folly that man can be involved in. Inner peace comes from truly knowing who and what you are, accepting that fact and maximizing your true potential. That's the pathway to happiness.

Cheers. - Frank

P.S. You can find references to both FADAC and TIFF on the Internet.