Frank and Ernest by Thaves for February 11, 2010
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February 12, 2010
Transcript:
Ideas Before Their Time Telegraph Office Man says, "You're wasting way too much time using that thing to forward jokes."
Edcole1961 almost 15 years ago
… .–. .- – That’s Morse code for “Spam.”
woodwork almost 15 years ago
get the guy a speed key
lazygrazer almost 15 years ago
LOL @ Edcole
tonytiger29 almost 15 years ago
The original text messaging system.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Edcole, at first glance, you said: SRAT……
spam is : S dit dit dit, P dit dah dah dit, A dit dah, M dah dah
but , maybe your dashes ran together when you typed them out, mine did….so….
never mind!—it was just fun to dredge this out of a memory bank from which it had not been withdrawn in over forty years
gobblingup Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Maybe he’s from Nigeria and needs help to get an inheritance out of the country.
bald almost 15 years ago
so this is how the whole instant messaging thing was started
scofire almost 15 years ago
“Samuel Morse will send you $50 and an Outback coupon for every person you send this to.”
Iwa Iniki almost 15 years ago
Maybe we should go back to this. Less spam and fewer dumb jokes.
freeholder1 almost 15 years ago
Internet Origins: the true story.
fbmce almost 15 years ago
nighthawks (about 4 hours ago )
Do you remember the old school chant
“Three Dits / Four Dits / Two Dits / Dah
“Such’n’such - Such’n’such”
RAH / RAH / RAH !!
I learned this many years ago from a Ham Radio roommate in college.
Tiny Tim ODF
comYics almost 15 years ago
.– …. -.– / -.. .. -.. / - …. . / -.-. …. .. -.-. -.- . -. / -.-. .-. — … … / - …. . / .-. — .- -..
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html
lazygrazer almost 15 years ago
@ comYics….only the chicken knows the answer to that.
;)
Templo S.U.D. almost 15 years ago
dit dah dah dit (P), dit dah (A), dah (T), dit dit dit dit (H), dit (E), dah (T), dit dit (I), dah dit dah dit (C)