Joe Biden - "I taught the Wright Brothers how to build airplaines"

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Moris Dollar

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Sep 19, 2023, 2:27:12 AMSep 19

Yes I did. I later singlehandedly drew up the plans for the YF-22 on two
napkins at a Howard Johnson's diner.

-Joe Biden

Aayat Khan

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Sep 19, 2023, 4:57:06 AMSep 19

On Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 11:57:12 AM UTC+5:30, Moris Dollar wrote:
> Yes I did. I later singlehandedly drew up the plans for the YF-22 on two
> napkins at a Howard Johnson's diner.
>

Aayat Khan

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Sep 19, 2023, 4:57:36 AMSep 19

On Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 11:57:12 AM UTC+5:30, Moris Dollar wrote:

Jim Wilkins

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Sep 19, 2023, 7:33:53 AMSep 19

"Moris Dollar" wrote in message news:uebevt$hmq$1...@toxic.dizum.net...

Yes I did. I later singlehandedly drew up the plans for the YF-22 on two
napkins at a Howard Johnson's diner.

-Joe Biden

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The media has been lying to conceal the medical issues of Democratic
presidents for a long time, such as Wilson's crippling stroke, FDR's
paralysis and JFK's back problems.
https://painopolis.com/jfk-a-profile-in-pain/
"During his first year in office, he had to rely on a cherry picker to hoist
him into Air Force One because he was too hobbled by back pain to climb the
stairs."

Just Wondering

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Sep 19, 2023, 12:55:21 PMSep 19

On 9/19/2023 5:33 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Moris Dollar" wrote in message news:uebevt$hmq$1...@toxic.dizum.net...
>
> Yes I did. I later singlehandedly drew up the plans for the YF-22 on two
> napkins at a Howard Johnson's diner.
>
> -Joe Biden
>

At least we know Biden didn't invent the internet.
AlGore did that. :)

56d.1152

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Nov 3, 2023, 1:27:57 AMNov 3

Heh heh ...

The only important modern thing I know of that was
initially drawn-out on cocktail napkins was "The
Net" ... a fairly simple diagram of the basic
stuff needed to send/receive/translate efficiently.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/napkin-protocol--155726099602020182/

They put it into action very quickly thereafter.
VERY low speed, but it WORKED. Things improved
quickly from there.

Yes ... I'm old enough to remember when there WASN'T
an "internet", no TCP protocols. Nearest thing was
"dial up networking" to "BBS"s (Bulletin-Board Systems).
300 baud initially ... you could read the incoming
text in real-time. There were even slower protocols
before that, but mostly for TTY terminals, printers
and similar devices.

However some of the biggies like IBM and DEC managed to
leverage that into live international science/database/finance
connections between mini/mainframe computers WAY back.
I remember having to log in ... query remote servers by
tedious login/query ... on TTY devices, later the MUCH
improved green-screen terminals.

Yep, it's changed THAT much in less than a lifetime.

And it all started on cocktail napkins.

Hmmmmmmmm ... if The Prohibition had never been repealed
then there wouldn't have BEEN after-work cocktails, and
cocktail napkins ......... large drum FAX machines would
still rule communications ............. :-)

Jim Wilkins

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Nov 3, 2023, 6:42:35 AMNov 3

"56d.1152" wrote in message
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The back side of restaurant place mats was much better to sketch ideas on.
Napkins tear too easily.

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