titorite,
This is why its being sent to a air force laboratory because our modern computers simply do not have the technical ability to do a such thing.
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"Legacy Code"--"Source Code"--"Binarial Programming" what ever name we use for this code, there is no misunderstanding that this IBM 5100 machine is unique. I wish I could prove this technology to the world, however the company that I used to work for, got it shipped out and hidden, perhaps to be buried in the bunkers under the pentagon.
It's back on page 4 (11/7/07).
The real problem with the situation there is this:
Pro7, according to his story, has no security clearance. He refused the SBI which resulted in his termination. He, therefore, would have no access to the information about the machine being "classified". He's out of the information loop. He has no right to know and he has no need to know. If such a situation had developed (the govmit came in and confiscated the computer) he'd have still been so far out of the information loop that he wouldn't have even known that much.
Again, this is assuming that the story is true - which it isn't. It's somewhat easy to snow people who want to "keep an open mind" but who have never actually handled sensitive material and information that requires a security clearance.
It's fairly easy for people who have been in that situation to read the post and know whether there's even a hint of reality in it.
And let's review his story so far:
It started with him being a top university CS/EE graduate who was out of the loop. A headhunter tracked him down, out f the blue, and offered him this high paying job working on "projects". He did that for four years.
THen they pick up an IBM 5100 from some random used computer shop along the street in whatever town they worked in. Not a specific computer - just the first one that they could find locally for $50.00.
Genius that he is, he tears into the thing and discovers "Reverse Binarial Whatever" - its zero based instead of one based.
Then the MIBs come along. They confiscate the computer, he gets fired and feels that its necessary for him to go into hiding.
But he doesn't...
Then he says that he really doesn't know much about computers because he just a computer tech and his company simply repairs computers.
I dunno but I think that a couple of people have it right. This story is getting a bit long in the tooth and a bit short in the legs.
Prayer to the Hoax Gods:
Please, someday, have a hoaxer come bye who can write; who has at least a solid high school education; and who has read at least one non pop-sci physics text in his/her life. It doesn't have to be once every two weeks as you send them to us. But once in a while, Oh Lords of Hoax. Once in a while would be nice.
