Sept 2, 1944: the crew of USS Finback (SS-230) rescued a young lanky pilot who had bailed out of his flaming Grumman TBM Avenger after the plane was hit by flak while attacking Japanese installations. LTJG George H. W. Bush would go on to be the 41st president of the United States.
40 years later, Bush visited the second USS Finback SSN-670.
September 2, 1969: Chemical Bank installed the first automated teller machine in the United States at its branch in Rockville Centre, New York.
Envisioning an AI future in 1981...
BYTE Sept 1981
R.I.P. James Darren
James Darren, ‘Gidget’ and ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ and T.J. Hooker, dies at 88
Aka 10 Downing Street...
Keanu Reeves turns 60 today.
Babe, get me a snack.
Ok, word...
Monday is finally over, the excitement builds...
40 years later, Bush visited the second USS Finback SSN-670.
September 2, 1969: Chemical Bank installed the first automated teller machine in the United States at its branch in Rockville Centre, New York.
Envisioning an AI future in 1981...
BYTE Sept 1981
R.I.P. James Darren
James Darren, ‘Gidget’ and ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ and T.J. Hooker, dies at 88
Aka 10 Downing Street...
Keanu Reeves turns 60 today.
Babe, get me a snack.
Ok, word...
Monday is finally over, the excitement builds...
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” — Marshall McLuhan, from Culture Is Our Business, 1970