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LAYGO wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:17 am

Noggin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 1:52 pmThe UK Army was very slow into introduce computers. The Royal Artillery had their FACE system back in the 70s see below.

. . . but the date shows 1967?

Yes well as you know from the time a new military tech is first shown to the world there is usually a bit of lag before it is rolled out to all units.

oljames3 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:27 am
Interesting, Noggin. Do you think this is individual or more an expression of cultural differences between our native countries? I did not see a video game until I was attending the US Army's Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course in 1981.

I can rmember playing pong in an arcade back in 73 and Space Invaders built into a table in a Pub in 79 but I think the first time I ever played on an early primitive home console was in 81. The UK Army was very slow into introduce computers. The Royal Artillery had their FACE system back in the 70s see below.


Also the Army Pay Corps had and IBM based payroll system but that was just about all there was back then. In the 80s PCs began to appear in ad hoc standalone roles but it was not until the 90s that proper network systems began to appear.

oljames3 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:14 pm

Odinvalknir wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:15 pm

OneGun wrote: ↑Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:15 am It is really sad that kids today think they are invincible. They have no concept of their mortality and a significant reduction in their morality.

It is sad, kids today are constantly numbed towards life and mortality even further with all that goes on in their tiny little bubbles. I bet however the other kids involved in this are WELL aware of mortality.

Kids lacking an understanding of their own mortality is nothing new. I distinctly remember being immortal and invulnerable. Late teens and early twenties especially, 1960s & 70s. I'm raising my boys with a thorough understanding of risk analysis and the rules of stupid.

I don't think I ever thought I was invincible when I was in my teens but of course my generation was one of the last that grew up in a time before you could "Load Saved Game". I sometimes wonder if modern kids forget that in real life you cannot go back to the last save point.