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On this day in history, in 1864, the Union Army began tunneling towards the Confederates at Petersburg, which was an impressive feat of IT security considering they didn’t have VPNs, encrypted networks, or even computers (history.com)
More: Vintage, Battle of the Crater, Ulysses S. Grant, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Chlorine, Second Battle of Ypres, Prostitution, Robert E. Lee
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But they surely had CPIP.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
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buravirgil
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Ken Burns, man, except for the Shelby Foote interviews that have aged like a legally protected Confederate statue.
Mister Buttons
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I tried pretty hard to find goblin sappers from old Warcraft games, came up empty.
But yeah, they were quite effective in destroying walls/castles.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIsXLyZcWI
The absolute best depiction of that event — ever!
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Alien Robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIsXLyZcWI
The absolute best depiction of that event — ever!
No, this is:
Bunker Hill Bunny 3/3
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