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kleinbl00  ·  2963 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You might not need javascript

I can't recall the particulars, but my father has a radiation instrument of some sort that was custom built in 1981 to the tune of $350k. It communicates via proprietary software running on a National Semiconductor Starplex.

Its data has to get across the Department of Energy's encrypted network. There's something about a random cipher that opens a random extension on a sandboxed VoIP PBX like some kludged-up Enigma machine or something. The thing is literally this guy.