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Post by woodyz on Jul 25, 2013 16:13:04 GMT -7
Rock and c man I think you should add a typewriter and all of the supplies you would need for it with your survival stuff/stores. Maybe even a spare typewriter for parts or in case you break the other one using too much. You might not be able to get paper so you might want to add a case of typing paper too. And make sure all of you friends/group understand your reasoning and get them a typewriter and supplies to store too. You may be the only group left that is able to communicate in the entire world.
IMO go for it.
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Post by Cwi555 on Jul 25, 2013 16:33:00 GMT -7
I believe the Unibomber was caught partly because of tracing his type writer to the letters or whatever he wrote. FBI historyHe was caught because he floated a 35,000 word manifesto to the FBI. "After the manifesto appeared in The Washington Post and The New York Times, thousands of people suggested possible suspects. One stood out: David Kaczynski described his troubled brother Ted, who had grown up in Chicago, taught at the University of California at Berkeley (where two of the bombs had been placed), then lived for a time in Salt Lake City before settling permanently into the primitive 10’ x 14’ cabin that the brothers had constructed near Lincoln, Montana. Most importantly, David provided letters and documents written by his brother. Our linguistic analysis determined that the author of those papers and the manifesto were almost certainly the same. When combined with facts gleaned from the bombings and Kaczynski’s life, that analysis provided the basis for a search warrant." What was found in the search condemned him. Most of the written evidence was hand written.
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Post by Cwi555 on Jul 25, 2013 16:52:09 GMT -7
For anyone who has one of those typewriters. There are cheap 7x-10x magnifying lenses/loupe available. Use one of them to look closely at the face of the letters on the type bar. Forensics 101 for such things are the 'distinct' micro marks left behind by the manufacturing process, and wear marks. This is for typebar variants. The ball type typical of the electric variant of typewriter was a little more difficult, but still doable. The ribbon is actually only a tiny part of the forensics for this.
For further reading reference: Fundamentals of Forensic Science 2nd edition.; Max M. Houck, Jay A. Siegel 2010 (in particular starting at page 512) System for Identification of Typewriter Makes Using the Card Index.; ICPO-Interpol 1969 Landmarks in Typewriting Identification; David A. Crown 1967
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Post by angelhelp on Jul 25, 2013 17:34:28 GMT -7
I always just eyeballed the output. Even in grade school, I could see that the Royal in our house differed from the Royal in someone else's house, which differed from a Smith Corona still elsewhere. Alignment alone was a big indicator for me, as was whether each key was clean (at the point it hit the ribbon).
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Post by Cwi555 on Jul 25, 2013 18:11:57 GMT -7
I always just eyeballed the output. Even in grade school, I could see that the Royal in our house differed from the Royal in someone else's house, which differed from a Smith Corona still elsewhere. Alignment alone was a big indicator for me, as was whether each key was clean (at the point it hit the ribbon). I have an WWI era Remington typewriter. I am not worried about it tracing as having the ability to type out a letter/document should the worst happen. Information has and always will be a key to surviving and thriving. If some had to read my penmanship to survive, they may as well go on and shoot themselves. The typewriter, solves that and other problems.
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Post by urbanprep on Nov 12, 2013 19:14:05 GMT -7
The documents that identified the UNABOMBER were based on analysis of the grammar, style, sentence structure, composition, and word usage that when compared to Ted Kaczynski published and unpublished school papers showed a comparison that fell with in some established statistical probability.
the keys and balls on all typewriters leave marks through the ribbons, like tool marks, that can identify the device used to type a document once you do comparisons on known deices and suspected devices (i.e. you acquired some typewriters from potential writers)
It was uncovered a few years ago that certain brands of printers always printed the printer identification code in a light yellow on every document that was, for all intents and purposes, invisible.
Me, I don't care; almost no one can read my writing, that's why I use them.
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Post by Number5 on Dec 21, 2013 15:03:03 GMT -7
Hey I used to repair & service busisness equipment ! Got my start on IBM selectrics, moved into other carreers when the interweb killed my business. Looks like I might see a revival of my first carreer !
Manual machines can be a real PITA to service though.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Dec 21, 2013 15:55:37 GMT -7
Hey I used to repair & service busisness equipment ! Got my start on IBM selectrics, moved into other carreers when the interweb killed my business. Looks like I might see a revival of my first carreer ! Manual machines can be a real PITA to service though. Got trained on a manual Underwood and I was quick on the draw too.
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