Comments on: Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/13/papa-bear-mama-bear-and-baby-bear/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Adam http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/13/papa-bear-mama-bear-and-baby-bear/#comment-23828 Adam Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:22:28 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18593#comment-23828 I live in baby bear!

]]> By: Tako http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/13/papa-bear-mama-bear-and-baby-bear/#comment-23827 Tako Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:08:10 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18593#comment-23827 That big behemoth throws a giant shadow across Capp, and funnels a cold wind that routinely chills 25th-&-Capp passersby. It was christened The Hellmouth by My Loverly Wife.

]]> By: Lael http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/13/papa-bear-mama-bear-and-baby-bear/#comment-23826 Lael Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:07:22 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18593#comment-23826 What a great block!

]]> By: johnny http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/13/papa-bear-mama-bear-and-baby-bear/#comment-23825 johnny Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:05:07 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18593#comment-23825 25th and capp, represent!

]]> By: Dwight Supremacy http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/13/papa-bear-mama-bear-and-baby-bear/#comment-23824 Dwight Supremacy Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:21:47 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18593#comment-23824 Oh, nice. I love this pic.

]]> By: Jack Walker http://www.missionmission.org/2010/10/13/papa-bear-mama-bear-and-baby-bear/#comment-23823 Jack Walker Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:45:20 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=18593#comment-23823 Papa Bear is the AT&T switch. If you get your internet from DSL, that’s where it comes from.

I’ve been inside the one on Pine street in the Financial District. It was overbuilt for pure relay phone switching. Numerous floor were empty becuase the switching technology improved becoming smaller. Even so there were still racks upon open frame racks with relays clattering away. It was kinda amazing, the stuff looked to be at least 50 years old, maybe more, yet was completely functional.

I think the Pine Street site was were the NSA installed their spy vacuum and sucked up all of the local internet traffic (I may be wrong about the exact location so don’t quote me on it) Anyway, AT&T = evil for their complicity in domestic spying. Only one carrier refused allow the NSA in, I think it was Qwest.

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