Daily Tech News 14 February 2024

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A judge has dismissed most of the claims in a series lawsuits by several authors against OpenAI. (Ars Technica)

The authors claimed that every text produced by ChatGPT was an infringement of their work because... Because, basically, it had read their work. Though they had no proof even of that.

There is a surviving claim of unfair business practices under California law, by, essentially, reading the author's works without written permission, but that merely hasn't been dismissed out of hand; it still has to withstand trial.

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The original proposal for the World Wide Web was written in Microsoft Word for Mac 4.0. Can we still read it? (JGC)

Yes... Mostly. Though not in Word itself. Libre Office works though.
IBM is 100 years old today-ish. (IEEE Spectrum)

Happy birthday. Your cloud services suck.
Damn Small Linux is back. (Tom's Hardware)

Though at 700MB it's no longer particularly small.
The Flipper Zero security testing device has gained a video game attachment, with video output and motion control. (Tom's Hardware)

Because they could, I guess.
How does Nvidia's GTX Titan, the fastest video card available in 2013, stack up against modern rivals? Badly. (Tom's Hardware)

In 9 out of 12 games tested - ignoring the ones that wouldn't run at all - it was slower than an entry-level Radeon 6400.

Diggy Diggy Hole Music Video of the Day

Disclaimer: I work for Nijisanji and I'm digging a hole...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 04:02 AM (omVj0)

2 Eleventh?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 14, 2024 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 04:09 AM (T4tVD)

4 Ha!

Libre Office for the win!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 04:16 AM (9yXr+)

5 That AI lawsuit is interesting, I'm looking into that some more. While I can see *some* merit in a suit for infringement brought in a case of literally (heh) mashing-up explicitly copied excerpts from multiple authors into a more-or-less 'new work', I would think the effect of training AI is little different than someone teaching themselves to write in a specific authors' style.
A style cannot be copyrighted.
The question is important, as if it's really AI the bot will mimic the style but not regurgitate the content complete. Therefore, if it's only copying and combining, it is NOT AI!
Also, parody is handled differently than so-called original work. Thinking about that, after watching some Spinal Tap videos on YT, and the endless speculation about who, exactly, the boys based their devastating parody on...
Agreement is it's a combination of a lot of bands.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 04:23 AM (9yXr+)

6 Eleventh?
Posted by: Pixy Misa'

"It goes up to eleventh!"

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel, tech virtuoso at February 14, 2024 04:25 AM (9yXr+)

7 LOL tech stuff in the comments of the ONT:

141 but I think we are beyond the point of knowing if there is even a live human liar trying to deceive us

I read a lot. I mean, like a lot. Really, really a lot. Always have. Then, they invented the world wide web.

When I drill down on any subject, I like to scour the web, and discussion forums. What I’ve noticed is some websites are obviously AI cutouts.

There is no there, there. It just reads like a badly pasted together conglomeration of wishy-washy “but on the other hand” and no definitive declarations of any sort, or if there is, it will be immediately contradicted in the next sentence.

How to Wash a Window!

“Windows are made of glass, and it is vitally important to be able to see out of them, for safety and beauty and to prevent heat from escaping during brutal winters in Florida. As such, cleaning your windows will maximize your safety and extend the life considerably.”
Posted by: Common Tater at February 13, 2024 10:46 PM (aDAOz)

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 04:25 AM (npwPn)

8 5 The question is important, as if it's really AI the bot will mimic the style but not regurgitate the content complete. Therefore, if it's only copying and combining, it is NOT AI!
Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 04:23 AM (9yXr+)

It's LLM?

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 04:32 AM (npwPn)

9 Oh, a shout-out of high praise to drivers on Illinois I-39 and I-55. 4-lane divided, 70 mph speed limit. Slower drivers kept right, and nobody tailgated in the right lane but kept interval until able to pass safely. Large trucks pulled no intimidation tactics. Things didn't go to hell until Rockford where it always turns into Death Race 2000.

Polite, courteous, and sensible drivers on a State Highway!
Amazing, and I'd like to honestly commend everyone involved for being decent.

Unlike in Wisconsin, where on the State Highways people drive like unhinged homicidal maniacs and/or sedated, senile mental defectives. I-90 between the state line and Madison is seriously one of the worst drives there is, and it's in many sections 8-lane divided! There is simply no conceivable excuse for it. But Central IL is populated by very polite and sensible travelers.
Big thumbs up.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 04:43 AM (9yXr+)

10 “Windows are made of glass, and it is vitally important to be able to see out of them, for safety and beauty and to prevent heat from escaping during brutal winters in Florida. As such, cleaning your windows will maximize your safety and extend the life considerably.”
Posted by: Common Tater at February 13, 2024 10:46 PM (aDAOz)
Posted by: m

Kamala? Is that you?

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 04:50 AM (MwFiT)

11 It's LLM?
Posted by: m'

I don't personally believe AI exists. Yes, I think it's LLM. But the people who so desperately want this thing don't care, they are Hell-bent on making it legit; to the extent of dredging up philosophers and scientists who preach such things as there being no free will, no individual consciousness, and even there being no such thing as 'Life'. That last one is dangerous as fuck, and a frightening percentage of Tech Lords have bought into its conceit 100%.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 04:50 AM (9yXr+)

12 Kamala? Is that you?
Posted by: Bruce'

Yes, it is me, the me that is, I am saying this!
(Cackle)
The me that is saying this, is indeed saying this, as I am me!
(Cackle)
So in conclusion, me!
ME ME ME!
(Cackle)

Posted by: AI Kamala Harris... or is it? at February 14, 2024 04:52 AM (9yXr+)

13 It's LLM?
Posted by: m'

What's LLM ?

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 04:53 AM (T4tVD)

14
Good job, GOP. You threw out Santos and a (D) has now replaced him.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 14, 2024 04:53 AM (nIvob)

15 Yes, it is me, the me that is, I am saying this!
(Cackle)
The me that is saying this, is indeed saying this, as I am me!
(Cackle)
So in conclusion, me!
ME ME ME!
(Cackle)
Posted by: AI Kamala Harris.

HA!!!!!

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 04:53 AM (MwFiT)

16 13 It's LLM?
Posted by: m'

What's LLM ?
Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 04:53 AM (T4tVD)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 04:55 AM (npwPn)

17 Thanks M !

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 04:57 AM (T4tVD)

18 My compliments to IL drivers only extends to the State highway as the County 2-lane roads were of course populated by speeding locals who all 'know where they're going' and cannot comprehend someone from out of the area, and tailgate, express impatience, etc.
I've NEVER understood that kind of rudeness and dangerous, unsafe behavior by locals. You get behind a car with out-of-state plates doing the speed limit, they're probably, oh, not familiar with the area and are being cautious. Why, then, treat this obvious visitor/tourist like some unacceptable obstruction or deadly personal insult and be a threatening fucking asshole to them?

Posted by: AI Kamala Harris... or is it? at February 14, 2024 05:00 AM (9yXr+)

19 I've NEVER understood that kind of rudeness and dangerous, unsafe behavior by locals. You get behind a car with out-of-state plates doing the speed limit, they're probably, oh, not familiar with the area and are being cautious. Why, then, treat this obvious visitor/tourist like some unacceptable obstruction or deadly personal insult and be a threatening fucking asshole to them?

Up in No Wisconsin and driving home from dinner. Pitch dark and a car driving so close behind me I couldn't see their headlights in my rearview.

A curvy road and it's deer season.

A-hole

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:03 AM (MwFiT)

20 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 05:04 AM (sAmhv)

21 One may gather I despise certain driving behaviors and yes, tailgating makes me murderously enraged. Unless I'm a clueless, ignorant fool parked in the far left doing 5-under there is flatly no excuse for endangering someone's life like that.
I honestly consider threatening behavior on the roads to be exactly the same as threatening me with any deadly weapon.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:05 AM (9yXr+)

22 Heh. I remember the Titan. It was huge! It was like $800!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2024 05:07 AM (di6C2)

23 Up in No Wisconsin and driving home from dinner. Pitch dark and a car driving so close behind me I couldn't see their headlights in my rearview. A curvy road and it's deer season.
A-hole
Posted by: Bruce'

WI is the WORST. I don't fully understand why. I've experienced behavior on the county roads here that's simply crazed. I had one driving home, same situation as you describe. I finally pulled out my gun and displayed it inside the vehicle so the psycho could see it, and then, and only then, did they back away to a decent interval. Ridiculous.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:09 AM (9yXr+)

24 Tailgating on a winding mountain road after a 6" snowfall because you have a 4WD and think the person in front of you should be driving over the speed limit is even dumber.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 05:13 AM (2ovLw)

25 Waiting patiently (right) for the night clerk to bring out the HOT coffee.

Came down to the lobby and the stuff was cold.

I asked if she had hot coffee..." oh yeah, I usually get that in 30 minutes"

You hotel says hot coffee available in the lobby 24 hours...

GRRRRRRrrr

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:13 AM (MwFiT)

26 The median of I80 was scattered with 4WD and AWD fools who thought they could pass in the unplowed left lane.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 05:14 AM (2ovLw)

27 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 14, 2024 05:14 AM (ju2Fy)

28 My compliments to IL drivers only extends to the State highway as the County 2-lane roads were of course populated by speeding locals who all 'know where they're going' and cannot comprehend someone from out of the area, and tailgate, express impatience, etc.

Mebbe they're not being courteous, just re-loading

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 05:14 AM (T4tVD)

29 Tailgating on a winding mountain road after a 6" snowfall because you have a 4WD and think the person in front of you should be driving over the speed limit is even dumber.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

A friend would say, the 4WD lets you drive faster, but you ain't gonna stop faster.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:15 AM (MwFiT)

30 PennDOT's theory is "Why plow? It is still snowing"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 05:15 AM (2ovLw)

31 A friend would say, the 4WD lets you drive faster, but you ain't gonna stop faster.
Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:15 AM (MwFiT)

Sir Isaac Newton is always in the driver's seat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 14, 2024 05:17 AM (di6C2)

32 The wifi here has 53 ping, 7.23 up, 14.04 down.

Blazing speeds

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:18 AM (MwFiT)

33 HOT COFFEEEEEEEEEE TIME!!!!

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:18 AM (MwFiT)

34 4WD helps you get stuck even *further away* from any potential assistance

Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2024 05:18 AM (njWTi)

35 4WD helps you get stuck even *further away* from any potential assistance
Posted by: JQ

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:19 AM (MwFiT)

36 30 PennDOT's theory is "Why plow? It is still snowing"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

The snow will fill the potholes!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 05:19 AM (sAmhv)

37 The AI movement is plunging headlong into Soviet Science territory at a very rapid rate. I suspect a lot of people don't realize just how nutty The Science was in the USSR. Everyone knows about Lysenko but he wasn't alone! The ideas floating around were really anti-human and in practice anti-life itself.
Oparin was one of the most dangerous, in my opinion:

"There is no fundamental difference between a living organism and lifeless matter. The complex combination of manifestations and properties characteristic of life must have arisen as a part of the process of the evolution of matter."

Voila! Artificial Intelligence by decree. End of story. The Science is settled. Can't seem to make Life? Define it out of existence.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:21 AM (9yXr+)

38 Driving down a dark highway, late at night. Tired but awake enough....

*thump*
*rumble, rumble...* WTH? (road is suddenly rough & crappy)

Sign says:
"Welcome to Idaho"

Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2024 05:22 AM (njWTi)

39 PennDOT's theory is "Why plow? It is still snowing"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
The snow will fill the potholes!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come'

Hahaha! This is fact.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:23 AM (9yXr+)

40 HOT COFFEEEEEEEEEE TIME!!!!
Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:18 AM (MwFiT)

Skip's trying to sleep......

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 05:24 AM (T4tVD)

41 You hotel says hot coffee available in the lobby 24 hours...
GRRRRRRrrr
Posted by: Bruce'

No coffee maker in the room? Did you drink it all already?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:24 AM (9yXr+)

42 Skip's trying to sleep......
Posted by: JT

hot coffee time

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:24 AM (MwFiT)

43 Sleepy time

Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2024 05:26 AM (njWTi)

44 It’s copyright infringement hiding behind industry jargon bullshit like “training.” There’s no such thing as “training” a machine. Machines don’t “learn.”

The nerds anthropomorphized computers and media normalized it.

Puppies can be trained. Doped silicon wafers are not capable of learning, no matter how many transistors it contains.

Posted by: 13times at February 14, 2024 05:27 AM (vepQc)

45 No coffee maker in the room? Did you drink it all already?
Posted by: LenNeal

Wife is sleeping. A rough day yesterday, our well bit the dust. So we are at a local hotel.

I can't sleep for shucks the first night in a new place and I'm usually up by 3 AM central. Woke up at 2 and decided to go to the store and get some drinking (and flushing) water until the repair gets, hopefully, done today.

Sooooo. I'm in the lobby.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:29 AM (MwFiT)

46 16 13 It's LLM?
Posted by: m'

What's LLM ?
Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 04:53 AM (T4tVD)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model
Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 04:55 AM (npwPn)

I like this basic introduction to AI and LLMs. The first three videos (total run time for all three: ten minutes) give some basic vocabulary.

https://www.khanacademy.org/
computing/code-org/
x06130d92:how-ai-works

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 05:29 AM (npwPn)

47 Mebbe they're not being courteous, just re-loading
Posted by: JT'

Then they better be a better shot than me. I'm completely serious, I treat threatening behavior on the roads as exactly the deadly threat it is. No different than pointing a gun at me and telling me to 'go faster'. Absolutely not one iota of difference to me.

These days I don't drive a whole lot and long trips are a rarity. This one was an exception.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:29 AM (9yXr+)

48 45 Wife is sleeping. A rough day yesterday, our well bit the dust. So we are at a local hotel.

I can't sleep for shucks the first night in a new place and I'm usually up by 3 AM central. Woke up at 2 and decided to go to the store and get some drinking (and flushing) water until the repair gets, hopefully, done today.

Sooooo. I'm in the lobby.
Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:29 AM (MwFiT)

Endless adventures! Glad there's coffee.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 05:31 AM (npwPn)

49 Endless adventures! Glad there's coffee.
Posted by: m

Me too!

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:32 AM (MwFiT)

50 My guess is there are hundreds of file types that we cannot read.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 05:33 AM (ENQN6)

51 Bruce-

Best of luck wit' alla dat !

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 05:37 AM (T4tVD)

52 Ha, I like how the LLM description claims it has no goal as it is not an agent. How is that philosophically even possible? AI is human-created, each of whom involved is an agent with a goal no matter how impartial they may try to be. Any agency and resultant goals are automatically injected into the 'DNA' of any crafted so-called LLM and any of its involvement in so-called AI.
The only true way out of this is to accept certain ideologies (blank slate?) and/or redefine Life itself, an idea which currently is racing away faster than most people think.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:37 AM (9yXr+)

53 These days I don't drive a whole lot and long trips are a rarity. This one was an exception.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:29 AM (9yXr+)

Didn't you drive to Hollywood for a Scream Test ?

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 05:38 AM (T4tVD)

54 Unless I'm a clueless, ignorant fool parked in the far left doing 5-under there is flatly no excuse for endangering someone's life like that.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024

***
Even under that condition, LN, tailgating is still severley dangerous. Suppose the left-lane blocker has to jam on his brakes for some reason? BANG!

As I understand it, in Germany and esp. on the autobahn, if you're overtaking someone in the left lane, it's considered standard etiquette to flash your brights to let him know, "Please move over." It's not taught here; whenever I've done that, the clueless driver does nothing. I still don't tailgate, though. I go around him first chance I get.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 05:40 AM (omVj0)

55 Driving down a dark highway, late at night. Tired but awake enough....

*thump*
*rumble, rumble...* WTH? (road is suddenly rough & crappy)

Sign says:
"Welcome to ~~Idaho~~ Lousy-ana"
Posted by: JQ at February 14, 2024

***
Fixed

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2024 05:42 AM (omVj0)

56 My guess is there are hundreds of file types that we cannot read.
Posted by: rhennigantx'

That's ridiculous, nobody would store anything really important in obscure proprietary files.

Posted by: NASA at February 14, 2024 05:43 AM (9yXr+)

57 Best of luck wit' alla dat !
Posted by: JT

Thank you

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2024 05:45 AM (MwFiT)

58 ☕

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2024 05:46 AM (geLO8)

59 I still don't tailgate, though. I go around him first chance I get.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere'

I knew I was back in 'civilization' when in Rockford the highway opened up to 3 lanes from two, with me safely in the center lane, and a whole stream of swerving vehicles passed me on the right and then began passing each other in all 3 lanes at speeds in excess of 90mph.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:47 AM (9yXr+)

60 Pixy, I assume you've seen this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5c9WfWUBZE

A Hololive cover of Babymetal's Gimme Chocolate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 05:50 AM (1Z8zZ)

61 I've heard stories of Dallas and Houston in Texas, and watched some dashcam footage of their highways and the result has been for me to decide to never, under any circumstances, drive anywhere in Texas ever. I've never in my entire life seen such dangerous, insane behavior and pathetic, ignorant idiocy.

I'd rather drive in rural Mexico, and I'm not just saying that. At least there I have no expectations of competence.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:51 AM (9yXr+)

62 Didn't you drive to Hollywood for a Scream Test ?
Posted by: JT'

That was a warrant. Sorry for the confusion.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:52 AM (9yXr+)

63 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 14, 2024 05:54 AM (NBVIP)

64 Didn't you drive to Hollywood for a Scream Test ?
Posted by: JT'

That was a warrant. Sorry for the confusion.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 14, 2024 05:52 AM (9yXr+)

Didja scream ?

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2024 05:58 AM (T4tVD)

65 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports two "young men" have died while "surfing" on top of BART cars. You can find their thrilling legacy on Instagram.

Darwin Award winners.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2024 06:02 AM (RIvkX)

66 I was driving my jeep south on I-5 3:30am and 3hrs out from SF. I was very slowly passing a 18wlr. No other cars on the road. Top end on my 4x4 is at best 70mph with a tailwind. Car comes up fast and tailgates. I simply can’t get out of the way fast enough. Finally get around the trucker.

Dude pulls up alongside me and is going apeshit insane screaming at me. Face contorted with rage. Hispanic guy prollly whacked on meth. Probably muling dope.

I reached over and fingered my .380 out of the center console. I really thought he might start shooting. He didn’t.

Posted by: 13times at February 14, 2024 06:03 AM (4bIiD)

67 An investigative report from Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and reporter Alex Gutentag reveals that the Five Eyes spy agencies were tasked to spy on Team Trump to connect him to the Russians to defeat him in the 2016 election.

The report appears to confirm previous reports that Western World's spy agencies were tasked by the CIA's Brennan to spy on "26 Trump associates" to "‘bump,’ or make contact with or manipulate. They were targets of our own IC [Intelligence Community] and law enforcement — targets for collection and misinformation.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 06:04 AM (ENQN6)

68 Never seen tailgating like here in South Carolina.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 14, 2024 06:05 AM (+T2US)

69 BABYLON BEE
Sinners Relieved to See That Jesus 'Gets Them' And Don't Have to Repent

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 06:08 AM (ENQN6)

70 Katy's population at the time of the 2020 census was 21,894. The point is that it is a small city, most often thought of as a suburb of Houston. There is a story out today that recording artists Drake, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, and The Game are all registered to vote with the same address in Katy.

It would take about 2 seconds to check this against the DL list.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 06:12 AM (ENQN6)

71 mornin yall. Thousands of NYC parents were arrested for defying the school system and allowing the State's children to have a snow day.

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 06:19 AM (vFG9F)

72 I might have made that up, but who wouldn't believe it if it were true?

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 06:19 AM (vFG9F)

73 Katy's population at the time of the 2020 census was 21,894. The point is that it is a small city, most often thought of as a suburb of Houston. There is a story out today that recording artists Drake, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, and The Game are all registered to vote with the same address in Katy.

It would take about 2 seconds to check this against the DL list.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 06:12 AM (ENQN6)

Is it being suggested that these sterling gentlemen are engaged in vote fraud? That's impossible. Despite repeated stories of people being prosecuted for that, no vote fraud exists in this country... unless Republicans win.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 06:20 AM (1Z8zZ)

74 “Our base cannot possibly know what’s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what’s at stake if Putin wins,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

Then tell us!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 06:20 AM (ENQN6)

75 "Never seen tailgating like here in South Carolina."

Ever been on I-95, or any of it's derivatives between Richmond and Philadelphia?

I'll take here in SC any day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:20 AM (a1415)

76 "BABYLON BEE
Sinners Relieved to See That Jesus 'Gets Them' And Don't Have to Repent"

Yup, pretty much dead on.

I did see on Wiki that the Hobby Lobby folks were initially funding that LLC.
But several years ago, seemed to disengage from it.

Still.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:23 AM (a1415)

77 *68 Never seen tailgating like here in South Carolina.*

It's quite common throughout the entire SEC. Complete with RVs, satellite dishes, and large flat screen TVs. Oh, and the food! My goodness, BBQ, fried chicken, casseroles, desserts and no small amount of hooch.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 14, 2024 06:24 AM (NBVIP)

78 77 *68 Never seen tailgating like here in South Carolina.*

It's quite common throughout the entire SEC. Complete with RVs, satellite dishes, and large flat screen TVs. Oh, and the food! My goodness, BBQ, fried chicken, casseroles, desserts and no small amount of hooch.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 14, 2024 06:24 AM (NBVIP)

Game Day!

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 06:25 AM (npwPn)

79 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

For the first time in years, I have absolutely no work waiting for me. I'm going back to bed and will see you in a couple of hours.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 14, 2024 06:26 AM (Q0kLU)

80 Hey! Hilstory will not look kindly on House Republicas for their blatant act of unconstibutional parisanship. I am slot kizzing.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at February 14, 2024 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

81 Bad driving is universal 🚔

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2024 06:28 AM (geLO8)

82 Good morning, Horde. Have a heart-y day!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 14, 2024 06:28 AM (4I/2K)

83 So now that our son has his new(er) Mustang, he has returned my 2009 Volvo S-60 back to my ownership.

Only took less than two hours total between the Tax Office to pay the $16.00 in property taxes, and the MVA to pay the $51.00 for registration and new plate.

Just what I need...four cars.

But, I've always liked that S-60.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:29 AM (a1415)

84 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 14, 2024 06:29 AM (R4t5M)

85 “Our base cannot possibly know what’s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what’s at stake if Putin wins,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 06:20 AM (ENQN6)

Russia controls, at least, eastern Ukraine?
Ukraine isn't added to NATO?
The whole thing could have been avoided if they'd just agreed to that at the start.

Sorry, but I just don't trust any of those fuckers enough to listen to "but we know shit you don't know".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 06:30 AM (1Z8zZ)

86 We have a four or five mile stretch of seldom used highway that starts in the middle of nowhere and ends in the middle of nowhere. Eventually, in a century or two it will be part of I 49 if they can figure out a river crossing and buying up the bulk of a few small towns. It was constructed with Obamabucks. Currently used as the local drag strip and NASCAR wannabe practice track.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 14, 2024 06:31 AM (0EOe9)

87 At first i was scared they would drag us into a messy civil war in Pakistan. Then i realized i was more scared of which side they'd drag us in to supporting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 06:33 AM (9UlRk)

88 Drive Friendly!

Posted by: Texas Road Sign at February 14, 2024 06:33 AM (4I/2K)

89 " “Our base cannot possibly know what’s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what’s at stake if Putin wins,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) "

The longer, wordier version of 'Trust Us'?

Nah.

Maybe pre-Covid.

But, y'all sorta blew that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:33 AM (a1415)

90 So, I read Myorkas was impeached. Is that correct?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 14, 2024 06:35 AM (KwvbG)

91 No horse or mule drawn wagons, no parades. Sign seen on some interstate on ramps in Arkansas.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 14, 2024 06:36 AM (0EOe9)

92 For the last TxMoMe, we took Mrs VIA's Miata from Charleston to Corsicana, and back.

Not exactly the largest nor most imposing looking of vehicles on the road.

But I gots to tells ya.....Texas was one of the most relaxing stretches of that entire trip
Courteous drivers, no weaving in and out. No aggressive tailgating.

I was very surprised and pleased.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:36 AM (a1415)

93 Oh brother. It's like they are anticipating failure.

"Legislation aimed at ensuring the huge number of solar farms springing up across rural Georgia don’t become permanent eyesores cleared the state House of Representatives Monday.

House Bill 300, which passed unanimously, requires companies that lease property for solar farms to restore the land to its natural state after the lease expires."

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

94 "Is that correct?"

yes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:37 AM (a1415)

95 >>>>Ever been on I-95, or any of it's derivatives between Richmond and Philadelphia?

I'll take here in SC any day.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:20 AM (a1415)
—————
True, I have to drive upto NoVA for a short stay to visit family. I’m dreading it.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 14, 2024 06:38 AM (KwvbG)

96 I take the DC Beltway to drive to church and work. Tailgating is the norm here. Hell, I do it. Not out of malice and I try not to. I've been tailgated, on I395, on a Sunday morning with very little traffic. I395 is a drag strip on weekends, especially in the AM. I look, see no cars coming, merge into lane, and I'm greeted with angry honking horn and high beams. Dude was driving way over 100, there was literally nobody else on the road and then this idiot appears. It's madness around here.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 06:38 AM (sAmhv)

97 When I go back to West PA to visit family, I have to pull way back on the aggressive driving that I use here in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 06:40 AM (sAmhv)

98 How the fk add they going to restore the old forests they razed to put up these vast fields of black glass? They won't. At best is will be rows and rows of pines that will take 30 years and then they will cut them down again . Not that I have any problem with tree farming. That's fine. Idiocy like these solar farms are not the way to encourage the tree farming industry.

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

99 Is it considered a Mass Shooting if only four people are shot, and nobody dies?

http://tinyurl.com/vhdhbvzz

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:41 AM (a1415)

100 96 I like driving on 495 northbound when the traffic is real heavy and the sun reflecting off that Mormon temple in Kensington blinds everybody.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 14, 2024 06:41 AM (0EOe9)

101 Maybe pre-Covid.

But, y'all sorta blew that.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:33 AM (a1415)

Remember the investigations during Trump's first two years? The Republicans had the raw data. They KNEW it was all BS but they played along. Serious accusations.

Remember the impeachments? The Republicans had the raw data. They KNEW it was all BS but they played along. Serious accusations.

Covid? Just one more betrayal in a long line.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 06:42 AM (1Z8zZ)

102 93 Oh brother. It's like they are anticipating failure.

"Legislation aimed at ensuring the huge number of solar farms springing up across rural Georgia don’t become permanent eyesores cleared the state House of Representatives Monday.

House Bill 300, which passed unanimously, requires companies that lease property for solar farms to restore the land to its natural state after the lease expires."
Posted by: fd

Well, yes. They should be under the same stringent environmental laws strip mine firms are.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 06:42 AM (sAmhv)

103 “Our base cannot possibly know what’s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what’s at stake if Putin wins,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

--

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing is at stake. We know because we are now aware that y'all have done nothing but lie to us for decades, and that organizations like NATO exist only to launder money. Ukraine isn't our concern and we're protecting their border like crazy, while ours has thousands of terrorists crossing every day.

Nothing is at stake over there. Nothing meaningful, at least. Everything is at stake over here. That's why you've got to blame your voters for demanding that representatives attend to the best interests of the voters children and not the representatives' children.

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at February 14, 2024 06:42 AM (ldcYY)

104 Katy's population at the time of the 2020 census was 21,894. The point is that it is a small city, most often thought of as a suburb of Houston. There is a story out today that recording artists Drake, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, and The Game are all registered to vote with the same address in Katy.

It would take about 2 seconds to check this against the DL list.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Probably registered in ATL, too. Do they share the same agent?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 06:42 AM (/Gd/f)

105 "What's at stake if Putin wins".....

What actually *is* at stake, for us, if Putin wins?

What exactly are they so damned scared of? What strategic advantage does a bunch of mismanaged wheat farms give Putin that is worth us cramming billions of dollars down a tube full of cossacks and petty oligarchs?

And if the answer is nothing more than "because Putin is a bad guy and any thing good for him is bad for us", then why the fuck has Washington been paying footsie with the creep for the last thirty years? Why is he only just now a villain? And why do we not apply this logic to every other illiberal strongman minor league dictator on earth?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 06:42 AM (9UlRk)

106 Pretty cool Diggy Diggy Hole cover, though I miss the fight with the Orcs from the animated version.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 14, 2024 06:43 AM (BxvY+)

107 You peasants don't know what I know. I read a memo.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 06:43 AM (/Gd/f)

108 Putin: "We'd like for Russia to join NATO."

NATO: "Wait, then there'd be no reason for the U.S. to continue pumping billions into nothing. Denied!"

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at February 14, 2024 06:45 AM (ldcYY)

109 Also name field change

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when our sun was yellow? at February 14, 2024 06:45 AM (ldcYY)

110 "I like driving on 495 northbound when the traffic is real heavy and the sun reflecting off that Mormon temple in Kensington blinds everybody."

Yeh....that one's a keeper right there.

Or Baltimore's 695 around Parkville in the Morning eastbound, or around Stevenson in the afternoon westbound.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:46 AM (a1415)

111 If Russia joins NATO, does that mean we have to join the Warsaw Pact to counter the threat?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 06:46 AM (/Gd/f)

112 >You peasants don't know what I know. I read a memo.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
---

I heard things...
I heard things...
I'm just sayin', I heard things...

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2024 06:46 AM (geLO8)

113 If you disbanded NATO and just gave their entire budget directly to Moscow as a bribe, it would do incomprehensibly more good for peace on the north Atlantic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 06:47 AM (9UlRk)

114 If Russia joins NATO, does that mean we have to join the Warsaw Pact to counter the threat?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

--

How much money we talking?
- Senators, Politicians family members, Teachers Union Heads, etc.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when our sun was yellow? at February 14, 2024 06:47 AM (ldcYY)

115 I always leave a cushion between me and the car ahead. Nothing pisses me off more than some jerk coming along from the right and jumping in my cushion.

If I can, I will close the gap and cut that fkr off. People are so stupid though they will go for it with inches to spare at 70mph. If I'm in my truck I will intimidate the hell out of them with my front grill and headlights. In a car I'll just curse a bit and get over it.

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

116 Thom Thillis will believe anything if you include it in a briefing.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 06:48 AM (/Gd/f)

117 No Mormon temple along the south part of the beltway. Just the setting sun, right in your eyes, as your heading west, during rush hour. I just close my eyes and use the Force.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

118 >"I like driving on 495 northbound when the traffic is real heavy and the sun reflecting off that Mormon temple in Kensington blinds everybody."
---

there's an overpass on the outer loop, just before you pass the Temple, and someone had spray-painted on the side 'SURRENDER DOROTHY'

Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2024 06:48 AM (geLO8)

119 60 Pixy, I assume you've seen this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5c9WfWUBZE

A Hololive cover of Babymetal's Gimme Chocolate.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I hadn't, actually. I knew Fuwamoco had an upcoming song cover with Chloe, but didn't know what it was.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 14, 2024 06:49 AM (BLOW1)

120 I will vote for a democrat for the first time in my life if the GOP doesn't get rid of Thom Tillis.

Posted by: TC at February 14, 2024 06:49 AM (FjlUt)

121 Yeah, it's always jarring to see someone risk your life and theirs so that they can get an extra car length in traffic that is all moving the same speed (or even better slowing to a stop) as far as the eye can see.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when our sun was yellow? at February 14, 2024 06:49 AM (ldcYY)

122
Putin learned a lesson and got his nose bloodied. Lost a lot of troops, had a whole lot of youth leave the country, and all just to take a small bite out of a huge country.

He learned that WWII methods are outdated by modern technology and that a shoulder fired weapon can take out his tanks in the blink of an eye. Of course he wants to end this now. Our war-mongers should sit the f down and shut the f up.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 14, 2024 06:50 AM (nIvob)

123 I always leave a cushion between me and the car ahead. Nothing pisses me off more than some jerk coming along from the right and jumping in my cushion.

Heh! I do that all the time here. Everybody does it. Not defending it. It's a bad idea and should be avoided, but I have to get to work so fuck it! ;-)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 06:50 AM (sAmhv)

124 Back when we lived in the greater Towson area in Baltimore, I watched a college student heading eastbound in the morning on our neighborhood street.

At a certain time of year, as you rounded a slight curve in the road, the sun blasted directly into your eyeballs, and nothing could prevent that from happening. It was only for about 75 foot till another roof peak blocked then, and you learned to anticipate that.

Yeh...no.

She took a sun shot directly into the eye, panicked and did not turn with the road.

Plowed directly into the rear of the legally parked car on the side of the road at about 25MPH.

She was fine.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:50 AM (a1415)

125 123 The beltway was in its glory days at the height of Metro construction. 5000 dump trucks driven by 5000 cowboys being paid by the load.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 14, 2024 06:52 AM (0EOe9)

126 "Well, yes. They should be under the same stringent environmental laws strip mine firms are.
Posted by: Puddleglum,"

Mines have a lifespan and should be recovered after they are played out. Solar farms should be perpetual, but this indicates that they are not expected to be, even by the nitwits who run the government.

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

127 125: That sounds delightfully Mad Max.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2024 06:53 AM (sAmhv)

128 Good morning. Reversing the ground sterilization process under those solar panels out to be a piece of cake.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 14, 2024 06:53 AM (Askgf)

129 >>>>Thom Thillis will believe anything if you include it in a briefing.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2024 06:48 AM (/Gd/f)
____________
Or maybe an envelop but I’m sure that to old school. On the up side, Ted Budd from NC seems pretty solid. We’ll see.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 14, 2024 06:54 AM (KwvbG)

130 I don't mind if someone takes my cushion slowly and deliberately, signal on, wait for me to back off a bit, ease on over, no biggie.

It's the spastic, desperate darting around, as if they had some more clever approach to driving through the solid object in front of me than I did, that truly rustles my jimmies.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 06:54 AM (9UlRk)

131 "The beltway was in its glory days at the height of Metro construction. 5000 dump trucks driven by 5000 cowboys being paid by the load."

The only saving grace to that was that back then, most of the truck drivers were probably U.S. citizens.

And weed wasn't as prevalent on the beltway as it is now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:54 AM (a1415)

132 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2024 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

133 33.1 degrees in the back yard.

18.7 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:56 AM (a1415)

134 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:56 AM (a1415)

135 So far as I know the U.S. has been actively rejecting peace talks ever since the Ukraine money laundering operation began. I don't think they were ever once mentioned by the feds, and it's not something that the MSM has been discussing. War war war, money money money.

IIRC they started discussing peace deals right when they figured out they could get a good war going in the Middle East and didn't need their Ukraine girlfriend any more.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when our sun was yellow? at February 14, 2024 06:57 AM (ldcYY)

136 "Everybody does it."

I don't. I will not jump into a space barely longer than my vehicle while on the freeway. Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent. It's not a fking race track.

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

137 Morning peeps
_____

I-495 (The Beltway) circa 1970.... we were with my dad who was driving on the inner-loop when an 18-wheeler in the outer-loop lost a wheel and tire. It bounced up and over the barrier, over us, and into the windshield of a car behind us.

Made a real mess. Killed the occupants. Half dozen cars behind it wrecked too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 14, 2024 06:57 AM (Q4IgG)

138 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

The Beltway is quite vulnerable. Basically, we built in a high-trust society. We are no longer one, by the design of the Deep State Dunning-Kruger people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2024 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

139 hahaha, yep. There we are.

---
November 2023:

Western officials broach with Kyiv issue of possible peace talks with Moscow, NBC reports
Reuters
November 4, 2023

http://tinyurl.com/2xykmbmk

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when our sun was yellow? at February 14, 2024 06:59 AM (ldcYY)

140 Moderna scientists, acknowledges that there are risks of toxicity in mRNA drugs and “vaccines,” due to “lipid nanoparticle structural components, production methods, route of administration and [spike] proteins produced from complexed mRNAs.”

well duh

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 14, 2024 06:59 AM (ENQN6)

141
I heard things...
I heard things...
I'm just sayin', I heard things...
Posted by: Don Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 06:59 AM (xG4kz)

142 Volvo dealer several years ago gave us a loaner Volvo.

Loaded with every option, including adaptive cruise control.

It could not deal with folks cutting into the open space between us and the vehicle ahead of us.

I had to turn it off, as it just insisted on too large a space (1.5 sec) between us and the vehicle ahead.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 07:00 AM (a1415)

143 One reason I don't tailgate is that if something is laying in the road, you won't have time to see and avoid it if you are riding someone's ass. Also, that object in the road may be kicked up and has a lot better chance of hitting you if you don't have some space.

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

144 33.1 degrees in the back yard.

18.7 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 06:56 AM (a1415)

Begun, the heat death of the universe has.

Posted by: Yodel, Astrophysicist at February 14, 2024 07:01 AM (4I/2K)

145 .

NOOD

Early J.J. Sefton with the morning report.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 14, 2024 07:01 AM (qPw5n)

146 Busy day today.

I fired my primary medical team, and have an appointment today with a new doctor and a new team.

My old service lost their minds on COVID-19 Wuhan. I was mis-treated.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

147 Le NOOD

It be here!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 07:02 AM (a1415)

148 One reason I don't tailgate is that if something is laying in the road, you won't have time to see and avoid it if you are riding someone's ass. Also, that object in the road may be kicked up and has a lot better chance of hitting you if you don't have some space.
Posted by: fd

--

One of my favorite things to do with tailgaters, btw. Having that sense of where your tires are is a lot of fun when folks behind you can't see what you're slightly avoiding.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Remember when our sun was yellow? at February 14, 2024 07:03 AM (ldcYY)

149 Have a great day, everyone.

May your travels be safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2024 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

150 118 >"I like driving on 495 northbound when the traffic is real heavy and the sun reflecting off that Mormon temple in Kensington blinds everybody."
---

there's an overpass on the outer loop, just before you pass the Temple, and someone had spray-painted on the side 'SURRENDER DOROTHY'
Posted by: Don Black at February 14, 2024 06:48 AM (geLO

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 07:04 AM (npwPn)

151 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2024 07:05 AM (a1415)

152 Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 14, 2024 07:07 AM (PzBTm)

153
Back when we lived in the greater Towson area in Baltimore, I watched a college student heading eastbound in the morning on our neighborhood street.

Her hair was perfect.

(Lotta cross-channel leakage here today ...)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 14, 2024 07:08 AM (xG4kz)

154 Happy Valentine's Day!

Posted by: m at February 14, 2024 07:12 AM (npwPn)

155 Roses are red
Violets are blue
Never been a better Horde
Than all of you
Posted by: Ben Had at February 14, 2024 07:08 AM (Askgf)

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Horses are people
Hugs to Ben Had

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 07:23 AM (1Z8zZ)

156 Diggy Diggy Hole
Now THAT's what I'm talking about!
LOL

Posted by: GWB at February 14, 2024 07:24 AM (32nmx)

157 If we threw out everyone who is a liar and/or a pervert, Washington would collapse in on itself like a ruptured deep sea submersible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2024 07:19 AM (9UlRk)

They didn't throw him out for being a liar and/or a pervert. They threw him out for not going along with their BS.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 07:26 AM (1Z8zZ)

158 Adequateman! Able to stop massive boondoggles by not bringing them up for a vote! Yay Adequateman!
Posted by: fd at February 14, 2024 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

Sad that this is still better than we've had in a really long time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 07:27 AM (1Z8zZ)

159 Roses are red
Violets are blue
Never been a better Horde
Than all of you
Posted by: Ben Had at February 14, 2024 07:08 AM (Askgf)

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Horses are people
Hugs to Ben Had

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2024 07:29 AM (1Z8zZ)

160
"Libre Office works though."

Yes. That's probably old enough it had to be reverse engineered.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 14, 2024 09:18 AM (1hM1d)

161 >reading the author's works without written permission

This one at least is a going concern, as every book's copyright boilerplate forbids anyone from entering the text into a computerized information storage and retrieval system with the express written consent of the copyright owner. This suit could go either way.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at February 15, 2024 09:10 AM (/0tPK)

162 Wow that was strange. I just wrote an extremely long comment but after
I clicked submit my comment didn't appear.
Grrrr... well I'm not writing all that over again. Regardless, just wanted to say excellent blog!

Posted by: Sell My Car Kent at February 17, 2024 08:27 AM (JimQN)

163 I was wondering if you ever considered changing the structure
of your site? Its very well written

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