Daily Tech News 5 October 2026

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Sam Altman says you have to accept some bad with the bad when it comes to AI. (Politico)

I'm sure he does.
Oh, forgot to mention: Daylight saving time has kicked in here, so I'm back to posting at 4AM ET.

Tech News

There is no plague in Buryatia. (CNN)

What a comforting "fact" that is to know.
Nvidia has introduced a $4999 version of the DGX Spark AI computer with 64GB of RAM. (The Register)

It's a $5000 RTX 5070. It's also 25% more than the original 128GB version.

Thanks, Nvidia.
Run a 125-billion parameter AI on commodity hardware. Nvidia hates this one weird trick. (GitHub)

It will work on a regular RTX 5070. Or indeed a Radeon 6700 XT from two generations ago. The Hacker News link has everyone talking about the RTX 4090 for some reason, but it's a lot more general than that.

You do need a good amount of system RAM for decent performance, but I have that, and it works on any Nvidia or AMD graphics card from the last few years with at least 12GB of RAM, something I also have.
A federal judge called Flock cameras "indiscriminate mass surveillance" and used that opinion to suppress the discovery of 91 pounds of meth in a woman's car. (Tech Crunch)

The article uses the term "alleged" here, but you can't "allege" 91 pounds of meth. That quantity has a presence all of its own.
sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

Huh. It worked.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: sudo make me a sandwich.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:05 AM (odBC9)

2 Oh, forgot to mention: Daylight saving time has kicked in here, so I'm back to posting at 4AM ET.

; )

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:06 AM (odBC9)

3 There is no plague in Buryatia. (CNN)

And the Russians would NEVER lie about such a thing. Like the Chinese would NEVER lie about COVID...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:12 AM (l3cgK)

4 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 04:13 AM (u82oZ)

5 Going to try and go back to sleep.

Busy day tomorrow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 05, 2026 04:14 AM (u82oZ)

6
sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)
Disclaimer: sudo make me a sandwich.
sudo make me an AoSHQ Daily Tech News

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:14 AM (odBC9)

7 sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

Su-Su-Sudoooo!

Posted by: Phil Collins at October 05, 2026 04:14 AM (l3cgK)

8 Plague in Russia? Time to re-read Schlichter's "Wildfire".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 05, 2026 04:16 AM (iIyc0)

9 8 Plague in Russia? Time to re-read Schlichter's "Wildfire".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 05, 2026 04:16 AM (iIyc0)

That stupid, dumb-ass pony!
Now I've got a damned hoot-owl hooting at my windows six nights in a row.

Posted by: Michael Martin Murphey at October 05, 2026 04:17 AM (l3cgK)

10 Early Tech thread is early...

Did the clocks change in Australia already?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:18 AM (O7YUW)

11 Never mind, Pixy already answered that. Time for coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:19 AM (O7YUW)

12 G'Day everyone
Back on at 4am.now?

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 04:20 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Judge Hill also took broader aim at warrantless searches of the Flock database, writing that tracking people’s location — even when they’re in public places — becomes “constitutionally problematic when law enforcement can indiscriminately and passively catalog your whereabouts over an extended period of time and then use that information for any purpose whenever convenient.”

I think this judge gets it...
Cop: "Hey, this car has out-of-state plates! Let's follow it around using Flock and see what we can fleece outta this outta-stater!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:20 AM (l3cgK)

14 it's 3 am in real time, get used to it

daylight sheeple time sucks camel balls

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 05, 2026 04:21 AM (jrgJz)

15 Disclaimer: sudo make me a sandwich.

Kernel rejoinder: Set Pixy.Class = Sandwich;

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:22 AM (O7YUW)

16 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 04:24 AM (sAmhv)

17 sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

*poof!* you're an ipod

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:26 AM (odBC9)

18 I wish it was standard time all year

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 04:26 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Nvidia has introduced a $4999 version of the DGX Spark AI computer with 64GB of RAM. (The Register)

It's a $5000 RTX 5070. It's also 25% more than the original 128GB version.

Thanks, Nvidia.
..........................................
Uh. I got $5.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

20 14 it's 3 am in real time, get used to it

daylight sheeple time sucks camel balls
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 05, 2026 04:21 AM (jrgJz)

"Wake up, sheeple!"

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:27 AM (odBC9)

21 I wish it was standard time all year
Posted by: Skip

Same.

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:28 AM (rdVOm)

22 Having one of those "There's Not Enough Coffee in the World" days.
As one does.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:28 AM (odBC9)

23 youtu.be/UkLQ9ksuZKo

Devo!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 04:28 AM (sAmhv)

24 “I wouldn’t take a trade of saying, ‘We’ll make sure there’s no major hacks, there’s no misuse of this technology, there’s zero scams, there’s zero all the other bad things that will happen,’” said Altman. “Because I think people will do tremendously — orders of magnitude more — good stuff than bad stuff.”

Tell me, Sam, when has the human race ever given you such confidence in doing more good stuff over bad stuff?
Especially in 2026?

Your own personal history should've disabused you of that notion by the time you hit college.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:31 AM (6ydKt)

25 google AI (australia seasons months)

Australia experiences four distinct seasons in most regions, running at the opposite months of the Northern Hemisphere

Spring: September to November (mild weather, blooming wildflowers)

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

26 youtu.be/UkLQ9ksuZKo

Puddleglum-- I'll never be able to listen to that song again, without visualizing the scene from Heavy Metal

LMAO!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:32 AM (rdVOm)

27 It's a $5000 RTX 5070. It's also 25% more than the original 128GB version.

Thanks, Nvidia.

I expect the actual 5070 to cost $5000 any week now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:32 AM (6ydKt)

28 JQ-sighting on the tech thread!
Yaaay!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

29 The article uses the term "alleged" here, but you can't "allege" 91 pounds of meth. That quantity has a presence all of its own.

No doubt.
It has "Body in the Trunk" kinda presence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:34 AM (6ydKt)

30 25 google AI (australia seasons months)

Australia experiences four distinct seasons in most regions, running at the opposite months of the Northern Hemisphere

Spring: September to November (mild weather, blooming wildflowers)

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

Thus my tongue-in-cheek comment some time in the last few weeks of:
♪Springtime for Pixy and New Zealand,
Fall for UK and France♫

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)

31 Howdy, m and all...

I'm supposed to be asleep now. Hahaha, right! *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (rdVOm)

32 29 The article uses the term "alleged" here, but you can't "allege" 91 pounds of meth. That quantity has a presence all of its own.

No doubt.
It has "Body in the Trunk" kinda presence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:34 AM (6ydKt)

Well, a small body. You'd need quite a bit more meth to equal my mass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:36 AM (l3cgK)

33 31 Howdy, m and all...

I'm supposed to be asleep now. Hahaha, right! *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (rdVOm)

So am I. Woke up, went to the bathroom, couldn't fall back (daylight's saving time joke there)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:37 AM (l3cgK)

34 30 Thus my tongue-in-cheek comment some time in the last few weeks of:

♪Springtime for Pixy and New Zealand,
Fall for UK and France♫
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)

haha!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

35 🎶
91 pounds of crank on the wall,

91 pounds of crank...🎶

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

36 @26/JQ: You and me both, and that goes for pretty much every song that movie had in its soundtrack.

Guess what song I heard in my head when Elon launched that Tesla Roadster into space?
( Visual Reminder: https://tinyurl.com/48bpm4dh )

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:38 AM (O7YUW)

37 from the Flock article:

In this case, Judge Sara Hill said the deputy should have obtained a warrant before searching the Flock database for the woman’s license plate

fair

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

38 >>Guess what song I heard in my head when Elon launched that Tesla Roadster into space?

?

The one that was played on x/twitter, while it was launched?

youtu.be/9OhO-uikL1s

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:42 AM (rdVOm)

39 Aw, jeez... I love you guys, but I seriously need to get my a$$ into bed...

Good night, all!

Posted by: JQ at October 05, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

40 sudo make me an ipod. (Sudo Music)

Huh. It worked.

It looks really nice.
For $259 it's not too terribly priced, either.

But I'm not sure about the market?
People who are trying to de-addict themselves to scrolling on their phone, but still want music?

Young kids who shouldn't have phones but deserve music?

Old people who hate phones but enjoy a phone-like mp4 player?

The photos show a WiFi symbol, so I guess you can download songs and maybe use streaming services, too, but will it work with YouTube or have a browser/apps?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:45 AM (6ydKt)

41 @38/JQ: "The one that was played on x/twitter, while it was launched?" { Link to Radar Rider }

*laughs* They did that during the launch?

Perfection. And yes, that's the song.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:46 AM (O7YUW)

42 Judge Hill also took broader aim at warrantless searches of the Flock database, writing that tracking people’s location — even when they’re in public places — becomes “constitutionally problematic when law enforcement can indiscriminately and passively catalog your whereabouts over an extended period of time and then use that information for any purpose whenever convenient.”

“This is a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance,” Hill wrote. “It is not targeted on a single individual, as in [Carpenter v. United States, a Supreme Court case focused on how government agencies access location data from cell phones]. It is a tool that collects information about all vehicles that pass by any network-connected camera at all times, and it serves up the information to law enforcement on demand.”

Finally, I found a female judge I can agree with.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

43 song in space:

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

Smithsonian Music

https://music.si.edu/video/space-oddity

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9)

44 Belated BOING!

Post-exercise/pre-shower.

Uch.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 04:55 AM (gsBYv)

45 @40/SpeakingOf: "For $259 it's not too terribly priced, either. "

The Sansa Clip had a charge time under use of days not hours, and was about 40 each if I recall.

I swear we're regressing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

46 40 = $40.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

48 46 40 = $40.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

Same as in town.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:00 AM (odBC9)

49 @48/m: That's the two-fer package price.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 05:01 AM (O7YUW)

50 Google has put a 'Suncatcher' orbital datacenter satellite up there already and the results indicate it works but needs more work:

“Our system design work to this point assumes a relatively conventional, discrete compute payload, satellite bus, thermal radiator, and solar panel design,” the paper states. “However, as has been seen in other industries (such as smartphones), massively scaled production motivates highly integrated designs (such as the system on chip, or SoC). Eventually, scaled space-based computing would similarly involve an integrated compute, radiator, and power design based on next-generation architectures, such as computational substrates based on neural cellular automata.”

Google’s researchers also found “robust optical satellite-ground communications will also be critical for scaled operation but will necessitate overcoming challenges including atmospheric turbulence, high-speed relative motion errors, and precision beam tracking.” NASA’s TeraByte Infrared Delivery (TBIRD) mission, which has demonstrated 200 Gbps ground-low-earth-orbit comms, is cited as a promising approach.

https://tinyurl.com/mpacxmwr
(TheRegister)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:03 AM (6ydKt)

51 49 @48/m: That's the two-fer package price.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 05:01 AM (O7YUW)

There is math in that.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9)

52 Big toe was black for a year.
Didn't follow my instructions.
Did with ankle, outcome better.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:03 AM (vOxCS)

53 47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

I guess you sprang forward. While we were waiting, on old time, in the ONT.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

54 The Sansa Clip had a charge time under use of days not hours, and was about 40 each if I recall.

I swear we're regressing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 05, 2026 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

People yearning for the days of ol' with an iPod scrolling wheel.
Never underestimate the power of nostalgia and what older people with money will pay for it.

Having said that, I doubt this iPod modern clone is going to sell amazingly, but who knows.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (6ydKt)

55 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)

56
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 05, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

57 What's neat about modern audio is no adjustment for different htz registers, not even a primitive graphic equalizer. A device designed by very young or musically illiterate.
Considering only those under 30, if ever, hear a flat reproduction as produced one would think that modern sound devices would come with a superior sound board allowing adjustment for hearing deficiencies.

www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

58 53 47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

I guess you sprang forward. While we were waiting, on old time, in the ONT.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

But just half an hour.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:19 AM (odBC9)

59 57 What's neat about modern audio is no adjustment for different htz registers, not even a primitive graphic equalizer. A device designed by very young or musically illiterate.
Considering only those under 30, if ever, hear a flat reproduction as produced one would think that modern sound devices would come with a superior sound board allowing adjustment for hearing deficiencies.

www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

It's also speaker/headphone dependent...
With my speakers, I can hear up to 12.5KHz with my left ear (some freq missing), and just over 12KHz with my right ear (some freq missing). I also know I've lost some hearing amplitude in BOTH ears, but right ear is worse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:20 AM (l3cgK)

60 Still fairly close to home today, going to New Jersey tomorrow
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

61 22 Having one of those "There's Not Enough Coffee in the World" days.

And I forgot to buy coffee for my coffee maker at work. Much sadness.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 05:22 AM (NR6c1)

62 58 53 47 Pixy, you're "springing back"?
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

I guess you sprang forward. While we were waiting, on old time, in the ONT.
Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

But just half an hour.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:19 AM (odBC9)

So like Newfoundland time?
https://tinyurl.com/3r5y9zhf

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

63 Mr.Langley is not an American so he should just say nothing as to not draw attention to himself.

He might have a US passport, he might have citizenship, but he is not an American.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 05:25 AM (6jna9)

64 62 58 53 47 So like Newfoundland time?
https://tinyurl.com/3r5y9zhf
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

at that link:

Australian States:

Australia has multiple time zones. Some of them are half-hour and quarter-hour time zones. Not all states and territories use DST.

Could they have made it more confusing.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:26 AM (odBC9)

65 But just half an hour.

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:19 AM (odBC9)

So like Newfoundland time?
https://tinyurl.com/3r5y9zhf
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

NT and SA are half an hour behind Sydney and a half an hour ahead of Perth.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 05, 2026 05:27 AM (6jna9)

66 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

It's also speaker/headphone dependent...
With my speakers, I can hear up to 12.5KHz with my left ear (some freq missing), and just over 12KHz with my right ear (some freq missing). I also know I've lost some hearing amplitude in BOTH ears, but right ear is worse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

Loss varies with each pitch. About half of them I hear with no loss, some I have 75% loss. A rudimentary equalizer helps some but modern tech should offer much better. If that tone generator can reproduce it then every player should offer the ability to amplify or attenuate each pitch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:27 AM (vOxCS)

67 Good Morning all, very tired going back to sleep.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 05, 2026 05:28 AM (Q/FnY)

68 Evening and morning, all! Yes, it's Monday (and sprinkling here as well). But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

69 57 www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

Some apps have equalizers.
My desktop's speakers have an app 'Control Center' with a 1-band equalizer. It has presets and you can save your own settings.

WinAmp Mp4 player for Windows (and probably Mac and Linux, too) has an equalizer.

VLC Media Player, which is popular for playing any video without needing to download codecs, also plays audio and has a 10-band equalizer.

They are generally hard to find in settings, etc.
But most music apps themselves have them.

I had to download an app for my iPhone appropriately named "Equalizer", though, because it was damn near impossible to find one anywhere else in iOS and I looked, a lot.
You have to run that app while running the Music app at the same time for it to work.

I honestly don't know if Apple has a system wide equalizer available for MacOS or iOS but they should.
Microsoft, too, for that matter.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:31 AM (6ydKt)

70 BBC

A Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off
US air force removes all bombers from British military base RAF Fairford

No reason has been given for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident last week when police were alerted to "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase.

https://tinyurl.com/4knkrxta

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:31 AM (odBC9)

71 'Control Center' with a 1-band equalizer = 10-band ^^^
oops.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:32 AM (6ydKt)

72 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
-

/helps yoko into spacesuit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:37 AM (ebJJx)

73 57 www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
try it and hear what you are missing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:14 AM (vOxCS)

I'm apparently losing my hearing.

Can't hear anything over 11,000Hz or below 24Hz

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:38 AM (6ydKt)

74 BBC (from last week):

Brexit referendum 'possible' in Labour election manifesto, says Burnham

https://tinyurl.com/83zhavay

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:38 AM (odBC9)

75 71 'Control Center' with a 1-band equalizer = 10-band ^^^
oops.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:32 AM (6ydKt)

Yeah, a 1-band equalizer is the volume control...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (l3cgK)

76 My old employer continues to haunt my dreams. I was walking across the campus, heading to an unknown destination, and with a Colt .45 1911 in a shoulder holster under my leather jacket. (Completely illegal there, of course.) I came up to the legal spot where I'd parked my car, the metallic green 1975 Ford Maverick, only to see someone starting it up and preparing to drive it away. Seems there was some kind of recruiting event setting up there and I was blocking it. The driver said, "You're okay," to which I replied, "And in what distant city am I going to park?"

I stowed jacket, holster, and gun in the trunk, got in, and was adjusting the mirrors to drive back into traffic when I woke up.

Amazing how I could see the car in every detail, from the Ford hubcaps and the green paint to the eggcrate grille.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

77 Greetings and good morning, one and all. It's a cool and somewhat foggy morning out here in the GPROMD and I'm waiting patiently for the cafeteria to open so I can get my coffee.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (NR6c1)

78 72 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
-

/helps yoko into spacesuit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:37 AM (ebJJx)

Open the pod bay doors!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:41 AM (l3cgK)

79 Yeah, a 1-band equalizer is the volume control...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (l3cgK)

Not gonna help much at all to raise the treble and turn down the bass.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:42 AM (6ydKt)

80 78 72 In space no one can hear you sing

Posted by: Skip at October 05, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
-

/helps yoko into spacesuit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:37 AM (ebJJx)

Open the pod bay doors!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 05, 2026 05:41 AM (l3cgK)

haha!

Posted by: m at October 05, 2026 05:44 AM (odBC9)

81 Russian highway to the danger zone:

https://tinyurl.com/hx9r359b

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 05, 2026 05:44 AM (ebJJx)

82 How was everybody's weekend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

83 Old time hymn - " I sing the almighty power of God."

https://tinyurl.com/y3zfjs3t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 05, 2026 05:45 AM (JrHfD)

84 82 How was everybody's weekend?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Pretty decent. Class on Saturday, Red Cross on Sunday. Took my wife out to Texas Roadhouse last night.

I'm a simple person.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 05, 2026 05:46 AM (NR6c1)

85 Hearing levels vary throughout the scales. Hearing the highest and lowest pitch is no indication of what or how much one can hear individual pitches or pitch areas in between.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _' at October 05, 2026 05:47 AM (vOxCS)

86 76 My old employer continues to haunt my dreams. I was walking across the campus, heading to an unknown destination, and with a Colt .45 1911 in a shoulder holster under my leather jacket. (Completely illegal there, of course.) I came up to the legal spot where I'd parked my car, the metallic green 1975 Ford Maverick, only to see someone starting it up and preparing to drive it away. Seems there was some kind of recruiting event setting up there and I was blocking it. The driver said, "You're okay," to which I replied, "And in what distant city am I going to park?"

I stowed jacket, holster, and gun in the trunk, got in, and was adjusting the mirrors to drive back into traffic when I woke up.

Amazing how I could see the car in every detail, from the Ford hubcaps and the green paint to the eggcrate grille.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 05, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

Did you watch Dirty Harry before you went to bed last night or something?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 05, 2026 05:48 AM (6ydKt)

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