Daily Tech News 9 May 2022

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Apple and Google have responded to Australia's corporate regulator, the ACCC, saying you can't regulate us as tech monopolies because we're really criminal protection rackets. (ZDNet)

We are not making this up.

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Intel's Alder Lake HX parts will bring the desktop chips to laptops. (WCCFTech)

That means 8 P cores (laptop chips currently max out at 6) and 32 graphics cores (laptop chips currently max out at 96). And TDPs starting at 55W so don't expect these in your next thin-and-light.
WordPress sites are now getting hacked even before you can finish deploying them. (The Daily Swig)

The WordPress installation process has always been insecure by default, and this is the logical end result: All self-hosted WordPress sites now come pre-hacked for your convenience.
The US Treasuy has sanctioned money laundering startup Blender. (ZDNet)

What exactly did they expect.
Our mission is to enable some of the fastest growing industries in the world: Rogue states, warlords, terrorists, and organised crime. We plan to list on NASDAQ in mid-2023.
I may have embroidered that a little.

Disclaimer: 504 Pixy timeout error.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:54 AM

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1 Mornin' again, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at May 09, 2022 04:57 AM (cL7bS)

2 Good evening Pixy

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 09, 2022 04:57 AM (2JoB8)

3 I guess close enough to morning now
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 09, 2022 04:57 AM (2JoB8)

4 We've got a week of nice weather forecast here. Little to no rain. (Seems like we've had rain nearly everyday since March.)

Yay Sunshine!! 54 now, going to hit the 70s today!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at May 09, 2022 05:00 AM (cL7bS)

5 Moar cofveve.

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:05 AM (k8wcX)

6 >>>Disclaimer: 504 Pixy timeout error.

Likely story!

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:06 AM (k8wcX)

7 (It is clear that I have no tech-fu.)

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:07 AM (k8wcX)

8 Good very early morning Folks.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 05:08 AM (qfLjt)

9 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2022 05:09 AM (arJlL)

10 Willard....

It is unbelievable. Never have we had this kind of issue for hiring. We have to have 18 year olds at youngest because we sell alcohol. Apparently it's no longer a thing to work after HS, or during college
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at May 09, 2022 04:50 AM (cL7bS)

Or in retirement. I would think some pensioners would jump at the chance.
Posted by: m

I read that as "prisoners" and I thought "I guess so..."

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2022 05:15 AM (arJlL)

11 Weather this week is not impressive here

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2022 05:19 AM (2JoB8)

12 Weather this week is not impressive here
Posted by: Skip

We're done with the rain, right ?

RIGHT ?

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2022 05:21 AM (arJlL)

13 https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/08/
the-exasperated-american/

From yesterday but good, every branch leader in government is there to stop what they are supposed to be doing.

And my clipboard in my copy/paste/clipboard doesn't work so can it seems copy paste but 1 line at a time.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2022 05:26 AM (2JoB8)

14 https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2022/05/
after-sudden-collapse-of-cnn-chris.html

Too funny

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2022 05:29 AM (2JoB8)

15 13 https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/08/
the-exasperated-american/

From yesterday but good, every branch leader in government is there to stop what they are supposed to be doing.

And my clipboard in my copy/paste/clipboard doesn't work so can it seems copy paste but 1 line at a time.
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2022 05:26 AM (2JoB

Oh, that's by Victor Davis Hanson! Here's its tinyurl:

https://tinyurl.com/4d7xrf5j

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:29 AM (k8wcX)

16 #include
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout
return 0;
}

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 05:29 AM (dQvv7)

17
Apparently some C++ is not Minx 0.8 beta compliant - it ate the double less then signs

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 05:31 AM (dQvv7)

18 Time to hit the road Hope to see you all later
Have a great day

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2022 05:31 AM (2JoB8)

19 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 09, 2022 05:32 AM (ju2Fy)

20 Seeing my copy links in the dictionary words, definitely think this is from update a week or so ago. Have to investigate if old link copy are in that.

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2022 05:33 AM (2JoB8)

21 A pair of less-than, greater-than signs tell text between them to disappear, don't they?

then
>

put together:

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:35 AM (k8wcX)

22 yep, and also that lone less-than sign (above the word then) disappeared

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:36 AM (k8wcX)

23 six less-than signs:

<<<<<<

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:37 AM (k8wcX)

24 now with spaces between them:

< < < < < <

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:38 AM (k8wcX)

25 oh well

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:38 AM (k8wcX)

26 It’s soo early the Pixy thread is on top. Now if I only had some coffee to help.

Posted by: Draki at May 09, 2022 05:40 AM (qPeQj)

27
It's probably a precaution against maliciousness.

There was a 'thing' a long time ago where if the words

drop table

were in a comment it would do very bad things

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 05:41 AM (dQvv7)

28 maybe it's a lone less-than sign that disappears; here's one:

<

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:42 AM (k8wcX)

29 Reminds me, still need to pay back whomever got me the premium membership with &&&&&& authority

Posted by: Draki at May 09, 2022 05:42 AM (GX+Nv)

30 22 yep, and also that lone less-than sign (above the word then) disappeared
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Would that work for Nancy Pelosi? Hillaria? The whole DoJ ?

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 05:43 AM (qfLjt)

31 29 Reminds me, still need to pay back whomever got me the premium membership with &&&&&& authority
Posted by: Draki at May 09, 2022 05:42 AM (GX+Nv)

Be sure to take the ‘smart quotes’ for a spin.

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:45 AM (k8wcX)

32 Interesting news about the crypto blender, guess that’s where the hacking groups launder some of their stuff. Wonder which crypto bro’s are arbing the prices there.

Posted by: Draki at May 09, 2022 05:45 AM (GX+Nv)

33 Be sure to take the ‘smart quotes’ for a spin.
Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:45 AM

We don’t just crudely paste and crap-post anymore?! Finally some real progress!

Posted by: Draki at May 09, 2022 05:47 AM (GX+Nv)

34 27
It's probably a precaution against maliciousness.

There was a 'thing' a long time ago where if the words

drop table

were in a comment it would do very bad things
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Not here, but the Little Bobby Drop Tables bug was very real.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 09, 2022 05:49 AM (MqQvv)

35 Prettygirl was hunting a mouse in the back room (maybe it's a small rat but i heard it squeak like a mouse). I got her out and put down a humane (double-door) trap baited with peanut butter. Hopefully catch it and then release it outside later. Ugh.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 09, 2022 05:51 AM (KAi1n)

36 VDH is surely right about this:

"If Roe v. Wade were to be repealed, many Americans in red states will remain appalled that some blue states will allow abortions, especially late-term abortions after 22 weeks. But nearly all will accept the rule of constitutional democracy and thus the states’ rights to make their own laws that do not conflict with federal legislation as passed by Congress and signed by the president."

https://tinyurl.com/4d7xrf5j

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:56 AM (k8wcX)

37 I had a friend, ca. 1989?, whose entire dissertation, while he was writing it, was hit by a bug that rearranged all the letters in the dissertation. All the letters started dropping to the bottom of the screen, just piling up.

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 05:59 AM (k8wcX)

38
Not here, but the Little Bobby Drop Tables bug was very real.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 09, 2022 05:49 AM

Hah! I remember it vaguely at the time. SQL insertion. Here's the story if anyone is interested:

https://tinyurl.com/LittleBobbyDropTables

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 05:59 AM (dQvv7)

39 Mississippi Gov on Meet the Fascists yesterday they went straight to talking point contraception will be banned with abortions

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 09, 2022 06:03 AM (0XbmC)

40
I guess that's why later on the 'Valid' command became a thing, limiting user input in certain fields.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 06:04 AM (dQvv7)

41 Good morning morons

Fresh hell...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 06:07 AM (EZebt)

42 LOL on The Hill website (https://thehill.com):

"The Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter."

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 06:09 AM (k8wcX)

43 Mississippi Gov on Meet the Fascists yesterday they went straight to talking point contraception will be banned with abortions
Posted by: Skip's phone at May 09, 2022 06:03 AM (0XbmC)
===

The lies they tell each other are so weird and sick. From there they go to banning interracial marriage rheee!. They will believe anything about you they hear on CNN or the View.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 06:13 AM (EZebt)

44 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

45 37 I had a friend, ca. 1989?, whose entire dissertation, while he was writing it, was hit by a bug that rearranged all the letters in the dissertation. All the letters started dropping to the bottom of the screen, just piling up.
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I remember that but I don't think it was a virus, just an elaborate scare, April Fool's. Eventually, having the code, it evolved into an innocuous file-delete program (app for you young 'uns). A similar April Fool's was the one that turned the screen display upside down, cursor blinking at the bottom-right.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 06:14 AM (qfLjt)

46 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2022 06:16 AM (UnQlg)

47 San Franpsycho

Outrage that Leftist cant is challenged is part of the Faith in the Cult of Death.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:18 AM (u82oZ)

48 36 VDH is surely right about this:

"If Roe v. Wade were to be repealed, many Americans in red states will remain appalled that some blue states will allow abortions, especially late-term abortions after 22 weeks. But nearly all will accept the rule of constitutional democracy and thus the states’ rights to make their own laws that do not conflict with federal legislation as passed by Congress and signed by the president."

----
But in the mirror situation, Blue State Americans would do the opposite and rather than follow the law, would do their damnest to overturn it just by nuisance-attrition.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 06:18 AM (qfLjt)

49 Thanks for clearing-up on letter-dropping being not-a-virus; I don't think I ever knew that!

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 06:19 AM (k8wcX)

50
My favorite function was "Range" - especially in a payroll application. Whoever was running the program could not "inadvertently" pay themselves for 400 hours of work if the Range was <60.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 06:20 AM (dQvv7)

51 Ciampino

Makes me remember the days when we could make text march across the screen, changing colors and fonts. And the border would change.

Very trippy. All gone, like the typing of yesteryear.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:20 AM (u82oZ)

52 They play on ignorance of Christianity. Protestants are not against birth control, and the south is largely protestant. I expected Microsoft to have a different perspective, and I wasn't disappointed. Although the new Windows 8 SE (Spyware Edition) is bad for me, I now more fully appreciate paying for my OS. Normally I write multiple one or two sentence paragraphs, but those style of posts are flagged as spam by Minx.

Posted by: David Prince at May 09, 2022 06:23 AM (WUxVt)

53 David Prince

That troll that posted a full page of comments is why we can not have nice things here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

54 Is it permissable ot ask -- why no birth control?

We got a loot of technology here. Or do you like to kill the innocent, like Pol Pot, the Nazis, Lenin, and Stalin. Note the Oxford comma.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

55 Looks like they're called "computer pranks" online.

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 06:28 AM (k8wcX)

56
Normally I write multiple one or two sentence paragraphs, but those style of posts are flagged as spam by Minx.

Yeah, but at least we get paragraph breaks. I don't think Facebook allows that. Everyone leaving a comment there must make it short, hit enter, and start a new comment. I guess it's based on the IQ and attention span of it's users.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 06:28 AM (dQvv7)

57 permissible to

Shesh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

58 Divide by Zero

We can drive a coherent argument with the space we are given in a post.

And Muldoon quality limericks as well. Try that in Facebook.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:32 AM (u82oZ)

59 Maybe I should go early. My typing skills, never great, are not up to par, today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

60 Have a great day. Work preps approach. 10 days of school left.

Be the torch of America to the great unlearned masses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

61 57 permissible to
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 09, 2022 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

I bet I've made that mistake and not even noticed; looks good enough!

; )

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 06:35 AM (k8wcX)

62 51 Ciampino

Makes me remember the days when we could make text march across the screen, changing colors and fonts. And the border would change.

Very trippy. All gone, like the typing of yesteryear.
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Actually possible with HTML or any of the scripting languages I guess. That's what I loved about the early days of computers, A.) I was in command and B.) It felt good to tell a mere machine what to do, even catch fire .... LOL. There were a bunch of op-codes, some made up to be funny, and one was HALT AND CATCH FIRE (this was real).
https://is.gd/lsoP6O
I loved programming the Motorola MC6809.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 06:37 AM (qfLjt)

63
I only have a friend-free account on Facebook to keep an eye on the bastids. The facial recognition shit they were up to was downright scary and Big Brotherish. Someone here said they got sued for it and disabled it. For Now.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 06:38 AM (dQvv7)

64 56
Normally I write multiple one or two sentence paragraphs, but those style of posts are flagged as spam by Minx.

Yeah, but at least we get paragraph breaks. I don't think Facebook allows that. Everyone leaving a comment there must make it short, hit enter, and start a new comment. I guess it's based on the IQ and attention span of it's users.
----
LOL that is so true. I think the goldfish is underrated as to attention span.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 06:40 AM (qfLjt)

65
Although I will say this, if someone used the Facebook facial recognition ability to flag a J6 person to the FBI, that person - who almost certainly lost time from work, perhaps was incarcerated - has some deep pockets to go after, including the pockets of the person doing the initial call to the FBI.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 06:43 AM (dQvv7)

66 Just learned that Cleveland changed their name to the Guardians. I still won't watch!

Posted by: Ask Kamala, Style Guide for the Just Challenged at May 09, 2022 06:47 AM (BOJAx)

67 Oops! When weighing in on sports, make sure to side with the most popular team . . . and giggle excessively!

Posted by: Ask Kamala, Style Guide for the Just Challenged at May 09, 2022 06:49 AM (BOJAx)

68 Not "excessively", incessantly!

Posted by: Ask Kamala, Style Guide for the Just Challenged at May 09, 2022 06:51 AM (BOJAx)

69 66 Just learned that Cleveland changed their name to the Guardians. I still won't watch!
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Apparently one is not allowed to make the chopping motion a la tomahawk.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 06:52 AM (qfLjt)

70
I guess someone could file a FOIA request for each and every J6 person arrested, track it back to Facebook and have one hell of a class action lawsuit.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 06:53 AM (dQvv7)

71 G'morning, all!

And Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2022 06:54 AM (3D/fK)

72 McConnell's comments were an outright attempt to sabotage a conservative victory. There is no doubt which team he or McCarthy actually play for.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 09, 2022 06:54 AM (oWBc3)

73 And I see we had a 3.3 magnitude earthquake up around Columbia very early this morning.

No damage, or injuries reported so far.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2022 06:55 AM (3D/fK)

74 >>> Just learned that Cleveland changed their name to the Guardians.

Guardian Steamer just doesn't have the same ring.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2022 06:56 AM (UnQlg)

75 I lot of comment systems, including Facebook, allow you to hold down shift and press enter simultaneously to insert a paragraph. Conservatives are a great target market for a Facebook style platform, but unfortunately Conservatives are the enemy of Chinese owned Facebook.

Posted by: David Prince at May 09, 2022 06:57 AM (WUxVt)

76 Trump said US Navy ships look ugly, claims Mark Esper

Trump said poop!

Posted by: Mark Esper, Pantywaisted Pussy at May 09, 2022 06:58 AM (yrol0)

77 shift-return?

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 06:59 AM (k8wcX)

78 69 66 Just learned that Cleveland changed their name to the Guardians. I still won't watch!
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Apparently one is not allowed to make the chopping motion a la tomahawk.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 06:52 AM (qfLjt)

Cleveland Social Guardians for Change

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2022 07:00 AM (yrol0)

79 Trump said US Navy ships look ugly, claims Mark Esper

Trump said poop!
Posted by: Mark Esper, Pantywaisted Pussy at May 09, 2022 06:58 AM (yrol0)

This guy esper appears to a huge cock sucker

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 09, 2022 07:01 AM (d0Qel)

80 I shall file this un things that have never happened:

US women stock up on birth control amid fears Roe v Wade will be overturned

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2022 07:01 AM (yrol0)

81
I lot of comment systems, including Facebook, allow you to hold down shift and press enter simultaneously to insert a paragraph.

Posted by: David Prince at May 09, 2022 06:57 AM

Thanks, I just tested it, and it works.

I have a FB account under my first and middle name, not my last. My wife has her own account and I know she would like to use paragraph breaks.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:02 AM (dQvv7)

82
shift-return?

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 06:59 AM

'Carriage return', remember that?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:04 AM (dQvv7)

83 This guy esper appears to a huge cock sucker
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 09, 2022 07:01 AM (d0Qel)

Why the fuck do these winey ass bitches even get mentioned? Real men get the fucking job done and move on!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2022 07:04 AM (yrol0)

84 'Morning Captain !

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2022 07:04 AM (arJlL)

85 Morning peeps. Some ground fog in the fields as the sun comes up makes a nice display. Looks like the Bluegrass will have some decent weather for a couple days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2022 07:04 AM (BFigT)

86 Dude, where's my carriage?

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2022 07:05 AM (UnQlg)

87 'Carriage return', remember that?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Vic does !

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2022 07:05 AM (arJlL)

88 82 shift-return?

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 06:59 AM

'Carriage return', remember that?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:04 AM (dQvv7)

Indeed I do!

Posted by: m at May 09, 2022 07:05 AM (k8wcX)

89 78 going to 88 down here by NASA

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2022 07:05 AM (yrol0)

90 'Carriage return', remember that?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:04 AM (dQvv7)

And dammit put the horse in the barn and brush him down!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2022 07:06 AM (yrol0)

91 'Carriage return', remember that?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Vic does !
Posted by: JT

It was "Bring yer own horse" in those days.

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2022 07:06 AM (arJlL)

92 Speaking of weather...Lake Mead (Bolder Dam, Hoover Dam whatever you call it) is now about 1 foot of having to shut down a good part of their generators because of no water to run them....Hows your electric car doing, got a full charge?

Posted by: Colin at May 09, 2022 07:06 AM (YVx1O)

93 My ad blocker is getting a bit stressed by the HQ toe nail fungus ads. Plus the other 99 that show up when I access the site. What's up with all of the conservative sites inundating us with crap?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2022 07:08 AM (2NHgQ)

94 Even Friedman is warning about the dangers of the Ukraine spat devolving into a broader US/Russia conflict. If that liberal simp is waking up, maybe there's hope. The sheer stupidity of all this, Jill visiting a supposed war zone, U2 and Bono adding their wailing "singing" supposedly from a bunker, is just mind-numbing.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 09, 2022 07:10 AM (oWBc3)

95 I had a fancy electric typewriter in college. It had correction tape built into the cartridge. But you still had to press the return button when the bell rang.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 07:11 AM (EZebt)

96 Branco political cartoon/-deplorable:

https://tinyurl.com/2sp4ux66

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2022 07:11 AM (ZGag7)

97
My sister, who ratted out a neighbor to the FBI for being in Washington on J6, was yesterday (in email) claiming that our niece is nasty because she (my sis) didn't get invited to her baby shower a couple months ago.

Geez, our entire family is as conservative as they come, sis. You're the outlier. No shit they don't want you around. Stay home and read the Daily Kos and the rest of your leftist circle jerk crap.

Hate is a strong word, but my sister does not realize they all hate her.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:11 AM (dQvv7)

98 US generals, the media are bragging about how they are screwing Russia. Poke the bear enough with sticks and watch out. Putin will get back at us somehow when we least expect it.l

Posted by: Colin at May 09, 2022 07:13 AM (YVx1O)

99 77 shift-return?

Yes.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 07:13 AM (qfLjt)

100 I see the leftists in the Fort Worth school board all got ousted except one. 10 out of 11 conservatives won their race for school board. Now they can get rid of that crt racist bull$hit.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 09, 2022 07:14 AM (bVYXr)

101 Hate is a strong word, but my sister does not realize they all hate her.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:11 AM (dQvv7)

Nobody wants to spend their time off with a narc.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2022 07:14 AM (6FeV1)

102 I had a fancy electric typewriter in college. It had correction tape built into the cartridge. But you still had to press the return button when the bell rang.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

When the bell rang, did someone hand you a piece of cheese ?

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2022 07:16 AM (arJlL)

103 86 Dude, where's my carriage?
----
Well Sir, it returned to the stables for the proper care and feeding of the horses.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 07:16 AM (qfLjt)

104
Vic was sure the manual typewriter was just a fad and stuck with his quill pen.

Funny thing is, there actually are manual typewriters with a USB interface that can replace the computer keyboard. I can't imagine who would want one but someone thinks there's a market.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:17 AM (dQvv7)

105 Biden-through his handlers words called Trump supporters "Ultra maga" . A commentator on the Legal Insurrection site had this to say:

Ultra MAGA sounds like a brand of low tar cigarettes, As in, “Give me a pack of Ultra MAGA 100s and a couple of scratch offs.”

I laughed

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2022 07:17 AM (eKxUP)

106 Wasn't eating much cheese back then...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 07:17 AM (EZebt)

107 mornin yall. My dad made my mom take down the bird feeders so the bird flu won't get spread. I held my tongue and did not suggest leaving out tiny masks instead.

Posted by: fd at May 09, 2022 07:17 AM (vrz2I)

108 Carriage return... my grandfather had an Underwood typewriter on his desk. He'd put a piece of paper in it and we'd pound out nonsense on it for hours.

My parents had several typewriters over the years as well. I learned touch typing by the time I was 12. A "3 page, single spaced report" for school was easy.

However, in the late 70's my dad got one of the first Apple computers complete with duel disk drives and a dot matrix printer. I got an "F" on a paper because the teacher thought "the computer wrote it." My parents had to explain to her how it worked. I then begrudgingly was given a C- and never did well in that class again.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2022 07:18 AM (BFigT)

109 @98

>>Poke the bear enough with sticks and watch out.

It's all, part of the plan!!!
--
Joker: Agent of Chaos.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2022 07:18 AM (Y9djS)

110 I saw a red tail hawk grab a mouse in the park yesterday and fly off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 07:19 AM (EZebt)

111 Apple and Goggle criminal protection rackets...I sooo needed a laugh this morning as I get really to sit next to a cop who has ADHD and thinks most people are criminals. Hopefully this situation will only last for up to the next 30 days. Hopefully.

Posted by: sidney at May 09, 2022 07:19 AM (Uy/WF)

112 Divide. Your sister seems nice.
We were supposed vacation with the adult kids on a houseboat in 2 weeks on Lake Mead. After checking out how bad the water levels were we changed the vacation to the San Juan Islands.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2022 07:20 AM (2NHgQ)

113 Now they can get rid of that crt racist bull$hit.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at May 09, 2022 07:14 AM (bVYXr)

"Not who we are" in 5....4.....3.....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2022 07:21 AM (6FeV1)

114 I couldn't use a quill pen very well, I expect, but I used to like to write with fountain pens with the cartidges.. They were so smooth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2022 07:22 AM (eKxUP)

115 Fountain pens are flirting with disaster.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 07:23 AM (EZebt)

116 We think fountain pens should be illegal.

Posted by: White dress shirts at May 09, 2022 07:23 AM (6FeV1)

117
I saw a red tail hawk grab a mouse in the park yesterday and fly off
Posted by: San Franpsycho

His hair was perfect.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2022 07:23 AM (TTfn9)

118
Nobody wants to spend their time off with a narc.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2022 07:14 AM

Yeah, that's the right term. She even had her own fathers license taken away from him. Which he got back. But she persisted and had the state take it away again.

But to her, everyone except Bernie Sanders and her fellow leftists is a Nazi.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2022 07:24 AM (dQvv7)

119 I never pictured you Fen as such a dandy as to use a fountain pen!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 07:25 AM (EZebt)

120 I saw what was either a bald eagle or a buzzard who desperately needed to get some more sun in his life yesterday.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2022 07:25 AM (6FeV1)

121 I didn't wear white dress shirts so I don't recall having a problem.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2022 07:26 AM (eKxUP)

122 My family used to go to a restaurant out by a lake, nice place and view. The dumpster in the back for kitchen waste was a great place to see bears. Some city guys with a few drinks under their belt got brave and started darning each other to run up and poke the bear. With enough alcohol in their bellies, they would try and do it. The bears didn't like it and one night one of the NYC guys found out you don't mess with mother nature. Had to be taken to the hospital for severe injuries. Many of use watching from a distant, knew it was going to happen.

Posted by: Colin at May 09, 2022 07:26 AM (YVx1O)

123 We may actually get a Spring this week. I'm suspicious though. Seems too good to be true.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 09, 2022 07:27 AM (45fpk)

124 So Blender is tossing 10% to the Big Guy?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2022 07:27 AM (IK2H6)

125 Our mission is to enable some of the fastest growing industries in the world: Rogue states, warlords, terrorists, and organised crime. We plan to list on NASDAQ in mid-2023.

Have you ever seen 'Lord of War'? a pretty good Nick Cage movie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 09, 2022 07:27 AM (sAmhv)

126 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 09, 2022 07:28 AM (sAmhv)

127 I have a photo taken last year of a tree with about a dozen buzzards in it. One the neighbor's cows had just given birth and they were "interested."

Eerie sight.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2022 07:28 AM (BFigT)

128 104
Vic was sure the manual typewriter was just a fad and stuck with his quill pen.

Funny thing is, there actually are manual typewriters with a USB interface that can replace the computer keyboard. I can't imagine who would want one but someone thinks there's a market.
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-- There's the feel of the keys.
-- One can cut stencils - does anyone still do this?
-- Is an ink ribbon cheaper than a laser?

Back in the late 70s early 80s I wanted to build a serial interface to a typewriter to get high quality printing but my interfacing electronics expertise was all theoretical. LOL

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 07:28 AM (qfLjt)

129 Poked Around.
Found Out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2022 07:28 AM (6FeV1)

130 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2022 07:29 AM (yrol0)

131 FenSpouse typed his paper for his Master's degree on a manual typewriter and he used white out sometimes. 70 pages on a manual typewriter. He is a much better and quicker typist than I am, it was still a pain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2022 07:29 AM (mN9IM)

132 Perfect golf weather today in Babylon DC. Think I'll at least walk 9. Might walk 18 but I'm not in shape at all. Gotta help the parental units leave this morning. They've spent almost a week with me. Good to see them. They are not youngsters anymore (79 & 83).

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 09, 2022 07:30 AM (sAmhv)

133
I had a fancy electric typewriter in college. It had correction tape built into the cartridge. But you still had to press the return button when the bell rang.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

When the bell rang, did someone hand you a piece of cheese ?
Posted by: JT

Leroy Anderson hardest hit.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2022 07:30 AM (TTfn9)

134 My typewriter did not use an inked ribbon, it was a tape with an ink layer on it, one sided, and produced a very sharp image. May have been the last selectric they made.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2022 07:31 AM (EZebt)

135 /yesterdays sock

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 09, 2022 07:40 AM (ybIRR)

136 134 My typewriter did not use an inked ribbon, it was a tape with an ink layer on it, one sided, and produced a very sharp image. May have been the last selectric they made.
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In Africa I ha a small enterprise going re-inking dot-matrix and shop-till ribbons. Not bad going for a while but everyone was slowly moving over to lasers.

Posted by: Ciampino at May 09, 2022 07:41 AM (qfLjt)

137 All of these people should be in jail, but they know they will not. They'll retire to mansions.

I hope gen-z is vindictive as hell.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 09, 2022 07:42 AM (ybIRR)

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