Daily Tech News 27 April 2024

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DOS 4 is now open source. (Hanselman)

I never owned a DOS PC, but I know that DOS 4 was the one everyone hated.

Anyway, you can now download it yourself. Warning: It does uses as much as 92k of RAM.

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90% of Java services have critical or severe security vulnerabilities... (JVM Weekly)

... Or security reporting is a pile of crap.

This article explains why it's mostly the latter. Not entirely, but mostly.
A long-dead worm is still active on at least 2.5 million PCs worldwide. (Ars Technica)

The worm, created by China, was tied to a single specific IP address as its command-and-control hub.

For reasons that remain unclear, whatever server was originally attached to that IP address was shut down. So security researchers bought the address, granting them complete control over every one of the infected systems.

All they are doing so far is watching.

All they are doing so far.
China's annoying little brother North Korea is targeting developers with fake job interviews that involve downloading and running malware. (Bleeping Computer)

Again.
Leaving Rust game development. (Loglog)

When you point out that a building is on fire, and the universal response is "That sounds like a you problem", it's time to get out of Dodge.

Not that Rust is bad. Just that the people creating Rust are.
The Second Circuit has upheld a New York law forcing ISPs to offer 25mbps broadband for $15. (Ars Technica)

Cut the entire state off from the internet and let them eat each other.
Columbia has a Nazi problem. (The Verge)
"Why didn't anyone tell us that genocide had consequences", cried sophomore Adolfia Hertler. "We're not hurting anyone, we just want to kill Jews."
Well, the article doesn't actually say that, but it should.
Apple stopped increasing the base RAM in its desktop systems... In 2012. (WCCFTech)

Back then, of course, you could upgrade the memory yourself.

This is no longer the case, and Apple charges ten times retail price for its own upgrades.
TSMC is bringing optical interconnect to multi-chip modules starting next year. (AnandTech)

The first version will run at 1.6 terabits per second - 200 gigabytes per second, or about three times the speed of a full-size PCIe 5 slot - and will increase to 6.4 terabits per second the following year.

Disclaimer: Which is 8,695,652 copies of DOS 4 per second, which should be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 04:01 AM (fwDg9)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at April 27, 2024 04:02 AM (o3SCB)

3 Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements

https://tinyurl.com/yx9kr4y3

Posted by: Ciampino - Drop the owners somewhere in Death Valley at April 27, 2024 04:03 AM (qfLjt)

4
♪ But time will tell, of stars that fell, a billion years ago ♪

RIP Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 04:06 AM (RKVpM)

5 All they are doing so far is watching.

All they are doing so far.

TRUST THE EXPERTS

Posted by: the Experts at April 27, 2024 04:07 AM (oGyF9)

6 Microsoft and Apple seem to be doing their damnest to chase users to Linux.

Posted by: Ciampino - AI - not enough memory at April 27, 2024 04:09 AM (qfLjt)

7 The first version will run at 1.6 terabits per second.

I remember when 5 MHz was fast. I also remember DOS 4.0.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 27, 2024 04:10 AM (b6UlB)

8 When win10 is no longer "supported" I will go off-line.

Teh intertubenets has been much fun & very edumacational and all, but FEH! Enough is enough with the spying bullsh!t. And advertisements, spam, malware...

Bleargh.

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:12 AM (njWTi)

9
I can't say I remember Dos 4.0 at all. I was an 'early adopter' of Windows 1.0b and might have skipped it completely.

I was taking a 'Management Information Systems' class in college and turned in a paper I had created in Windows. The pages were filled with text, graphs and images. The prof was impressed and asked how I did it. A program called 'Windows' was my reply.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 04:14 AM (RKVpM)

10 I should do a road trip this morning, some how my screw gun is missing, south Philadelphia was last place I had it . It's there or gone.

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 04:16 AM (fwDg9)

11 LMAO, Gutfeld just said...Biden's walking is stiffer than Don Lemon during Fleet Week.

You are allowed to say such things still in America, land of the free? Bet that might get you arrested today in Canada or the UK. What about Australia pixy?

Posted by: Farmer at April 27, 2024 04:16 AM (55Qr6)

12
The bittersweet thing about reading what is going on in Australia is seeing that the insanity is not just confined to the USA.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 04:18 AM (RKVpM)

13 It's there or gone.
Posted by: Skip

Sorry to hear that, Skip!

Yeah, tools 'walk away' sometimes. Ya set 'em down, turn yer back... and they're freaking *gone*

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:19 AM (njWTi)

14
Many a ravening maw of a document shredder will "process" job applications from Columbia graduates, as well as those graduates from other schools who have embraced the Stinkies and the Dirties.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 27, 2024 04:21 AM (xG4kz)

15
Some Aussie young women did a video on X talking about rent increases, housing availability, food costs, and immigration. Something like 50 people lined up to apply for a single rental unit.

Something like 150,000 immigrants per month. That's gonna leave a mark, if it hasn't already.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 04:23 AM (RKVpM)

16 I bought a house at the right time.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 27, 2024 04:26 AM (BLOW1)

17 I bought a house at the right time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa
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Yes, you did, Pixy! Good for you!

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:29 AM (njWTi)

18 Might well get moving, make a travel cup, have a bagel and hit the road. At least will be painless in traffic

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 04:30 AM (fwDg9)

19 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals! Here it is, Saturday morning, and I'm up two hours early. I guess I just need to get used to this once I retire. Of course I'll nap in the afternoon, so my total sleep won't be too bad.

We had some pinheads protesting yesterday afternoon in front of the college that's next door to where I work. The idiots blocked the avenue in the westbound lane. I walked down to look at them. Face diapers galore and chants of "Free Palestine!" I commented to one of the cops standing around, "When has blocking traffic ever changed people's hearts and minds?" He shrugged. "It's more about aggravating people." I said, "I have a solution. Tear gas." He shrugged.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 04:30 AM (omVj0)

20 Hiya

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 04:30 AM (T4tVD)

21 I dimly recall DOS 4.0. Never really used it; I went from 3.3 (?) to using Windows 3-something, then Win 95, and have never gone back. Except now and then I use Run, which opens a command window.

DOS 4.0 had some kind of shell feature that made it hard to use. Sort of a proto-Windows Explorer, but you didn't use a mouse, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 04:33 AM (omVj0)

22 11 LMAO, Gutfeld just said...Biden's walking is stiffer than Don Lemon during Fleet Week.

You are allowed to say such things still in America, land of the free? Bet that might get you arrested today in Canada or the UK. What about Australia pixy?
Posted by: Farmer at April 27, 2024 04:16 AM (55Qr6)

Oh, my goodness, that's funny.

Posted by: m at April 27, 2024 04:33 AM (o3SCB)

23 Mornin' Wolfus!

There's stoopid kollidge kids at UofI and WSU too. "Fwee paleswine" and all that rot...

Good reason to just stay away, if possible. I mean, can't do anything, um... effective... about it, right?

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:34 AM (njWTi)

24 7 The first version will run at 1.6 terabits per second.

I remember when 5 MHz was fast. I also remember DOS 4.0.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 27, 2024 04:10 AM (b6UlB)
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I remember MSDOS 1.something. 2.2, 4.1, various then 6.22.

EDLIN anyone?

Posted by: Ciampino - Backslashes were so idiotic at April 27, 2024 04:36 AM (qfLjt)

25 I bought a house at the right time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Why so? I bought my house here in New Mexico at the perfect time. I got an extremely cheap mortgage and the house has doubled in value since I bought it in 2019. When I got to New Mexico real estate was grossly undervalued and I knew it couldn't last and I was right. Today home prices are approaching National median prices.

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 27, 2024 04:37 AM (b6UlB)

26 I bought a house at the right time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

The night time is the Right Time.

Posted by: Mikllos who used to do Jazzfest at April 27, 2024 04:41 AM (oGyF9)

27 Mornin' Wolfus!

There's stoopid kollidge kids at UofI and WSU too. "Fwee paleswine" and all that rot...

Good reason to just stay away, if possible. I mean, can't do anything, um... effective... about it, right?
Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024

***
Hello, JQ,

I was worried the pinheads would still be there when I left work. While my path home is on the opposite side, I knew other drivers would be slowing down to look, the same way they do to peer at Death on the Highway. Fortunately they'd knocked off by 2:30 or so.

On the other hand, the ramp I take every day to the bridge will be closed 24/7 as of 5/1. Info on the 'Net seems to indicate it'll be closed until August . . . which around here means November. There are two other routes, but all the ramp users will be taking those too. Though if I retire as I hope to on 5/31, the issue will only hassle me for a month.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 04:41 AM (omVj0)

28 23 Mornin' Wolfus!

There's stoopid kollidge kids at UofI and WSU too. "Fwee paleswine" and all that rot...

Good reason to just stay away, if possible. I mean, can't do anything, um... effective... about it, right?

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:34 AM (njWTi)
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Are you saying UIUC by UofI ? Also what is WSU unless Washington State U?
We all called UIUC by U of I but I can be IL, IN, IA
I worked at UIUC for many years. Wanted to be The Harvard Of The Midwest. Why? I don't know.

Posted by: Ciampino - Did develop Eudora, a fav emailer at April 27, 2024 04:43 AM (qfLjt)

29 Wolfus, re: insurance stuff--

contact weirddave at the gee, mail thingy

I read this earlier. Disregard if you've already seen it.

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:46 AM (njWTi)

30 The best access to the Fairgrounds Race Track where they do the Jazzfest is back by Mystery Street, over by Liuzzas

Posted by: Mikllos who used know things at April 27, 2024 04:46 AM (oGyF9)

31 Ciampino--

U Idaho. Wash state. Moscow/Pullman

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:47 AM (njWTi)

32 Wolfus, re: insurance stuff--

contact weirddave at the gee, mail thingy

I read this earlier. Disregard if you've already seen it.
Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024

***
I did write to him, JQ, and he's going to call me this morning. Thanks!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 04:49 AM (omVj0)

33 U Idaho. Wash state. Moscow/Pullman
Posted by: JQ

Long commute

Posted by: Mikllos from Moscow State University, tavarish at April 27, 2024 04:50 AM (oGyF9)

34 Teargas got banned for use on demonstrators back in the BLM/Fascista marches as it was too painful. It got used up to the Federal Court attacks in Portland and then banned.
They could get some of that smelly stuff the IDF uses to discourage tire-burners at the various fences. Apparently does not wash off. Probably would need a bleach bath.

Posted by: Ciampino - sneeze gas would be good at April 27, 2024 04:51 AM (qfLjt)

35 I did write to him, JQ, and he's going to call me this morning. Thanks!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Ain't we special!

I put my red beans on one Monday at a time.

Posted by: Mikllos knows who does the best Red Beans (Irma Thomas) at April 27, 2024 04:52 AM (oGyF9)

36 U Idaho. Wash state. Moscow/Pullman
Posted by: JQ

Long commute
Posted by: Mikllos

Brian Kohberger found it to be killer

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 27, 2024 04:52 AM (b6UlB)

37 Water cannons seem fairly harmless. Why can't the cops use those? (with plenty ice cubes added, heh)

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:53 AM (njWTi)

38 Pixy, when you wrote "It does uses as much as 92k of RAM." you were jesting right? I mean no one needs more than 256k of RAM.

Posted by: Ciampino - UNIFLEX on a 6809 was multi-user at April 27, 2024 04:54 AM (qfLjt)

39 A long-dead worm is still active on at least 2.5 million PCs worldwide.

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The spice must flow.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 27, 2024 04:55 AM (H22GW)

40 Brian Kohberger found it to be killer
Posted by: Lost in Space

*does the thing*

Posted by: Drummer with that thing drummers are expected to do at April 27, 2024 04:57 AM (oGyF9)

41 37 Water cannons seem fairly harmless. Why can't the cops use those? (with plenty ice cubes added, heh)

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:53 AM (njWTi)
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WC also deemed no-nos by various mayors and governors in lefty cities.
See #34

Posted by: Ciampino - Water-cannon on a cold & windy day at April 27, 2024 04:57 AM (qfLjt)

42 he best access to the Fairgrounds Race Track where they do the Jazzfest is back by Mystery Street, over by Liuzzas
Posted by: Mikllos who used know things at April 27, 2024

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That street where Liuzza's is located, N. Lopez, dead-ends against the Fairgrounds fence. If you go over by the fence, you can hear an awful lot of the performances. Personally I think you'd do better to listen to the live broadcasts of it all on one of the FM stations while sitting in your nice cool house instead of paying $$ to stand around in heat that would stun a Cape buffalo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 04:57 AM (omVj0)

43 "A long-dead worm is still active on at least 2.5 million PCs worldwide."

If it's *dead*, how is it still *active*?

Poltergeist Worm!

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:58 AM (njWTi)

44 A long-dead worm is still active on at least 2.5 million PCs worldwide.

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The spice must flow.
Posted by: Cicero

BREAKING

2.5 million worn indicted for illegal presence and stuff also TRUMP!

Posted by: The DOJ at April 27, 2024 05:00 AM (oGyF9)

45
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 27, 2024 05:00 AM (tljrc)

46 Personally I think you'd do better to listen to the live broadcasts of it all on one of the FM stations while sitting in your nice cool house instead of paying $$ to stand around in heat that would stun a Cape buffalo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

WWOZ

Posted by: One knows what one knows at April 27, 2024 05:03 AM (oGyF9)

47 If it's *dead*, how is it still *active*?

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Registered Democrat

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 27, 2024 05:04 AM (H22GW)

48 Water cannon vs. Turkish protesters - YouTube
https://tinyurl.com/dx4a8vkd

Posted by: Ciampino - That's how you do it - Dire Straits at April 27, 2024 05:04 AM (qfLjt)

49
"A long-dead worm is still active on at least 2.5 million PCs worldwide."

If it's *dead*, how is it still *active*?

Poltergeist Worm!

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 04:58 AM

Schrödinger's worm

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 05:08 AM (RKVpM)

50 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 27, 2024 05:08 AM (ju2Fy)

51 Oh, my goodness, that's funny.
Posted by: m at April 27, 2024 04:33

I thought so too m. Cracked me up. Guess that Greg isn't worried about being invited to the right parties.

That BS DC correspondent's dinner is tomorrow, where the elites all slap each other on the back and laugh at our expense. No idea who the dipshit host is, but can imagine if Greg was the host?

Posted by: Farmer at April 27, 2024 05:11 AM (55Qr6)

52
At least I can say I saw the original Moody Blues in concert. They ended with 'Timothy Leary's Dead' to a standing ovation.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 05:14 AM (RKVpM)

53 cheese omelet with guacamole.

not bad!

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 05:21 AM (njWTi)

54 Lesbian model-turned DEI manager is fired by university for posing in front of Israeli flag emblazoned with swastikas - and is now suing over claims her free speech rights were violated
"They discarded a proud Queer, Muslim, Afghan and SWANA woman,' she has claimed"

https://mol.im/a/13356283

Is she American or Afghan? If Afghan then she has no 1st Am rights in this country, that's only for citizens.
How would the Taliban welcome this lesbian woman?

Posted by: Ciampino - That's how you do it - Dire Straits... at April 27, 2024 05:21 AM (qfLjt)

55 "They discarded a proud Queer, Muslim, Afghan and SWANA woman,' she has claimed"
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Huh. Seems to me, they merely put out the trash. Meh.

Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024 05:23 AM (njWTi)

56 I work on machines that still run MSDOS 6.22. Some companies are just too fucking cheap and stupid to upgrade their equipment. Of course the young folk think both you and the machine are dinosaurs, and maybe they're right, but you know what?

Fuck them too!

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 05:27 AM (pDQ/8)

57 Nothing from Miley or Publius in days,

Old Mama Publius is a nice Lady.

Posted by: Miklos hopes for the best at April 27, 2024 05:29 AM (oGyF9)

58 6 Microsoft and Apple seem to be doing their damnest to chase users to Linux.
Posted by: Ciampino

It's working.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 27, 2024 05:31 AM (wBh67)

59 Registered Democrat
Posted by: Cicero

You h8rs

Posted by: various Secretaries of state at April 27, 2024 05:31 AM (oGyF9)

60 Hulking autistic boy, 17, filmed battering female teacher's aide for threatening to take away his Nintendo switch, files lawsuit claiming school staff 'triggered' him

https://mol.im/a/13356075

Posted by: Ciampino - a menace to all at April 27, 2024 05:33 AM (qfLjt)

61 I would like to do Linux, but not an IT guy, any For Idiots guides?

Posted by: Miklosa is good at some things, others not so much at April 27, 2024 05:33 AM (oGyF9)

62 It's working.
Posted by: Puddleglum

I read that in a Dr. Frankenstein voice.

Posted by: Miklos, what hump? at April 27, 2024 05:35 AM (oGyF9)

63 Ok, I'll bite.

What in the high holy piss is a SWANA?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:36 AM (GkFGh)

64 Benjamin is from England and he makes his living by doing travel videos. His best and earliest work was done all across Russia and its former republics seeking out the hidden and not so hidden Soviet elements. Somehow he managed to get himself banned for Russia and has been doing travel videos in various other places around the globe but they're never as good. Until now. In this video he makes it to Tajikistan. If you're inclined to watch it, I hope you enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/fBBiFhhY2to

Posted by: Lost in Space at April 27, 2024 05:36 AM (b6UlB)

65 Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for songs critical of regime

https://tinyurl.com/ykfneexj

Posted by: Ciampino - expected at April 27, 2024 05:37 AM (qfLjt)

66 Stupid... white... asshole... needing.... antipsychotics?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:37 AM (GkFGh)

67 I'll feed the furry thugs in a little while, then shave and shower. A quick run out to wash the car will follow about six, when it gets light. After I confer with Dave, maybe a dash to World Market is in the cards.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 05:37 AM (omVj0)

68 Ok, I'll bite.

What in the high holy piss is a SWANA?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024

***
Feminine version of "swami"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 05:38 AM (omVj0)

69 Hopefully this isn't a wasted trip

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 05:40 AM (fwDg9)

70 Benjamin is from England and he makes his living by doing travel videos. His best and earliest work was done all across Russia and its former republics seeking out the hidden and not so hidden Soviet elements. Somehow he managed to get himself banned for Russia and has been doing travel videos in various other places around the globe but they're never as good.
Posted by: Lost in Space

If had wanted to go to the USSR or Russia, I would have gone to the USSR or Russia.

I ain't that stoopid

Posted by: Miklosov Miklosevich at April 27, 2024 05:40 AM (oGyF9)

71 "They discarded a proud Queer, Muslim, Afghan and SWANA woman,' she has claimed"

Could be worse. Like thrown off a building worse.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 27, 2024 05:41 AM (wBh67)

72 It's probably "southwest Asian something something" whatever but damn if i don't give a half hearted grudgefuck in a gas station bathroom about their asinine little pisswit acronyms.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:41 AM (GkFGh)

73 Hopefully this isn't a wasted trip
Posted by: Skip

It is not a School Night.

You kids have fun.

Posted by: Kindly Aunt Miklos at April 27, 2024 05:41 AM (oGyF9)

74 Ok, I'll bite.

What in the high holy piss is a SWANA?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:36 AM (GkFGh)

A big bird that speaks Italian.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 05:42 AM (T4tVD)

75 "They discarded a proud Queer, Muslim, Afghan and SWANA woman,' she has claimed"
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Huh. Seems to me, they merely put out the trash. Meh.
Posted by: JQ at April 27, 2024

***
And she has no self-awareness that being openly "queer" and posing in bikinis would quickly get her dead in Iran, Afghanistan, or other fundamentalist Moslem country -- that being here is the only way she could live that life. She ought to be grateful as hell.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 05:42 AM (omVj0)

76 USDA bird flu research in China sparks congressional concern

https://trib.al/Up5DIzA

Who even gave them the mandate to do this?

Posted by: Ciampino - ga;;ows? at April 27, 2024 05:42 AM (qfLjt)

77 63 Ok, I'll bite.

What in the high holy piss is a SWANA?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

A river in Florida?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 27, 2024 05:43 AM (wBh67)

78
I would like to do Linux, but not an IT guy, any For Idiots guides?

Posted by: Miklosa is good at some things, others not so much at April 27, 2024 05:33 AM

While I think you can download for free, I think if you spent about ten bucks on Amazon you'd get a CD and some how-to install advice.

I've been running a Linux variant (Ubuntu) for almost a decade now. It's pretty damn close to bulletproof.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 05:43 AM (RKVpM)

79 It's probably "southwest Asian something something" whatever but damn if i don't give a half hearted grudgefuck in a gas station bathroom about their asinine little pisswit acronyms.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Sir this is a Wendy's

Chipotle is over there

Posted by: Minimum Wage Miklos at April 27, 2024 05:43 AM (oGyF9)

80 USDA bird flu research in China sparks congressional concern

https://trib.al/Up5DIzA

Who even gave them the mandate to do this?
Posted by: Ciampino

Rainwater and grain and grain alcohol, Mandrake.

Posted by: mandate, schmandate at April 27, 2024 05:46 AM (oGyF9)

81 The local university that teaches how to be a good government employee or milking a local charity has students?? sleeping out on the lawn in freezing weather.
The local technical college that trains future engineers is running normally. My neighbor graduates in early May and is already hired. Will be making good money.
I wonder if the university students have 6 figure jobs all lined up, hopefully their resumes have found their way to the paper shredder.

Posted by: Colin at April 27, 2024 05:46 AM (/z/eU)

82
I'm not so sure about the bird flu thing but I'm seeing a lot fewer birds this year. Almost zero robins, where usually I'd see half a dozen to a dozen working my backyard daily.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 05:48 AM (RKVpM)

83 63 Ok, I'll bite.

What in the high holy piss is a SWANA?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:36 AM (GkFGh)
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Solid Waste Association Of North America = SHIT

Posted by: Ciampino - fertilizer at April 27, 2024 05:49 AM (qfLjt)

84 Dumping window for linux

https://tinyurl.com/2utxzdxf

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 05:49 AM (ENQN6)

85 You can download various Linux distros for free. Ubuntu and Mint are fairly popular but there are others. Linux Mint I like a lot and have it on several machines. I'm down to one Win10 Home machine and when MS stops updating it, Linux Mint will go on that one too. Linux Mint has a decent website and how-to instructions. I guess it's a matter of how patient you are.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 27, 2024 05:49 AM (wBh67)

86 I'm not so sure about the bird flu thing but I'm seeing a lot fewer birds this year. Almost zero robins, where usually I'd see half a dozen to a dozen working my backyard daily.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 27, 2024 05:48 AM (RKVpM)

I just moved, so i don't have a baseline, but i didn't move all that far, and i could practically crowd-surf on all the finches and sparrows and robins that hang out here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:50 AM (GkFGh)

87 g'mornin' everyone!

57 degrees, intermittent rain of varying intensity
yay rain, I say; we need it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 05:50 AM (tQtDb)

88 Lesbian model-turned DEI manager is fired by university for posing in front of Israeli flag emblazoned with swastikas - and is now suing over claims her free speech rights were violated
"They discarded a proud Queer, Muslim, Afghan and SWANA woman,' she has claimed"

Damn shame they done throwed away a perfectly good...

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 05:54 AM (ENQN6)

89 TODAY

4/27
82°
74°
Windy and humid
Night: Partly cloudy, windy and warm

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 05:55 AM (ENQN6)

90 To be fair this silly little twat is probably about as Muslim as Nancy Pelosi is sober.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:55 AM (GkFGh)

91 Tswana is a language of Botswana and neighboring countries including South Africa. Tswana people.

Posted by: Ciampino - I don't speak one word' at April 27, 2024 05:56 AM (qfLjt)

92 Betcha at least one of her parents is from the US or UK, and works for some kind of government agency.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 05:58 AM (GkFGh)

93 Installs for Mint and Ubuntu are not much different from installing Windows. There's no command line stuff involved. Easiest way is to set up a live version on a thumb drive and test drive first. You can choose to install from that. If you are installing on a Windows machine and want to do a dual boot, take the time to back up your system and read about the install process. It's not hard but you do need to choose the right option.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 05:58 AM (yeEu9)

94 In Kollidge, I studied things like History, Political Science, Economics, Languages and Literature

11 years of Kollidge down the drain.

Posted by: Senator Miklos Blutarsky at April 27, 2024 05:59 AM (oGyF9)

95 I had a laptop i bought that ran like an absolute dog with windows. Couldn't fix it for the life of me. So i gutted the OS and made it a pure Ubuntu system, and it works like a champ now. Use it primarily for app/site development work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 27, 2024 06:00 AM (GkFGh)

96 It's not hard but you do need to choose the right option.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Thank you, but is Ubuntu de wey?

Posted by: Sincerely thankful Miklos at April 27, 2024 06:02 AM (oGyF9)

97 Tswana is a language of Botswana and neighboring countries including South Africa. Tswana people.
Posted by: Ciampino

txt me honey

Posted by: Tswana at April 27, 2024 06:04 AM (oGyF9)

98 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 27, 2024 06:05 AM (86W+h)

99 Morning, Tech Peeps
Posted by: fluffy

Morning?

Posted by: It is past noon in Budapest at April 27, 2024 06:09 AM (oGyF9)

100 84 Dumping window for linux

https://tinyurl.com/2utxzdxf

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 05:49 AM (ENQN6)
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This depends on what you expect to do on a Linux machine. Windows games will not run natively no matter how well simulated the environments, and will be much slower or impossibly frustrating when your character dies all the time. Does any game house write games for Linux? Final Fantasy for example? WoW? D&D?
Now office tasks will be fine, letters, spreadsheets and presentations work fine. Email is great. Manipulating pictures and video is also fine.
Drivers for hardware are always an issue. I have a Reolink camera for my kitty room, some of you have used it, and I don't know if there is a Linux driver and software for it.

Posted by: Ciampino - drivers are always an issue at April 27, 2024 06:11 AM (qfLjt)

101 Mint looks more like Windows. I ran Ubuntu for a long time but they went with a desktop manager that had some issues. I put Mint on the computer my husband used and he adapted to it pretty easily. They are both Ubuntu based and run the same programs, just a different look and feel.

There are lots of other flavors of Linux out there. But Ubuntu followed the way of AOL, handing out free disks of the software and developed a large base. Lots of program development for it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:15 AM (yeEu9)

102 Installs for Mint and Ubuntu are not much different from installing Windows. There's no command line stuff involved. Easiest way is to set up a live version on a thumb drive and test drive first. You can choose to install from that. If you are installing on a Windows machine and want to do a dual boot, take the time to back up your system and read about the install process. It's not hard but you do need to choose the right option.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024

***
Is there a Linux for Dummies book? Serious question. I have a Win XP machine that I might want to convert, and an older PC laptop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 06:18 AM (omVj0)

103 Linux has pretty good camera support. I haven't tried it though. I found the forums for Mint and Ubuntu to be very helpful for things like this.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:18 AM (yeEu9)

104 And will OpenOffice work well on Linux? I downloaded it onto a Lenovo PC laptop that did not have MS Office, and for the few things I use it for, OO is great.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 06:19 AM (omVj0)

105 https://megaglest.org/download

Runs just fine on Linux. Lots of tilesets, factions and maps and lobby for match and co-op play.

Posted by: 13times at April 27, 2024 06:20 AM (cto+/)

106 83
That SWANA, Solid Waste Association Of North America, is really a thing. The shit collectors & processors have an association.

Do not confuse with the Shit Packers of North America, SPONA. I believe the LemonDon is a member.

Posted by: Ciampino - Lemonadon at April 27, 2024 06:20 AM (qfLjt)

107 I'd recommend the websites and the forum for whatever looks interesting to you.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:20 AM (yeEu9)

108 https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/
ubuntu-help/index.html

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:22 AM (yeEu9)

109 102
Is there a Linux for Dummies book? Serious question.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 27, 2024 06:18 AM (omVj0)
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Yes there is and I have a copy somewhere.

Posted by: Ciampino - Lemonadone at April 27, 2024 06:23 AM (qfLjt)

110 https://linuxmint.com/

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:23 AM (yeEu9)

111 mornin yall. I remember DOS 4. Heck, I remember DOS 1, DRDOS, and even TRSDOS. The first computer I used didn't even have a DOS, as it had no disk. If the power went off, you had to reenter your whole program, in hex.

Posted by: fd at April 27, 2024 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

112 It is past noon in Budapest

'Murica

Posted by: fluffy at April 27, 2024 06:24 AM (86W+h)

113 Wasted trip

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 06:28 AM (6Y/Li)

114 "Persevering in love"- A reflection on Psalm 71: 7-18 by a woman caring for mother with dementia: and appropriate for both interested Christians and. Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/yhjrfjwt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 27, 2024 06:29 AM (7V0CQ)

115
https://linuxmint.com/

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:23 AM

this is the way

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 27, 2024 06:30 AM (tljrc)

116 not wasted, Skip; now you know.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 06:31 AM (tQtDb)

117 The problem with the book is that it will be very generic. There are a lot of flavors of Linux! Some are a lot less polished than Ubuntu or Mint. That's why I recommend the websites. You can go to distrowatch if you want to see how many different forms of Linux are out there.

But, for someone that wants to test the waters, Mint is your best bet and will walk you through the process.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:33 AM (yeEu9)

118 All they are doing so far is watching.

All they are doing so far.

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[From the opening narration of the TV series (starring Jim Caviezel) "Person of Interest"):]

You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror but it sees everything. Violent crimes involving ordinary people. The Government considers these people "irrelevant". We don't. Hunted by the authorities, we work in secret. You'll never find us, but victim or perpetrator, if your number's up ... we'll find *you*

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 27, 2024 06:33 AM (8FmJd)

119 Wasted trip
Posted by: Skip

You didn't lose yer screw gun...it ESCAPED !

"I'm gettin' outta here.....THIS guy WORKS !"

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 06:35 AM (T4tVD)

120 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2024 06:36 AM (a1415)

121 The Vidalia Onion Festival is this weekend. Come on down for the air show and the world-famous onion eating contest this Saturday and Sunday.

Posted by: fd at April 27, 2024 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

122 Actually took a look and no Linux drivers/software for Reolink. Apparently Reolink has been bombarded for several years to get its finger out and do a linux package or even a skeleton/API, then let the Community do the rest.

Posted by: Ciampino - They would sell a lot more cameras at April 27, 2024 06:37 AM (qfLjt)

123 all but one computer here runs on Linux Mint with the Cinnamon window manager.

Wolfus, OO should be fine, but Mint comes with the very similar LibreOffice already installed.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 06:37 AM (tQtDb)

124 So watching the Bon Jovi documentary on Hulu last night, an ad popped up talking about the hostages that had been taken by Hamas.

Ad was paid for by the Israeli government.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 27, 2024 06:38 AM (a1415)

125 Yes, Open Office was developed for Linux. I run Libre Office, a variant. There is a lot of software for Ubuntu based Linux and it's good stuff. They have been working on these programs (and Linux) for twenty some odd years.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:38 AM (yeEu9)

126 Cheesecake for breakfast. America ain’t dead yet.

Posted by: Eromero at April 27, 2024 06:41 AM (o2ZRX)

127 The thing that may confuse you are the desktop managers. These give it the "look and feel". There's usually a couple of choices. One will have all the bells and whistles. Another will be lighter for older computers. You can install different ones and switch them. Mint talks about it as their install ackage will have one preintalled.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:43 AM (yeEu9)

128 My first assignment in the USAF was in the middle of a cornfield in Elkhorn, Ne. Just saw that one of those tornadoes that hit the Omaha area went through Elkhorn. What a mess.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 27, 2024 06:43 AM (sAmhv)

129
Good morning, Hordians. Puppies woke me up at 4:30, so I let out the ones who wanted to go out. Brought them back in later and returned to bed. They started jawing at each other, so I got up again. Let Diana out for a few minutes. Brought her back in and let the puppies out, except George, who needed his medicine. When he was done, he went out too and I went down to the kennel to let out the ones down their and give them their day food. At last, I can have my coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 06:44 AM (MoZTd)

130 "They have been working on these programs (and Linux) for twenty some odd years."

It has been that long, hasn't it, wow. Good point, Notsothoreau.

this is no longer the Linux that built its reputation on obscurity, crankiness, and rtfm

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 06:44 AM (tQtDb)

131 "Persevering in love"- A reflection on Psalm 71: 7-18 by a woman caring for mother with dementia: and appropriate for both interested Christians and. Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/yhjrfjwt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 27, 2024 06:29 AM (7V0CQ)

----------------

I force the wifey (who hates doing it and often falls asleep) to do a
"Sunday Crossword" online puzzle (Merle Reagle RIP, Washington Compost, NY Slimes, etc.) with me most nights -- to help stave off dementia (my greatest fear) as we progress through our 60s.

Anywho, last night one of the clues was "'O Rei' of soccer" (meaning "King of Football") whose answer was the great "Pelé."

When I looked up his death at age 82 on 29 December 2022 (due to multiple organ failure, a complication of colon cancer), I was surprised to learn that: "He was survived by his 100-year-old mother, Celeste, who, given her advanced age, did not understand her son's death; Pelé's sister Maria Lucia do Nascimento described their mother as 'in her own little world.'"

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 27, 2024 06:47 AM (8FmJd)

132 Good morning morons

The U.S. Solicitor General is an up-talker.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 27, 2024 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

133 123
LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice, which was originally developed for Linux (correct?) before being ported to Windows.
I use LibreOffice at home. When I was still working we had a site license for MS Office.

Posted by: Ciampino - Is Thunderbird the only email client? at April 27, 2024 06:50 AM (qfLjt)

134 They mentioned that on the Ubuntu site. I used it when it first came out. And I was on dialup. I would get it working on one version and the upgrade would break it. Spent a lot of time on the forum. I really want to get back into it but am stuck dealing with Windows.

I like to play with the distros. Ran Bodhi for a bit. And started out with a class at community college that used Slackware. The instructor couldn't get the GUI to work, so all command line. Fun times.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:50 AM (yeEu9)

135 >>>I would like to do Linux, but not an IT guy, any For Idiots guides?

Posted by: Miklosa is good at some things, others not so much

>No. Suck it up and start cramming for your geek degree.

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 06:51 AM (pDQ/8)

136 this is no longer the Linux that built its reputation on obscurity, crankiness, and rtfm

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 06:44 AM (tQtDb)

--------------

Heh. While going to college in Palo Alto (which someone once referred to as "Shallow Alto") during the mid-80s, I worked as a Computer Operator for a firm that sold timesharing on VAX computers (one running VMS, and one running Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix.

Although I thought VMS was a superior OS at the time, had a co-worker who (at the time, I thought "laughingly") predicted that Unix would outlast VMS and become a lasting, enduring OS.

Dude was right ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 27, 2024 06:52 AM (8FmJd)

137 And I'm up because the dog woke me up so he could get onthe bed. He refused to go out, so I got back in bed and got comfortable. Then he wanted to go out. He's asleep now. I'm not.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:53 AM (yeEu9)

138 Dr Phil Explains how welfare cheats workers in less than 3 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7JzaHYzKSU

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 06:54 AM (ENQN6)

139 Wolfus, Linux Mint is ridiculously easy to install and use and well worth a try. You can even run it from a thumb drive if you don't want to fully commit yet.

My one recommendation is to change the default backups to something less... aggressive. IIRC it does a backup every few hours (literally twice a day I think) by default, and it doesn't take long for that to consume all of your hard drive space and throw error codes and prevent Linux from booting.

Which is not a good thing for someone who is new to Linux.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - feminism took women from not sweating to tits and vagina deodorant in a generation at April 27, 2024 06:56 AM (9Ct69)

140 >>>If the power went off, you had to reenter your whole program, in hex.

Posted by: fd

>Those whippersnappers never appreciated the value of a stack of punch cards. Thumbdrive my ass!

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 06:56 AM (pDQ/8)

141 Introduction to Linux – Full Course for Beginners

15 video chapters over at youtube

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 06:56 AM (ENQN6)

142 I worked on a Vax machine. We used them to run call detail records. They had me take a class on it. That was always the first machine to overheat and die.

(And I went to high school in Mountain View but it was the very beginning of the computer stuff , so I didn't see those till much later)

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 06:57 AM (yeEu9)

143 At last, I can have my coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 06:44 AM (MoZTd)

I'm jealous!

I'm at a hotel whose coffee is...how to say this politely?...shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 06:58 AM (n/3Pf)

144 I used to be fast with DOS and it took me a year to finally get WIN 3.0 but here we are.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 27, 2024 06:59 AM (qZdIZ)

145 CBD, what should the internal temp be on a roast leg of lamb?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 27, 2024 07:00 AM (LfcYE)

146 130 "They have been working on these programs (and Linux) for twenty some odd years."

It has been that long, hasn't it, wow. Good point, Notsothoreau.

this is no longer the Linux that built its reputation on obscurity, crankiness, and rtfm

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 06:44 AM (tQtDb)
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Sometime in 1990-92: I was at a university in South Africa and we had an Internet connection (actually Fidonet) to somewhere on the Pacific coast. 1200 baud, then 2400. We downloaded Slackware, one 720MB floppy at the time. All 10-40 of them, I don't remember how many. Then installed on a 286 PC. A labor of love.

Posted by: Ciampino - Is Thunderbird the only email client?.. at April 27, 2024 07:00 AM (qfLjt)

147 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:01 AM (Be/+i)

148 Useless trivia, what does VAX stand for? Virtual Addressing. Because they offloaded less used programs from the expensive RAM to the hard drive.

Nyah.

And knowing is half the battle.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 27, 2024 07:02 AM (mjTX4)

149 And since this is the tech thread, I can't begin to tell you how much I hate the software I have to use now. Sonar sucks. Can't have it running in more than two tabs or it locks up. Global Gig soft phone sucks. It's just terrible amd I have no idea why we gave up working phones for this. And tech support from the Phillipines and Pakistan. I can't wait to be done with it. (And there was a fiber cut yesterday too)

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 07:03 AM (yeEu9)

150 Those whippersnappers never appreciated the value of a stack of punch cards. Thumbdrive my ass!
Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 06:56 AM (pDQ/

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Heh. I remember beginning programming in the mid-70s waiting to use the punch card reader, me with my ppuny stack of cards and most of the other guys (and it was all guys) with stacks you could barely span from little finger to thumb.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:04 AM (Be/+i)

151
I'm at a hotel whose coffee is...how to say this politely?...shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 06:58 AM (n/3Pf)

Hotel coffee is notoriously bad. Either it's hopelessly weak or hopelessly burnt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 07:05 AM (MoZTd)

152 *flicks an ear and tries to remember a horror story told to the young neko-grrl*

Oh yeah. Punchcards. Don't trip while carrying them to the reader.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 27, 2024 07:05 AM (mjTX4)

153 It's just terrible amd I have no idea why we gave up working phones for this.

-

You've been around long enough to not even have to wonder about this.

Two mid/upper management employees got a vacation.

Posted by: Moron Robbie congratulates women on being wage slaves until they're 80 years old U GO GIRLS at April 27, 2024 07:05 AM (JuA5P)

154 Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford, by averting their eyes from Mr. Trump’s conduct.
“What struck me most about the case was the relentless efforts by several of the justices on the conservative side not to focus on, consider or even acknowledge the facts of the actual case in front of them,” she said.

So is constitutional law about a person or case or about the US Constitutions application to governing?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:05 AM (ENQN6)

155 I'm at a hotel whose coffee is...how to say this politely?...shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 06:58 AM (n/3Pf)

Hotel coffee is notoriously bad. Either it's hopelessly weak or hopelessly burnt.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 07:05 AM (MoZTd)
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Oscar of Gordon noted that coffee comes in five grades: Coffee, java, jamoke, joe and carbon remover.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:06 AM (Be/+i)

156 140 >>>If the power went off, you had to reenter your whole program, in hex.

Posted by: fd

>Those whippersnappers never appreciated the value of a stack of punch cards. Thumbdrive my ass!

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 06:56 AM (pDQ/

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And if they got shuffled (such as dropping the box) then the Computer Center was usually angry with all the errors spewed out and you got chewed out (as a student, never as staff).

Posted by: Ciampino - I still liked the fanfold paper as scrap at April 27, 2024 07:06 AM (qfLjt)

157 151
I'm at a hotel whose coffee is...how to say this politely?...shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 06:58 AM (n/3Pf)

Hotel coffee is notoriously bad. Either it's hopelessly weak or hopelessly burnt.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 07:05 AM (MoZTd)

A 4 cup drip is about 20 bucks. It is small and can fit in a small carryon. Then you can carry your own brand of covfefe.
Elite Gourmet EHC-5055# Automatic Brew & Drip Coffee Maker with Pause N Serve Reusable Filter, On/Off Switch, Water Level Indicator, Black 17 bucks

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:08 AM (ENQN6)

158 Broadsoft was what we had before and it wasn't great. But it's end of life and we had to migrate everyone off it.

The interesting thing is that biz sales gets their own field tech. I suspect the trend is to do away with IT and make them work for Marketing, like we are. Then you will really see the downhill slide. And I work for an ISP.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 07:09 AM (yeEu9)

159 I've known guys who were 4-cup drips...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:10 AM (Be/+i)

160 The statement called for "the escalation of their struggle" and condemned university administrators for implementing "policies biased with the occupation." The terror group specifically praised the student protests at Columbia and Yale University.

Springtime for Hitler is not just a great musical.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:10 AM (ENQN6)

161 >>>I'm at a hotel whose coffee is...how to say this politely?...shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 06:58 AM (n/3Pf)

Hotel coffee is notoriously bad. Either it's hopelessly weak or hopelessly burnt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>Precisely. Hotel coffee is not meant to be savored in your PJs, snuggled in bed. Industrial coffee is formulated to facilitate a bowel movement so you can get to work, son!

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 07:10 AM (pDQ/8)

162 And Back

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 07:11 AM (fwDg9)

163 A 4 cup drip is about 20 bucks. It is small and can fit in a small carryon.

I read that as "a small canyon"

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

164 LOL, Captain, I was just thinking about that the other day!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 07:12 AM (tQtDb)

165 Ah. The caffiene appears to be kicking in.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:12 AM (Be/+i)

166 the internal temp be on a roast leg of lamb?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 27, 2024 07:00 AM (LfcYE)

I shoot for 130 degrees. It will carry over a bit...so be aware.

But depending on where it's from I also trim as much fat as possible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 07:13 AM (n/3Pf)

167 Morning peeps
____

Back in the day, IIRC DOS came "branded" in a couple flavors. I recall doing configuration work on the early IBM PC, XT and AT machines. They came with two 3-ring binders; one labeled "IBM DOS" with the floppy disks and user manual and the other one was a programming guide.

I still have a set. Shrink wrapped.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 27, 2024 07:13 AM (Q4IgG)

168 And if they got shuffled (such as dropping the box) then the Computer Center was usually angry with all the errors spewed out and you got chewed out (as a student, never as staff).
Posted by: Ciampino - I still liked the fanfold paper as scrap at April 27, 2024 07:06 AM (qfLjt)

I remember getting 5 bonus point for adding a command that allowed the program to be cleared from the computers memory and harddrives so that after the TA ran your program (basic) it could be dumped.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:13 AM (ENQN6)

169 Set up one of these, CBD:

https://youtu.be/zBPOoMkPaqw?si=ElEnp6ybWJWQdEWq

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 07:13 AM (yeEu9)

170 >>>>I read that as "a small canyon"
Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 07:11 AM (T4tVD)
+++++++++++
Ha, I read that as “a small crayon”

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 27, 2024 07:15 AM (Z8Xq7)

171 Not bad driving , only a few people to get around who had no place to go and all the time to get thete.

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 07:15 AM (fwDg9)

172 the internal temp be on a roast leg of lamb?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 27, 2024 07:00 AM (LfcYE)

Australian or New Zealand?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:15 AM (ENQN6)

173 It ain't warm out thar.

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 07:16 AM (T4tVD)

174 Now for something compltely different.
youtube - Larry Miller "The 5 Levels of Drinking"

https://tinyurl.com/wzc92aps

Posted by: Ciampino - Time is right at April 27, 2024 07:17 AM (qfLjt)

175 172 the internal temp be on a roast leg of lamb?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 27, 2024 07:00 AM (LfcYE)

Australian or New Zealand?

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:15 AM (ENQN6)
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Frozen so it won't answer.

Posted by: Ciampino - Left ot right? at April 27, 2024 07:18 AM (qfLjt)

176 Ha, I read that as “a small crayon”
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 27, 2024 07:15 AM (Z8Xq7)
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Ou est la crayon do ma tante?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:18 AM (Be/+i)

177 @167, I had that, too, not shrinkwrapped though ... sold it to a collector on ebay.

Last week I found a lot of my old software collection; various issues of DOS, and the real prize, windows 95 on 25 floppies ... it was a real killer back in the day, no combination of bad system settings could prevent it from installing!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 27, 2024 07:20 AM (tQtDb)

178 @15

>>Something like 150,000 immigrants per month. That's gonna leave a mark, if it hasn't already.

Try double that number a month.

We are adding anywhere from a Delaware to a Wyoming every 3 months or so.

Get as far away from the cities as you possibly can.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 27, 2024 07:20 AM (XV/Pl)

179 DOS Equis > DOS 4

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 27, 2024 07:21 AM (R/m4+)

180 176
Ou est la crayon do ma tante?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:18 AM (Be/+i)
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Does your aunt live with you and does she let you use her pencil?

Posted by: Ciampino - You pinched it didn;t you! at April 27, 2024 07:21 AM (qfLjt)

181 How did I guess The Verge was also pro-Nazi? Like most sites, it went to shit when the original founders left and a hard left dot-Indian was out in charge.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 27, 2024 07:22 AM (FD5dr)

182 Today we are taking Boy F. to "the Menlo Games" at Menlo College in Menlo Park. The college invites Special Olympics to use their facility for a track meet, which is just an excuse for a huge BBQ and party with about 500 disabled young people. Each athlete is assigned a student host and parents are invited to kindly "go away." So Mrs. F. and I will have lunch with the old friend who matched us 35 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 27, 2024 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

183
But depending on where it's from I also trim as much fat as possible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 07:13 AM (n/3Pf)

The day I saw Her Majesty trimming the fat off a leg of lamb was the day I politely but firmly took over all meat-cooking duties.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 07:24 AM (MoZTd)

184 I used to have all Bosch tools. But, replacing them is a PITA so I switched to ryobi. Cheap and replaceable. My important tools are Bosch.

Posted by: Jamaica at April 27, 2024 07:24 AM (5Vjm9)

185 American lamb done on a rotisserie.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 27, 2024 07:25 AM (LfcYE)

186 https://www.americanthinker.com/the supreme court and ghost guns

Good article on the useless of SN's

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 07:25 AM (fwDg9)

187 I'm just not seeing any love for Novell Netware these days, - has that faction of terrorists been entirely relegated to the grave yet?

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 07:26 AM (pDQ/8)

188 I mostly have Bosch tools, if only because Lowes is on my way home a lot
It was my impact screw gun that disappeared

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 07:27 AM (fwDg9)

189
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 07:24 AM (MoZTd)

American lamb is glorious, but some Aussie and Kiwi lamb can be a bit gamey, and not in a good way. I think trimming the fat helps the flavor.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 27, 2024 07:28 AM (n/3Pf)

190 > Today we are taking Boy F. to "the Menlo Games" at Menlo College in Menlo Park
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I used to work in Menlo Park.... off Middlefield Rd.

USGS (Western Region Office)

Swanky area.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 27, 2024 07:30 AM (Q4IgG)

191 Dr Phil Explains how welfare cheats workers in less than 3 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7JzaHYzKSU
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 06:54 AM (ENQN6)

He left out all the cash the layabouts make from drug sales, theft and ass/pussy/head sales for cash all the while collecting bennies from Uncle Sugar.

Big underground criminal economy out there.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 27, 2024 07:30 AM (R/m4+)

192 Does your aunt live with you and does she let you use her pencil?
Posted by: Ciampino - You pinched it didn;t you! at April 27, 2024 07:21 AM (qfLjt)
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Je ne sais quoi!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:30 AM (Be/+i)

193 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 27, 2024 07:30 AM (PQ4m2)

194 Not bad driving , only a few people to get around who had no place to go and all the time to get thete.
Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 07:15 AM (fwDg9)

Whenever I'm behind one o' them, I say "Take yer time, I always wanted a ZZTop beard"

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 07:31 AM (T4tVD)

195 I think Novell is dead. I do have a CNE.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 07:32 AM (yeEu9)

196 " I'm just not seeing any love for Novell Netware these days, - has that faction of terrorists been entirely relegated to the grave yet?
Posted by: Mr. Bone"

*looks at 500' roll of RG-58 co-ax cable on shelf*

One day it might come back.

Posted by: fd at April 27, 2024 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

197 @juliaioffe
As I wrote on Tuesday, the *most* antisemitic thing happening on college campuses right now is the fact that Republicans have goaded college presidents, who now fear for their jobs, into joining the GOP in using Jews as a political weapon.

ho lee shit that be some serious mental gymnastics.

She probably has Birth of a Nation in the original Klingon.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:34 AM (ENQN6)

198 Les pantalones? No nessessitos les pantslones maloliente!

Posted by: Eromero at April 27, 2024 07:34 AM (o2ZRX)

199 > I think Novell is dead. I do have a CNE.
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I think they folded in 2014. I had a CNE too. Started my IT career with their S-Net servers. The cabling was awful.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 27, 2024 07:34 AM (Q4IgG)

200 He left out all the cash the layabouts make from drug sales, theft and ass/pussy/head sales for cash all the while collecting bennies from Uncle Sugar.

Big underground criminal economy out there.

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 27, 2024 07:30 AM (R/m4+)

Pay at the pump taxes. Make everyone pay for their share or Big Govt.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:35 AM (ENQN6)

201 Lantastic babies

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:36 AM (ENQN6)

202 Pay at the pump taxes. Make everyone pay for their share or Big Govt.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:35 AM (ENQN6)
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Interestingly, the CostCo I get my gas at posts the various taxes on the pump. Adds up to about $0.60 here.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:37 AM (Be/+i)

203 Julia Ioffee tacitly admits every rioter is a Democrat voter

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 27, 2024 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

204 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 27, 2024 07:38 AM (dg+HA)

205 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 27, 2024 07:40 AM (Be/+i)

206 at what point does a news website get so asshole-ish that you stop visiting? Cuz I think I might be there with Fox News dot com

Posted by: Don Black at April 27, 2024 07:40 AM (/7KEl)

207 Gulf Live reports, “Glades County Sheriff’s Office deputies were actively searching for a man they suspected of stealing a boat in the old Calusa Lodge area of Lakeport, Florida when they noticed someone exiting a nearby home.”

Though Kolotka wore a long blonde wig and a blue dress, deputies immediately recognized him.

Dude looks like a lady

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:40 AM (ENQN6)

208 206 at what point does a news website get so asshole-ish that you stop visiting? Cuz I think I might be there with Fox News dot com
Posted by: Don Black at April 27, 2024 07:40 AM (/7KEl)

About 5 years ago

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:40 AM (ENQN6)

209 Those Novell geeks in my old company were swaggering cocksure badboys who abused everybody in the office building.

Sun Microsystems was the death vehicle chosen to deliver their deadly wrath.

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 07:40 AM (pDQ/8)

210 IHoP has a gluten friendly menu. I feel mislead because it's not items with extra gluten.

Posted by: Jamaica at April 27, 2024 07:40 AM (7WuGP)

211 No fkin way are Republicans forcing plagiarism butches to be antisemitism
Again Leftists pushing their crimes on opponents

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 07:41 AM (fwDg9)

212 Join Fox News for access to this content
You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading.

Posted by: Don Black at April 27, 2024 07:41 AM (/7KEl)

213 DOS, ah edlin what a *wonderful* line editor, when you substituted a mistyped letter and the person looking over your shoulder said something like "holy sh*t" how did you do that".
AT&T vs BSD wars, and which editor was best. Vi did not win!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 27, 2024 07:41 AM (70LVe)

214 corgis, run, run like the wind.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at April 27, 2024 07:41 AM (QXQ4l)

215
A glorious day stretches out before me. Five dogs to help get washed and groomed. It's Diana's regular bath for her coat and Dan, Val, Finn and Sonny are going to the vet's for annual exams and shots on Tuesday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 27, 2024 07:42 AM (MoZTd)

216 Their TOP STORY, but you have to give them your email to read it

Posted by: Don Black at April 27, 2024 07:42 AM (/7KEl)

217 Auto- cucumber keeps changing my words

Posted by: Skip at April 27, 2024 07:42 AM (fwDg9)

218
*looks at 500' roll of RG-58 co-ax cable on shelf*

One day it might come back.
Posted by: fd

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Ha. I keep a bunch of telephone line around just to tie stuff off with when I don't want to use my rope.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - feminism took women from not sweating to tits and vagina deodorant in a generation at April 27, 2024 07:42 AM (SdC0P)

219 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

I just cleaned it yestiddy !

Posted by: JT at April 27, 2024 07:43 AM (T4tVD)

220 >Auto- cucumber keeps changing my words
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AC will give you a correctly spelled word
not necessarily the one you wanted
one must proofread

Posted by: Don Black at April 27, 2024 07:44 AM (/7KEl)

221 NOOD coffee and prayer klatch.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 27, 2024 07:44 AM (70LVe)

222 Pay at the pump taxes. Make everyone pay for their share or Big Govt.
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 27, 2024 07:35 AM (ENQN6)

Yup...but any time a change is proposed whether a "fair" tax or a flat tax some asshole will poopoo it with all the "well, then you got blah blah blah".

The way we collect taxes today is just idiotic but people are too stupid to change or they are gaming the system for their own benefit.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 27, 2024 07:44 AM (R/m4+)

223 name field test

Posted by: Moron Robbie - feminists, remember when society valued women so much that it pretended not to smell at April 27, 2024 07:46 AM (SdC0P)

224 again

Posted by: Moron Robbie - feminists, remember when society valued women so much they didn't even sweat at April 27, 2024 07:46 AM (SdC0P)

225 187 I'm just not seeing any love for Novell Netware these days, - has that faction of terrorists been entirely relegated to the grave yet?

Posted by: Mr. Bone at April 27, 2024 07:26 AM (pDQ/

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Back in 1998 Novell used some proprietary networking, I can't remember the name. It used 2 or 3 wires I think. CAT 3 or similar?

Posted by: Ciampino - You pinched it didn; mtcmtmail= at April 27, 2024 07:49 AM (qfLjt)

226 I bought my house here in New Mexico at the perfect time.

Huh. So you weren't really that shit-hot to move to Montrose?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 27, 2024 07:53 AM (zdLoL)

227 198 Les pantalones? No nessessitos les pantslones maloliente!

Posted by: Eromero at April 27, 2024 07:34 AM (o2ZRX)
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Tomorrow you do, Fritz.

Posted by: Ciampino - See I can do German too! at April 27, 2024 07:53 AM (qfLjt)

228 Token ring?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 27, 2024 08:01 AM (yeEu9)

229 You haven't lived until you take a trip back to a project that requires DOS.

A hard drive partition can be a max of 2Gb and you can have up to 4 partitions for a total of 8Gb

Posted by: Neo at April 27, 2024 08:11 AM (RovqD)

230 I can see a long life for Windows 10 in defense work.

Given that many defense contractors do work on "air gapped" systems and Window 11 just really doesn't like to be "air gapped", I see a schism coming.

Microsoft requires hardware that the defense market should love, then inflicts stupid software on it.

Posted by: Neo at April 27, 2024 08:16 AM (RovqD)

231 Breitbart:

The incompetence that guided Obamacare was on display recently when cyber hackers outsmarted UnitedHealth Group in late February. The division of UnitedHealth Group that transmits claims, Change Healthcare, was the subject of a ransomware attack, delaying payments for prescriptions, doctors, and everything else. The company performs 15 billion transactions per year, so the consequences of UnitedHealth ignoring adequate cybersecurity is proving disastrous.

The cyberattack is such a big deal that the Senate Finance Committee next week is holding a hearing on the subject, where they will (one hopes) hold the feet of UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty to the fire. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a similar hearing on May 1.

Posted by: Neo at April 27, 2024 08:25 AM (RovqD)

232 187 I'm just not seeing any love for Novell Netware these days, - has that faction of terrorists been entirely relegated to the grave yet?
Posted by: Mr. Bone

Oh, that thing.

My first job was short-lived, but at my second job I was working on an accounting system that ran on anything. We had clients on every variety of Unix, on Windows, on VMS, on Novell Netware - the software actually ran on the Netware server itself, not just using the network; on AS/400, on Burroughs BTOS/CTOS machines. Trying to remember if there was anything crazier than that.

Novell was eventually bought by Attachmate (which also owned SUSE Linux), which was bought by Micro Focus (best known for mainframe COBOL systems), which was bought by - hang on - Canadian company OpenText just last year.

They still sell something called Open Enterprise Server, which I believe is really Netware.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 27, 2024 08:38 AM (BLOW1)

233 "I would like to do Linux, but not an IT guy, any For Idiots guides?"

Here's my suggestion: Go to ubuntu.com. From there, you can download the boot disk for the latest version, 24.4. Then, burn the image onto a DVD-ROM or a memory stick - you'll find instructions on the Ubuntu web site. Then, boot your computer from the DVD/stick. This will launch a mini-version of Linux, one that you can play with, so you can get a feel for it. If you like it, then you can then install it on your PC. One nice feature is that you can install Linux so that it shares your PC with Windows; then, when you boot your computer, you can select the operating system to run. I've not done that myself (ours is a Microsoft-free household), but I'm told it works well. Good luck!

Posted by: Nemo at April 27, 2024 10:05 AM (S6ArX)

234 "The incompetence that guided Obamacare was on display recently when cyber hackers outsmarted UnitedHealth Group in late February."

According to the Wall Street Journal, the attack has cost United Healthcare $824 million so far. Further, many smaller health-care providers have been driven to the brink of bankruptcy because their bills have not been processed for months; UH is providing some of them with loans to tide them over, but it's not proving adequate. Also, UH paid the ransom on condition that patients private data not be released; but guess what - the hackers reneged on the deal, and the private data are seeping into the darknet. Go figure! It looks like the Bad Actors attacked a single point of failure in the US healthcare system ... and it appears to be working.

Posted by: Nemo at April 27, 2024 10:10 AM (S6ArX)

235 DOS 4 sucked because of memory management, lol. Managing 640k of real-mode mem was super hard when you needed 590k available for games, lol.

Everyone liked DOS 5. For a bit.

Posted by: Fisht at April 27, 2024 10:40 AM (BHEHK)

236 >They still sell something called Open Enterprise Server, which I believe is really Netware.

Nope. It's a derivative of SUSE Linux under the hood.

>I would like to do Linux, but not an IT guy, any For Idiots guides?

Yes. Get a Mac. There is no Linux distro that isn't a dumpster fire of terrible decisions, and Linux on the desk/laptop is a clown show. The current state of things is that there is no market for a better client/consumer OS, so there are no decent client/consumer OSes. MacOS comes closest, as long as you're not a business or enterprise that cares what your employees do with the hardware you buy them.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at April 28, 2024 06:04 PM (0Go0g)

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