Daily Tech News 1 October 2024

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An 81 year old Montana man has been sentenced to six months in prison and three years probation, and ordered to pay $24,000 after he cloned and bred a race of giant sheep. (ABC)

He used genes from the Marco Polo variety of sheep found in central Asia, which weigh up to 300 pounds and have horns up to five feet long, which he crossed with existing Bighorn sheep to create an even larger hybrid population he called the Montana Mountain King.

As for the giant sheep, they've been ordered to be killed and their meat donated to create a race of giant pigs.

Tech News

AMD has increased the performance of the Ryzen 9600X and 9700X models by increasing the TDP. (Tom's Hardware)

These currently run at 65W by default, but with a new BIOS update will be configurable to run at 105W, with the 60% extra power giving that 10% extra performance.

You could do the same thing with overclocking, of course, so the only real change is that this is fully supported under warranty.
AMD has also released two small language models. (Tom's Hardware)

These are just like large language models, only small. With 135 million tokens, they will run on any functioning graphics card; you don't need an RTX 4090.
Star Wars Outlaws has sold a million copies. (WCCFTech)

For a major game release, that's not good. Dwarf Fortress has sold a million copies, but that has two developers, not hundreds.

Ubisoft needs to sell at least four million copies of this game to break even on the development costs, never mind the licensing costs. That won't happen.

Their next big title, Assassin's Creed Shadows, is looking to be an even bigger failure. The company's shareholders are rioting.
Google has won a lawsuit against scammers who filed false DMCA takedown requests to remove their competitors from the search index. (TorrentFreak)

Filing a false DMCA request is perjury, which is a felony, but I'm not aware of anyone ever being charged with that crime in such a case.

Here Google was awarded a default judgement because the scammers never responded.
Epic Games is suing Google, again, and also Samsung. (The Verge)

Epic Games got a court order forcing Google to allow third-party app stores on Android devices.

So Google and Samsung collaborated to introduce new security features that effectively prevent users from installing unauthorised applications, while not providing any means for applications to become authorised.

Again, I don't like Epic, but Google and Samsung need to be smacked down hard here.

Not At All Tech News

Hololive's Amelia Watson, who left the group today (mostly) as drawn by also Hololive's Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame. (Yes, the names sometimes get a little melodramatic.)

The flower represents the 20 members of Hololive's English branch - the colours and patterns match each of the talents' costumes.

Not At All Tech News Video of the Day

I was watching this stream earlier on but had to switch because one of Ame's final streams was airing at the same time. So I missed this pure Pippa moment.

No, I have no idea.

Disclaimer: Put your hands on your head and step away from the gerbils!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 Mornin' again Horde.

I'll let the others know this one's live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 04:31 AM (O7YUW)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 04:31 AM (VnUSN)

3 Mornin' and thank you.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 01, 2024 04:31 AM (BLOW1)

4 Photo finish, Grumpy and Recalcitrant!

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 04:32 AM (VnUSN)

5 Thanks Pixy!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 01, 2024 04:34 AM (JRP2U)

6 "You could do the same thing with overclocking, of course, so the only real change is that this is fully supported under warranty."

Something about the candle that burns at both ends.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 04:34 AM (O7YUW)

7 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2024 04:37 AM (fwDg9)

8 @4/m: I had just chugged down half a mug of coffee.

https://youtu.be/YmCjMRAzCiE

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 04:37 AM (O7YUW)

9 The gerbil video is

um

instructive?

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 04:42 AM (VnUSN)

10 Evening and morning for the first of Rocktober to all the satellites of AoSHQ!

I had a tech problem with my smart TV last night; it got dumb, or played dumb, and would not allow me to select the input for "Antenna" (which was securely attached). It also balked at showing the Home Vizio screen and the WatchFree+ input. Kept defaulting to HDMI-1, one of the other inputs, and saying "No Signal." I tried rebooting, turning off and then on, and "Reload TV." Nothing worked.

I got up this morning and tried. It allowed me to search for channels (which it would not last night) and found them, and went to the first on my local roster. I've got MeTV on right now, and I can move around to others. Whaaaa?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 04:43 AM (omVj0)

11 8 @4/m: I had just chugged down half a mug of coffee.

https://youtu.be/YmCjMRAzCiE
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 04:37 AM (O7YUW)

You may want ... to stand back.

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 04:44 AM (VnUSN)

12 Something about importing body parts for the cloning process still falls under the “Do not import these animal” laws.

Posted by: Adriane the Bad Poetry Critic . . . at October 01, 2024 04:45 AM (TX4bP)

13 Forward Dog 9 hitting the long road
See you from Biden County

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2024 04:46 AM (fwDg9)

14 Wolfus, you may have a gremlin infestation.

Do not get them wet, do not expose them to direct sunlight, and do not ever feed them after midnight.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 01, 2024 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

15 Something about the candle that burns at both ends.

It drips 2x as much wax.

Eezy peezy…

Posted by: Adriane the Bad Poetry Critic . . . at October 01, 2024 04:47 AM (TX4bP)

16 See you, Skip!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 01, 2024 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

17 "So Google and Samsung collaborated to introduce new security features that effectively prevent users from installing unauthorised applications, while not providing any means for applications to become authorised."

I'm guessing Google thinks its too big for "contempt of court" to do anything serious to them. At some point in the future, there's going to be a judge that has had enough of large corporations acting as if they're beyond the reach of the law (other than fines which they pass on to their customers) and decides to make an example by revoking their corporation charter.

"You can't do that!"

'I just did.'

"We're one of the biggest corpor...'

'You WERE one of the biggest corporations. Now you're dissolved. IT IS SO ORDERED.'

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 04:48 AM (O7YUW)

18
Marco?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 01, 2024 04:51 AM (RKVpM)

19 Apple has been playing games in its own case with Epic Games and got slapped down hard last week.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 01, 2024 04:51 AM (BLOW1)

20 Polio!

Dammit.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 01, 2024 04:52 AM (BLOW1)

21 Good morning, good people. Today at our AO is new water heater day. The current one is well over it's projected service life and while showing no distress I'm unwilling to take any chances with a sudden leak. The thing is 16 years past the recommended replacement date, something I was unaware of until inspecting it as
I usually do and suddenly realizing that I'd misread a date.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 01, 2024 04:53 AM (hKoQL)

22
Dockworkers strike going nationwide. China hardest hit.

USA unions vs Chinese 'donation' to Biden being revealed.

What will Sleepy Joe do?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 01, 2024 04:54 AM (RKVpM)

23 I don't see the problem of cloning the Giant Shrimp.
Shrimp are very tasty, not quite as tasty as clams,
but still tasty. 300 pound shrimp would seem to lower the cost of seafood by quite a bit and inspire a song or two by Billie Eilish.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 01, 2024 04:56 AM (TGPs7)

24 Clone me Giant Shrimp, now, sport,
Clone me Giant Shrimp now.
There’s some Scampi that needs to be chow, sport,
So clone me Giant Shrimp now!

Posted by: Adriane the Bad Poetry Critic . . . at October 01, 2024 05:02 AM (TX4bP)

25 Under good hands with Biden & Kamala...

Shadow of Ezra
@ShadowofEzra
According to a Tier 2 technician at Verizon, there has been a deliberate and unauthorized shutdown of the U.S. electrical grid that specifically targeted cell towers, starting locally and expanding nationwide.

Verizon has experienced the most significant impact, with other carriers also affected due to their reliance on Verizon's infrastructure.

The systematic nature of this shutdown indicates it was likely executed with ill intent rather than being a simple system malfunction.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 01, 2024 05:05 AM (TGPs7)

26
Everyone have there 'October Surprise' Bingo cards ready? So many choices.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 01, 2024 05:15 AM (RKVpM)

27 w00t new hash today

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 05:16 AM (VnUSN)

28 Publius's new hash (from the ONT)

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at September 30, 2024 11:43 PM (TITsU)

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 05:18 AM (VnUSN)

29 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 01, 2024 05:19 AM (hoCmQ)

30 Google doesn't allow third party app stores on Android? Then how did Amazon's app store work. As I recall, I only had to change a single setting to allowing running APKs without the Play store being involved. Several companies had similar offerings, especially in Asia.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 01, 2024 05:23 AM (/0z9K)

31 @25/Mister Ghost: "According to a Tier 2 technician at Verizon, there has been a deliberate and unauthorized shutdown of the U.S. electrical grid that specifically targeted cell towers, starting locally and expanding nationwide."

While huge, it's not as if anyone here couldn't see this coming years in advance. The warning has been repeatedly sounded about how insecure the SCADA* system really is, and ... well, here we are. Expect more of this in future.

Oh, and this was probably a practice run for a bigger event.

This has also has been impacting communications in North Carolina when they really need them. Thank God for the Amateur radio operators (HAMs) who have emergency communication networks up all over the state.

(And this is why any time a large corporation makes moves to take away frequency bands from Amateur Radio use, they should be slapped down hard.)

[*]SCADA: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, a term encompassing the protocols, hardware, and software that allows measurement and control to happen across the grid, particularly balancing loads and generation which is a very delicate dance.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

32 >>>Disclaimer: Put your hands on your head and step away from the gerbils!

And cough!

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 05:25 AM (VnUSN)

33 @31/self: Correction: Carolinas.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

34 30 Google doesn't allow third party app stores on Android? Then how did Amazon's app store work. As I recall, I only had to change a single setting to allowing running APKs without the Play store being involved. Several companies had similar offerings, especially in Asia.
Posted by: Epobirs

Yep. This is new.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 01, 2024 05:32 AM (BLOW1)

35 Wolfus, bitcoin miners took over your TV. When you started monkeying with it, the workers packed up their tiny pickaxes and went home early. The next shift were told, "Mine's closed, boys." By the time you woke up this morning, their once thriving community was boarded up. The few holdouts are probably exploring your garage door opener and anything Bluetooth.

Also, good morning!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 01, 2024 05:36 AM (vvrDE)

36 @28/m: *laughs* That's great.

Your new one will be envied by anyone in the navy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 05:38 AM (O7YUW)

37 Polio!

Dammit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 01, 2024

***
That's what FDR said!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 05:39 AM (omVj0)

38 Clone me Giant Shrimp, now, sport,
Clone me Giant Shrimp now.
There’s some Scampi that needs to be chow, sport,
So clone me Giant Shrimp now!
Posted by: Adriane the Bad Poetry Critic . . . at October 01, 2024

***
So they tanned his hide when he died, Clyde,
And that's it hangin' in the shed!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 05:42 AM (omVj0)

39 Okay, the salt mines beckon. Later all.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 01, 2024 05:43 AM (O7YUW)

40
Speaking of giant pigs {= giant bacon!), is the effort to revive the mastodon still underway? It was Russians doing it, of course, since the frozen tissue samples were obtained on their Siberian turf.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 01, 2024 05:43 AM (xG4kz)

41 " If you have faith" A man from MN ( No; Not Tim Walz 😉

reflects on health challenges and how his Christian faith is a strength to him. Headline is John 16:33 "Jesus said I have told you these things..." and the lead passage is Matthew 8:23-27 (Jesus stilling the storm.) :

https://tinyurl.com/vkcezbu9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 05:47 AM (ThSoW)

42 Wolfus, bitcoin miners took over your TV. When you started monkeying with it, the workers packed up their tiny pickaxes and went home early. The next shift were told, "Mine's closed, boys." By the time you woke up this morning, their once thriving community was boarded up. The few holdouts are probably exploring your garage door opener and anything Bluetooth.

Also, good morning!
Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 01, 2024

***
This makes as much sense as anything else, and is more entertaining to boot. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

43 From the last thread, and when I lived in the Sangres, I had, 2 solar panels, 2 6volt 200ah batteries in parallel for 12 volt, and a 1200w inverter, plus I had the small maybe 80 to 100 cc Harbor Freight generator and a Champion 4K generator. I could charge my batteries from the sun, the car, or the generators. I didn't have a big power use except for the well pump.

I mounted one of the solar panels to on the roof rack of my car and could take my battery system with me camping.

No Hamster Dance today. Today it's Gerbil Dance.

Posted by: meh at October 01, 2024 05:51 AM (iZ1Vx)

44 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 01, 2024 05:55 AM (gbOdA)

45 Big sheep guy was hit hard by the law.

He should have genetically engineered a deadly pandemic, then he would have been fine.

Posted by: meh at October 01, 2024 05:56 AM (iZ1Vx)

46
Interesting, it looks like Trump took a commercial flight to get to Georgia yesterday.

https://is.gd/izOlzN

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 01, 2024 05:59 AM (RKVpM)

47 mornin yall

"Jimmy Carter turns 100 today and has expressed his birthday wish is to get to vote for Kamala Harris."

Fk that bastard. I hope he drops dead today and falls face first into his cake so he doesn't get to inflict his last act of damage on the USA.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:04 AM (vFG9F)

48 "The former president is 'compelled by her story as a real example of the American dream,'"

Oh gawd, gag me with a pitchfork.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:07 AM (vFG9F)

49 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 01, 2024 06:08 AM (86W+h)

50 A surprise bouquet brightens a woman's day:

https://tinyurl.com/3w8ztvbt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:08 AM (ZSy1P)

51 43 From the last thread, and when I lived in the Sangres, I had

2 solar panels,
2 6volt 200ah batteries in parallel for 12 volt, ...
a 1200w inverter, ...
the ... 80 to 100 cc Harbor Freight generator ...
a Champion 4K generator

Posted by: meh at October 01, 2024 05:51 AM (iZ1Vx)

... and a partridge in a pear tree?

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:10 AM (VnUSN)

52 I doubt Jimmy Carter said that. The people caring for him just attribute things to him. As someone- maybe Ace ? Noted yesterday she hopes to win in large by a cascade of "celebrity" endorsements.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:11 AM (ZSy1P)

53 "Netflix loses millions of subscribers after boss backs Kamala Harris"

Good. Commie bastards.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:11 AM (vFG9F)

54 I do a nursing home service and there's a dear woman there who's 100. She mostly sleeps, wakes up to take communion and then asks a question and says sweetly, " I'm rather confused" She is not discussing politics. I doubt Carter is either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:13 AM (ZSy1P)

55 Why do you doubt it? Carter is a Democrat thru and thru. He'd vote for Stalin if there was a D behind his name. Heck, he would vote for Yassar Arafat if he was on the ballot.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

56 I doubt it for the reasons which I mentioned.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:16 AM (ZSy1P)

57 I read somewhere yesterday that Trump gave 25 million to hurricane relief. Wow!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:17 AM (ZSy1P)

58
Carter
Clinton
Obama
Biden
Harris

These people and their comrades have destroyed my country.
They get no sympathy or compassion.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

59 I was one of the Verizon customers who lost coverage yesterday. Oddly enough mr nec who is on the same account as me kept his coverage. I would think that we're supported by the same cell phone tower. The only difference is our area codes, I'm local and he kept his former area code. This confuses me.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 01, 2024 06:20 AM (2NHgQ)

60 Interesting, it looks like Trump took a commercial flight to get to Georgia yesterday.

How dare he risk other people's lives like that!

Posted by: Various Teams "Known To Law Enforcement" at October 01, 2024 06:22 AM (1dUol)

61 Good morning morons

French shower?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024

***
Is that what the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 called a "pretend bath"? Face towel wet in the sink and wiped all over you, towel off, wash your face and hands, spray a little perfume/cologne, and you're set?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)
====

No French. (But yes, I believe so.)

*shivers*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:23 AM (5p7su)

62 The media always ignores Trump's charitable contributions. It's his own money. Demorats get praise for contributing other people's money.

I see they are sending 350 million to Gaza. How about sending 350 million to NC you traitorous rats.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:23 AM (vFG9F)

63 59 I was one of the Verizon customers who lost coverage yesterday. Oddly enough mr nec who is on the same account as me kept his coverage. I would think that we're supported by the same cell phone tower. The only difference is our area codes, I'm local and he kept his former area code. This confuses me.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 01, 2024 06:20 AM (2NHgQ)

Huh.

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:23 AM (VnUSN)

64 Interesting, it looks like Trump took a commercial flight to get to Georgia yesterday.

https://is.gd/izOlzN
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 01, 2024 05:59 AM (RKVpM)

With the threat of SAMs, it would make sense to have someone seemingly unconnected to Trump rent commercial private planes and not notify anyone he was flying on it until he showed up to board.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2024 06:24 AM (U7wke)

65 Pixy, today was perfect weather for a day snorkeling at The Great Barrier Reef. Then a little cane toad racing at dinner topped off our most Australian day yet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:25 AM (5p7su)

66 I've heard that called a "whore's bath" or something prostitutiony like that.

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:25 AM (VnUSN)

67 "Jimmy Carter turns 100 today and has expressed his birthday wish is to get to vote for Kamala Harris."

Fk that bastard. I hope he drops dead today and falls face first into his cake so he doesn't get to inflict his last act of damage on the USA.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:04 AM (vFG9F)

He's a Democrat. Dying won't prevent his vote.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2024 06:25 AM (U7wke)

68 Yes dear morons. They race frogs. For money.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:25 AM (5p7su)

69 Honest man returns $12.000 he found in an envelope in a shopping parking lot:

https://tinyurl.com/ccb82ax4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:26 AM (ZSy1P)

70 I've heard that called a "whore's bath" or something prostitutiony like that.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:25 AM (VnUSN)
===

Same, same.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:26 AM (5p7su)

71 Jimmy Carter turns 100 today and has expressed his birthday wish is to get to vote for Kamala Harris.

Jimmy, you know we can tell when you're "lusting in your heart" again...

Posted by: The Joe Biden Memory Care Facility at October 01, 2024 06:26 AM (HG3pl)

72 Tell us more stories from Down Under, Uncle San Franpsycho!

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:26 AM (VnUSN)

73 Is that what the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 called a "pretend bath"? Face towel wet in the sink and wiped all over you, towel off, wash your face and hands, spray a little perfume/cologne, and you're set?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024

No French. (But yes, I believe so.)

*shivers*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024

***
It works when you're in a hurry. Deodorant under the arms too, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 06:26 AM (omVj0)

74 Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:25 AM (5p7su)

Glad you are having a lovely and interesting time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:27 AM (ZSy1P)

75 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Woke up at 4, but found that work was light enough for me to sleep until 6. I'm hoping the whole day is nice and easy.

Not planning to watch the Tim Walz lie-fest tonight; I leave that to stronger stomachs. Anyway, I'll get the after-action reports from JJ, Ace and all the rest. I'm hoping Vance delivers a kill-shot, but I don't presume on it. Beyond that, I got nothing.

Prayers up for all the Horde who've been hit by the hurricane. I don't log on except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so I've been out of the loop.

See you on the Morning Report.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 01, 2024 06:29 AM (Q0kLU)

76 Not planning to watch the Tim Walz lie-fest tonight;

Yeah, I don't bother with debates. It won't change my vote and life is too short to listen to a Democrat lie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2024 06:33 AM (U7wke)

77 I read somewhere online that PDT will be doing a blow-by-blow of the debate on his twitter-like (but not twitter/X; I forget what it's called) platform.

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:35 AM (VnUSN)

78 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 01, 2024 06:35 AM (VdhcA)

79 78 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 01, 2024 06:35 AM (VdhcA)

Me, too.

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:35 AM (VnUSN)

80 Regarding Ubisoft: They actually had the gall to blame gamers for the failure of Star Wars Outlaws. Given how many programmers they have on staff, they could have focused on making a better game.

And the new Assassin's Creed Shadows is already getting remade after initial comments were so negative. They need a cleansing of staff over there.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 01, 2024 06:36 AM (lXoJ5)

81 I'm afraid "Mr Pancake" is real. Matthew Pancake is his name, and he broke into the Petland in Hilliard, OH, and they were actually hamsters, not gerbils. No, we don't know why he was stealing them.

Posted by: cheshirecat at October 01, 2024 06:36 AM (TwA+r)

82 Regarding Ubisoft: They actually had the gall to blame gamers for the failure of Star Wars Outlaws.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 01, 2024 06:36 AM (lXoJ5)

You're damn right we blame the "gamers". We put out a product, who the fuck are you to decide not to buy it?

-- Ubisoft

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2024 06:37 AM (U7wke)

83 There are almost no overweight people in Australia. In a week I have seen maybe two people who are observably obese in a week.

There are no squirrels in Australia.

I told the lady at the snorkel shop I am near-sighted, and she had no idea what that meant. Turns out I'm "short-sighted." In more ways than you know, sweetheart.

I can barely understand most people's speech. I have asked more than one person to "please slow down." The security lady at the airport was not happy that she barely speaks English but I felt obliged to inform her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:39 AM (5p7su)

84 82
-- Ubisoft
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2024 06:37 AM (U7wke)

U-bi-soft
-->
We-bi-soft

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:40 AM (VnUSN)

85 77 I read somewhere online that PDT will be doing a blow-by-blow of the debate on his twitter-like (but not twitter/X; I forget what it's called) platform.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:35 AM (VnUSN)
===
Truth Social

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:41 AM (5p7su)

86 "There are almost no overweight people in Australia. In a week I have seen maybe two people who are observably obese in a week. "

Go inland.

Posted by: cheshirecat at October 01, 2024 06:42 AM (TwA+r)

87 83 I can barely understand most people's speech. I have asked more than one person to "please slow down." The security lady at the airport was not happy that she barely speaks English but I felt obliged to inform her.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:39 AM (5p7su)

What did you say to her?!

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 06:44 AM (VnUSN)

88 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2024 06:45 AM (U7wke)

89 Pixy-misa

There is also a union in France that is calling for the devs of Ubislop to strike.

With the leaks that Yasuke was basically a cynical ploy to cash in BLM and Floyd as they tossed out the original Japanese MC plus a corporate culture to ignore even discussing criticism; well, Ubislop needs to go into the dustbin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2024 06:45 AM (6iIV/)

90 Thanks Fen, we are here with son-in-law's parents and family and we are all enjoying each other's company very much.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:45 AM (5p7su)

91 That's great, SanFranPsycho!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 06:48 AM (k8T7w)

92 24 Clone me Giant Shrimp, now, sport,
Clone me Giant Shrimp now.
There’s some Scampi that needs to be chow, sport,
So clone me Giant Shrimp now!

Posted by: Adriane the Bad Poetry Critic . . . at October 01, 2024 05:02 AM (TX4bP)
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Well they have a GREAT Barrier Reef downunder so it could accommodate Giant Shrimp. Are these really Humongous Giant Jumbo Shrimp?

Posted by: Ciampino - stochastically larger at October 01, 2024 06:51 AM (qfLjt)

93 Werner is puzzled by the arrest of the Montana man for o creating giant sheep. I do not understand why one would
wish to have a race of giant sheep who own massive horns. but is that an actual felony under American law? It is not like when Stalin attempted to breed ape/human hybrids to create an army of beast men. Stopping that was a moral necessity. Werner would also like to see Stalin's face when it was pointed out to the bastard that anyone with a banana could circumvent his pre-Planet of the Apes killing force of any dangerous intentions.

Werner is also reminded of the time when Andy Warhol had the twisted notion that he cross marmots and ferrets, or the occasion when Klaus Kinaki and I had to take out the Goatman when he complicated one of my documentaries, or that time that Ayn Rand and Werner had to confront a loup garpu, which led to...ach, at this hour none would wish to hear the memories of an old Kraut.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 01, 2024 07:00 AM (tmPIh)

94 43 From the last thread, and when I lived in the Sangres, I had, 2 solar panels, 2 6volt 200ah batteries in parallel for 12 volt, .....

Posted by: meh at October 01, 2024 05:51 AM (iZ1Vx)
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Had to be in series for 12v.

Posted by: Ciampino - we're working on the railroad at October 01, 2024 07:01 AM (qfLjt)

95 Ach, that last should read "loup garou." Es tut mir leid, I am still learning your language.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at October 01, 2024 07:03 AM (tmPIh)

96 55 Why do you doubt it? Carter is a Democrat thru and thru. He'd vote for Stalin if there was a D behind his name. Heck, he would vote for Yassar Arafat if he was on the ballot.

Posted by: fd at October 01, 2024 06:15 AM (vFG9F)
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Write-in?

Posted by: Ciampino - we're working on the railroad ... at October 01, 2024 07:04 AM (qfLjt)

97 There are no squirrels in Australia.

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There will be once the meat from the giant pigs (that were fed the giant bighorn sheep meat) is imported to Oz and used to clone giant squirrels.

Where does the madness end?

Posted by: muldoon at October 01, 2024 07:09 AM (uCfKO)

98 There are no squirrels in Australia.

I told the lady at the snorkel shop I am near-sighted, and she had no idea what that meant. Turns out I'm "short-sighted." In more ways than you know, sweetheart.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 06:39 AM (5p7su)
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Of course no squirrels since squirrels are not venomous nor carry some nasty STD. They have koalas.
'short-sighted' is what the Brit World says. I never heard 'near-sighted' except in the Continental USA. I'm not sure what Cnadians use eh!

Posted by: Ciampino - The Kiwi language is worse at October 01, 2024 07:18 AM (qfLjt)

99 Soooo close to 10 million!

Kiffness youtube eating the cats

9,913,687 views

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 07:19 AM (VnUSN)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 07:19 AM (VnUSN)

101 w00t!

Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 07:19 AM (VnUSN)

102 The sheep thing seems kind of over the top given all the other genetic hacking and selective breeding that's been going on in the country for decades. Did he commit the crime of voting for the wrong president or something?

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at October 01, 2024 08:53 AM (Ij2uN)

103 As I see this he didn’t clone a dam thing. He used sea men (from the great sheep submarine!) to create cross breeds.

I see this as govt over reach to the extreme.

Posted by: Justin Pinochet Castreau at October 01, 2024 11:20 AM (l5yVc)

104 Exactly. Who did he piss off? Or fail to pay off?

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at October 01, 2024 11:57 AM (Ij2uN)

105 I dont get it. Every domestic and farm animal on the planet has been crossbreed to be what they are today. What did he do different?

Posted by: Sixiron at October 01, 2024 01:02 PM (c4Wfm)

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