Daily Tech News 23 October 2024

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The San Francisco MTA is spending $212 million to move its train control system off floppy disks. (GovTech)

The system was installed in 1998, which is rather late to be using floppy disks that were (assuming it uses 3.5" disks) introduced in 1982. But Compact Flash, the only real alternative at the time that is still supported today, was only introduced in 1994 and was likely not readily available when the project started.

And given that it's been working for 26 years so far, we can't really blame the designers for being short-sighted.

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De-extinction company Colossal has provided an update on its work to bring back the Tasmanian tiger. (Ars Technica)

The company now has a near-complete genome for the creature, which went extinct in 1936. (Though some people suspect a few specimens might still exist in south-west Tasmania, which is extremely rugged and mostly uninhabited.

The plan is to produce new embryos by engineering eggs from its nearest living relative, the fat-tailed dunnart, which is basically a carnivorous mouse.

Since it is - was - a marsupial, we wouldn't need to bring it to term in a womb; it evolved to latch on to a nipple and feed at a point that would be an embryo in a placental species.
Flock you: A lawsuit in Virginia argues that networks of license plate cameras constitute unlawful warrantless searches under the Fourth Amendment. (404 Media) (archive site)

It's an interesting question. In Norfolk, the police know the travel habits of pretty much everyone thanks to cameras distributed through the city.

You don't have an implicit right to privacy in public, but the government is explicitly restricted in how it can infringe on your privacy.
VMWare has fixed critical vulnerabilities in its vCenter management application. (The Register)

Again.

Fixes were pushed out last month, but they didn't fix it.
The Beelink SER9 is the fastest mini-PC around. (Serve the Home)

And its quiet.

On the other hand, it's expensive at $999 and memory is locked at 32GB. It's soldered in place (the Ryzen 370 laptop chip it uses doesn't support regular DIMMs) and there's no 64GB model.
The iPad Mini 2024 model is the best iPad Mini yet. (The Verge)

But it's not much better than the old model, and it still suffers from the "jelly scrolling" problem that everyone noted when the old model first appeared.

Apple doesn't seem to care about this product at all. If you want a good small tablet, there's this and the Lenovo Legion Tab which you basically can't buy anywhere.
My Calliope Mori Hyte Y40 Limited Edition PC case is here.

Disclaimer: Chicken wings are trash. The only reason to eat them is if some bastard stole the rest of the chicken.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 No comments? Is everyone asleep?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 23, 2024 04:04 AM (gfViB)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 04:05 AM (fwDg9)

3 Packing lunch first while coffee is going is my routine

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 04:05 AM (fwDg9)

4 Hi, Skip!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 23, 2024 04:05 AM (gfViB)

5 I strongly think that the Founders would consider the government having such a wealth of information about the location and movements of private citizens without a warrant to be a violation of "The right of the people to be secure in their persons... against unreasonable searches"

Posted by: deepelemblues at October 23, 2024 04:06 AM (z9n5F)

6 Dog wanted out. Normally, he would wake me at 3, and I'd see this after everyone has been commenting. It's nice to be retired.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 23, 2024 04:08 AM (gfViB)

7 BOING!

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 23, 2024 04:09 AM (UTJuY)

8 One of m friends ( we don't discuss politics-) has a "Cats for Kamala" sign outside her house. Friend has cats and feeds and gets stray cats fixed) . I didn't tell her my cat is voting for Trump.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 04:18 AM (dTvTf)

9 LOL, Pixy!

The only thing chicken wings are good for, is to hold the whole bird steady while it's roasting in the oven.

And then the wings get thrown into the pot, along with the rest of the chicken carcass, to make soup...

Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2024 04:20 AM (njWTi)

10 And then the wings get thrown into the pot, along with the rest of the chicken carcass, to make soup...
Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2024 04:20 AM (njWTi)
-

Deep fried wings are to die for!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 23, 2024 04:21 AM (UTJuY)

11 Deep fried *anything* is delish!

But chicken wings are disposable-- good for making stock.

Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2024 04:25 AM (njWTi)

12 Dog is back to sleep and cat has settled in. I'm back to sleep for a few more hours.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 23, 2024 04:25 AM (gfViB)

13 Cat just went out. He's been a 'sissy housecat' most of today. LOL. Might be back before I turn in for the night-- it's 40ish out there now. Brrr!

Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2024 04:28 AM (njWTi)

14 "Only passing through :International Fellowship of Christians and Jews devotional . Leviticus 23:42

https://tinyurl.com/pymk4s5e

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 04:29 AM (dTvTf)

15 "The system was installed in 1998, which is rather late to be using floppy disks"

The 3.5" 1.44 MB diskette drive + disks were common in '98. I'm not at all surprised this media was used as a data transfer method for rail in that year.

They could buy drop in hardware replacements that simulate a diskette drive and allow them to plug in a usb stick as the actual read/write media today if they wanted to, but I can see why they want to get off that system and technology by now.

Oh, and G'morning Pixy, and G'morning Horde.

Some great ideas yesterday on avoiding interruptions with my first smart phone, thank you all again. Going with the do-not-disturb mode probably. I need to use the phone as a data tether for my Garmin navigation device, so that seems to be the best way forward.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 04:32 AM (O7YUW)

16 Deep fried *anything* is delish!

But chicken wings are disposable-- good for making stock.
Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2024 04:25 AM (njWTi)
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Way back when I was a city slicker kid, my mom OBM used to deep fry large amounts of wings. we piled up wing bone mountains on our plates.

No batter. No nothing.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 23, 2024 04:33 AM (UTJuY)

17
1 chicken stewed and shredded
1 bottle pomegranate extract
2 pounds walnuts ground fine
salt pepper
Turmeric
Low simmer for 90 minutes.

Homemade yoghurt.

Cook rice middle eastern style - where the rice gets crunchy at the bottom of the pot.

Posted by: 13times at October 23, 2024 04:35 AM (e9okg)

18 And a little sugar.

I think Pomegranate extract is sometimes called pomegranate molasses.

Posted by: 13times at October 23, 2024 04:37 AM (e9okg)

19 Business owner who's a Christian prays with Trump in NC:

https://tinyurl.com/t7sds49a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 04:40 AM (BcveZ)

20 My Calliope Mori Hyte Y40 Limited Edition PC case is here.

No pics? Where is the love? It must feel great to have finally have this case in your mitts. Still think you should have called up the new media since it is the only one in the country.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at October 23, 2024 04:41 AM (tPMOE)

21 Specific replies from yesterday:

@no one of any consequence - "I use the "Do not disturb" feature so the phone does not ring if the caller is not in my directory."

Yup, this sounds perfect for my needs, I'll definitely be looking into it.

@M. Gaga - "Kind of a radical approach to privacy, but with it OFF it won't ring, it won't buzz, it won't light up, if someone calls or texts you."

I knew a lawyer who in the very early days of cell phones got one for his car. He used to do exactly this, much to the frustration of everyone back in his office. He was completely unrepentant about turning it off too, saying the phone was there for his convenience, not theirs. This amused me to no end, but I (unfortunately) can't use this because of the need for the data tether, otherwise this would fit me perfectly! "Eat voicemail and frustration, callers!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 04:42 AM (O7YUW)

22 The corgi woke me. She is out and prowling, after having to pee. She's a get-off-my-lawn attitude, is afraid of the dark, and wants intruders gone.

So what is the outlook for this supposed Trump/Rogan thing Friday? I know nothing of Rogan, other than to have heard of his being a lib.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 23, 2024 04:51 AM (ZtgZZ)

23 I don't cut out calls but do use sleep timer to not get messages and email tones all hours of the night. My insomniac hours know around midnight junk emails pile up.

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 04:52 AM (fwDg9)

24 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 23, 2024 04:54 AM (sAmhv)

25 (further replies)

@Bruce - "you don't have to answer them"

True, but I want to avoid distractions entirely. I need to focus when I'm working.

@Village Idiot's Apprentice - You mentioned silent or airplane mode. Will look at "silent". Thanks.

@Skip - Thanks for supportive vote of confidence.

@MP4 - "I find having a rep as a misanthrope does wonders to keep people from calling you."

Been there, done this, bought the t-shirt factory.

@TeeJ - You had the idea of using the contact list as a filter for calls, I'll be using that. I might well want the immediate family to be able to interrupt me in an emergency, and I'll make sure they know that during work hours, only call if it really is one.

@m - I'll personalize it once I figure out all the functions, and this blasted swiping UI... UGH. Hate it. I'm an old desktop jockey. The old-fashioned pager method has some appeal, but I actually do want people to be encouraged to leave a message as long as I'm unaware of it when the call comes in.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 04:56 AM (O7YUW)

26 OK Lily yapped at the door and is now back in.

If Trump wins I'll pedal my vintage Schwinn around the morning after, hoping to catch some of the assholes taking down their Harris/Walz yard signs. I'll say hey, hey, if you want it recycled we're taking them to shred up, make new signage when we go to D.C. to celebrate the inauguration.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 23, 2024 04:57 AM (ZtgZZ)

27 Mornin' Puddleglum

youtube.com/watch?v=oiOLwq4A8SQ

Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2024 04:58 AM (njWTi)

28 @23/Skip: Sleep timer? *jots this down* That is a fantastic idea, thank you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 04:58 AM (O7YUW)

29 22 So what is the outlook for this supposed Trump/Rogan thing Friday? I know nothing of Rogan, other than to have heard of his being a lib.
Posted by: Mr Gaga

Rogan is a lib, but not a mindless zombie. He's been critical of both Trump and Kamala, but even more so of MSM bullshit.

I expect the Trump interview will go just fine.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 23, 2024 05:01 AM (BLOW1)

30 I have my good nights sleeping and some not so good nights. I remember in army basic training I would wake up long before the lights came on at 5am. Somehow most of the guys were still asleep, and I never figured out how they did that. I have never used an alarm clock, ever. Always wondered what it was like to be woken up by an alarm clock.

Posted by: colin at October 23, 2024 05:04 AM (wlQdF)

31 G'night, all. Been a long day.

Posted by: JQ at October 23, 2024 05:04 AM (njWTi)

32 https://youtu.be/iqFNHfzV_2Q?si=4voZoxZIbgnxljWl

Howdy JQ

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 23, 2024 05:04 AM (sAmhv)

33 Just flipping through what YouTube offers, a young woman McDonald's worker I take it from the McDonald's Trump visited is giving a word in Trump's defense of going there.
So giving her at least a thumbs up 👍

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 05:05 AM (fwDg9)

34
It's an interesting question. In Norfolk, the police know the travel habits of pretty much everyone thanks to cameras distributed through the city.

I heard Bill Gates say that he would like to have a system of satellites blanketing the globe so that realtime footage of everything everywhere was available for viewing.

It's real...
https://is.gd/CybCxw

/ f that guy

Posted by: Civic Classifier at October 23, 2024 05:06 AM (MwtZ5)

35 I am going to regret that lost hour of sleep all day

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 05:06 AM (fwDg9)

36 Christian devotional-

The Holy Spirit is present - John 14:16, 23-27:

https://tinyurl.com/2kt278m6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 05:10 AM (t/Z/5)

37 Pixy: You had me thinking back to '98 and what I used to use for hardware for my desktop and servers back then. When I think of all the crazy hardware I bought near the bleeding edge, and how much cheaper and larger-capacity things got later, I almost could cry, except for the fact that I was having a blast at the time.

Had one of the first CD-R drives - the Yamaha CDR-100. Price then was $1,000 USD (ouch) and the really GOOD media was about $5 a pop (remember "gold" CD-Rs with the gold reflective layer and the pthalocyanine dye?) Those came down in price dramatically if you bought in bulk, so I offered to make copies of important company data for records keeping purposes at $10 a pop and made a tidy personal profit doing that for a company I worked for. They were happy, I was happy.

That drive died about 2 weeks after its one-year warranty expired. Yamaha quoted me $350 as a bench charge just to look at it. Other competitors products were less than $350 by then. It was obvious Yamaha didn't want to be in the repair business. Never bought another Yamaha product.

Went with a Plextor SCSI CD-R drive after that. Those things were tanks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

38 If Trump wins, I expect to see shipping containers in driveways ready to pack up and move to Tim buck two or Thailand, where a lot of old guys go to get the thrill of being fleeced by some young Thia girl. I hear Somolia is nice also.

Posted by: colin at October 23, 2024 05:11 AM (wlQdF)

39 @35/Skip: "I am going to regret that lost hour of sleep all day"

That's me most days. I really need to stick to my 20:00 bedtime and not keep letting it slip to 21:00 to 22:00. Coffee and naps, good as they are, still aren't a full substitute for a solid night's sleep.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

40 @FenelonSpoke: Thank you for the devotional!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 05:15 AM (O7YUW)

41 G'morning, all.

MiL safely returned to B'More on Amtrak despite a service interruption in North Carolina.

We may be having another member of the Horde stop in overnight tomorrow night, so time to clean house.

After the Morning Walk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 23, 2024 05:17 AM (a1415)

42 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 23, 2024 05:15 AM (O7YUW

You are most welcome.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 05:18 AM (A5uGN)

43 Christian group sings a lovely song, He will carry you through":

https://tinyurl.com/bdaktvx8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 05:21 AM (A5uGN)

44 If nothing else today is shortest commute time for the week
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 05:24 AM (fwDg9)

45 Clear and fairly nice out
It seems it never rains in southern Pennsylvania

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 05:26 AM (fwDg9)

46 German media seems convinced that a Trump return will mean a Hitler return in Washington. De Stern cover shows Trump wrapped in the American flag giving the Nazi salute.

Posted by: colin at October 23, 2024 05:28 AM (wlQdF)

47 Clear and fairly nice out
It seems it never rains in southern Pennsylvania
Posted by: Skip

Pennsyltuckey? Just need to break out the banjo, friend.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 23, 2024 05:28 AM (IG4Id)

48 59 degrees out, which is far better than 38 degrees earlier this week.

Guess I won't need the snow shovel this week.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 23, 2024 05:28 AM (a1415)

49 De Stern cover shows Trump wrapped in the American flag giving the Nazi salute.
Posted by: colin

I object … He’s going to be Genghis Khan…

Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 23, 2024 05:35 AM (TX4bP)

50 Germans calling *us* Nazis, now there's some fucking nerve.

Posted by: ... at October 23, 2024 05:36 AM (hmOfI)

51 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 23, 2024 05:37 AM (J6S9v)

52 I am going to regret that lost hour of sleep all day
Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 05:06 AM (fwDg9)

LOL try being in the ER all night!

Posted by: ... at October 23, 2024 05:38 AM (hmOfI)

53 NASA is offering $3 million in prizes to anyone who can figure out a solution to the problem of recycling trash on the moon.

NASA may be worrying about problems that are not problems and probably won't a problem anytime soon. They are thinking ahead to having a lunar station of some sort, staffed by people who want to throw away trash.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 05:44 AM (spdUF)

54 The San Francisco MTA is spending $212 million to move its train control system off floppy disks.

Zip drives!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 23, 2024 05:44 AM (JRP2U)

55 Good morning, good people from the Indian Summer Adirondacks--enjoy while you can.

And may all effort you undertake this day result in grand benefit to you and enormous anguish to the leftwits among us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 23, 2024 05:45 AM (hKoQL)

56 mornin yall. Here's a feel good story to start your day:

"Democrat accidentally 'SHOOTS' reporter with an AR-15 at campaign event"

Wannabe Senator Lucas Kunce was firing the weapon during an appearance at a private range in Holt, Missouri when a bullet fragment struck television reporter Ryan Gamboa in the arm.

The Democrat firing shots alongside former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger before he had bandage the KSHB-TV journalist's bloody arm.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 05:47 AM (vFG9F)

57 Happy Wednesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 23, 2024 05:51 AM (gbOdA)

58 Speaking of fascism, the NYT happily catalogued for its readers the investigations Elon Musk's businesses face in retaliation for his Roarkist tendency to think outside of "government policy" and express unapproved opinions.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 05:52 AM (YgZzp)

59 54:Zip drives!
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline

I still have mine. They can buy it from me.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 23, 2024 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

60 Moon trash?
Easy, land fill, there's lots of it and it won't harm the environment

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2024 05:56 AM (BC84A)

61 >>>Wannabe Senator Lucas Kunce was firing the weapon during an appearance at a private range in Holt, Missouri when a bullet fragment struck television reporter Ryan Gamboa in the arm.

The Democrat firing shots alongside former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger
------------------
So, since Kinzinger was nominally Republican once upon a time, should we regard shooting reporters as a bipartisan effort?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 05:56 AM (YgZzp)

62 Man reflects on "each day is a new beginning" upbeat reflection. From "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/4777d7fr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 05:56 AM (wGJnb)

63 Just 18% said they would be very comfortable doing so, and 31% somewhat comfortable. But more than half said they would be somewhat (33%) or very (18%) reluctant.

That means more than half of Harvard’s faculty admitted they’re afraid to discuss controversial issues in the classroom.

You pay people to be pussies and thats what you get.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 23, 2024 05:57 AM (gbOdA)

64 I still service some equipment that uses diskettes to do the initial setup. Boots from a diskette to run the install from a CD. The only time I have to do it is if a hard drive fails. These things use 40 and 80gb HDs.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 05:58 AM (vFG9F)

65 Moon trash requires a Heinlein solution: build a catapult and shoot the trash into the sun.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 05:58 AM (pLcBq)

66 He was completely unrepentant about turning it off too, saying the phone was there for his convenience, not theirs.

That is an attitude that should be encouraged.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 23, 2024 06:01 AM (lXoJ5)

67 LPRs have been around for a long time. Every time you drive by a toll station, you've had an LPR check your license. If you are really worried about being tracked, consider your phone, and now likely your car, has an unique MSID for its cellular service. That was the way the FBI tracked people's movement near the Capitol. It is how Google and Waze identifies traffic jams. LPRs do a great job tracking down vehicles, usually stolen or driven by people who committed local and violent crime.

Posted by: Leland at October 23, 2024 06:02 AM (KVDMz)

68 Lady, you've got other problems that may need to be addressed:

"My boyfriend called me 'controlling' after I asked him not to wear Crocs on date night"

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:03 AM (vFG9F)

69 64 Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 05:58 AM (vFG9F)
-----------------
Running on CTOS?

Go full-on 1980's.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:03 AM (pLcBq)

70 22 So what is the outlook for this supposed Trump/Rogan thing Friday? I know nothing of Rogan, other than to have heard of his being a lib.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at October 23, 2024 04:51 AM (ZtgZZ)

From what little I know of him, he is a liberal but he's willing to listen to other viewpoints. His criticism of the government's handling of Chinese Lung AIDS upset a lot of people who demanded that Spotify remove him but he didn't back down.

Honestly, I think Trump will get a tough interview out of this. I look forward to reading about it.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 23, 2024 06:04 AM (lXoJ5)

71 "Running on CTOS?

Go full-on 1980's.
Posted by: Huck Follywood"

No. XP Embedded.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:04 AM (vFG9F)

72 67 If you are really worried about being tracked, consider your phone, and now likely your car, has an unique MSID for its cellular service. That was the way the FBI tracked people's movement near the Capitol. It is how Google and Waze identifies traffic jams.
Posted by: Leland

Google is suing to end geofence warrants. They actually won in the Fifth Circuit, but it's yet to be decided at a national level. And it just stops the police, not Google itself.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 23, 2024 06:07 AM (BLOW1)

73 I'm starting to think there is no privacy

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:11 AM (oiPXm)

74 Fking democrats. Don't cross them or they will come for you to:

In a letter, written by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Elizabeth Warren, addressed to McDonald’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Kempczinski, the senators sought information about the fast-food restaurant’s “increases in fast food prices over the last several years and seeking information regarding McDonald’s pricing decisions.”

They are accusing McDonald's of price gouging. Gawd I hate these people.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:14 AM (vFG9F)

75 "Corporate profits must not come at the expense of people’s ability to put food on the table. As we seek to investigate and understand the increased consumer costs in the economy, we hope McDonald’s will help us to understand why its prices have risen so high"

These people do nothing but destroy.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

76 the senators sought information about the fast-food restaurant’s “increases in fast food prices over the last several years and seeking information regarding McDonald’s pricing decisions.”

And when it is pointed out that the regulations these people keep making cause price increases, they will simply say "Greedy CEO and Wall Street" as the press barks approvingly.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 23, 2024 06:16 AM (lXoJ5)

77 Even if McDonalds showed them why prices went up, they wouldn't understand it. There are some very stupid people running this country.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

78 I'm starting to think there is no privacy
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:11 AM (oiPXm)

There isn’t if you carry a phone, particularly an Android device. Apple isn’t far behind. Oh and your relatively new streaming TV? Yea it’s watching and listening as well. Your ISP? Oh yes, they know.

Haven’t even started on the NSA. But it’s for our own good.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 23, 2024 06:20 AM (IvsXO)

79 At least Kamala is offering free cheese for all if elected. (I think that was from Babylon Bee) but could happen. I remember as a kid something about blocks of cheese being available in the small town I grew up in, to some poor people. (which we were)

Posted by: colin at October 23, 2024 06:21 AM (wlQdF)

80 Can you imagine the outcry (and the money that would flow to the uniparty) if Congress were to propose a required opt-in for each and every data collection product or service?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:22 AM (zQkx5)

81 Good morning to one and all

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:25 AM (t8vHj)

82 Steve Bannon gets out of prison next week. The assholes would not even let him serve the final 10 days of his sentence confined at home, they are making him serve every day.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

83 Morning Miss Had

Posted by: ... at October 23, 2024 06:27 AM (hmOfI)

84 1980s. free 5 lb blocks of American cheese, straight from the USDA storage caverns. Reagan was mercilessly mocked.
going price was $5, I must have bought a dozen. good eatin'!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 23, 2024 06:28 AM (J6S9v)

85 ... , a very good morning to you. You are well?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:29 AM (t8vHj)

86 Morning, all.
Pretty little almost half moon straight up this morning.

Loved the former pastor and Trump link, Fen. The enclosed Carmelites who hosted our TLM for nearly two decades are praying the long form St. Patrick's Breastplate for him daily. That should help bigly.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 23, 2024 06:30 AM (f+FmA)

87 , a very good morning to you. You are well?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:29 AM (t8vHj)

I have had a night - my lovely friend.

At ER with Britwife going on 8 hours.

Precautionary for now. Ugh. Always wish you the best.

Posted by: ... at October 23, 2024 06:30 AM (hmOfI)

88 Good morning Ben Had. Life is good, demorats bad.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:31 AM (vFG9F)

89 sal, thank you so much for your door prize donation.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:32 AM (t8vHj)

90 Best to you Ben Had and all the good people down your way.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:33 AM (Zk+C1)

91 Floppy drives! Luxury!

Posted by: The Yorkshireman what still uses Hollerith cards at October 23, 2024 06:33 AM (PiwSw)

92 ... , oh no. Prayers ascending for both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:34 AM (t8vHj)

93 Washington College to remove the cursive logo.

As cursive gets phased out of young people’s education, the school wanted to be more welcoming to students who may have never learned the writing style.

Ah the siren song of being welcoming. Who knew that prospective college students were found sobbing in a corner because the school they might want to go to excludes them because they use cursive.

Cleansing fire needs to be A Thing™ in this country.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 23, 2024 06:34 AM (lXoJ5)

94 You are welcome! It was my pleasure. Absolutely going to be there next year, even if I have to dragoon one of the kids to take me...

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 23, 2024 06:35 AM (f+FmA)

95 Thanks BH. Hoping we're out soon.

(he's been saying since 1am)

Posted by: ... at October 23, 2024 06:35 AM (hmOfI)

96 Chris Matthews says ‘I’ve Never Seen a More Heroic Figure than Liz Cheney’

Yeah, the way she stood up and said "Fight, Fight, Fight" after being shot would have even impressed Batman.

Posted by: fd at October 23, 2024 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

97 Sorry about your ER visit fit your wife and you ellipses. Will pray for her and you..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 06:36 AM (1I1sA)

98 Huck, thank you and the same for you and yours. I'm still coasting on my MoMe high.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:38 AM (t8vHj)

99 After Donald J. Trump served fast food during a campaign stop at a McDonald’s, several workers said the candidate showed a willingness to learn but should stick to his day job.

NYT
Stefanos Chen
Oct. 21, 2024

Stef gots the goods on PDT

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 23, 2024 06:39 AM (gbOdA)

100 Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 23, 2024 06:30 AM (f+FmA

Very glad to hear of the prayers of the Carmelites, sal!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 06:39 AM (1I1sA)

101 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 23, 2024 06:39 AM (hoCmQ)

102 Business owner who's a Christian prays with Trump in NC:

https://tinyurl.com/t7sds49a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 04:40 AM (BcveZ)

My only - and, I freely admit, niggling - irritation with that clip was the man's constant use of the word 'community.' I truly hate that word, since the left has so debased it.

I'd like to think God will hear those prayers. I really would.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 23, 2024 06:40 AM (Q0kLU)

103 Anyway, I have much work to do and I should have started 2 hours ago.

Later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 23, 2024 06:40 AM (Q0kLU)

104 olddog, still getting some lake time?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:41 AM (t8vHj)

105 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2024 06:36 AM (1I1sA)

Appreciated Fen. I think she'll be ok. It's just a matter of if they let her out at this point. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: ... at October 23, 2024 06:42 AM (hmOfI)

106 Mr. S's little non-denom church holds a very popular Sausage Supper on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
They bought a bunch of new vests for the servers, many in 2X and 3X. They all need ric-rac sewn around the edges and that's what I'm doing this week.
Until I run out of trim, then HobLob and UPS to the rescue.
It goes pretty fast, once you get the system down and I like having a project.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 23, 2024 06:43 AM (f+FmA)

107 olddog, a menu suggestion. Greek lemon potatoes. Taste tested and approved by a Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:43 AM (t8vHj)

108 Not lately, Ben Had. Going this weekend though to winterize things. Also, waiting to have new hvac unit installed.

Hopefully the leaves will be brilliant this time of year.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 23, 2024 06:45 AM (hoCmQ)

109
Good morning, Hordians.

I told Her Majesty that in a couple of weeks with the time change the sun would be coming up an hour earlier. She did not appreciate that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2024 06:45 AM (EsZUh)

110 Just looked up Greek lemon taters. Looks real good, Ben Had. Love roasted tater wedges. Easy to do in air fryer.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 23, 2024 06:47 AM (hoCmQ)

111 @HoustonChron
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Elected official who runs Harris County voter registration hasn’t swiped into work in four years

First sworn into office in 2017, Tax Assessor-Collector Ann Harris Bennett is tasked with a wide array of duties that affect nearly every Harris County resident, from collecting billions of dollars in property taxes to processing millions of vehicle registrations and title transfers every year.

Records obtained through public information requests reveal Bennett has not used her employee badge to access any county facility since October 2020. She swiped her badge 92 times in 2019, seven times in 2020 and not once since then.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 23, 2024 06:48 AM (gbOdA)

112 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

113 NaCly, Good morning, dearest.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:50 AM (t8vHj)

114 rhennigantx

Have taxws gone up or down?

If up, sue. If down, eliminate the position as unneeded. Government by parasite is all too common.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

115 Posted by: rhennigantx at October 23, 2024 06:48 AM (gbOdA)
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And nobody noticed until it was leaked to the Houston Chronicle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:51 AM (JdUNy)

116
Records obtained through public information requests reveal Bennett has not used her employee badge to access any county facility since October 2020. She swiped her badge 92 times in 2019, seven times in 2020 and not once since then.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 23, 2024 06:48 AM (gbOdA)

A small foretaste of the potential Harris Administration.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2024 06:52 AM (EsZUh)

117 "Greek Lemon Potatoes"? How...fascinating. I may have to look into this later.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 23, 2024 06:53 AM (lXoJ5)

118 Howdy Ben Had! Howdy all y'all!

Trying to decide on toast or an English muffin this morning. English muffins are tasty but toast is bigger.

Posted by: Weasel at October 23, 2024 06:53 AM (vt7xw)

119 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

Still operational here. Talked to two kindergarten girls about the comet.

Sorghum is almost all harvested, so the only fields that are not bare have a cover crop, silage corn. or the preps for winter wheat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

120
Plus, the Harris County Clerk, responsible for elections, looks to be your usual incompetent (or ideological) DEI hack. Like the last one.

Yeah, it's going to be a gay old time in the Bayou City on November 5th... and later.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2024 06:54 AM (EsZUh)

121 The trick with English Muffins is to add some bulk, in the form of bacon and eggs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:54 AM (JdUNy)

122 48 degrees, breezy, half moon at zenith ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 23, 2024 06:55 AM (J6S9v)

123 Huck Follywood

English muffins are a support for butter. Lots of butter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

124 Weasel, there are 2 halves to the English muffin. Go for it!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:55 AM (t8vHj)

125 The trick with English Muffins is to add some bulk, in the form of bacon and eggs.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 23, 2024 06:54 AM (JdUNy)
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I like where you're going with this!

Posted by: Weasel at October 23, 2024 06:56 AM (vt7xw)

126
Sorghum is almost all harvested, so the only fields that are not bare have a cover crop, silage corn. or the preps for winter wheat.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

Corn, soybeans and rice have been harvested near us and the fields tilled for next year's crop. Occasionally, a field has sorghum. It amuses me to try to determine what's going to be planted next year based on the autumn tilling.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2024 06:56 AM (EsZUh)

127 Huck has it right!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:56 AM (t8vHj)

128
English muffin consumption: top first, then bottom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2024 06:57 AM (EsZUh)

129 Not an English muffin fan, but do like a sausage biscuit with egg 'n cheese.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 23, 2024 06:58 AM (hoCmQ)

130 Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:55 AM (t8vHj)
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Unfortunately the halves are asymmetrical which is a problem. I have to use two EM's and throw away the smaller, weaker pieces.

Posted by: Weasel at October 23, 2024 06:58 AM (vt7xw)

131 Hadrian the Seventh

We are way too dry for rice. Also too dry for corn, but the government subsidies make that a non-issue, except for the ground water level.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

132 Weasel, microwave pancakes instead?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 07:00 AM (t8vHj)

133 128
English muffin consumption: top first, then bottom.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2024 06:57 AM (EsZUh)

Unless you live in Australia, of course.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, who may be unclear on the concept at October 23, 2024 07:00 AM (PiwSw)

134 130 Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 06:55 AM (t8vHj)
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Unfortunately the halves are asymmetrical which is a problem. I have to use two EM's and throw away the smaller, weaker pieces.
Posted by: Weasel at October 23, 2024 06:58 AM (vt7xw)

Throw away?

Posted by: WeaselDog and FSJ at October 23, 2024 07:01 AM (PiwSw)

135 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 23, 2024 07:01 AM (eQNBj)

136 Wife points: homemade Egg McMuffins

Buttered English muffin toasted under the broiler, split Jimmy Dean sausage links browned in the baby cast iron skillet, a microwaved "fried" egg, and a circle of American cheese- use the big biscuit cutter.

Posted by: sal, who watches way too much TCM at October 23, 2024 07:01 AM (f+FmA)

137 Weasel, microwave pancakes instead?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 07:00 AM (t8vHj)
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With syrup? Lots and lots of syrup? Like diabetic coma levels of syrup?

Posted by: Weasel at October 23, 2024 07:01 AM (vt7xw)

138 Hadrian the Seventh

The lack of moisture in September brought the protein yield in the soybean harvest down by 7-10%. Commodity prices are way down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

139 I make amazing toast and amazing English muffins. I mean make them.

And yes homemade mcmuffin on a homemade muffin is chef

Posted by: ... at October 23, 2024 07:02 AM (hmOfI)

140 Weasel, and at least a stick of butter too.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 07:03 AM (t8vHj)

141 Nood. Open thread.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 23, 2024 07:03 AM (v6JzV)

142 Throw away?
Posted by: WeaselDog and FSJ at October 23, 2024 07:01 AM (PiwSw)
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Great point!

Posted by: Weasel at October 23, 2024 07:03 AM (vt7xw)

143 Have a great day, everyone.

Head on a swivel, and have a good plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

144
corn, soybeans, lots of hay - crops around here are pretty dairy-focused

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at October 23, 2024 07:04 AM (J6S9v)

145
The lack of moisture in September brought the protein yield in the soybean harvest down by 7-10%. Commodity prices are way down.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

We had a very, very wet summer and we're having a very, very dry fall. In Texas, droughts are ended by floods and vice versa.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 23, 2024 07:04 AM (EsZUh)

146 ..., that is a talent. I'll bet they are scrumptious.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 23, 2024 07:05 AM (t8vHj)

147 CBD open nood. No J.J.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 23, 2024 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

148 If Google wins the geofence case, they then can simply sell data to whomever and it ends up with the feds.
But the norms are protected.

Posted by: Accomack at October 23, 2024 07:05 AM (IG7T0)

149
Three weeks without rain in SE PA. Not much need to cut grass.

Posted by: Civic Classifier at October 23, 2024 07:06 AM (MwtZ5)

150 The usual trick to get around the whole "government spying / 4th amendment" thing is to have a private company do it and then sell the data to the government. I wonder why they didn't do that here?

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 23, 2024 08:34 AM (Hw6WF)

151 I say, I say how dare you, Sir! Denigrating the noble honor of the avionic appendage of the Gallus gallus domesticus! Choose your weapon, sir!

Posted by: Hon. Col. Foghorn Legorn at October 23, 2024 08:44 AM (FxINA)

152 Where is Wolfus this morning? Odd he's not commenting.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 23, 2024 09:01 AM (1TzeS)

153 Arm Nukes Qualcomm Chip Design License In 60 Days Ahead Of Court Trial

UK-based chip architecture giant Arm Holdings is nuking its architectural license agreement with US-based Qualcomm, which certainly escalates an ongoing legal dispute between the two companies.

The license cancellation will mean Qualcomm will have to stop selling products based on Arm designs by the end of the year. Bloomberg noted that this could "roil the smartphone and personal computer markets, as well as disrupt the finances and operations of two of the most influential companies in the semiconductor industry."

Posted by: SMOD at October 23, 2024 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

154 >>>In Norfolk,

"We don't smoke! We don't drink! Norfolk! Norfolk!"

Posted by: m at October 23, 2024 09:55 AM (VnUSN)

155 134 I have to use two EM's and throw away the smaller, weaker pieces.
Posted by: Weasel at October 23, 2024 06:58 AM (vt7xw)

Throw away?
Posted by: WeaselDog and FSJ at October 23, 2024 07:01 AM (PiwSw)

Ha!

Posted by: m at October 23, 2024 10:46 AM (VnUSN)

156 >>>The system was installed in 1998, which is rather late to be using floppy disks that were (assuming it uses 3.5" disks) introduced in 1982. But Compact Flash, the only real alternative at the time that is still supported today, was only introduced in 1994 and was likely not readily available when the project started.

Who remembers zip drives? Not me. I am not as old as you dinosaurs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 23, 2024 10:55 AM (i24o9)

157 "Running on CTOS?

Go full-on 1980's.
Posted by: Huck Follywood"

*VAX/VMS enters the chat*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 23, 2024 11:49 AM (i24o9)

158 Lets bring Back the Great Auk Passenger Pigeon(Remember Martha)Heath Hen(Booming Ben)Carolina Parakeet Eskimo Curlew Etc. As well

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 23, 2024 05:11 PM (wGqjj)

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