#soylent | Logs for 2022-02-20
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[23:18:31] <systemd> ^ 03Pilot sues defence ministry for ruining sex life – media ( https://www.rt.com )
[23:18:28] <Runaway1956> https://www.rt.com
[23:18:23] <Runaway1956> UK MoD neuters it's pilots!
[22:49:28] <chromas> bom reveal at 200k subs
[22:48:00] <FatPhil> when do you reveal yourself as the chromabomber?
[22:47:32] <FatPhil> So, is the movie about your uncle Ted any good?
[22:38:01] <chromas> sounds exhausting
[22:22:39] <Runaway1956> World's oldest monarch hit by China Flue
[22:22:11] <systemd> ^ 03The Queen tests positive for Covid
[22:22:06] <Runaway1956> https://www.bbc.co.uk
[22:19:35] <Runaway1956> If you study the reflections in his helmet, you can see the scantily clad young ladies who accompanied him
[22:19:07] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Unearthed Photos Show John Glenn’s Orbit of Earth on 60th Anniversary" (35p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[22:19:04] <Runaway1956> =submit https://nypost.com
[22:15:27] <chromas> this is a shitty tv edit of the movie. "crumb bag"?
[22:04:15] <systemd> ^ 03Emails show US federal agencies urging Facebook to push "messages of duty" on COVID
[22:04:14] <Runaway1956> https://reclaimthenet.org
[21:49:18] <chromas> She weren't no robut
[21:48:53] <Runaway1956> They could name it Debbi, in Dallas.
[21:48:25] <Runaway1956> When are they going to do the sequel, Roboslut?
[21:47:45] <systemd> ^ 03Robocop (1987)
[21:47:44] <chromas> https://www.youtube.com
[21:41:54] <FatPhil> Muvvafukken maffmo!
[21:39:58] <Runaway1956> That Carmody guy seems to be into numerology . . .
[19:46:51] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Easy Aluminum Nanoparticles for Rapid, Efficient Hydrogen Generation from Water - https://sylnt.us
[18:44:19] <systemd> ^ 03Median Age vs. Covid Deaths Per Capita
[18:44:18] <FatPhil> http://fatphil.org
[18:43:23] <FatPhil> ooops
[18:43:13] <systemd> ^ 03Obesity vs. Covid Deaths Per Capita
[18:43:13] <systemd> ^ 03Urbanization vs. Covid Deaths Per Capita
[18:43:12] <FatPhil> new tables: http://fatphil.org and http://fatphil.org
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[18:32:54] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Scientists Identify How Caffeine Reduces Bad Cholesterol" (12p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[18:32:52] <AzumaHazuki> =submit https://newatlas.com from the C-is-for-coffee,-that's-good-enough-for-me! dept
[18:09:04] <FatPhil> Pretty sure the US failstream media is just as warmongery.
[18:08:10] <FatPhil> I don't think Z reads the BBC news site, so won't have seen the 6000 recent "Russia literally going to invade in 2 minutes, honest this time" headlines that they've been pushing out every 5 minutes for the last week.
[17:14:14] * Runaway1956 petitions the Ukraine Government to adopt the motto 'DON'T PANIC', and to put The Hitchhker's Guide in all their theaters
[17:05:10] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Ethiopia Starts Generating Power From River Nile Dam" (20p) -> https://soylentnews.org
[17:05:04] <Runaway1956> =submit https://www.bbc.co.uk
[17:04:49] <Runaway1956> Boner is not a medical term, shame on you FatPhil!!
[17:00:15] <FatPhil> If you wish to make reference to penes, please make sure that you've applied in advance for a boner license from one of the admins. HTH. HAND.
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[16:37:07] <Bytram> Runaway1956: Please be mindful this is an open channel that is primarily intended to allow users to report system outages and the like.
[16:35:17] <Runaway1956> I don't think Lindholm's anatomy functions properly, if he can "freeze" his penis
[16:34:36] <Runaway1956> pull my finger - errrrr - my penis - uhhhhhh
[16:34:19] <systemd> ^ 03Finland skier suffers frozen penis in Olympics mass start race
[16:34:19] <Runaway1956> https://nypost.com
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[15:06:32] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in Snap-Confine Function on Linux Systems - https://sylnt.us
[12:03:37] <FatPhil> Boris thinks, or wishes, he was Churchill
[12:03:02] <FatPhil> BBC's gone full Rachel Madcow
[10:42:54] <janrinok> lol - I haven't seen the headlines yet but good morning and stay safe
[10:28:56] <FatPhil> Good imminent war, everybody!
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[09:45:26] <janrinok> I did not ask too many questions - and I have since seen the members of his family alive
[09:45:20] <chromas> or his goatse collection
[09:44:39] <chromas> or maybe it was snuff
[09:44:20] <janrinok> He took the new well, is about the best I can say. Porn from that long back was probably not up to snuff unless it was his wife.....
[09:43:27] <chromas> Must not be very good porn if it wasn't disappointed
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[09:42:48] <janrinok> My neighbour also had an IOMega drive - I hadn't seen one of them for many years nor could I find drivers for it. He wasn't too disappointed because he claimed he 'didn't remember' what he had saved on it - which I took to be porn.
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[09:39:54] <janrinok> I did toy with the idea of serial but as that also seemed to need a driver I couldn't see a gain.
[09:39:43] <chromas> you could bust out the ol' null-modem cable and do some 115kbps file transfers
[09:39:06] <chromas> I wonder if it has Windows Terminal or whatever the serial terminal program was called
[09:38:16] <janrinok> once I had an internet connection things got a lot easier
[09:37:28] <janrinok> I downloaded the USB driver to floppy disk (I still have some!) and then transferred the others via a USB key
[09:37:19] <inz> scary
[09:36:36] <chromas> I found out some boards (Asus) install the drivers automatically from onboard flash
[09:36:09] <inz> But if you didn't have working internet or usb, did you use floppies?
[09:36:09] <janrinok> with no 'discernable' crap
[09:35:43] <chromas> I don't believe you
[09:35:40] <inz> lucky you
[09:35:30] <janrinok> I had to download the motherboard drivers from the manufacturers site - they were just drivers with no crap.
[09:35:27] <inz> (granted, haven't tried win for a decade and a half)
[09:35:12] <chromas> oh yeah. sometimes you could find the .inf file and install it that way too
[09:35:04] <inz> I'm pretty sure that even with all the fighting, I use much less time getting hw to work with Linux than with Windows
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[09:34:35] <inz> janrinok, and with windows, one needs to remember not to use the stupid driver installers, which come with tonload of crud, but use the system add device dialog, and manually try to locate the actual drivers on the media
[09:34:30] <janrinok> My neighbour is now happy (?) so I won't go searching for a torrent until I have to.
[09:33:57] <janrinok> and of course it wants to reboot itself every few minutes.
[09:33:50] <chromas> I wonder if there's a torrent or something with all the updates
[09:33:27] <janrinok> The updates were difficult. I found it difficult to find an MS link that was still serving up W7 updates.
[09:32:23] <chromas> Did you install the 12,000 updates?
[09:32:18] <janrinok> I recall in the early 2000s that I managed to get linux working with an Epson LX-80 dot matrix printer. I was ever so pleased but it kept eating through my supply of fan-fold paper. Ah the memories...
[09:31:44] <chromas> Would Linux just works if you had an old version though?
[09:30:17] <janrinok> Yet with linux it just 'works' as they say.
[09:29:37] <janrinok> I recently had to install Windows 7 on a neighbours computer. (He had the CD). I had forgotten that you have to add each driver for the various motherboard functions and for each connecter. It didn't recognise the internet cable, nor the USB ports, or various other bits. Getting them was a bigger task than installing the OS
[09:27:27] <chromas> that should be under -9,000
[09:27:13] <Bender> karma - printers: -6
[09:27:13] <chromas> printers--
[09:26:01] <janrinok> I was just changing over to Linux about that time and I didn't use a browser to write documents that I can recall. But at that time Linux was a hard job to interface to various printers etc
[09:25:19] <chromas> wordperfect was always better than word
[09:24:58] <chromas> Macromedia, MetaCreations, probably others
[09:24:12] <janrinok> but like most Windows office software they all found they were simply trying to replicate MS Office for compatibility reasons
[09:23:48] <chromas> Remember in the early 2000's when it was the cool thing for companies to sell off all their software to focus on making a browser plugin nobody used?
[09:22:58] <janrinok> Found it. Corel Office which contained Corel Write.
[09:22:09] <chromas> Could be a thing. I don't know if they made any of their own software though. All the good stuff was bought, Microsoft-style
[09:20:52] <janrinok> not sure that I do, just something echoing in my brain
[09:20:33] <chromas> I don't remember those
[09:20:13] <janrinok> Corel Desk?
[09:19:59] <janrinok> Thanks for reminding me - I was beginning to wonder if I had imagined that or whether the 2 companies were unconnected. Wasn't there a Corel Write or something similar?
[09:19:01] <chromas> They had their own distro for awhile
[09:18:50] <chromas> Too bad no Linux support
[09:17:31] <janrinok> Damn! It is still going with the latest release in 2021.
[09:15:54] <janrinok> I remember using Corel Draw a long, long time ago
[09:14:31] * chromas Reveals Codes
[09:09:21] <systemd> ^ 03CORAL - Wikipedia
[09:09:20] <janrinok> no, not Corel, but Coral66 - https://en.wikipedia.org
[09:05:53] <chromas> WordPerfect and Quattro are way better than MS Office but everyone's forgotten about 'em
[09:05:33] <chromas> I miss Corel
[08:57:07] <janrinok> I am happy to see it disappear - just so long as we can get new software for the site. I don't miss Algol, Fortran, or Coral either ;)
[08:51:51] <chromas> Nobody likes perl anymore, Bender. Plus I'm pretty sure it's just a Java front-end now
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