Mike Fleming wrote:

> vickiebee wrote:
>
>> Calling all cars, calling all cars - Rusty Hinge is missed at 2eggs
>> newsgroup.
>
> Haven't seen him in the motorcycle froup or the shed.

Possibly just babbage engine prombles? Maybe Nev knows?

In article <-sydnVymI4QTZMn4nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>,
Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid.?> on Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at
17:02:03 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>Mike Fleming wrote:
>
>> vickiebee wrote:
>>
>>> Calling all cars, calling all cars - Rusty Hinge is missed at 2eggs
>>> newsgroup.
>>
>> Haven't seen him in the motorcycle froup or the shed.
>
>Possibly just babbage engine prombles?
>
>
Hopefully.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 15/11/2023 17:02, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> Mike Fleming wrote:
>
>> vickiebee wrote:
>>
>>> Calling all cars, calling all cars - Rusty Hinge is missed at 2eggs
>>> newsgroup.
>>
>> Haven't seen him in the motorcycle froup or the shed.
>
> Possibly just babbage engine prombles?  Maybe Nev knows?
>
>
Got a very strange msg via my website feedback page today.
Looked suspicious so I ignored it.
Written in Rustyeese but from a duff domain.

I'll try and connect via SMS. to check for signs of life.

--
Nev
It causes me a great deal of regret and remorse
that so many people are unable to understand what I write.

On 16/11/2023 13:56, nev young wrote:
> On 15/11/2023 17:02, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
>> Mike Fleming wrote:
>>
>>> vickiebee wrote:
>>>
>>>> Calling all cars, calling all cars - Rusty Hinge is missed at 2eggs
>>>> newsgroup.
>>>
>>> Haven't seen him in the motorcycle froup or the shed.
>>
>> Possibly just babbage engine prombles?  Maybe Nev knows?
>>
>>
Just spoken to the corroded one.

He is alive and still breathing.
Is grateful for show of concern.
Has laptop prombles.

I wooden mind but I gave him a brand spanking new one months ago and
he's still not started using it.

--
Nev
It causes me a great deal of regret and remorse
that so many people are unable to understand what I write.

nev young wrote:

> Tease'n'Seize wrote:
>
>> Possibly just babbage engine prombles?  Maybe Nev knows?
>
> Just spoken to the corroded one.
> He is alive and still breathing.
> Is grateful for show of concern.
> Has laptop prombles.

I hoped that'd be the explanation

xpost to shed/caff

On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:05:36 +0000
nev young <newsforpasiphae1953@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> He is alive and still breathing.
> Is grateful for show of concern.
> Has laptop prombles.

Oh good.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> nev young wrote:
>
>> Tease'n'Seize wrote:
>>
>>> Possibly just babbage engine prombles? Maybe Nev knows?
>>
>> Just spoken to the corroded one. He is alive and still breathing.
>> Is grateful for show of concern. Has laptop prombles.
>
> I hoped that'd be the explanation
>
> xpost to shed/caff
>
>
~~~
Ah, great news! Thank you for tracking him down. I missed his Rustyeese
posts.

v - when I fall off the radar, it's usually because my PC died. Yes,
this dinosaur still uses a desktop.
--
https://www.thefarside.com/

On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
> this dinosaur still uses a desktop

Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.

Tone

Hymermut wrote:
> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>> this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>
> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>
> Tone
~~~
(Big grin - high-fives fellow dino-sauer)

Alley-Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6IpmmYSXA

v - dang, big-time earworm!
--
https://www.thefarside.com/

On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:34:31 +0000
Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:

> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
> > this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>
> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.

Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a tower
under the desk).

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem A
Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 13:03:49 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:34:31 +0000
>Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>> > this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>>
>> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>
>Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a tower
>under the desk).
>
Makes 4 of us. I have a topflat only for lounging with when in bed. It
has nothing stored on it or applications worth talking about.

A tower is so much more versatile, particularly when home built, and is
capable of having more, so much more, peripherals hanging off them.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:47:55 +0000
"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 13:03:49 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
> >On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:34:31 +0000
> >Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
> >> > this dinosaur still uses a desktop
> >>
> >> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
> >
> >Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a tower
> >under the desk).
> >
> Makes 4 of us. I have a topflat only for lounging with when in bed. It
> has nothing stored on it or applications worth talking about.
>
> A tower is so much more versatile, particularly when home built, and is
> capable of having more, so much more, peripherals hanging off them.

Mine isn't - I've waggled the front usb connectors so much that they no
longer erm connect. I have to have an extension string from a back port
for my 1Gb bottle opener.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

In message <uj7jnc$2pfrj$1@dont-email.me>, vickiebee
<prairiedove73505@aol.com> writes

<waves to V>

>v - when I fall off the radar, it's usually because my PC died. Yes,
>this dinosaur still uses a desktop.

Some of us resemble that remark. Actually, it's three desktops if
anyone is keeping count.

Adrian
--
To Reply :
replace "bulleid" with "adrian" - all mail to bulleid is rejected
Sorry for the rigmarole, If I want spam, I'll go to the shops
Every time someone says "I don't believe in trolls", another one dies.

Nicholas D. Richards said:
> In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 13:03:49 awoke
>>Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>>> > this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>>>
>>> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>>
>>Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a tower
>>under the desk).
>>
> Makes 4 of us. I have a topflat only for lounging with when in bed. It
> has nothing stored on it or applications worth talking about.

5

> A tower is so much more versatile, particularly when home built, and is
> capable of having more, so much more, peripherals hanging off them.

Also purncre. But noisier.

Current box even has a serial port. I think it's a bit more than 20
years since I needed one of them.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 17/11/2023 14:16, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>> In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 13:03:49 awoke
>>> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>>>>> this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>>>>
>>>> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>>>
>>> Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a tower
>>> under the desk).
>>>
>> Makes 4 of us. I have a topflat only for lounging with when in bed. It
>> has nothing stored on it or applications worth talking about.
>
> 5
>
>> A tower is so much more versatile, particularly when home built, and is
>> capable of having more, so much more, peripherals hanging off them.
>
> Also purncre. But noisier.
>
> Current box even has a serial port. I think it's a bit more than 20
> years since I needed one of them.
>

I use my serial port to connect to a Raspberry Pi. Although my serial
port is a USB-Serial converter. (And connected to a laptop.)

--
Chris Elvidge, England
I DID NOT WIN THE NOBEL FART PRIZE

On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:47:55 +0000
"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> Makes 4 of us. I have a topflat only for lounging with when in bed. It
> has nothing stored on it or applications worth talking about.

There's nothing stored on my desktop except the OS (FreeBSD) and
applications (all open source installed from packages), data lives on the
NAS where it's safe. I do have an ancient macbook for when I'm travelling,
the only thing of consequence on it are the VPN keys to connect to my LAN
remotely.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:16:44 -0000 (UTC)
Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:

> Nicholas D. Richards said:
> > In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem A

> > A tower is so much more versatile, particularly when home built, and is
> > capable of having more, so much more, peripherals hanging off them.
>
> Also purncre. But noisier.

Mine is silent (or very nearly so) - but then it's an ex-corporate
refurbished HP and spends most of its time with the i7 throttled down to
800MHz by powerd,

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

Ahem A Rivet's Shot said:
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:16:44 -0000 (UTC)
> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>> > In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>
>> > A tower is so much more versatile, particularly when home built, and is
>> > capable of having more, so much more, peripherals hanging off them.
>>
>> Also purncre. But noisier.
>
> Mine is silent (or very nearly so) - but then it's an ex-corporate

So's mine, but.

> refurbished HP and spends most of its time with the i7 throttled down to
> 800MHz by powerd,

"Nearly silent" is noisier than "silent". Call me pernickety.

I suppose that'd be Per Nickety if I was Scandiwegian..

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 17/11/2023 12:51, vickiebee wrote:
> Hymermut wrote:
>> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>>> this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>>
>> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>>
>> Tone
> ~~~
> (Big grin - high-fives fellow dino-sauer)
>
> Alley-Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop....
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6IpmmYSXA
>
> v - dang, big-time earworm!

Got 2.72 TB on one of them.1.36 on t'other.

Should be enuff for me music.

Tone

On 17/11/2023 13:03, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:34:31 +0000
> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>>> this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>>
>> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>
> Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a tower
> under the desk).
>

My Dell is a tower on the desk behind the screen. T'other is an upright
Lenovo. Both second hand and both still running W7.

Tone

Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote in
news:uj7skc$2qrpg$2@dont-email.me:

> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>> In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem
>> A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 13:03:49
>> awoke
>>>Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>>> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>>>> > this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>>>>
>>>> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>>>
>>>Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a
>>>tower under the desk).
>>>
>> Makes 4 of us. I have a topflat only for lounging with when in bed.
>> It has nothing stored on it or applications worth talking about.
>
> 5
>

6

--
Peter
-----

On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:56:58 -0000 (UTC)
Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote:

> "Nearly silent" is noisier than "silent". Call me pernickety.

I have to put my ear against the case to hear it, from six inches
I can't - that sort of nearly silent. I can hear the jbex Macbook-Pro quite
easily from several feet unless it's sleeping. Both are quieter than the
hiss from my Ant B-Twig PA turned down low.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
> In article <20231117130349.058fa1b3b2a99eb8166b5a98@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 13:03:49 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:34:31 +0000
>> Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 17/11/2023 11:44, vickiebee wrote:
>>>> this dinosaur still uses a desktop
>>>
>>> Nowt wrong with that. I've got two on the go.
>>
>> Makes three of us using desktops - at least (although my desktop is a tower
>> under the desk).

I am so far ahead of you all in the dotage stage apparently. I only boot up
my PC if I absolutely have to, otherwise I use my iPad or phone. Can’t
imagine waiting to boot up a PC to read and post a few newsgrope massages,
buying stuff, booking tickets, sending e-men, general web browsing etc,
etc.

Tim

--
Please don't feed the trolls

On 17 Nov 2023 19:24:33 GMT
Tim+ <tim.downie@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am so far ahead of you all in the dotage stage apparently. I only boot
> up my PC if I absolutely have to, otherwise I use my iPad or phone.

I never shut mine down, it only gets rebooted for kernel updates.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

On 17/11/2023 19:37, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2023 19:24:33 GMT
> Tim+ <tim.downie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am so far ahead of you all in the dotage stage apparently. I only boot
>> up my PC if I absolutely have to, otherwise I use my iPad or phone.
>
> I never shut mine down, it only gets rebooted for kernel updates.
>

I don't ever shut mine down. I don't do updates either.

Tone