On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2024 14:06:25 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> On 5/17/2024 12:46 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/17/2024 11:14 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 13:41:10 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 03:04:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:34 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:54:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13 May 2024 12:14:27 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ... explain how it is the _software_ that is making them
>>>>>>>>>>>>> money,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and not the _support_ for that software.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It is the support that is making the money. That is the point,
>>>>>>>>>>>> after all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ever heard of “give away the razor, sell the razorblades”?
>>>>>>>>>>>> That’s how Free Software works.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make
>>>>>>>>>>> sure that their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to
>>>>>>>>>>> sell the support. Gotcha.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, that would be brilliant, because customers would flock by
>>>>>>>>>> the droves to useless, crap software... But you may have
>>>>>>>>>> something, people keep using crap Microsoft Windows even though
>>>>>>>>>> their "customers" are really Microsoft's unpaid beta testers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> They use Windows because it's what they got on the computer they
>>>>>>>>> purchased which cost less than a similar Mac. Considering how
>>>>>>>>> Windows can run on just about any hardware and support every
>>>>>>>>> third-party peripheral they plug into it, they are not likely to
>>>>>>>>> seek out an alternative, even if it crashes a few times. It also
>>>>>>>>> has the largest library of software, and tons of experts can be
>>>>>>>>> found on the web to help them with any technical problem they
>>>>>>>>> have,
>>>>>>>>> free of charge. Those are real benefits, no matter how much one
>>>>>>>>> hates Windows.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I find a lot better support for Linux on the Internet than I do
>>>>>>>> for Windows. There are a LOT of people who'll tell you how to fix
>>>>>>>> Windows...
>>>>>>>> only problem is, none of it EVER works. When my wife's old
>>>>>>>> computer BSOD'd (twice during upgrades) I found (and tried) about
>>>>>>>> 20 "solutions,"
>>>>>>>> none of which worked.
>>>>>>>> The second time I went to what actually worked sooner — using a
>>>>>>>> Linux Live[B USB to download her data and rebuild the computer
>>>>>>>> from scratch. I could be a great Windows support expert... I've
>>>>>>>> already memorized the three Rs,
>>>>>>>> "Reboot. Reboot. Rebuild."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (Again this is from a years back and I will admit that wife has
>>>>>>>> had a lot less trouble since then. Although I still have to reset
>>>>>>>> her network something or other when it slows to crawl on the
>>>>>>>> Internet (what is that crap?). And I still think Windows is the
>>>>>>>> most convoluted crap OS ever made.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are three issues I can imagine for the slow Internet: 1) an
>>>>>>> IP mismatch caused by a crappy TP-Link router (I've had this
>>>>>>> issue), 2) terrible Wi-Fi hardware such as the chips made by
>>>>>>> MediaTek, 3) too much distance and interference between her
>>>>>>> computer and the router. If you have a cheap TP-Link router, get
>>>>>>> rid of that thing. Their more expensive models are fine, but the
>>>>>>> one selling for around $30 causes a lot of chaos.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a TP-Link router and it works well because the computers,
>>>>>> except for one room, are connected via LAN cables. I think TP-Link
>>>>>> routers can't handle a lot of WiFi traffic — they overheat. But the
>>>>>> Gigabyte Ethernet ports seem to be rock solid. There's computers in
>>>>>> nine locations in this house. Fortunately, when they ran the phone
>>>>>> cables they used CAT 5, so I just re-terminated the cables to CAT 5
>>>>>> jacks, added five, cheap ($7 Gigabyte switches) and ran some CAT 5
>>>>>> cable at the base of the wall for some of the locations not near a
>>>>>> jack — and everyone has fast, reliable Internet. Now that you
>>>>>> mention it, I don't think my wife's computer has had to have the
>>>>>> network reset since I ran the Ethernet cable to her computer. But I
>>>>>> never had problems with the Linux computers when using the same WiFi
>>>>>> connections.
>>>>>
>>>>> With the aforementioned TP-Link router a technician from my ISP gave
>>>>> me, I had no problems in Linux either. However, the moment I got back
>>>>> into Windows, it wouldn't give me any kind of Internet after
>>>>> connecting to the router. I only eventually figured out that the
>>>>> router in question was using an already used IP address despite being
>>>>> configured not to. Why that would only be a problem for Windows is
>>>>> beyond me.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Linux has much of the above too, but its library of software
>>>>>>>>> isn't as impressive and the software's general quality isn't
>>>>>>>>> there either. It works on anything, that's true, but not anyone
>>>>>>>>> is comfortable with the process of installing it, no matter how
>>>>>>>>> easy it is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I understand. I've known people who buy a new Windows computer
>>>>>>>> every time the old one slows down because that's all they want to
>>>>>>>> know. "Doesn't work right any more, but a new one."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Meanwhile, we're dealing with high inflation and a likely recession
>>>>>>> which should prompt most people to save as much money as they can
>>>>>>> by keeping their hardware for as long as possible. Linux is going
>>>>>>> to be everyone's best friend soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're probably right. It's already happening in South America.
>>>>>
>>>>> And I don't blame them for rejecting Windows or anything else
>>>>> American,
>>>>> considering what the CIA did to topple their democratically elected
>>>>> governments in the past to make them puppet states of the USA. How
>>>>> many Latin leaders need to die in a plane crash before the world
>>>>> realizes that the American government, not the people, is indeed The
>>>>> Great Satan?
>>>>
>>>> kooks
>>>
>>> Which part are you denying?
>>
>>
>> Much of the political crap you and wRonG type is nonsense, and your
>> hatred of the USA is ridiculous ("Removing American products from my
>> diet has allowed me to lose weight and keep it down.").
>>
>> Maybe both of you kooks could quit polluting tech threads with political
>> statements?
>
> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You can
> deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.

On 5/18/2024 6:53 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2024 15:08:32 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> I knew the SQL Server engine had been ported to Linux, but what about
>> all the related tools and features: full-text search, replication, Mgmt
>> Studio, Stretch DB, Polybase, always on availability groups, Active
>> Directory authentication, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server R Services,
>> Analysis Services, Reporting Services, Integration Services, Data
>> Quality Services, Master Data Services, T-SQL and CLR (.NET Runtime)
>> stored procedures?
>
> Most of those suck anyway. SSRS is a real bag. Power BI pretty much
> supercedes it and there are Linux equivalents. I won't go through the
> whole list, but Stretch DB is deprecated in Server 2022 and will be
> removed in the future.
>
> https://alternativeto.net/software/sql-server-management-studio/?
> platform=linux
>
> I prefer DBeaver since it works with SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc as well. It's
> cross platform of course.
>
> SQL Server on Linux is a bit of an oddity. We looked at it briefly to make
> sure it would work. Postgres has come a long way and the price is right.
> SQL Express is free but is limited. For full SQL Server you'll be paying
> per core. Running SS on AWS really kicks up the hourly costs.
>
> SQL Server has come a long way too. It wasn't that great in the earlier
> incarnations, back when you were doing Access.
>
> But you don't care anyway.

What does that mean?

On 2024-05-18, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:30 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> On 5/17/2024 6:01 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You
>>> can deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>
>> "the crap that is added to every product"? What products? What
>> 'crap'?
>>
>> More of your hateful lies and delusions about the United States.
>
> MSGs, acesulfame-potassium, aspartame, carageenan, sodium, monocalcium
> phosphate, diglycerides of fatty acids, phosphoric acid, potassium
> sorbate, disodium diphosphate, etc.. Not only is your government
> responsible for some of the worst political garbage in the world, your
> producers are poisoning you.

Yep. And it's become almost impossible to avoid it, except at speciality
stores, where most Americans can't afford to shop.

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entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

On 5/18/2024 7:59 PM, RonB wrote:
> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:

>>> kooks
>>
>> Which part are you denying?
>
> Just DuFuS doing his DuFuS thing.

Pipe down, kook. Go obsess over your 'rigged election' and 'deadly
covid vaccine' and 'Gates is poisoning the world' conspiracy nonsense.

On 2024-05-18, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2024 09:43:33 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> On 5/18/2024 6:36 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 20:43:01 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/17/2024 8:03 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:30 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/17/2024 6:01 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from
>>>>>>> the United States because of the crap that is added to every
>>>>>>> product.
>>>>>>> You can deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "the crap that is added to every product"? What products? What
>>>>>> 'crap'?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More of your hateful lies and delusions about the United States.
>>>>>
>>>>> MSGs, acesulfame-potassium, aspartame, carageenan, sodium,
>>>>> monocalcium phosphate, diglycerides of fatty acids, phosphoric acid,
>>>>> potassium sorbate, disodium diphosphate, etc.. Not only is your
>>>>> government responsible for some of the worst political garbage in the
>>>>> world, your producers are poisoning you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you saying none of that is in any Canadian food? Are you saying
>>>> you're forced to eat it? What ARE you saying?
>>>
>>> There's either less or none of it. Even "organic" food from the United
>>> States can't be trusted because like every other organization there, it
>>> is corrupt. Countless people have died from consuming "organic"
>>> products from the United States which had all sorts of bacteria to a
>>> point that they had to make a Netflix documentary about it.
>>
>>
>> Name of the documentary?
>
> Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food.
>
> Your frame of mind amuses me because one of the main characters in the
> Fallout TV Series basically thought like you before eventually having his
> mind opened to the fact that the American government and its corporations
> aren't so virtuous.

It's also the mindset of shitheads (like Gates, Soros and their ilk) that
the world has too many people and that the population _must_ be lowered.
(They never put their money where their mouths are and volunteer to be
"reduced" themselves. Just like they don't include themselves in the "you
won't own anything and like it" class.) So it's no stretch that these
worthless drones would purposely put out poison and call it "food." It's not
like these semi-humans have a conscience or anything.

--
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entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

On 2024-05-18, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On 18 May 2024 17:01:49 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>
>> Your frame of mind amuses me because one of the main characters in the
>> Fallout TV Series basically thought like you before eventually having
>> his mind opened to the fact that the American government and its
>> corporations aren't so virtuous.
>
> Who the hell ever said the US government and multinational corporations
> were virtuous?

Apparently DuFuS believes that, as his actions seem to show he has trust in
them.

--
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entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

On 2024-05-18, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On 18 May 2024 19:03:50 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>
>>> They didn't stop there and created a GM Roundup tolerant strain. Today
>>> over 90% of Canada's crop is GM and Canada's output exceeds even
>>> China's by over a million tons.
>>>
>>> How many people has that shit killed?
>>
>> I can only imagine, but I don't know a single Canadian who actually buys
>> the stuff.
>
> Oh, so you only export your poison? Noted.

I don't think he has any choice in the matter. Like we have no choice what
our corporate shitheads do in our country.

> https://www.canadianfoodtousa.com/product-page/peek-freans-digestive-
> biscuit-300g
>
> They're coy about what sort of vegetable oils they mix with the tropical
> oils.
>
> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1345319/
>
> I suppose nobody in Canada eats biscuits either?

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entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

On Sat, 18 May 2024 21:41:22 -0400, DFS wrote:

>> But you don't care anyway.
>
> What does that mean?

It means you're a complete Windows fanboi and your comeback to any example
will be 'shoddy freeware' or Windows does it better. Troll away!

Le 19-05-2024, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> a écrit :
> On Sat, 18 May 2024 21:41:22 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>>> But you don't care anyway.
>>
>> What does that mean?
>
> It means you're a complete Windows fanboi

You are wrong on this part. He knows Linux far too well to be a Linux
hater. A Linux hater doesn't need to use directly Linux at all to work.
I mean, when you are using Internet, you are using Linux, but it's under
the hood, so you aren't using Linux directly (unless you want to).

So what he knows about Linux, he has learn it by choice. And he learned
far more than any Linux hater would have been able to learn.

But he likes to piss off Linux fanboys. It's a different thing and once
again, it looks like I'm the only one to see it.

> and your comeback to any example will be 'shoddy freeware' or Windows
> does it better. Troll away!

Yes, he's a troll, of course. It's obvious.

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On Sat, 18 May 2024 18:28:21 -0500, chrisv wrote:

> rbowman wrote:
>
>>>> They didn't stop there and created a GM Roundup tolerant strain.
>>>> Today over 90% of Canada's crop is GM and Canada's output exceeds
>>>> even China's by over a million tons.
>>>>
>>>> How many people has that shit killed?
>>>
>>> I can only imagine, but I don't know a single Canadian who actually
>>> buys the stuff.
>>
>>Oh, so you only export your poison? Noted.
>>
>>https://www.canadianfoodtousa.com/product-page/peek-freans-digestive-
biscuit-300g
>
> Look, an unbroken, working link. One reason why I like Agent.

The fact that the GUI doesn't bug out the way Pan's does might be another
reason.

On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:41:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB
<ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 14:06:25 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/17/2024 12:46 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/17/2024 11:14 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 13:41:10 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 03:04:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:34 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:54:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13 May 2024 12:14:27 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ... explain how it is the _software_ that is making them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> money,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and not the _support_ for that software.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is the support that is making the money. That is the point,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> after all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ever heard of “give away the razor, sell the razorblades”?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That’s how Free Software works.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make
>>>>>>>>>>>> sure that their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to
>>>>>>>>>>>> sell the support. Gotcha.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, that would be brilliant, because customers would flock by
>>>>>>>>>>> the droves to useless, crap software... But you may have
>>>>>>>>>>> something, people keep using crap Microsoft Windows even though
>>>>>>>>>>> their "customers" are really Microsoft's unpaid beta testers.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> They use Windows because it's what they got on the computer they
>>>>>>>>>> purchased which cost less than a similar Mac. Considering how
>>>>>>>>>> Windows can run on just about any hardware and support every
>>>>>>>>>> third-party peripheral they plug into it, they are not likely to
>>>>>>>>>> seek out an alternative, even if it crashes a few times. It also
>>>>>>>>>> has the largest library of software, and tons of experts can be
>>>>>>>>>> found on the web to help them with any technical problem they
>>>>>>>>>> have,
>>>>>>>>>> free of charge. Those are real benefits, no matter how much one
>>>>>>>>>> hates Windows.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I find a lot better support for Linux on the Internet than I do
>>>>>>>>> for Windows. There are a LOT of people who'll tell you how to fix
>>>>>>>>> Windows...
>>>>>>>>> only problem is, none of it EVER works. When my wife's old
>>>>>>>>> computer BSOD'd (twice during upgrades) I found (and tried) about
>>>>>>>>> 20 "solutions,"
>>>>>>>>> none of which worked.
>>>>>>>>> The second time I went to what actually worked sooner — using a
>>>>>>>>> Linux Live[B USB to download her data and rebuild the computer
>>>>>>>>> from scratch. I could be a great Windows support expert... I've
>>>>>>>>> already memorized the three Rs,
>>>>>>>>> "Reboot. Reboot. Rebuild."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (Again this is from a years back and I will admit that wife has
>>>>>>>>> had a lot less trouble since then. Although I still have to reset
>>>>>>>>> her network something or other when it slows to crawl on the
>>>>>>>>> Internet (what is that crap?). And I still think Windows is the
>>>>>>>>> most convoluted crap OS ever made.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are three issues I can imagine for the slow Internet: 1) an
>>>>>>>> IP mismatch caused by a crappy TP-Link router (I've had this
>>>>>>>> issue), 2) terrible Wi-Fi hardware such as the chips made by
>>>>>>>> MediaTek, 3) too much distance and interference between her
>>>>>>>> computer and the router. If you have a cheap TP-Link router, get
>>>>>>>> rid of that thing. Their more expensive models are fine, but the
>>>>>>>> one selling for around $30 causes a lot of chaos.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a TP-Link router and it works well because the computers,
>>>>>>> except for one room, are connected via LAN cables. I think TP-Link
>>>>>>> routers can't handle a lot of WiFi traffic — they overheat. But the
>>>>>>> Gigabyte Ethernet ports seem to be rock solid. There's computers in
>>>>>>> nine locations in this house. Fortunately, when they ran the phone
>>>>>>> cables they used CAT 5, so I just re-terminated the cables to CAT 5
>>>>>>> jacks, added five, cheap ($7 Gigabyte switches) and ran some CAT 5
>>>>>>> cable at the base of the wall for some of the locations not near a
>>>>>>> jack — and everyone has fast, reliable Internet. Now that you
>>>>>>> mention it, I don't think my wife's computer has had to have the
>>>>>>> network reset since I ran the Ethernet cable to her computer. But I
>>>>>>> never had problems with the Linux computers when using the same WiFi
>>>>>>> connections.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With the aforementioned TP-Link router a technician from my ISP gave
>>>>>> me, I had no problems in Linux either. However, the moment I got back
>>>>>> into Windows, it wouldn't give me any kind of Internet after
>>>>>> connecting to the router. I only eventually figured out that the
>>>>>> router in question was using an already used IP address despite being
>>>>>> configured not to. Why that would only be a problem for Windows is
>>>>>> beyond me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Linux has much of the above too, but its library of software
>>>>>>>>>> isn't as impressive and the software's general quality isn't
>>>>>>>>>> there either. It works on anything, that's true, but not anyone
>>>>>>>>>> is comfortable with the process of installing it, no matter how
>>>>>>>>>> easy it is.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I understand. I've known people who buy a new Windows computer
>>>>>>>>> every time the old one slows down because that's all they want to
>>>>>>>>> know. "Doesn't work right any more, but a new one."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Meanwhile, we're dealing with high inflation and a likely recession
>>>>>>>> which should prompt most people to save as much money as they can
>>>>>>>> by keeping their hardware for as long as possible. Linux is going
>>>>>>>> to be everyone's best friend soon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're probably right. It's already happening in South America.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And I don't blame them for rejecting Windows or anything else
>>>>>> American,
>>>>>> considering what the CIA did to topple their democratically elected
>>>>>> governments in the past to make them puppet states of the USA. How
>>>>>> many Latin leaders need to die in a plane crash before the world
>>>>>> realizes that the American government, not the people, is indeed The
>>>>>> Great Satan?
>>>>>
>>>>> kooks
>>>>
>>>> Which part are you denying?
>>>
>>>
>>> Much of the political crap you and wRonG type is nonsense, and your
>>> hatred of the USA is ridiculous ("Removing American products from my
>>> diet has allowed me to lose weight and keep it down.").
>>>
>>> Maybe both of you kooks could quit polluting tech threads with political
>>> statements?
>>
>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You can
>> deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>
>GMO "food" is just fantastic, don't you know? And so is fructose and sucrose
>"sugar" made from corn. And added hormones in cow's milk is just peachy.
>Coming soon, Bill Gates' fake eggs and synthetic meat, probably full of mRNA
>"vaccine" "goodness."

On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:42:40 -0000 (UTC), RonB
<ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2024-05-18, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:30 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/17/2024 6:01 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>>>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You
>>>> can deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>>
>>> "the crap that is added to every product"? What products? What
>>> 'crap'?
>>>
>>> More of your hateful lies and delusions about the United States.
>>
>> MSGs, acesulfame-potassium, aspartame, carageenan, sodium, monocalcium
>> phosphate, diglycerides of fatty acids, phosphoric acid, potassium
>> sorbate, disodium diphosphate, etc.. Not only is your government
>> responsible for some of the worst political garbage in the world, your
>> producers are poisoning you.
>
>Yep. And it's become almost impossible to avoid it, except at speciality
>stores, where most Americans can't afford to shop.

Our family can still afford the superior product, but Justin Trudeau
and his Marxists are making sure that becomes impossible by making
everything, including car ownership, as expensive as possible. Even if
you can afford the car, gas and insurance at the moment, our
benevolent leader is making sure that gas becomes more expensive by
adding an ever-increasing carbon tax to its price, and his like-minded
governments are making sure that car thefts go unchecked by
encouraging people to leave their key fobs at the door to make the
theft as quick and painless as possible. I'm sure insurers won't mind
replacing everyone's car and won't increase their rates.

On Sat, 18 May 2024 21:48:00 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

>On 5/18/2024 7:59 PM, RonB wrote:
>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>>>> kooks
>>>
>>> Which part are you denying?
>>
>> Just DuFuS doing his DuFuS thing.
>
>
>Pipe down, kook. Go obsess over your 'rigged election' and 'deadly
>covid vaccine' and 'Gates is poisoning the world' conspiracy nonsense.

Wow, if you actually believe that the "vaccine" was safe and effective
to this day, then you really are a moron. Even VAERS has lots of data
showing that the "vaccine" was damaging, Astrazeneca admitted that it
caused blood clots and it's pretty clear why Pfizer tried to hide
their own data for a lifetime.

Perhaps you should go back to creating a database about how many turds
you've dropped since 1972.

On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:41:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB
><ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 14:06:25 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/17/2024 12:46 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/17/2024 11:14 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 13:41:10 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 03:04:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:34 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:54:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13 May 2024 12:14:27 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ... explain how it is the _software_ that is making them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> money,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and not the _support_ for that software.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is the support that is making the money. That is the point,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ever heard of “give away the razor, sell the razorblades”?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That’s how Free Software works.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure that their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sell the support. Gotcha.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, that would be brilliant, because customers would flock by
>>>>>>>>>>>> the droves to useless, crap software... But you may have
>>>>>>>>>>>> something, people keep using crap Microsoft Windows even though
>>>>>>>>>>>> their "customers" are really Microsoft's unpaid beta testers.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> They use Windows because it's what they got on the computer they
>>>>>>>>>>> purchased which cost less than a similar Mac. Considering how
>>>>>>>>>>> Windows can run on just about any hardware and support every
>>>>>>>>>>> third-party peripheral they plug into it, they are not likely to
>>>>>>>>>>> seek out an alternative, even if it crashes a few times. It also
>>>>>>>>>>> has the largest library of software, and tons of experts can be
>>>>>>>>>>> found on the web to help them with any technical problem they
>>>>>>>>>>> have,
>>>>>>>>>>> free of charge. Those are real benefits, no matter how much one
>>>>>>>>>>> hates Windows.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I find a lot better support for Linux on the Internet than I do
>>>>>>>>>> for Windows. There are a LOT of people who'll tell you how to fix
>>>>>>>>>> Windows...
>>>>>>>>>> only problem is, none of it EVER works. When my wife's old
>>>>>>>>>> computer BSOD'd (twice during upgrades) I found (and tried) about
>>>>>>>>>> 20 "solutions,"
>>>>>>>>>> none of which worked.
>>>>>>>>>> The second time I went to what actually worked sooner — using a
>>>>>>>>>> Linux Live[B USB to download her data and rebuild the computer
>>>>>>>>>> from scratch. I could be a great Windows support expert... I've
>>>>>>>>>> already memorized the three Rs,
>>>>>>>>>> "Reboot. Reboot. Rebuild."
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (Again this is from a years back and I will admit that wife has
>>>>>>>>>> had a lot less trouble since then. Although I still have to reset
>>>>>>>>>> her network something or other when it slows to crawl on the
>>>>>>>>>> Internet (what is that crap?). And I still think Windows is the
>>>>>>>>>> most convoluted crap OS ever made.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There are three issues I can imagine for the slow Internet: 1) an
>>>>>>>>> IP mismatch caused by a crappy TP-Link router (I've had this
>>>>>>>>> issue), 2) terrible Wi-Fi hardware such as the chips made by
>>>>>>>>> MediaTek, 3) too much distance and interference between her
>>>>>>>>> computer and the router. If you have a cheap TP-Link router, get
>>>>>>>>> rid of that thing. Their more expensive models are fine, but the
>>>>>>>>> one selling for around $30 causes a lot of chaos.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a TP-Link router and it works well because the computers,
>>>>>>>> except for one room, are connected via LAN cables. I think TP-Link
>>>>>>>> routers can't handle a lot of WiFi traffic — they overheat. But the
>>>>>>>> Gigabyte Ethernet ports seem to be rock solid. There's computers in
>>>>>>>> nine locations in this house. Fortunately, when they ran the phone
>>>>>>>> cables they used CAT 5, so I just re-terminated the cables to CAT 5
>>>>>>>> jacks, added five, cheap ($7 Gigabyte switches) and ran some CAT 5
>>>>>>>> cable at the base of the wall for some of the locations not near a
>>>>>>>> jack — and everyone has fast, reliable Internet. Now that you
>>>>>>>> mention it, I don't think my wife's computer has had to have the
>>>>>>>> network reset since I ran the Ethernet cable to her computer. But I
>>>>>>>> never had problems with the Linux computers when using the same WiFi
>>>>>>>> connections.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With the aforementioned TP-Link router a technician from my ISP gave
>>>>>>> me, I had no problems in Linux either. However, the moment I got back
>>>>>>> into Windows, it wouldn't give me any kind of Internet after
>>>>>>> connecting to the router. I only eventually figured out that the
>>>>>>> router in question was using an already used IP address despite being
>>>>>>> configured not to. Why that would only be a problem for Windows is
>>>>>>> beyond me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Linux has much of the above too, but its library of software
>>>>>>>>>>> isn't as impressive and the software's general quality isn't
>>>>>>>>>>> there either. It works on anything, that's true, but not anyone
>>>>>>>>>>> is comfortable with the process of installing it, no matter how
>>>>>>>>>>> easy it is.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I understand. I've known people who buy a new Windows computer
>>>>>>>>>> every time the old one slows down because that's all they want to
>>>>>>>>>> know. "Doesn't work right any more, but a new one."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Meanwhile, we're dealing with high inflation and a likely recession
>>>>>>>>> which should prompt most people to save as much money as they can
>>>>>>>>> by keeping their hardware for as long as possible. Linux is going
>>>>>>>>> to be everyone's best friend soon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You're probably right. It's already happening in South America.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And I don't blame them for rejecting Windows or anything else
>>>>>>> American,
>>>>>>> considering what the CIA did to topple their democratically elected
>>>>>>> governments in the past to make them puppet states of the USA. How
>>>>>>> many Latin leaders need to die in a plane crash before the world
>>>>>>> realizes that the American government, not the people, is indeed The
>>>>>>> Great Satan?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> kooks
>>>>>
>>>>> Which part are you denying?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Much of the political crap you and wRonG type is nonsense, and your
>>>> hatred of the USA is ridiculous ("Removing American products from my
>>>> diet has allowed me to lose weight and keep it down.").
>>>>
>>>> Maybe both of you kooks could quit polluting tech threads with political
>>>> statements?
>>>
>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You can
>>> deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>
>>GMO "food" is just fantastic, don't you know? And so is fructose and sucrose
>>"sugar" made from corn. And added hormones in cow's milk is just peachy.
>>Coming soon, Bill Gates' fake eggs and synthetic meat, probably full of mRNA
>>"vaccine" "goodness."
>
> I very much expect this kind of crap to be pushed in our supermarkets
> and them making it increasingly difficult to circumvent it. They know
> that they can easily force us into buying their junk by making
> everything else expensive.
>
>>Meanwhile Russia has banned GMO "food" and just opened another huge organic
>>fertilizer plant. Who knew man-made chemicals (manufactured for profit)
>>could possibly be bad for you? Meanwhile, in the U.S., shitheads like Gates
>>are buying up all the farmland so there won't be any escape from their fake
>>food. Maybe crickets _will_ be the most healthy thing we can eat by then.
>
> No matter how "clean" they make those crickets, there will always be
> parasites.
>
>>As for weight loss, in 2½ months I lost 35 pounds (from 210 to 175), simply
>>by NOT drinking "diet" pop, and staying away from sugar and processed flour.
>>And I've remained at that weight now for two years.
>
> Sugar itself is addictive, and its consequences on weight gain and
> tooth rot are well known. The effects of aspartame and sucralose are
> not as well known, but neither does anything to help weight loss at
> the very least. Both are also thought to lead to either mental
> illnesses and, shockingly, weight gain since the body ends up storing
> it in the belly as stubborn fat. I'm not surprised that you lost
> weight from removing it from your diet. I've done the same. It's Zevia
> soft drinks (with stevia) or lightly-flavoured carbonated water from
> now on for me.
>
>>I quit eating McDonald's food about seven years ago. For two reasons. 1)
>>Their "food" doesn't rot, it mummifies. And 2) My stomach always rejected it
>>(almost immediately).
>>
>>But DuFuS, definitely enjoy your tasty chemical vittles. Specifically
>>concocted for dufuses like you.
>
> My taste for McDonald's comes from my associating it with pleasant
> childhood memories. Every time I eat it, I regret it. I wish you guys
> had Harvey's hamburgers down there. If you're going to eat a burger,
> you might as well have theirs because they're actually delicious.

On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:42:40 -0000 (UTC), RonB
><ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2024-05-18, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:30 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/17/2024 6:01 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>>>>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You
>>>>> can deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>>>
>>>> "the crap that is added to every product"? What products? What
>>>> 'crap'?
>>>>
>>>> More of your hateful lies and delusions about the United States.
>>>
>>> MSGs, acesulfame-potassium, aspartame, carageenan, sodium, monocalcium
>>> phosphate, diglycerides of fatty acids, phosphoric acid, potassium
>>> sorbate, disodium diphosphate, etc.. Not only is your government
>>> responsible for some of the worst political garbage in the world, your
>>> producers are poisoning you.
>>
>>Yep. And it's become almost impossible to avoid it, except at speciality
>>stores, where most Americans can't afford to shop.
>
> Our family can still afford the superior product, but Justin Trudeau
> and his Marxists are making sure that becomes impossible by making
> everything, including car ownership, as expensive as possible. Even if
> you can afford the car, gas and insurance at the moment, our
> benevolent leader is making sure that gas becomes more expensive by
> adding an ever-increasing carbon tax to its price, and his like-minded
> governments are making sure that car thefts go unchecked by
> encouraging people to leave their key fobs at the door to make the
> theft as quick and painless as possible. I'm sure insurers won't mind
> replacing everyone's car and won't increase their rates.

How long are you Canadians going to put up with that Trudeau shithead? (I
guess I shouldn't talk, we've got Biden and we'll probably have Trump — I
won't vote for either.)

--
[Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an
entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2024 21:48:00 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>
>>On 5/18/2024 7:59 PM, RonB wrote:
>>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>>>> kooks
>>>>
>>>> Which part are you denying?
>>>
>>> Just DuFuS doing his DuFuS thing.
>>
>>
>>Pipe down, kook. Go obsess over your 'rigged election' and 'deadly
>>covid vaccine' and 'Gates is poisoning the world' conspiracy nonsense.
>
> Wow, if you actually believe that the "vaccine" was safe and effective
> to this day, then you really are a moron. Even VAERS has lots of data
> showing that the "vaccine" was damaging, Astrazeneca admitted that it
> caused blood clots and it's pretty clear why Pfizer tried to hide
> their own data for a lifetime.
>
> Perhaps you should go back to creating a database about how many turds
> you've dropped since 1972.

DuFuS is a "put your brain in neutral and go with the flow" kind of guy. He
pegs the gullibility quotient meter.

--
[Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an
entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sat, 18 May 2024 15:08:32 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> I knew the SQL Server engine had been ported to Linux, but what about
>> all the related tools and features: full-text search, replication, Mgmt
>> Studio, Stretch DB, Polybase, always on availability groups, Active
>> Directory authentication, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server R Services,
>> Analysis Services, Reporting Services, Integration Services, Data
>> Quality Services, Master Data Services, T-SQL and CLR (.NET Runtime)
>> stored procedures?

Great for writing Frankenstein-monster applications!

> Most of those suck anyway. SSRS is a real bag.

I managed to get SRSS working, but it was a complex and cranky process.

--
You're definitely on their list. The question to ask next is what list it is.

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
wrote:
>Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote at 16:08 this Saturday (GMT):
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>>On 5/8/2024 8:36 PM, rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 8 May 2024 11:35:56 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You give up many of the best applications in the world, and that's FAR
>>>>> from 'next to nothing'.
>>>>
>>>> You would be more credible if you weren't so over the top.
>>>
>>>Linux means "I compromised. I wanted to fuck a woman but I jacked off
>>>in a tissue".
>>
>> Not in my book, I even had Photoshop for several more months and just
>> flushed it with Win11, GIMP is fine. Just as Audacious is really
>> better than Winamp, etc.
>
>Yeah, I'm using audacious right now!

I always loved Winamp, and it is a great app, but there are some
things about Audacious that are really cool, the idea that one gives
up so much with Linux just doesn't really pan out. M$ Office was
never so great to me, when I found out about OO a little over 20 years
ago, I never looked back (and then LO became the current project).

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On Sun, 19 May 2024 13:04:06 -0000 (UTC), RonB
<ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:41:12 -0000 (UTC), RonB
>><ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 14:06:25 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/17/2024 12:46 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/17/2024 11:14 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 13:41:10 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 03:04:45 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:34 +0000, RonB wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:54:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13 May 2024 12:14:27 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ... explain how it is the _software_ that is making them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> money,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and not the _support_ for that software.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is the support that is making the money. That is the point,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ever heard of ?give away the razor, sell the razorblades??
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That?s how Free Software works.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure that their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sell the support. Gotcha.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, that would be brilliant, because customers would flock by
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the droves to useless, crap software... But you may have
>>>>>>>>>>>>> something, people keep using crap Microsoft Windows even though
>>>>>>>>>>>>> their "customers" are really Microsoft's unpaid beta testers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> They use Windows because it's what they got on the computer they
>>>>>>>>>>>> purchased which cost less than a similar Mac. Considering how
>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows can run on just about any hardware and support every
>>>>>>>>>>>> third-party peripheral they plug into it, they are not likely to
>>>>>>>>>>>> seek out an alternative, even if it crashes a few times. It also
>>>>>>>>>>>> has the largest library of software, and tons of experts can be
>>>>>>>>>>>> found on the web to help them with any technical problem they
>>>>>>>>>>>> have,
>>>>>>>>>>>> free of charge. Those are real benefits, no matter how much one
>>>>>>>>>>>> hates Windows.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I find a lot better support for Linux on the Internet than I do
>>>>>>>>>>> for Windows. There are a LOT of people who'll tell you how to fix
>>>>>>>>>>> Windows...
>>>>>>>>>>> only problem is, none of it EVER works. When my wife's old
>>>>>>>>>>> computer BSOD'd (twice during upgrades) I found (and tried) about
>>>>>>>>>>> 20 "solutions,"
>>>>>>>>>>> none of which worked.
>>>>>>>>>>> The second time I went to what actually worked sooner ? using a
>>>>>>>>>>> Linux Live[B USB to download her data and rebuild the computer
>>>>>>>>>>> from scratch. I could be a great Windows support expert... I've
>>>>>>>>>>> already memorized the three Rs,
>>>>>>>>>>> "Reboot. Reboot. Rebuild."
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> (Again this is from a years back and I will admit that wife has
>>>>>>>>>>> had a lot less trouble since then. Although I still have to reset
>>>>>>>>>>> her network something or other when it slows to crawl on the
>>>>>>>>>>> Internet (what is that crap?). And I still think Windows is the
>>>>>>>>>>> most convoluted crap OS ever made.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There are three issues I can imagine for the slow Internet: 1) an
>>>>>>>>>> IP mismatch caused by a crappy TP-Link router (I've had this
>>>>>>>>>> issue), 2) terrible Wi-Fi hardware such as the chips made by
>>>>>>>>>> MediaTek, 3) too much distance and interference between her
>>>>>>>>>> computer and the router. If you have a cheap TP-Link router, get
>>>>>>>>>> rid of that thing. Their more expensive models are fine, but the
>>>>>>>>>> one selling for around $30 causes a lot of chaos.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have a TP-Link router and it works well because the computers,
>>>>>>>>> except for one room, are connected via LAN cables. I think TP-Link
>>>>>>>>> routers can't handle a lot of WiFi traffic ? they overheat. But the
>>>>>>>>> Gigabyte Ethernet ports seem to be rock solid. There's computers in
>>>>>>>>> nine locations in this house. Fortunately, when they ran the phone
>>>>>>>>> cables they used CAT 5, so I just re-terminated the cables to CAT 5
>>>>>>>>> jacks, added five, cheap ($7 Gigabyte switches) and ran some CAT 5
>>>>>>>>> cable at the base of the wall for some of the locations not near a
>>>>>>>>> jack ? and everyone has fast, reliable Internet. Now that you
>>>>>>>>> mention it, I don't think my wife's computer has had to have the
>>>>>>>>> network reset since I ran the Ethernet cable to her computer. But I
>>>>>>>>> never had problems with the Linux computers when using the same WiFi
>>>>>>>>> connections.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> With the aforementioned TP-Link router a technician from my ISP gave
>>>>>>>> me, I had no problems in Linux either. However, the moment I got back
>>>>>>>> into Windows, it wouldn't give me any kind of Internet after
>>>>>>>> connecting to the router. I only eventually figured out that the
>>>>>>>> router in question was using an already used IP address despite being
>>>>>>>> configured not to. Why that would only be a problem for Windows is
>>>>>>>> beyond me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux has much of the above too, but its library of software
>>>>>>>>>>>> isn't as impressive and the software's general quality isn't
>>>>>>>>>>>> there either. It works on anything, that's true, but not anyone
>>>>>>>>>>>> is comfortable with the process of installing it, no matter how
>>>>>>>>>>>> easy it is.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I understand. I've known people who buy a new Windows computer
>>>>>>>>>>> every time the old one slows down because that's all they want to
>>>>>>>>>>> know. "Doesn't work right any more, but a new one."
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Meanwhile, we're dealing with high inflation and a likely recession
>>>>>>>>>> which should prompt most people to save as much money as they can
>>>>>>>>>> by keeping their hardware for as long as possible. Linux is going
>>>>>>>>>> to be everyone's best friend soon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You're probably right. It's already happening in South America.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And I don't blame them for rejecting Windows or anything else
>>>>>>>> American,
>>>>>>>> considering what the CIA did to topple their democratically elected
>>>>>>>> governments in the past to make them puppet states of the USA. How
>>>>>>>> many Latin leaders need to die in a plane crash before the world
>>>>>>>> realizes that the American government, not the people, is indeed The
>>>>>>>> Great Satan?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> kooks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which part are you denying?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Much of the political crap you and wRonG type is nonsense, and your
>>>>> hatred of the USA is ridiculous ("Removing American products from my
>>>>> diet has allowed me to lose weight and keep it down.").
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe both of you kooks could quit polluting tech threads with political
>>>>> statements?
>>>>
>>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>>>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You can
>>>> deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>>
>>>GMO "food" is just fantastic, don't you know? And so is fructose and sucrose
>>>"sugar" made from corn. And added hormones in cow's milk is just peachy.
>>>Coming soon, Bill Gates' fake eggs and synthetic meat, probably full of mRNA
>>>"vaccine" "goodness."
>>
>> I very much expect this kind of crap to be pushed in our supermarkets
>> and them making it increasingly difficult to circumvent it. They know
>> that they can easily force us into buying their junk by making
>> everything else expensive.
>>
>>>Meanwhile Russia has banned GMO "food" and just opened another huge organic
>>>fertilizer plant. Who knew man-made chemicals (manufactured for profit)
>>>could possibly be bad for you? Meanwhile, in the U.S., shitheads like Gates
>>>are buying up all the farmland so there won't be any escape from their fake
>>>food. Maybe crickets _will_ be the most healthy thing we can eat by then.
>>
>> No matter how "clean" they make those crickets, there will always be
>> parasites.
>>
>>>As for weight loss, in 2½ months I lost 35 pounds (from 210 to 175), simply
>>>by NOT drinking "diet" pop, and staying away from sugar and processed flour.
>>>And I've remained at that weight now for two years.
>>
>> Sugar itself is addictive, and its consequences on weight gain and
>> tooth rot are well known. The effects of aspartame and sucralose are
>> not as well known, but neither does anything to help weight loss at
>> the very least. Both are also thought to lead to either mental
>> illnesses and, shockingly, weight gain since the body ends up storing
>> it in the belly as stubborn fat. I'm not surprised that you lost
>> weight from removing it from your diet. I've done the same. It's Zevia
>> soft drinks (with stevia) or lightly-flavoured carbonated water from
>> now on for me.
>>
>>>I quit eating McDonald's food about seven years ago. For two reasons. 1)
>>>Their "food" doesn't rot, it mummifies. And 2) My stomach always rejected it
>>>(almost immediately).
>>>
>>>But DuFuS, definitely enjoy your tasty chemical vittles. Specifically
>>>concocted for dufuses like you.
>>
>> My taste for McDonald's comes from my associating it with pleasant
>> childhood memories. Every time I eat it, I regret it. I wish you guys
>> had Harvey's hamburgers down there. If you're going to eat a burger,
>> you might as well have theirs because they're actually delicious.
>
>My first full-time job was at McDonalds at 16 years old. A whopping $1.60 an
>hour, but I got a 5¢ raise within a few weeks. (Which was actually worth
>something in those days when gas cost 29¢ a gallon and McDonalds advertised
>a combo meal, Big Mac, fries and a drink for $1 and change back). Even then
>the owner of this McDonalds franchise would not use McDonald's meat patties
>unless we ran out of our fresh ones. He paid a local butcher to make his
>ground beef patties (at 99¢ a pound, which was expensive in those days — and
>he bought in bulk). He consistently won best franchise in the region though.
>At one point McDonalds (especially this one) made decent food.
>
>Harvey's looks pretty good (what I can see of it). They want me to put in a
>Canadian address before they'll let me look at the menu. Here we've got a
>pretty good sit-down burger restaurant called Red Robin, which makes tasty
>hamburgers — and they're as cheap as McDonalds combo meals now. No contest.
>If I go out to eat a hamburger that's where I go, but I usually just make my
>own. But I don't eat a lot of red meat anymore.

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>On 5/18/2024 7:59 PM, RonB wrote:
>
>> Just DuFuS doing his DuFuS thing.
>
>Pipe down, kook. Go obsess over your 'rigged election' and 'deadly
>covid vaccine' and 'Gates is poisoning the world' conspiracy nonsense.

LOL!

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On Sun, 19 May 2024 13:06:24 -0000 (UTC), RonB
<ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:42:40 -0000 (UTC), RonB
>><ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2024-05-18, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:30 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 5/17/2024 6:01 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>>>>>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You
>>>>>> can deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>>>>
>>>>> "the crap that is added to every product"? What products? What
>>>>> 'crap'?
>>>>>
>>>>> More of your hateful lies and delusions about the United States.
>>>>
>>>> MSGs, acesulfame-potassium, aspartame, carageenan, sodium, monocalcium
>>>> phosphate, diglycerides of fatty acids, phosphoric acid, potassium
>>>> sorbate, disodium diphosphate, etc.. Not only is your government
>>>> responsible for some of the worst political garbage in the world, your
>>>> producers are poisoning you.
>>>
>>>Yep. And it's become almost impossible to avoid it, except at speciality
>>>stores, where most Americans can't afford to shop.
>>
>> Our family can still afford the superior product, but Justin Trudeau
>> and his Marxists are making sure that becomes impossible by making
>> everything, including car ownership, as expensive as possible. Even if
>> you can afford the car, gas and insurance at the moment, our
>> benevolent leader is making sure that gas becomes more expensive by
>> adding an ever-increasing carbon tax to its price, and his like-minded
>> governments are making sure that car thefts go unchecked by
>> encouraging people to leave their key fobs at the door to make the
>> theft as quick and painless as possible. I'm sure insurers won't mind
>> replacing everyone's car and won't increase their rates.
>
>How long are you Canadians going to put up with that Trudeau shithead? (I
>guess I shouldn't talk, we've got Biden and we'll probably have Trump — I
>won't vote for either.)

The guy has no chance of winning the next election, but he still has a
year in his mandate. He's holding on for dear life. He's been
pressured to resign, but he knows that he has no worth to the world if
not leading the country, so he doesn't want to lose the power. At
best, CBC might hire him as a political pundit or something, but the
guy has no education of worth and his insight would be worthless
considering how horrible he's been. Even as a teacher, he was a
complete failure. He would already be gone if his allies in the NDP
stopped giving him a pass. They've been trying to sell themselves as
an alternative to the leftist Liberal party, but their policies are
mostly the exact same, so they have no problem supporting him. As a
result, Canadians have to wait until his mandate is truly over.

The problem is the Conservatives - that I hope will actually be
different even though they supported the "vaccine" and were against
the Freedom Convoy - won't get anything done unless they get an
absolute majority. If they don't have it, the other parties are all on
the same side and can band together to give themselves a majority.
That's what happened with the Liberals this time around: they have a
minority, but by adding the seats of the NDP, got a virtual majority.
That's why everything is so rotten.

On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2024 13:06:24 -0000 (UTC), RonB
><ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2024-05-19, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 19 May 2024 01:42:40 -0000 (UTC), RonB
>>><ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2024-05-18, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:30 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/17/2024 6:01 PM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've lost five pounds since I decided to stop buying anything from the
>>>>>>> United States because of the crap that is added to every product. You
>>>>>>> can deny that too, but it speaks volumes about you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "the crap that is added to every product"? What products? What
>>>>>> 'crap'?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More of your hateful lies and delusions about the United States.
>>>>>
>>>>> MSGs, acesulfame-potassium, aspartame, carageenan, sodium, monocalcium
>>>>> phosphate, diglycerides of fatty acids, phosphoric acid, potassium
>>>>> sorbate, disodium diphosphate, etc.. Not only is your government
>>>>> responsible for some of the worst political garbage in the world, your
>>>>> producers are poisoning you.
>>>>
>>>>Yep. And it's become almost impossible to avoid it, except at speciality
>>>>stores, where most Americans can't afford to shop.
>>>
>>> Our family can still afford the superior product, but Justin Trudeau
>>> and his Marxists are making sure that becomes impossible by making
>>> everything, including car ownership, as expensive as possible. Even if
>>> you can afford the car, gas and insurance at the moment, our
>>> benevolent leader is making sure that gas becomes more expensive by
>>> adding an ever-increasing carbon tax to its price, and his like-minded
>>> governments are making sure that car thefts go unchecked by
>>> encouraging people to leave their key fobs at the door to make the
>>> theft as quick and painless as possible. I'm sure insurers won't mind
>>> replacing everyone's car and won't increase their rates.
>>
>>How long are you Canadians going to put up with that Trudeau shithead? (I
>>guess I shouldn't talk, we've got Biden and we'll probably have Trump — I
>>won't vote for either.)
>
> The guy has no chance of winning the next election, but he still has a
> year in his mandate. He's holding on for dear life. He's been
> pressured to resign, but he knows that he has no worth to the world if
> not leading the country, so he doesn't want to lose the power. At
> best, CBC might hire him as a political pundit or something, but the
> guy has no education of worth and his insight would be worthless
> considering how horrible he's been. Even as a teacher, he was a
> complete failure. He would already be gone if his allies in the NDP
> stopped giving him a pass. They've been trying to sell themselves as
> an alternative to the leftist Liberal party, but their policies are
> mostly the exact same, so they have no problem supporting him. As a
> result, Canadians have to wait until his mandate is truly over.
>
> The problem is the Conservatives - that I hope will actually be
> different even though they supported the "vaccine" and were against
> the Freedom Convoy - won't get anything done unless they get an
> absolute majority. If they don't have it, the other parties are all on
> the same side and can band together to give themselves a majority.
> That's what happened with the Liberals this time around: they have a
> minority, but by adding the seats of the NDP, got a virtual majority.
> That's why everything is so rotten.

Politicians are generally rotten anyhow. Trudeau always looks like in above
his head, like a deer in the headlights. No nepotism there. He got into
office purely on his talent. (Like Bush Jr.)

--
[Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an
entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality."
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine

On 5/19/2024 8:26 AM, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2024 21:48:00 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>
>> On 5/18/2024 7:59 PM, RonB wrote:
>>> On 2024-05-17, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 12:06:49 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>
>>>>> kooks
>>>>
>>>> Which part are you denying?
>>>
>>> Just DuFuS doing his DuFuS thing.
>>
>>
>> Pipe down, kook. Go obsess over your 'rigged election' and 'deadly
>> covid vaccine' and 'Gates is poisoning the world' conspiracy nonsense.
>
> Wow, if you actually believe that the "vaccine" was safe and effective
> to this day, then you really are a moron.

Trump didn't die from it.
I didn't die from it.
You and your wife didn't die from it.

Nearly 13 billion covid vaccine shots have been administered.

How many died directly from it? A few dozen, maybe.

How many of you anti-vax IDIOTS claimed it was deadly? ALL of you.

> Even VAERS has lots of data
> showing that the "vaccine" was damaging, Astrazeneca admitted that it
> caused blood clots and it's pretty clear why Pfizer tried to hide
> their own data for a lifetime.
>
> Perhaps you should go back to creating a database about how many turds
> you've dropped since 1972.

At least my turds were real.

DFS is an untested GMO (Genetically Modified Organism).

On Sun, 19 May 2024 12:58:06 -0400, DFS wrote:

> Trump didn't die from it.
> I didn't die from it.
> You and your wife didn't die from it.

Neither I or my ex died from the vaccine -- because we didn't get it. She
was particularly reluctant since as a librarian she was required to
receive the swine flu vaccine in 1976 and was one of the lucky winners of
a mild case of Guillain-Barré,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_swine_flu_outbreak

For us the who episode was like a bad case of deja vu. The government
panicked and followed its usual course of 'Do something! Anything!'.

If I ever had covid I didn't notice. She did and reported the headaches
were a bitch but it wasn't life-threatening.