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Forum: General 04-05-2024, 06:01 AM
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Posted By business_kid
Actually I never considered the word that rhymes...

Actually I never considered the word that rhymes with 'duck' to be colourful. If half as much intelligence as had been applied to the code was tasked with dreaming up an incisive comment, the code...
Forum: General 04-04-2024, 09:15 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
At your suggestion, I did. There's less than a...

At your suggestion, I did. There's less than a dozen instances, all apparently because of extreme frustration with control issues of some dodgy device.

Has politeness improved on the LKML after...
Forum: General 03-09-2024, 09:54 AM
Replies: 3,733
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Posted By business_kid
You're right. The internet runs on unix, and...

You're right. The internet runs on unix, and linux is the most popular variant, and likely to remain so in view of the price (or lack thereof) and software choice. This is a Windows vs. linux thread....
Forum: General 03-08-2024, 04:33 AM
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Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
It's not only relevant already, it's essential....

It's not only relevant already, it's essential. Try running the internet without it.
Forum: General 03-07-2024, 06:18 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
So many people did that that I did web search and...

So many people did that that I did web search and found how to do stuff. Right click on the Start menu gets you a lot of useful stuff. To be sure, it sucks, but not as bad as Windows 8. These's also...
Forum: General 12-30-2023, 01:03 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
Yes... A friend of mine is in that business. The...

Yes... A friend of mine is in that business. The cheapskate low sized low spec networks in a small country can't afford a box for security or the maintenance of it, so they survive by hoping they're...
Forum: General 12-29-2023, 12:16 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
If Windows 8.0 didn't crash for you, we're not...

If Windows 8.0 didn't crash for you, we're not living in the same reality. You're in unreality.

On the release of 8.0, within a month M$ had the reaction of someone who went out into the cold...
Forum: General 12-22-2023, 01:54 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
I respectfully disagree. The majority of windows...

I respectfully disagree. The majority of windows users are not coders or hackers. OTOH, the majority of hackers have to work with linux, since they have to attack through the internet. I imagine...
Forum: General 12-12-2023, 11:04 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
Well, from the Electronics POV, there is a lot of...

Well, from the Electronics POV, there is a lot of complicated control strategy in software that has to be interrogated or manipulated in various fault scenarios. There is also a CAN bus - a sort of...
Forum: General 12-09-2023, 08:33 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
Yes, modern cars are incomprehensible and...

Yes, modern cars are incomprehensible and sometimes wilfully so. My son['s 2008 car had to be brought to a recognised service agent to have the E˛proms read over some pollution controller error. That...
Forum: General 12-07-2023, 06:22 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
Agreed, magic was worked. One of my kids had this...

Agreed, magic was worked. One of my kids had this Dos game with falling letters going down the screen and if any reached the bottom, you lost. You had to type them first. Difficulty incremented up,...
Forum: General 12-06-2023, 04:49 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
I'm surprised nobody mentioned coding of Dos...

I'm surprised nobody mentioned coding of Dos games. Apparently things like pacman set 320x200, and built their own character set to move things about, because the way you wrote on screen was by...
Forum: General 12-05-2023, 07:04 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
Did Dos have a decent display? Or CP/M? Or 1980s...

Did Dos have a decent display? Or CP/M? Or 1980s Unix? Why only give out about linux?

It was all a limitation of the 80x25 Monitors & terminals in use at the time. That's why X has Display...
Forum: General 12-01-2023, 09:51 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
M$ windows 8.0"offered" me an 8.1 update as a...

M$ windows 8.0"offered" me an 8.1 update as a 'yes/yes' option, kind of. It tried to update from 8.0 and failed. I ended up slinging a spinning rust ultra-slow drive, buying an SSD, and installing on...
Forum: General 11-01-2023, 09:36 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
Never helped me. I got caught in a...

Never helped me.

I got caught in a Catch-22, having had windows-8.0 foisted on me, which was awful. Then I had an 8.0-->8.1 online upgrade foisted on me. The update puked, and left me on...
Forum: General 06-27-2023, 02:42 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
Yes, yes. My business had some dos-based software...

Yes, yes. My business had some dos-based software too. Early windows versions didn't have plug and play, so if you driver couldn't find it component, all hell broke loose. And certain items hard...
Forum: General 06-05-2023, 10:27 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
IME they seem to be ready every patch Tuesday...

IME they seem to be ready every patch Tuesday over here. I've only had windows (again) for a year or so. For drastic emergencies they'll push stuff out sooner but only if it's being actively...
Forum: General 06-03-2023, 08:16 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
One of the bigger reasons that recently hit me...

One of the bigger reasons that recently hit me for the superiority of linux was: patch Tuesday.

Every 2nd Tuesday, M$ patch the previous month's zero days, whatever other other bugs & accumulated...
Forum: General 05-20-2023, 01:37 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
This link has appeared in other threads, but a...

This link has appeared in other threads, but a 'windows vs. linux thread is a suitable place for it also. All the links (from Slashdot & Ars Technica) make interesting reading....
Forum: General 06-12-2022, 01:41 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 406,844
Posted By business_kid
This windows vs linux thing was summed up for me...

This windows vs linux thing was summed up for me by a doctor's visit.

I had to see a nurse, to get blood tests, and my doctor wanted more blood tests. But the receptionist's pc was on the blink,...
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