Re: Stupid computer

From	Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Stupid computer
Date	2023-02-28 13:02 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<XnsAFB951C548D4Kamilot@88.198.57.247> (permalink)
References	(8 earlier) <ttasnk$2940f$2@dont-email.me> <XnsAFB6669A02514Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tte3bq$2m3ub$2@dont-email.me> <XnsAFB7625A272E2Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <ttj239$3bbuf$3@dont-email.me>

Show all headers | View raw

BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:ttj239$3bbuf$3@dont-email.me: 

> On 26.02.2023 15.40, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:tte3bq$2m3ub$2@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 25.02.2023 16.04, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ttasnk$2940f$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 23.02.2023 13.40, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:tt5qa5$1jfvl$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 21.02.2023 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:tt0oo4$sb3n$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 19.02.2023 20.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:tsrp0e$5qme$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/17/23 13:10, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:tsm9fv$3clqd$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So last night I decided it was time to update my computer
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the next version of Ubuntu, seeing as the one I had was
>>>>>>>>>>>>> soon not going to receive security updates any more.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So I did - for about 5 hours - and then I had no internet
>>>>>>>>>>>>> connection, no bluetooth and no sound. In fact the stupid
>>>>>>>>>>>>> operating system refused to even accept that any of those
>>>>>>>>>>>>> things were even possible, no matter what I tell it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So here I sit posting from the old usb-stick with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> original installation, without my excellent modifications
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the interface and a text-size that is much too small.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm going to have to do a clean install of the old version
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tomorrow, I think, and wait and hope that Ubuntu gets
>>>>>>>>>>>>> their sh*t together pretty soon. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Back again. Still not happy, but I got the net-connection
>>>>>>>>>>> back, and after downloading some two years of updates I also
>>>>>>>>>>> got sound back. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This version has only about two months of support for
>>>>>>>>>>> security-updates left. Oh well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *points and laughs*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Rude...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yep.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Says she who is using a computer from 2009 or 2010 to post
>>>>>>>>>>>> here. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> With a similarly outdated OS, I presume?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You bet.
>>>>>>>>>> If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I bet a really old haxor will be able to botify your computer
>>>>>>>>> beyond belief... it they still remember how.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not a chance - I can barely keep my own computer in running
>>>>>>> order. I suck at anything OS- or network-level. And also it
>>>>>>> stesses me out... 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shall we add it to the lits?
>>>>>
>>>>> The lits is quite stressful enough as it is. The items on the lits
>>>>> aren't helping either... (also it was always on the lits, just not
>>>>> an immediate concern earlier)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How many lits are there?
>>>
>>> There is only one stress-factor lits. I don't want to talk about
>>> that lits. I don't even want to think about that lits.
>>>
>> You'll never resolve anything by refusing to talk about it.
> 
> Talking about the stess-lits is stressful.
> 

You need a personal support llammamama.
I'd get you one, but I heard they are back-ordered.

My socks with a picture of a llalalallamama on them have a hole in them.
Now I'm sad :(

>>>>>>> Earlier today I couldn't understand why I had no sound in an
>>>>>>> appl. that I installed. Turned out eventually that newly
>>>>>>> installed programs have their sound disabled by default. Pants!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pants are optional here.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's too cold for not-pants. The heater can only do so much.
>>>>
>>>> You have no idea what real cold is...
>>>
>>> I do too. It's zero Kelvin. Which is -273,15 degrees Celsius.
>>> Nothing moves when it's zero Kelvin.
>>>
>> 
>> But it's not that cold where you want to wear no pants.
> 
> It's plenty cold here for not not wearing pants. It was -2C this
> morning when I got up.
> 

You need to wear them outside but no necessarily inside.

>> I, however, live in yesterday's world's coldest capital city.
> 
> You should probably wear pants too, then...

Today I am wearing yoga pants.

> 
>>>>>> Don't pant. You'll pass out. Breathe slowly in through your nose
>>>>>> and exhale slowly out through your mouth.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought you were supposed to use a paper bag. Where and how will
>>>>> I be able to find both a nose and a mouth in the middle of a panic
>>>>> attack? 
>>>>
>>>> OMG!
>>>>
>>>> *panics*
>>>
>>> Breathe into this paper bag. Deep inhale --- deep exhale --- and
>>> again. 
>>>
>> 
>> What was in this bag?
> 
> Dunno. I panicked and grabbed the nearest paper bag...
> 

It smells like barf.

*panics about barfing*

Back to alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-16 22:07 +0000
  Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-17 12:10 +0000
    Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-19 01:03 +0100
      Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-19 19:58 +0000
        Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-20 22:29 +0100
          Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-21 19:36 +0000
            Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-22 20:27 +0100
              Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-23 12:40 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-24 18:39 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-25 15:04 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-25 23:50 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-26 14:40 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-27 20:59 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-28 13:02 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-01 10:08 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-01 13:02 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-02 22:42 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-04 14:28 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 19:35 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-06 13:17 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-07 22:49 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-08 12:18 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-10 13:19 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-10 13:35 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-10 22:43 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-11 15:14 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-12 21:50 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-14 11:06 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-14 22:51 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-15 12:26 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-16 00:56 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-16 20:30 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-18 18:32 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-19 14:53 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 01:17 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-20 20:11 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-21 23:05 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-23 11:59 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 00:31 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-25 13:38 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 00:45 +0100
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-28 11:14 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 00:40 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-30 12:22 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-31 17:47 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-01 14:24 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-03 13:37 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-03 20:15 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-05 22:11 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-10 17:26 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-11 13:19 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-12 10:56 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-13 23:48 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-14 11:35 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-15 02:27 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-16 13:33 +0000
                Re: Stupid computer BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-17 22:25 +0200
                Re: Stupid computer Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-20 11:00 +0000

csiph-web