Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:23:12 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <4be024fe-27e4-cb29-de04-84e460ab60f6@example.net> References: <10366897-b37e-5fee-3895-1524008f8b3b@example.net> <5a6721c2-8c23-8f0b-b6c2-57397f3de686@example.net> <3629a72c-f8f3-087d-733a-a8a258e825e3@example.net> <76d7f03a-5b81-bf80-2a59-cc4ecccc7286@example.net> <4b7d119b-b02b-32c7-6601-16f805e202dd@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="846545"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63204 On Sat, 28 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:29:50 +0100, D wrote: > > >> In the housing community next to mine, they have a rule that all boats >> by the lake must have name + phone number painted on them, or they will >> be seen as abandoned and towed away. Hmm, come to think of it... maybe I >> should check to see if there are any abandoned ones I can restore, >> before exploring that canoe idea! > > It may have changed but then any power boat, even a small trolling motor, > was required to be registered and would have a hull number. Canoes, > rowboats, and small sailboats didn't. Fortunately in that tiny lake, there are no powerboats! =) >> >> They are very cute. Did not know they liked to eat that stuff. > > They're much cuter if you don't have to live with them. They love salt and > will chew up ax handles, outhouse seats, gloves, vehicle parts, or > anything else they can get their paws on. Apparently plywood resin tastes > good too. But if you put out a small salt stone, I'm certain they would stop gnawing at other things? I would be very sad if they chewed on my axe handles. > https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r10/forest-grasslandhealth/? > cid=FSEPRD566459+ > > That focuses on Alaska but wherever they are you can find damage. In this > area the prevalent species at lower altitudes are Ponderosa pine, and > Douglas fir, both of which are tasty. At higher elevations they'll chew > of true fir and spruce. > > There is some confusion, at least in the US, but a porcupine definitely > isn't a hedgehog. They do have their uses. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quillwork > > > > > > > > > >