Re: Stupid computer

From	BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Stupid computer
Date	2023-02-27 20:59 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<ttj239$3bbuf$3@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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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.

>>>>>> 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.

> I, however, live in yesterday's world's coldest capital city.

You should probably wear pants too, then...

>>>>> 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...

-- 
BeH - all that is old is new again

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  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
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              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
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