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General Thoughts ...

Started byLars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
First post2025-04-26 13:28 +0000
Last post2025-04-28 08:32 -0700
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  General Thoughts ... Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-26 13:28 +0000
    Re: General Thoughts ... vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-26 14:06 +0000
      Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-26 14:54 +0000
        Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-26 16:02 +0000
          Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-26 16:24 +0000
        Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2025-04-26 21:10 -0400
          Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-27 14:21 +0000
            Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-05-01 14:17 +0100
        Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-04-27 01:36 +0000
        Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2025-05-03 14:46 -0400
          Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-03 21:54 +0200
          Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-03 20:56 +0000
          Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 21:54 +0000
            Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2025-05-12 20:18 +0000
            Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-05-13 09:44 +0100
              Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-13 18:59 +0000
            Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-14 15:38 +0100
              Re: Internet Service Provision (Re: General Thoughts ...) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-21 17:59 +0000
      Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-27 13:30 +0200
        Re: General Thoughts ... Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-27 13:48 +0000
          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-27 19:57 +0000
        Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-27 19:51 +0000
        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-28 01:45 +0000
          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 02:28 +0000
            Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-28 02:58 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-28 03:19 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 07:54 +0200
            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-28 12:31 +0200
              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 20:08 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 10:43 +0200
                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 19:09 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 21:45 +0200
                      Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-29 23:09 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 23:19 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 00:45 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2025-04-30 17:11 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:57 +0000
                            Re: General Thoughts ... drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2025-05-01 05:16 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 23:40 +0000
                            Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
                              Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 05:03 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2025-05-12 20:35 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2025-05-01 11:03 +0200
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> - 2025-05-01 09:10 +0000
                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 00:33 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 08:47 +0200
                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:53 +0000
                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:33 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 08:50 +0200
              Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 02:31 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 10:44 +0200
                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:30 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 00:17 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 08:53 +0200
                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 07:14 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 09:37 +0200
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 08:03 +0000
                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 12:24 +0200
                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 18:53 +0000
                                Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:59 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 18:19 +0000
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 22:55 +0200
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 22:01 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-02 00:15 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-02 08:25 -0700
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 19:13 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-02 12:37 -0700
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-03 00:09 +0000
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-02 18:43 -0300
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 04:46 +0000
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-03 00:12 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-05 09:42 -0700
                              Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 23:39 +0000
                                Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-01 13:05 +0000
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-01 13:37 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-01 14:29 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 23:01 +0200
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:48 +0000
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-02 02:37 +0200
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-02 01:09 +0000
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-02 23:12 +0200
                                              Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-03 00:07 +0000
                                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-03 14:06 +0200
                                                  Re: General Thoughts ... Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-07 10:14 +0100
                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-07 12:27 +0200
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2025-05-12 20:41 +0000
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-12 23:09 +0200
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-12 22:29 +0000
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-13 02:45 +0200
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-13 09:52 +0100
                                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-13 19:03 +0000
                                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-13 22:03 +0200
                                                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-14 03:20 +0000
                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-14 12:18 +0200
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-12 22:30 +0000
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 22:58 +0200
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:49 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-02 00:36 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-02 02:39 +0200
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-02 01:08 +0000
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-02 23:13 +0200
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-03 01:10 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:29 +0000
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2025-05-03 19:36 -0400
                                Re: General Thoughts ... vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-01 13:35 +0000
                      Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 13:18 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 23:03 +0200
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-05-05 11:15 +0300
            Re: General Thoughts ... Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-28 11:49 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 19:51 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:56 +0000
                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:00 +0000
            Re: General Thoughts ... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-04-29 22:09 +0100
              Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:34 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-29 23:09 +0000
                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 23:20 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:51 +0000
                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 07:17 +0000
                      Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-30 16:21 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2025-04-30 11:21 -0700
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-01 02:37 -0300
                            Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 18:19 +0000
                              Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:52 +0000
                                Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-02 03:44 +0000
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-02 04:40 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-02 15:15 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-03 00:12 +0000
                                Re: General Thoughts ... Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-02 18:15 -0300
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-02 22:29 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-03 01:15 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 04:52 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-03 04:44 -0300
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-03 00:17 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 07:27 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:32 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 20:36 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 20:33 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 23:41 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-01 06:55 +0000
                            Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-01 08:02 -0700
                              Re: General Thoughts ... Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:32 +0000
                                Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-01 14:07 -0700
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:54 +0000
                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 01:01 +0000
                                Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-02 08:31 -0700
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 19:23 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-02 13:42 -0700
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-02 22:29 +0000
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-03 00:20 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:08 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-03 01:20 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-03 02:23 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:22 +0000
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-04 14:13 +0200
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-04 19:57 +0000
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-04 22:43 +0200
                                              Re: book em, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-05 00:40 +0000
                                                Re: book em, General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 13:25 +0200
                                                  Re: book em, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-05 17:35 +0000
                                                    Re: book em, General Thoughts ... Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-05 20:18 +0000
                                                      Re: book em, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 02:43 +0000
                                                    Re: book em, General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 23:07 +0200
                                                      Re: book em, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 02:59 +0000
                                                  Re: book em, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-05 20:16 +0000
                                                    Re: book em, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 03:33 +0000
                                                  Re: book em, General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:46 +0000
                                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-05 06:56 +0000
                                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 13:24 +0200
                                                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-05 18:43 +0000
                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-05 20:32 +0000
                                                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 03:42 +0000
                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 23:18 +0200
                                                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 04:09 +0000
                                                        Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 11:57 +0200
                                                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 18:45 +0000
                                                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-07 22:25 +0200
                                                              Re: General Thoughts ... Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-07 21:38 +0000
                                                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-08 14:07 +0200
                                                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-08 00:25 +0000
                                                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-08 14:17 +0200
                                                                  Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-08 17:14 +0000
                                                                    Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-08 19:02 +0000
                                                                    Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-08 22:42 +0200
                                                                      Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-09 00:48 +0000
                                                                        Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-09 01:19 +0000
                                                                          Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-09 12:33 +0200
                                                                        Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-09 12:31 +0200
                                                                          Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-09 18:43 +0000
                                                                            Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-09 19:16 +0000
                                                                              Re: unbook me, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-10 03:15 +0000
                                                                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-08 18:56 +0000
                                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-08 22:45 +0200
                                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-08 21:15 +0000
                                                                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-09 00:16 +0000
                                                                        Re: General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-09 00:42 +0000
                                                                          Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-09 12:34 +0200
                                                        Re: kindles, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-06 14:01 +0000
                                                          Re: kindles, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 19:03 +0000
                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:50 +0000
                                                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 04:15 +0000
                                                        Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-07 23:37 +0000
                                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 13:27 +0200
                                                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-05 18:14 +0000
                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 23:23 +0200
                                                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 04:24 +0000
                                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:54 +0000
                                                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 04:37 +0000
                                                        Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-06 08:28 -0700
                                                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 17:28 +0000
                                                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-07 22:28 +0200
                                                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 23:55 +0000
                                                          Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-07 23:44 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-04 21:33 +0000
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 13:18 +0200
                                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-05 17:52 +0000
                                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 23:25 +0200
                                                Re: all the news that, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-06 14:05 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:45 +0000
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 04:48 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-04 14:05 +0200
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-04 19:46 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:56 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... Niklas Karlsson <nikke.karlsson@gmail.com> - 2025-05-02 04:07 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-02 04:41 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-02 07:10 +0000
                            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-04 14:16 +0200
                              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-04 19:54 +0000
                                Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-04 22:46 +0200
                                Re: General Thoughts ... maus <maus@debian.deb3> - 2025-05-05 07:14 +0000
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-05 08:54 +0000
                                  Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 13:34 +0200
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-05 18:49 +0000
                                      Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 23:28 +0200
                                        Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-06 04:41 +0000
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 12:02 +0200
                                          Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-06 14:06 +0000
                                            Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 17:38 +0000
                                          Re: way to go, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-06 16:37 +0000
                                            Re: way to go, General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-06 18:38 +0000
                                              Re: way to go, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 17:59 +0000
                                                California toll road infection Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2025-05-07 11:16 -0700
                                                  Re: California toll road infection Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2025-05-07 17:57 -0400
                                                    Re: California toll road infection John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-08 00:16 +0000
                                                      Re: California toll road infection David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-11 17:27 +0000
                                                        cops, was: California toll road infection danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-05-11 17:33 +0000
                                                          Re: cops, was: California toll road infection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-11 21:19 +0200
                                                            Re: cops, was: California toll road infection Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-12 01:29 +0000
                                                              Re: cops, was: California toll road infection danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-05-12 01:34 +0000
                                                                Re: cops, was: California toll road infection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-12 13:15 +0200
                                                                  Re: bridge cops, was: California toll road infection John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-12 16:37 +0000
                                                                    Re: bridge cops, was: California toll road infection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-12 22:36 +0200
                                                                      Re: bridge cops, was: California toll road infection John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-13 00:38 +0000
                                                            Re: cops, was: California toll road infection scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-12 14:18 +0000
                                                        Re: California toll road infection Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2025-05-12 07:42 +0200
                                                        Re: California toll road infection scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-12 14:16 +0000
                                                  Re: California toll road infection rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-08 00:27 +0000
                                                    Re: California toll road infection scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-08 13:35 +0000
                                                    Re: California toll road infection John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-08 17:28 +0000
                                                      Re: California toll road infection Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-08 22:54 +0000
                                                    Re: California toll road infection Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-09 20:35 +0000
                                                Re: way to go, General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-07 18:44 +0000
                                                Re: way to go, General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-05-07 20:35 +0000
                                            Re: way to go, General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-07 17:53 +0000
                                    Re: General Thoughts ... Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-20 10:33 +0100
                                      Re: Paying without Internet Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-21 17:56 +0000
                                        Re: Paying without Internet danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-05-21 20:05 +0000
                                          Re: Paying without Internet rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-21 21:19 +0000
                                        Re: Paying without Internet scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-21 20:46 +0000
                                        Re: Paying without Internet rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-21 21:13 +0000
                                          Re: Paying without Internet David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2025-05-21 22:31 +0100
                                          Re: Paying without Internet Chuck Martin <cmartin+usenetYYMMDD@nyx.net> - 2025-05-22 07:56 +0000
                                        Re: Paying without Internet Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 23:29 +0100
                                          Re: Paying without Internet rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-22 03:46 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 07:51 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-02 15:17 +0000
                            Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 19:03 +0000
                      Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:27 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-04-30 10:55 +0100
                  Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 12:27 +0200
                  Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 23:43 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-05-01 08:03 -0700
                    Re: General Thoughts ... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-05-01 17:03 +0100
                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:39 +0000
                        Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-02 00:15 +0000
                          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 00:40 +0000
                            Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-02 07:10 +0000
                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:51 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:03 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-02 10:20 +0100
          Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-28 14:10 +0000
        Re: General Thoughts ... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-04-29 15:11 +0100
          Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 19:55 +0200
            Re: General Thoughts ... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-04-29 21:58 +0100
              Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 23:46 +0200
                Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 00:15 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-29 22:25 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-04-30 15:40 +0300
                Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:40 +0000
                  Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 20:32 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-01 07:07 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 23:47 +0000
          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 18:32 +0000
            Re: General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 20:52 +0200
          Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:40 +0000
            Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:19 +0000
              Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-04-30 02:14 +0000
                Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 07:19 +0000
                  Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 12:31 +0200
                  Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:05 +0000
                    Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2025-04-30 12:58 -0700
                      Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 20:35 +0000
                        Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-01 06:52 +0000
                      Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-01 06:44 +0000
                        Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-05-01 14:43 +0000
                Re: BASIC history, was General Thoughts ... Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 09:10 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-30 03:40 +0000
                Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-30 07:21 +0000
                  Re: General Thoughts ... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-04-30 11:09 +0100
                    Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:19 +0000
                    Re: General Thoughts ... Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-05-01 13:20 +0100
                      Re: General Thoughts ... antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-05-01 17:00 +0000
                      Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:58 +0000
                  Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:11 +0000
    Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-26 14:55 +0000
      Re: General Thoughts ... drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2025-04-26 18:55 +0000
        Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-27 14:03 +0000
    Re: General Thoughts ... Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-04-26 20:02 -0300
      Re: General Thoughts ... Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-27 13:41 +0000
        Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-27 21:03 +0000
          Re: General Thoughts ... scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-27 22:45 +0000
            Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 01:51 +0000
        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-28 01:47 +0000
        Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-28 01:46 +0000
          Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 03:30 +0000
            Re: General Thoughts ... vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-04-28 04:48 +0000
              Re: General Thoughts ... rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 19:41 +0000
          Re: General Thoughts ... Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2025-05-03 00:36 -0600
    Re: General Thoughts ... Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-27 01:22 +0000
    Re: General Thoughts ... Oscar Toledo G. <biyubi@gmail.com> - 2025-04-27 01:26 +0000
    Re: General Thoughts ... John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 08:32 -0700

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#230825

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-05-01 04:59 +0000
Message-ID<vuuv37$1u33q$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#230823
On Thu, 01 May 2025 04:45:57 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use
> as my telephone.

“Press 1 for the user-experience enrichment department. Press 2 for the 
latest news and promotions. Press 3 to talk to a customer representative. 
Press 4 for reception. Press ... ”

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#230852

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-05-01 18:19 +0000
Message-ID<LWOQP.4$Ghwb.1@fx10.iad>
In reply to#230825
On 2025-05-01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 01 May 2025 04:45:57 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use
>> as my telephone.
>
> “Press 1 for the user-experience enrichment department. Press 2 for the 
> latest news and promotions. Press 3 to talk to a customer representative. 
> Press 4 for reception. Press ... ”
  ...0 to be routed to a phone in a locked room which nobody ever enters.

Welcome to the psychiatric help hot-line.
If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.
If you are co-dependent, have someone press 2 for you.
If you are suffering from multiple-personality disorder,
 please press 3, 4, 5, and 6.
If you are schizophrenic, listen closely and a
 little voice will tell you which number to press.
If you are suffering from depression, it doesn't matter
 which number you press; no one will answer anyway.
If you are paranoid-delusional, you don't have to press
 anything; we already know who you are and where you live.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#230863

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-05-01 22:55 +0200
Message-ID<in3delxobs.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#230823
On 2025-05-01 06:45, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2025-04-30, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:24:11 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think my bank does an app for Linux phones. That's just a
>>> crucial app, there are more.
>>
>> That is part of what killed the Windows phone. I don't have banking apps
>> but I do have several I use daily. One is a Fitbit fitness app. Since
>> Google bought Fitbit I doubt if they would create a Linux version. Even
>> the state's conservation permit is an app. I don't use the phone for X,
>> reddit, browsing, and so forth but what I do use probably wouldn't be
>> ported to Linux.
>>
>> As far as a phone, other than talking to my ex every couple of months I
>> very rarely use it as a phone. Half the time if it rings I can't figure
>> out how to answer without dropping the call.
> 
>      I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use
>      as my telephone.  My wish has become true because I can
>      no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
>        -- Bjarne Stroustrup
> 

LOL :-D



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#230875

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-05-01 22:01 +0000
Message-ID<vv0r02$3i4p7$7@dont-email.me>
In reply to#230823
On Thu, 01 May 2025 04:45:57 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my
> telephone.

Anybody else remember a time when columnists would write “I wish a 
computer was as easy to use as driving a car”?

Thankfully, they stopped with that.

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#230878

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-05-02 00:15 +0000
Message-ID<V8UQP.63777$vo1.28724@fx15.iad>
In reply to#230875
On 2025-05-01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 01 May 2025 04:45:57 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my
>> telephone.
>
> Anybody else remember a time when columnists would write “I wish a 
> computer was as easy to use as driving a car”?
>
> Thankfully, they stopped with that.

"It's all computer!"
  -- DJT on the Tesla sales lot (a.k.a. the White House lawn)

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#230899

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2025-05-02 08:25 -0700
Message-ID<20250502082529.000034fe@gmail.com>
In reply to#230878
On Fri, 02 May 2025 00:15:49 GMT
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> >> I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my
> >> telephone.  
> >
> > Anybody else remember a time when columnists would write “I wish a 
> > computer was as easy to use as driving a car”?
> >
> > Thankfully, they stopped with that.  
> 
> "It's all computer!"
>   -- DJT on the Tesla sales lot (a.k.a. the White House lawn)

Luckily, I will never have to worry about my '73 Volkswagen getting
bricked by a firmware update - or, for that matter, turned into an
autonomous 5,000 lb. crowd-seeking death missile by a malicious actor.

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#230903

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-05-02 19:13 +0000
Message-ID<m7kjptFo1i6U2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#230899
On Fri, 2 May 2025 08:25:29 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> Luckily, I will never have to worry about my '73 Volkswagen getting
> bricked by a firmware update - or, for that matter, turned into an
> autonomous 5,000 lb. crowd-seeking death missile by a malicious actor.

Good choice. Sort of odd for a member of my generation but I rode in a 
Beetle once, and drove one about 100' when a coworker's was blocking the 
loading dock.

I loved the concept of being able to mix and match parts when American 
cars changed every year, plus the simplicity of an air-cooled engine but 
somehow I never owned one. There's a shop in town that specializes in old 
Beetles and I always look when I drive by but I have too many vehicles 
already.

The closest I came was an Audi 100LS. VW's initial attempts at building a 
car with the engine on the other end weren't very good and the state of 
the 1970's art controllers were good at bricking themselves. Like 
clockwork every 15,000 miles it would decide the plug wires were out of 
spec and not start. I carried spares.

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#230905

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2025-05-02 12:37 -0700
Message-ID<20250502123738.00005592@gmail.com>
In reply to#230903
On 2 May 2025 19:13:02 GMT
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> I loved the concept of being able to mix and match parts when
> American cars changed every year, plus the simplicity of an
> air-cooled engine but somehow I never owned one.

I don't actually *like* working on my car, but I greatly appreciate
having a car I *can* work on...!

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#230917

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-05-03 00:09 +0000
Message-ID<vv3msj$273hn$8@dont-email.me>
In reply to#230905
On Fri, 2 May 2025 12:37:38 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> I don't actually *like* working on my car, but I greatly appreciate
> having a car I *can* work on...!

You don’t need to be willing/able to open up your bonnet (or whichever end 
the engine is at) to work on the engine, in order to appreciate having an 
engine cover you can open. It gives you your choice of expert to call on 
to do the work for you, without being tied to the original company that 
made the vehicle.

This is called “free-market competition”. It’s the essence of Open Source 
software, too.

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#230912

FromMike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Date2025-05-02 18:43 -0300
Message-ID<87ikmizo1k.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere>
In reply to#230899
John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:

> Luckily, I will never have to worry about my '73 Volkswagen getting
> bricked by a firmware update - or, for that matter, turned into an
> autonomous 5,000 lb. crowd-seeking death missile by a malicious actor.

You can just worry about things like an exhaust valve head
snapping off and trashing your engine. (Yeah, I *was* a VW mechanic in
that era, seen that more than once.)

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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#230926

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-05-03 04:46 +0000
Message-ID<m7llcaFt7qdU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#230912
On 02 May 2025 18:43:35 -0300, Mike Spencer wrote:

> John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Luckily, I will never have to worry about my '73 Volkswagen getting
>> bricked by a firmware update - or, for that matter, turned into an
>> autonomous 5,000 lb. crowd-seeking death missile by a malicious actor.
> 
> You can just worry about things like an exhaust valve head snapping off
> and trashing your engine. (Yeah, I *was* a VW mechanic in that era, seen
> that more than once.)

But it was so easy to steal a new one from a Kombi some dark night...

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#230918

FromJohn Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Date2025-05-03 00:12 +0000
Message-ID<vv3n0r$ci3$1@gal.iecc.com>
In reply to#230899
According to John Ames  <commodorejohn@gmail.com>:
>Luckily, I will never have to worry about my '73 Volkswagen getting
>bricked by a firmware update - or, for that matter, turned into an
>autonomous 5,000 lb. crowd-seeking death missile by a malicious actor.

I dunno, what if I drove it to the top of a hill, put 2500 lbs of sandbags
in it, put it in neutral and released the brake and gave it a shove?




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#230964

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2025-05-05 09:42 -0700
Message-ID<20250505094234.00000dad@gmail.com>
In reply to#230918
On Sat, 3 May 2025 00:12:11 -0000 (UTC)
John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

> >Luckily, I will never have to worry about my '73 Volkswagen getting
> >bricked by a firmware update - or, for that matter, turned into an
> >autonomous 5,000 lb. crowd-seeking death missile by a malicious
> >actor.  
> 
> I dunno, what if I drove it to the top of a hill, put 2500 lbs of
> sandbags in it, put it in neutral and released the brake and gave it
> a shove?

Autonomous, arguably, but not crowd-seeking ;)

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#230815

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-04-30 23:39 +0000
Message-ID<vuucc9$1ajpm$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#230779
On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:24:11 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> I don't think my bank does an app for Linux phones.

You already have a “Linux phone”, as I pointed out.

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#230839

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2025-05-01 13:05 +0000
Message-ID<dkKQP.2755360$eNx6.1161018@fx14.iad>
In reply to#230815
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:24:11 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>
>> I don't think my bank does an app for Linux phones.
>
>You already have a “Linux phone”, as I pointed out.

The desire is for a phone running linux.   Not android on top
of linux.

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#230842

Fromvallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Date2025-05-01 13:37 +0000
Message-ID<vuvtfa$2as59$5@dont-email.me>
In reply to#230839
On Thu, 01 May 2025 13:05:13 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>>On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:24:11 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think my bank does an app for Linux phones.
>>
>>You already have a “Linux phone”, as I pointed out.
> 
> The desire is for a phone running linux.   Not android on top
> of linux.

It might be helpful if the Linux phone had the capability to
run android applications, so that one would still be able
to (say) authenticate with one's bank.

-- 
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   OS: Linux 6.14.4 Release: Mint 22.1 Mem: 258G
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#230843

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-05-01 14:29 +0000
Message-ID<m7heq0F8mvgU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#230842
On Thu, 1 May 2025 13:37:46 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:

> It might be helpful if the Linux phone had the capability to run android
> applications, so that one would still be able to (say) authenticate with
> one's bank.

That shouldn't be a problem. Android emulators have been used for 
development for years, although I remember the one used by Android Studio 
as being painfully slow. However that was back around Ice Cream Sandwich 
in 2011 when we were developing an Android product. 

I also have a vague memory of AWS having a collection of emulated devices 
so you could test against specific devices rather than having a big 
cabinet of physical Android phones. 

I've never played with one but I do know there are Linux emulators so you 
can run something like Instagram on your desktop.

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#230865

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-05-01 23:01 +0200
Message-ID<e14delxobs.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#230842
On 2025-05-01 15:37, vallor wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2025 13:05:13 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:24:11 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't think my bank does an app for Linux phones.
>>>
>>> You already have a “Linux phone”, as I pointed out.
>>
>> The desire is for a phone running linux.   Not android on top
>> of linux.
> 
> It might be helpful if the Linux phone had the capability to
> run android applications, so that one would still be able
> to (say) authenticate with one's bank.

I'm certain that bank applications would refuse to run on such a system, 
same as they refuse to run if the phone is rooted.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#230869

FromLawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-05-01 21:48 +0000
Message-ID<vv0q7e$3i4p7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#230865
On Thu, 1 May 2025 23:01:02 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> I'm certain that bank applications would refuse to run on such a system,
> same as they refuse to run if the phone is rooted.

Not sure what the point of such refusal is. Given the standard Linux 
sandboxing facilities, how would they even tell?

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#230881

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-05-02 02:37 +0200
Message-ID<kmgdelxbc4.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#230869
On 2025-05-01 23:48, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2025 23:01:02 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> I'm certain that bank applications would refuse to run on such a system,
>> same as they refuse to run if the phone is rooted.
> 
> Not sure what the point of such refusal is. Given the standard Linux
> sandboxing facilities, how would they even tell?

Their point is that they can be sure of their view of security.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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