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  Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-28 16:14 -0600
    Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-28 18:21 -0600
      Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-29 07:10 -0600
        Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-29 08:48 -0600
      Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-29 09:59 -0500
        Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-29 15:25 +0000
          Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-29 11:42 -0500
          Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-29 11:53 -0500
      Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-29 09:01 -0600
        Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-29 10:18 -0500
        Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-29 10:50 -0600
          Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-29 13:33 -0500
            Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-29 14:20 -0600
              Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-29 22:26 -0500
                Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-30 00:52 -0600
                  Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-30 10:48 -0500
                    Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-30 13:17 -0600
                      Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-30 16:14 -0600
                        Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-30 19:46 -0500
                          Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-30 19:38 -0600
                        Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-30 19:19 -0600
                      Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-30 23:06 -0500
              Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-29 22:51 -0500
                Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-30 08:44 -0500
    Re: Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-) DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-29 11:45 -0500

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#684673 — Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-)

As I said before, I encountered total loss of display that at first was 
sporadic then became permanent. I've been using my funky Optiplex 9020 
($12 from thrift store) for the past month or so as a result.

My tests with my 7050 which is my main Linux machine had eliminated my 
monitor and its plugs as sources of the problem. So the culprit was 
either the 7050 (plugs as well as GPU), or the display cable, the latter 
being Relf's favorite culprit in response to _any_ computer problem.

Today my order of a new display cable arrived and I checked it with my 
7050 and all display issues disappeared into thin air :)

So perhaps Relf knew something when he recommended changing the cable 
with a new one for ANY computer issue :-)))

Well, he was sure right this time.

I had checked the bad display cable end to end many times, looking for 
cat bites or some other form of damage. Washed both ends clean of cat 
urine a few times and dried it well. I could see no sign of any damage. 
None. So I'd stayed a bit worried it was my $75 Optiplex 7050. I've only 
had it a year or so.

So I'm gladly back at my main Linux computer :)

Did anybody find out more about Relf? I think Covid killed him. That 
would explain the unusual lag between his last post and his death.

Survival of the smarter, and the more mature.

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#684681

On 1/28/25 16:14, Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> As I said before, I encountered total loss of display that at first was 
> sporadic then became permanent. I've been using my funky Optiplex 9020 
> ($12 from thrift store) for the past month or so as a result.
> 
> My tests with my 7050 which is my main Linux machine had eliminated my 
> monitor and its plugs as sources of the problem. So the culprit was 
> either the 7050 (plugs as well as GPU), or the display cable, the latter 
> being Relf's favorite culprit in response to _any_ computer problem.
> 
> Today my order of a new display cable arrived and I checked it with my 
> 7050 and all display issues disappeared into thin air :)
> 
> So perhaps Relf knew something when he recommended changing the cable 
> with a new one for ANY computer issue :-)))
> 
> Well, he was sure right this time.
> 
> I had checked the bad display cable end to end many times, looking for 
> cat bites or some other form of damage. Washed both ends clean of cat 
> urine a few times and dried it well. I could see no sign of any damage. 
> None. So I'd stayed a bit worried it was my $75 Optiplex 7050. I've only 
> had it a year or so.
> 
> So I'm gladly back at my main Linux computer :)
> 
> Did anybody find out more about Relf? I think Covid killed him. That 
> would explain the unusual lag between his last post and his death.
> 
> Survival of the smarter, and the more mature.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its 
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are 
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on 
it and destroy the Windows crap.

And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it 
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)

Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is 
set.

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#684707

Physfitfreak wrote:

>After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its 
>original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are 
>somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on 
>it and destroy the Windows crap.
>
>And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it 
>is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
>
>Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is 
>set.

I see nothing.

-- 
"As I said before... it's all about choice as long as [FOSS advocates]
are the ones making the choice."  -  trolling fsckwit "Ezekiel", lying
shamelessly

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#684711

On 1/29/25 7:10 AM, chrisv wrote:
> Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
>> After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
>> original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
>> somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
>> it and destroy the Windows crap.
>>
>> And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
>> is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
>>
>> Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
>> set.
> 
> I see nothing.
> 


Oh, that's Physfit's dick blocking it off. Poor you. Keep your distance 
from what you don't understand.

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#684712

On 1/28/2025 7:21 PM, Hairball wrote:

> After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its 
> original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are 
> somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on 
> it and destroy the Windows crap.
> 
> And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it 
> is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
> 
> Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is 
> set.


I see nothing.

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#684716

On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:59:49 -0500, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca>
wrote in <vndfp1$2e22l$1@dont-email.me>:

> On 1/28/2025 7:21 PM, Hairball wrote:
> 
>> After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its 
>> original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are 
>> somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on 
>> it and destroy the Windows crap.
>> 
>> And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it 
>> is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
>> 
>> Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is 
>> set.
> 
> 
> I see nothing.

I didn't see the original post.

By design.

-- 
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti
   OS: Linux 6.13.0 Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 258G
   "I can't hear you. There's a banana republic in my ear."

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#684719

On 2025-01-29 10:25 a.m., vallor wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:59:49 -0500, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca>
> wrote in <vndfp1$2e22l$1@dont-email.me>:
> 
>> On 1/28/2025 7:21 PM, Hairball wrote:
>>
>>> After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
>>> original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
>>> somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
>>> it and destroy the Windows crap.
>>>
>>> And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
>>> is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
>>>
>>> Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
>>> set.
>>
>>
>> I see nothing.
> 
> I didn't see the original post.
> 
> By design.

It didn't have frosting on it, eh?

-- 
CrudeSausage
Gab: @CrudeSausage
Telegram: @CrudeSausage
Unapologetic paleoconservative

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#684723

On 1/29/2025 10:25 AM, vallor wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:59:49 -0500, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca>
> wrote in <vndfp1$2e22l$1@dont-email.me>:
> 
>> On 1/28/2025 7:21 PM, Hairball wrote:
>>
>>> After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
>>> original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
>>> somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
>>> it and destroy the Windows crap.
>>>
>>> And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
>>> is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
>>>
>>> Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
>>> set.
>>
>>
>> I see nothing.
> 
> I didn't see the original post.
> 
> By design.


You didn't miss anything.

For a rare change he didn't talk about his dick.  That came 1 post later.

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#684713

On 1/28/25 6:21 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> Guess what Linux flavor it is... LUBUNTU..!


I checked it all out. Much more than any of you gentlemen even deserve 
to have.

Who gave you guys in COLA an idea of a computer to add to your dumb 
sterile toys in your houses?

Bill Gates?

No! He just wanted you Sheep to pay for it. Nobody ever thought you 
could _use_ it.

Fucking biped Sheep.

Play your card games. Read your Pope The Penis X "bibles". That's were 
you are.

Ahh.. Too early in the day to kick vermins' asses. But cleaning up this 
place is some mighty fucking job and I need to catch my breath.

Fuck you of course. That's what I have for COLA frequenters minus just 
one soul. Farley. The only one still breathing.

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#684715

On 1/29/2025 10:01 AM, PhysFatFuck wrote:
> On 1/28/25 6:21 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>> Guess what Linux flavor it is... LUBUNTU..!
> 
> 
> I checked it all out. Much more than any of you gentlemen even deserve 
> to have.

What are you babbling about, Needs Nair Badly?



> Ahh.. Too early in the day to kick vermins' asses. But cleaning up this 
> place is some mighty fucking job and I need to catch my breath.

One can only imagine the ungodly stench of you and your rolling shack.



> Fuck you of course. That's what I have for COLA frequenters minus just 
> one soul. Farley. The only one still breathing.
Do you have a spare mattress on your trailer floor for when Feeb's Mom 
cuts him off?

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#684721

On 1/29/25 9:01 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> On 1/28/25 6:21 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>> Guess what Linux flavor it is... LUBUNTU..!
> 
> 
> I checked it all out. Much more than any of you gentlemen even deserve 
> to have.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours. 
Hehe :)

And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your 
computers.

Hahhahhahhahh :-))

You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

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#684726

On 1/29/25 11:50 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
> Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

If it does what you need it to do, great.


> Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours. 
> Hehe :)

Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for a 
minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I 
could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last month 
for more than 10x your bargain find.


> And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your 
> computers.
> 
> Hahhahhahhahh :-))
> 
> You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs are 
being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it seems that 
being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there anything else 
that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, great:  you're all 
set.


-hh

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#684731

On 1/29/25 12:33 PM, -hh wrote:
> On 1/29/25 11:50 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>
>> Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.
> 
> If it does what you need it to do, great.
> 
> 
>> Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours. 
>> Hehe :)
> 
> Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for a 
> minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I 
> could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last month 
> for more than 10x your bargain find.
> 
> 
>> And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your 
>> computers.
>>
>> Hahhahhahhahh :-))
>>
>> You Bozos will get more out of them that way.
> 
> Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs are 
> being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it seems that 
> being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there anything else 
> that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, great:  you're all 
> set.
> 
> 
> -hh


The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely in 
Usenet where only my dick is in charge. A lot in usenet needs only my 
dick to get done. Ask "DFS" if you don't believe me. He's a groupie of it.

Imagine being a groupie of a dick!... Only a female mind ..

My 7050 is way too good for here.

Now that I took a moment about it, I think "DFS" became a groupie of it 
not as much for having a female brain, but because he learned from it a 
dick like mine created the first cro-magnon, and that he's a direct 
descendant. He has respect for my dick. You can bet on that.

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#684740

On 1/29/25 3:20 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> On 1/29/25 12:33 PM, -hh wrote:
>> On 1/29/25 11:50 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>>
>>> Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.
>>
>> If it does what you need it to do, great.
>>
>>
>>> Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours. 
>>> Hehe :)
>>
>> Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for a 
>> minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I 
>> could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last month 
>> for more than 10x your bargain find.
>>
>>
>>> And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your 
>>> computers.
>>>
>>> Hahhahhahhahh :-))
>>>
>>> You Bozos will get more out of them that way.
>>
>> Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs 
>> are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it 
>> seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there 
>> anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, 
>> great:  you're all set.
>>
>>
>> -hh
> 
> 
> The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely in 
> Usenet ...

Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe 
project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD 
for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something. I'd 
be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check to see 
if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays it has to 
stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.

I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing 
that, so do I really need a third one?


-hh

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#684743

On 1/29/25 9:26 PM, -hh wrote:
> On 1/29/25 3:20 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>> On 1/29/25 12:33 PM, -hh wrote:
>>> On 1/29/25 11:50 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.
>>>
>>> If it does what you need it to do, great.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours. 
>>>> Hehe :)
>>>
>>> Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for 
>>> a minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I 
>>> could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last 
>>> month for more than 10x your bargain find.
>>>
>>>
>>>> And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap 
>>>> your computers.
>>>>
>>>> Hahhahhahhahh :-))
>>>>
>>>> You Bozos will get more out of them that way.
>>>
>>> Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs 
>>> are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it 
>>> seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there 
>>> anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, 
>>> great:  you're all set.
>>>
>>>
>>> -hh
>>
>>
>> The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely 
>> in Usenet ...
> 
> Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe 
> project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD 
> for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something. I'd 
> be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check to see 
> if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays it has to 
> stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.
> 
> I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing 
> that, so do I really need a third one?
> 
> 
> -hh


I do. I've had two occasions just last year when I needed to do 
something with a working computer and printer and for some reason none 
of the 5 computers I thought were working could help me.

I don't know about you, but I never quite know a computer set up is 
there when I need it.

Also I don't know how many pets you have. I have enough to ruin any of 
my electronic devices years before their time would be up.

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#684748

On 1/30/25 1:52 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
> On 1/29/25 9:26 PM, -hh wrote:
>> On 1/29/25 3:20 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>> On 1/29/25 12:33 PM, -hh wrote:
>>>> On 1/29/25 11:50 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.
>>>>
>>>> If it does what you need it to do, great.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on 
>>>>> yours. Hehe :)
>>>>
>>>> Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for 
>>>> a minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that 
>>>> I could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last 
>>>> month for more than 10x your bargain find.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap 
>>>>> your computers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hahhahhahhahh :-))
>>>>>
>>>>> You Bozos will get more out of them that way.
>>>>
>>>> Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs 
>>>> are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it 
>>>> seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there 
>>>> anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, 
>>>> great:  you're all set.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -hh
>>>
>>>
>>> The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely 
>>> in Usenet ...
>>
>> Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe 
>> project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD 
>> for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something. 
>> I'd be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check 
>> to see if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays 
>> it has to stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.
>>
>> I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing 
>> that, so do I really need a third one?
> 
> I do. I've had two occasions just last year when I needed to do 
> something with a working computer and printer and for some reason none 
> of the 5 computers I thought were working could help me.

Equipment always needs to be maintained, which isn't free.  Stuff that's 
unreliable is increasingly not worth the space it occupies.

> I don't know about you, but I never quite know a computer set up is 
> there when I need it.

I consider reliability & availability/uptime to simply be other metrics 
of performance that one should include on one's requirement list.


> Also I don't know how many pets you have. I have enough to ruin any of 
> my electronic devices years before their time would be up.

Not having stuff get chewed up is the product of prevention + training. 
Ditto for not having stuff get knocked off a table to the floor, etc.


-hh

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#684756

On 1/30/25 9:48 AM, -hh wrote:
> On 1/30/25 1:52 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>> On 1/29/25 9:26 PM, -hh wrote:
>>> On 1/29/25 3:20 PM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>>> On 1/29/25 12:33 PM, -hh wrote:
>>>>> On 1/29/25 11:50 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it does what you need it to do, great.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on 
>>>>>> yours. Hehe :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need 
>>>>> for a minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around 
>>>>> that I could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one 
>>>>> last month for more than 10x your bargain find.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap 
>>>>>> your computers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hahhahhahhahh :-))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You Bozos will get more out of them that way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs 
>>>>> are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it 
>>>>> seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there 
>>>>> anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, 
>>>>> great:  you're all set.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -hh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends 
>>>> nicely in Usenet ...
>>>
>>> Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe 
>>> project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD 
>>> for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something. 
>>> I'd be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check 
>>> to see if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays 
>>> it has to stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.
>>>
>>> I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing 
>>> that, so do I really need a third one?
>>
>> I do. I've had two occasions just last year when I needed to do 
>> something with a working computer and printer and for some reason none 
>> of the 5 computers I thought were working could help me.
> 
> Equipment always needs to be maintained, which isn't free.  Stuff that's 
> unreliable is increasingly not worth the space it occupies.
> 
>> I don't know about you, but I never quite know a computer set up is 
>> there when I need it.
> 
> I consider reliability & availability/uptime to simply be other metrics 
> of performance that one should include on one's requirement list.
> 
> 
>> Also I don't know how many pets you have. I have enough to ruin any of 
>> my electronic devices years before their time would be up.
> 
> Not having stuff get chewed up is the product of prevention + training. 
> Ditto for not having stuff get knocked off a table to the floor, etc.
> 
> 
> -hh


Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24 
hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular 
solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form 
factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first, 
banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and 
bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy, 
again, is what rules now!

This is what I'm talking about.

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#684760

Physfitfreak wrote:

>Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24 
>hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular 
>solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form 
>factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first, 
>banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and 
>bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy, 
>again, is what rules now!
>
>This is what I'm talking about.

I was afraid that you were going to tell us how your dick
swinging-around knocked it off the table.

-- 
"I am afraid the zealots and the total confusion regarding the GPL is
ham stringing progress."  -  "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark

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#684765

On 1/30/25 5:14 PM, chrisv wrote:
> Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
>> Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24
>> hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular
>> solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form
>> factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first,
>> banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and
>> bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy,
>> again, is what rules now!
>>
>> This is what I'm talking about.
> 
> I was afraid that you were going to tell us how your dick
> swinging-around knocked it off the table.

Funny you should mention that, because the cat's name happens to be ...



-hh

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#684770

On 1/30/25 6:46 PM, -hh wrote:
> On 1/30/25 5:14 PM, chrisv wrote:
>> Physfitfreak wrote:
>>
>>> Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24
>>> hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular
>>> solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form
>>> factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first,
>>> banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and
>>> bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy,
>>> again, is what rules now!
>>>
>>> This is what I'm talking about.
>>
>> I was afraid that you were going to tell us how your dick
>> swinging-around knocked it off the table.
> 
> Funny you should mention that, because the cat's name happens to be ...
> 
> 
> 
> -hh


That cat's name is nobody's business but mine.

The "25 pounds of muscles and life" I mentioned, if I meant my dick by 
that, would've carried the modifier of "Islamic" also, as it rams the 
foundation of Islam into any fuckworthy cro-magnon woman that it 
chooses. Used to anyway.

Good for you guys' female folks, cause after it found Chaturbate it 
hasn't needed anything less.

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