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| Started by | L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> |
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| First post | 2026-08-15 20:45 +0000 |
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Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> - 2026-08-15 20:45 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 17:10 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> - 2026-08-15 21:15 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 17:21 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-15 22:56 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-16 02:26 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 03:01 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 09:48 -0700
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 12:54 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 17:49 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-17 14:34 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-17 23:48 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 12:14 -0700
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 22:55 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-17 19:33 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 15:39 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-17 20:13 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-16 10:58 +0200
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-16 14:30 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-16 17:44 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> - 2026-08-16 17:01 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-17 00:52 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-17 16:58 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 13:45 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-17 18:59 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 15:16 -0400
OT (was: Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-17 21:20 +0100
Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 16:42 -0400
Re: OT "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-17 22:21 +0100
Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 18:23 -0400
Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 14:34 -0700
Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 18:24 -0400
Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 15:40 -0700
Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 18:44 -0400
Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 07:51 -0700
Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 11:20 -0400
Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 10:24 -0700
Re: OT The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 13:58 +0100
Re: OT Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 00:47 +0000
Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 20:51 -0400
Re: OT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 03:01 +0000
Re: OT Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 04:55 +0000
Re: OT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 02:55 +0000
Re: OT Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-19 18:30 +0000
Re: OT "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-19 22:19 +0100
Re: OT The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 01:16 +0100
Re: OT "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-20 12:31 +0200
Re: OT The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 11:59 +0100
Re: OT "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-20 15:23 +0200
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 22:51 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-18 08:39 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 03:52 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-08-18 21:15 +1000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 07:25 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-08-18 21:44 +1000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 07:52 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 13:18 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 08:36 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 13:16 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 18:07 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-17 23:40 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 19:45 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 00:47 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-18 02:51 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 03:10 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 00:48 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 10:26 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 04:55 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-18 08:55 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 17:24 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 16:37 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-18 20:51 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:04 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 20:53 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-19 22:11 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 11:58 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 04:32 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 05:34 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:52 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 21:08 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 22:54 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 04:11 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 10:25 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 15:34 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 17:30 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 16:30 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-18 22:52 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-08-19 05:54 +0200
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:47 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 21:26 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 01:42 +0100
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-20 01:42 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 03:34 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-17 19:08 +0000
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-16 23:42 -0400
Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-16 11:55 +0000
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-19 22:54 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <iuqhS.48260$9DC1.41783@fx18.iad> |
| In reply to | #90163 |
On 2026-08-19, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > “Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few > capitalists.” > > G.K. Chesterton *applause* -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | In this world there are \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | two kinds of people: X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | 1. Those who can extrapolate / \ if you read it the right way. | from incomplete data.
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-20 04:11 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nend43Fpub2U29@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90171 |
On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:54:06 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-08-19, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > >> “Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few >> capitalists.” >> >> G.K. Chesterton > > *applause* He did have a way with words. It gets a bit strange toward the end but I think of 'The Man Who Was Thursday' every time the FBI makes one of their orchestrated busts. Six out of seven of the members of the underground anarchist cell were actually undercover detectives of various agencies.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-18 10:25 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <11618dq$1mmpl$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90006 |
On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. -- "Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them" Margaret Thatcher
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-18 15:34 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nejcbcFe0jfU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90048 |
On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:25:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. > Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. > (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. That might be confused with coprophagia -- or perhaps they are the same thing. I've always had a soft spot for Old Bill, not wanting to dwell in Plato's Cloud Cuckoo Land.
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-18 17:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <11621bo$1v4qd$5@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90067 |
On 18/08/2026 16:34, rbowman wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:25:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. >> Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. >> (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. > > That might be confused with coprophagia -- or perhaps they are the > same thing. I dear, they may well converge as the old doctrine about 'mushroom' management says "Keep them in the dark and feed them on bullshit" > I've always had a soft spot for Old Bill, not wanting to dwell in > Plato's Cloud Cuckoo Land. Ah. That got me for a second. In the UK The Old Bill are in fact the fuzz, pigs, cops, etc. Willy Occam understood what everyone else forgot till Hume. A Hypothesis is only disprovable. In which case why be so damned complicated. It was all lies anyway.. No one knew the truth and only the Church claimed to... -- Climate is what you expect but weather is what you get. Mark Twain
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-18 16:30 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <eM%gS.35896$Wz_7.5769@fx40.iad> |
| In reply to | #90048 |
On 2026-08-18, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. > > Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. > (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. "Orientate" is an example of the trend toward polysyllabificationizing. (My other pet peeve: saying "preventative" instead of "preventive".) -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | In this world there are \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | two kinds of people: X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | 1. Those who can extrapolate / \ if you read it the right way. | from incomplete data.
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| From | Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-18 22:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <1162nmp$26tip$6@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90071 |
On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:30:02 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-08-18, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. >> >> Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. >> (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. > > "Orientate" is an example of the trend toward > polysyllabificationizing. > > (My other pet peeve: saying "preventative" instead of "preventive".) “Adaptation” or “adaption”?
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| From | Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> |
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| Date | 2026-08-19 05:54 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <p3aa8l5vo37s1hsp1s26ttqda4cq321li7@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #90080 |
On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:52:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DÿOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:30:02 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> On 2026-08-18, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>> On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> >>>> "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. >>> >>> Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. >>> (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. >> >> "Orientate" is an example of the trend toward >> polysyllabificationizing. >> >> (My other pet peeve: saying "preventative" instead of "preventive".) > >“Adaptation” or “adaption”? Administer --> administrate Comment --> commentate -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-19 14:47 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1164c5u$2le0s$16@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90071 |
On 18/08/2026 17:30, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-08-18, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. >> >> Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. >> (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. > > "Orientate" is an example of the trend toward polysyllabificationizing. > Yes. I love the US 'burglarise' Both countries needed to make a verb out of the activities of burglars. The UK chose 'to burgle'. > (My other pet peeve: saying "preventative" instead of "preventive".) > Use prophylactics instead -- "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Jonathan Swift.
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-19 21:26 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nemlbbFpub2U17@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90134 |
On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:47:42 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > I love the US 'burglarise' > Both countries needed to make a verb out of the activities of burglars. > The UK chose 'to burgle'. Many jurisdictions in the US specify burglary as entering an unoccupied building and home invasion for an occupied building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_invasion This state has the castle doctrine with a no retreat clause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine It isn't an automatic license to kill. A local was convicted of murder since he baited a kid breaking into garages by leaving the door open. It didn't help that he fired a 12 gauge into the dark garage 4 times without identifying a target. 4th rule of firearm safety: Always Be Sure of Your Target and What’s Beyond It
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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2026-08-20 01:42 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1165ihf$33bfm$5@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #90166 |
On 19/08/2026 22:26, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:47:42 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> I love the US 'burglarise' >> Both countries needed to make a verb out of the activities of burglars. >> The UK chose 'to burgle'. > > Many jurisdictions in the US specify burglary as entering an unoccupied > building and home invasion for an occupied building. > UK law, has breaking and entering, burglary and robbery with violence. Or did. They reformed it a bit "The old common law term "breaking and entering" is now encompassed within the statutory offence of burglary. A person commits burglary if they enter any building (or part of a building) as a trespasser" "If a person commits a standard burglary and has with them at the time any firearm, imitation firearm, explosive, or weapon of offence, it becomes aggravated burglary" "Robbery is fundamentally different from burglary because it focuses on a direct confrontation and theft from a person. A person is guilty of robbery if they steal and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, they use force on any person or put/seek to put any person in fear of being subjected to force" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_invasion > > This state has the castle doctrine with a no retreat clause: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine > > It isn't an automatic license to kill. A local was convicted of murder > since he baited a kid breaking into garages by leaving the door open. It > didn't help that he fired a 12 gauge into the dark garage 4 times without > identifying a target. 4th rule of firearm safety: > > Always Be Sure of Your Target and What’s Beyond It > -- There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain
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| From | Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> |
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| Date | 2026-08-20 01:42 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <18cd5ffdd6a11452$186395$796307$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> |
| In reply to | #90179 |
On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:42:23 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > > UK law, has breaking and entering, burglary and robbery with violence. > Or did. They reformed it a bit > In the ever Victorian UK, breaking and entering is always called "buggery," and was always a tradition in the Royal Navy: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMxALY5IaAs> Haaaaaaaaaa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Date | 2026-08-18 03:34 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nei26pFpk4lU43@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #90002 |
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:40:31 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > The term for private corporations having more power over ordinary > citizens’ lives than the Government, is not “Communism”, but “Fascism”. > Or possibly “Corporatism”. Corporatism isn't what you think it is. Try corporatocracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy Fascism adopted some corporatist ideas via Gabriele D'Annunzio, although D'Annunzio didn't have much use for Mussolini. 'Fascism' with the lower case 'f' means whatever the purple haired, pierced harpy thinks it means.
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| From | Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> |
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| Date | 2026-08-17 19:08 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrn1186n1q.338.spamtrap42@one.localnet> |
| In reply to | #89956 |
On 2026-08-17, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: > > At some point soon I'm gonna need to buy a > half-ass big-screen "phone". HATE 'em. Keep > a little FLIP as my mobile now. My carrier is > not gonna support my great old landline much > longer - they've already raised the PRICE > insanely, hoping I'll quit. Clue, I'm NOT > gonna buy the new crap-phone from THEM - but > from another. Pref Android. Samsung phones > are gonna be IT. If you can still get Shok to ship you the phone, the Schok Classic flip phone is fairly good. It claims to run actual Android rather than Alcatel's Kai OS. The virtual mouse cursor works for a lot of web-app-y stuff. Unfortunately, I think Schok is phasing out their flip phones. Your landline carrier sounds like Ziply. If so I suggest caution when porting a number. About 1.5 years ago, I ported my 20+yo landline number from Ziply to Ooma but wanted to continue the FIOS internet service. Despite a Ziply agent assuring me that the internet service would continue without interruption, Ziply shut down the internet service at 10pm on a Sunday night, which caused me to miss a whole Monday of WFH. Xfinity/Comcast had new service functioning late Monday afternoon. Ziply was ~24 hours later, which would have cost 2 days of work. Other than Ziply's lack of truthfulness and back-stabbing, the switch to Ooma for the landline number has been very good. -- Robert Riches spamtrap42@jacob21819.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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| From | c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> |
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| Date | 2026-08-16 23:42 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <DN6dnTIf_urfHh_3nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #89940 |
On 8/16/26 12:44, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 16/08/2026 15:30, Leroy H wrote: >> I am not knocking GNU/Linux. I prefer it and use it for >> much paid ($$$) pro work but the dregs of the world know >> only M$ Win. >> > So you need it professionally. Fairy Nuff > > I don't I had to "know it professionally" for a LONG time. Big offices full of M$ boxes - and NOBODY was gonna change, couldn't COPE. Now the whole "back-end", I changed that to Linux as fast as possible. Didn't even have M$ on my personal box there. Good servers/networking/net/ routing/etc ... use Linux ! The new guys, they totally sold out to M$. It's gonna BITE sooner or later - probably sooner. But then they can BLAME it on M$ - "Not OUR Fault !!!". >> Thus, it is not inappropriate for the GNU/Linux advocate >> to install Win11. > > Well that's OK because I am not a Linux/Unix advocate. I am a contented > user. ALL I ever use. The Better Plan.
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| From | vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> |
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| Date | 2026-08-16 11:55 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <115s8f7$4260$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #89911 |
At Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:45:49 +0000, L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> wrote: > Ahoy Pie R8s! > > Even though I use GNU/Linux exclusively we all need to maintain > a working version of Win11. I've been pondering this koan for a little while now, and I haven't had the "aha" moment yet. Maybe it can be found plumbing the depths of "TINW"? Beats me. BTW, I know you're excited about your latest MS Windows purchase, but I can't see how that is on topic for colm. Also, you didn't compare MS Windows to Linux, so it's off-topic in cola, too. Message-ID: <comp.os.linux.advocacy-RFD1@uunet.uu.net> Summary from article: Summary: comp.os.linux.advocacy is to be an unmoderated group for the discussion of the positive and negative sides of Linux and comparison of Linux with other operating systems. CHARTER: The proposed group will provide a forum for the discussion of Linux. In addition, it will allow comp.os.linux.misc to deal with Linux-specific issues. Discussion will include (but not be limited to) the discussion of the pros and cons of Linux and appliactions for Linux, and the comparison of Linux with other operating systems and enviromnets such as Microsoft DOS and Windows, SCO UNIX, Coherent, NeXTstep, Macintosh System, etc. It will be an unmoderated forum. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Here endeth this ancient history lesson.) I've set fu2: cola for further discussion. Since you morphed out of my kf once again, I can eagerly await your sagacious remarks. -- -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G OS: Linux 7.2.0-rc7 D: Mint 22.3 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (610.57.04)
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