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Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)?

From "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)?
Date 2026-07-25 12:08 -0500
Message-ID <59e35212-f9be-4153-bc91-db8ebd239354@invalid.com> (permalink)
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On 7/25/26 09:38, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 7/25/26 07:26, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 7/24/26 18:43, Ant wrote:
>>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 7/23/26 18:20, Ant wrote:
>>>> > The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > >> Jesus, doesn't anyone use a REAL computer any more?  Tower 
>>>> case, 4 or 5 >> hard drives, a DVD drive, a REAL keyboard, a REAL 
>>>> mouse?  I only use my >> laptop when I need to use windows -- once a 
>>>> year for taxes.  And I HAD a >> win7 tower and KVM switch until the 
>>>> tax software no longer ran under 7. >> I can still use the win7 if I 
>>>> need it, but I don't.
>>>> > > I still do since I rarely go out due to my disabilities.
>>>> > https://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/MyComputerStuff.txt for my
>>>> > detailed setups. ;) Long live, the REAL computers. Oh and frak
>>>> > touchscreens, tiny screens, etc.
>>>
>>>> Any chance you're the guy in the chair who had "I ride the big iron" 
>>>> as part of his .sig? Whatever group he was in is long gone...
>>>
>>> Nope. Do you have that signature to show?
>>
>> Long LONG gone, the oldest message I have is from 2024, and only about a
>> dozen of them.  Steve VanDevender.  Google for "usenet sig "I ride the
>> big iron" which is what I did.
> 
> Addendum:  Further search revealed <https://www.cluefire.net/> with a 
> list of really clever comments from the really clever people in a.s.r. 
> which I read just because there were so many smart posters that it was a 
> joy to read.
> 
> We've lost a lot.
> 
a.s.r.

Historical Context

     alt.sysadmin.recovery: Formed as a satirical and peer-support haven 
for IT professionals dealing with computer and network failures.

     alt.sex.reptiles: An eccentric early alt-hierarchy group that 
paradoxically overlapped heavily with early internet culture and 
literary fan groups.

     alt.starfleet.rpg: Widely abbreviated as ASR by its community of 
writers engaging in collaborative Star Trek roleplaying.

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Rinaldi
-- 
Cogito, ergo dubito

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When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-20 01:02 +0000
  Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-19 22:10 -0400
    Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-07-20 07:50 +0100
  Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-20 03:31 +0100
  Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-20 17:24 +0200
  Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-07-20 08:37 -0700
    Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-20 10:01 -0700
      Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-07-20 10:37 -0700
      Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-21 19:26 +1000
        Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-21 10:52 +0100
          Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-21 22:54 +1000
            Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-21 08:03 -0700
          Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-21 22:22 +0200
        Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-21 22:18 +0200
          Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-22 19:26 +1000
            Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-22 07:15 -0700
              Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-23 00:31 +1000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-23 01:26 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-23 20:13 +1000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-23 07:47 -0700
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-23 16:22 +0100
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-23 18:50 +0200
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-23 20:08 +0200
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-23 19:18 +0100
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2026-07-24 16:10 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-24 12:25 -0700
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-25 19:56 +1000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2026-07-24 16:09 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-25 15:40 +0200
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? [OT] The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-25 07:18 -0700
                OT (Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? ...) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-26 05:48 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> - 2026-07-23 21:03 +0100
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2026-07-24 15:49 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-24 12:30 -0700
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-24 01:20 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-24 12:33 -0700
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-25 01:43 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-25 07:26 -0700
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-25 07:38 -0700
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-07-25 12:08 -0500
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-07-26 09:49 -0700
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-25 20:03 +1000
                OT (Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)?) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-26 05:41 +0000
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-26 15:28 +0100
                Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-27 00:30 +0000
  Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-20 17:01 +0000
    Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-07-20 22:54 +0000
  Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-20 22:09 +0200
  Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-07-20 17:53 -0400
    Re: When do you usually update your non-ESR Firefox web browser(s)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-21 22:23 +0200

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