Subj : Computer Failure Haikus To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Fri Jan 14 2022 10:20:52 >> Haiku is such a fun little format. . . > Or, it's a greeting when you meet Koo...Hi, Koo. Koo koo ka choo; No... _I_ am the walrus! > This life of wine, women, and song, is getting me down. I guess I'm > going to have to give up singing. Sounds like you've got your priorities straight, my friend! > On another note, I'm having major issues with the BBS NOT busying > out the nodes on the doorgames. I've sent a note to digital man (aka > Rob Swindell) to find out what I might be overlooking. If a user is > online, and accesses a door during maintenance, it'll crash the door > and the system. I can't always be up at 12 midnight to "manually down > the nodes" to keep users offline while the doors are updated for the > daily maintenance. Can't you set up the BBS to refuse anyone to be online during maintemnance times? (00h00 for the doors, & 02h00 for Fido?) > But, if worse comes to worse, I'll just remove all the doors from > the BBS...then I have to wonder is there any point of keeping it > online at all?? I hate to waste the doors I've registered over the > last 32 years...and right now, only you and I seem to be the "active" > users. Hey, we count, too! Others will come. You have built it. They will come. I'm proof of concept! :D > While removing the doors would make it easier to move the system > to Windows 11, I use the laptop for ham radio traffic nets, and I > can't afford a new CPU...especially since the State Of Arkansas is > threatening to remove my Low Medicare Funding Beneficiary status. > If I have to pay nearly $200 a month for the Medicare premium, I'm > going to have to sell my car. > Needless to say, I'm not a very happy camper right now. Why move to Windows 11, besides the fact Microsoft & the DOD are forcing it onto us ? I keep as much stuff running to be incompatible with the latest spyware (realtime human logins, when deemed warranted) they attack me with, as I can, & it works well -- I can tell by what crashes & when/why when it's external factorsa triggerinig it. . . I'm on to the bastards! I've told them, & attempted a dialogue, but nope. . . They tried to re-mark my message(a deleted TXT file) to them as unread after they undeleted & read it, then redeleted, but I anticipated that. They wereclever, I expected that -- they copied first & opened only their copy, but little do they know, this does still leave markers. . . I'm not doing anything, I'm no enemy of the state (of any state, well maybe ISI*, but that's out of my range at this time to take on. . .) Walruses, or walri? Q: Why did the Walrus bachelor go to the tupperware party? A: He was looking for a tight seal. You can always trust a walrus to keep your secrets... His lips are sealed. Q: What is the most popular honeymoon destination for walrus couples? A: Tuskany. My pet walrus yells at fat animals He's hippo critical Q: What's Donald Trump's spirit animal? A: A Wall-rus. Dad-Joked By A Word Document So I'm working a summer desk job where one of my duties is to print and cut out stencils to use in labeling materials. I open up the stencils file so I can use an existing document and make sure I get the formatting right. I was going to pick the first one when one near the bottom stood out. The document was named "Walrus". None of what the business does deals with aquatic life. All the other things are named after what they are, such as "Sheets" "Towels" etc. So, for curiosity's sake, I had to open the document-- And the stencil said "5-Foot Seal". I groaned at my desk. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5 * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757) .