Subj : Computer Failure Haikus To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Sun Jan 16 2022 10:08:20 > George, >> Koo koo ka choo; No... _I_ am the walrus! > Better than a duck billed platypus. You sure? Platypi are kiund of cool -- you bug one & they don't "fahht in your general direction" but they can scratch you with their hind leg spur & poison you with the venom in it! >> 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! > Don't sing in the shower, because if you fall, the paramedics will > see you naked. As if I care -- they're doing the equal sex thing now & I've seen acouplecurties, who, upon seeing my 300+ lb self, paralyzed, upstairs, call for backup & let the big guys get me downstairs safely (they have achair that they 'walk' down the stairs with me in it then onto the stretcher - I can usually stand enough for that transfer. Thankfully it's been a while since I've called 911 & needed an ambvulance -- it's a pain in the benchwarmer! >> Can't you set up the BBS to refuse anyone to be online during >> maintemnance times? (00h00 for the doors, & 02h00 for Fido?) > I've tried that...the program gives an error, and quits the file. DOS was better, eh?This kind of thing was typically built into the OS. All the ones I was on had an event at midnight(BBS time) and at 02h00 UTC(regardless of DST) >> Hey, we count, too! > Plus, I use the BBS as a diversion from all the stress in my life. Don't we all? Isn't that part of wjy we got hooked on this activity in the first place? >> Others will come. You have built it. They will come. I'm proof of >> concept! :D > I'm not worried about new users...many logon a few times, and quit. Younguns we don't need. . . :P >> Why move to Windows 11, besides the fact Microsoft & the DOD are >> forcing it onto us ? > First, you have that right. Microsoft and so many others refuse to > believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"...never mind what's good > for someone else may not be good for me. I figured this out when I realized all my computing needs could fit onto a single floppy disk -- Windows takes up a Gb or jmore now -- if _I'm_ not using those extra Megs, then who IS?? & WTH, mnan, fleep off of MY computer! When you go buy a computer then you can have carte blanche to play on it alone. . . I paid for mine, in full, so it's mine, free & clear & I prefer if only I use it. . . & maybe authorised persons in person (not virtually, in general) > Second, the only reason I upgraded was because of security fixes. > Otherwise, I was happy with XP. Same; well, my XP PC died, & the new(free) one had Vista. . . AAUUGGHHH! Then I got up to 8.1 & was quite content to stay there forever, even if they wwere saying I needed seciurity stuff, so I turned off updatyes u ntil I chose to install them one by one, bnu they forced an update to 10 one night while I was asleep! Then Ui checked my settings -- yup, no updates, & hoped that was the enbd, noope -- a wewek later it's Windows 10b(or some such) & I asgain checked everuwhere, even BIOS, & all was off for updates, then they boosted me to Win11 -- man, they must think I have every secret on my computer or find them in my travels -- I do,. but not via or on my computer! They must think I'm very stupid. Oh, sorry, thinking's not in their job description. > Most folks today have the idea that they have to "keep up with the > Jones's", and always have "the latest and greatest thing". Yh, then we, too,. can join the Jones in bankruptcy. . . Pass. > I've rarely had a problem with twits, although there was a (now former) > Sysop, who would not provide his data. In all the time I've run a BBS, > from starting on a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 laptop, to a DOS then a > Windows system, I've NEVER had a law enforcement subpeona...and I plan to > keep it that way. So he was a visitor who didn't complete user reg properly? Couldn't you just refuse him entry until hedoes? Can'tyou do that across the board? ("fulfill these steps, or get no access to speak of"?) Subpoena against him or from him? >> They wereclever, I expected that -- they copied first & opened only >> their copy, but little do they know, this does still leave markers. . . > At least their IP is shown up at connect, and in the log. However, I have > blocked those with a [no name] IP. Before my wife died, even she did NOT > see the confidential user data...that's how strictly I guarded it...and > still do. I'm not running a connect-in system -- this is just me on my personal computer, trying to enjoy life. . . Ay tine I'm responsible for privacy, I, too,. take it fully seriously. My wife has learned to accept I have limits on what I'll discuss regarding my work. >> I'm not doing anything, I'm no enemy of the state (of any state, well >> maybe ISIS, but that's out of my range at this time to take on. . .) > Or as the truckers say..."enemy or enema...either way, you're in trouble". Yup, I wouldn't think it's only truckers who see it that way. . . >> Q: What is the most popular honeymoon destination for walrus couples? >> A: Tuskany. > Bam It! Ram It! Jam It! Cram It! The walrus version of Wham Bam, Thank ye, Maam? >> My pet walrus yells at fat animals >> He's hippo critical > Sounds like all the politicians...fat with power, criticizing others, and > it's "Rules For Thee, But Not For Me". That's the politician, as a species, yup. . .& lawyers are just the larval form for a politician. Q: what's the difference between a dead skunk on the road & adead politician on the road? A: Skid marks in front of the skunk Witnesses heard, for the skunk "rrrrrr, thup-thup, rrrrrr" dofor the pol: "rrrr, thup-thup, screech, rrr, thup-thup, screech, rrr,. thup- thup, rrrr" >> Q: What's Donald Trump's spirit animal? A: A Wall-rus. > Notice that they are trying to buy the people with free stuff, so they > can get the votes to stay in power?? Makes no bnevermind to me -- I carefguly note what they do when not election season, & I talk to them regularly,. to keep uyp with their state of mind, attitudes, & priorities. Come election day, I'm boting based on acual longterm iontel,. not jusdt wehat they p[resent for me to see (I don't even look at that, unless it costs a lot of money, for little gain, then it's negatuive points) Q: What do you call a native Alaskan eye doctor?? A: An Optical Aleutian Q: What is the opposite of a croissant? A: A happy uncle. My wife asked for a divorce today, saying I was too un-American. I saw it coming from a kilometer away. Q: Why wasnĘt Cardinal Sicola ever elected as pope A: Because they didnĘt want a Pope Sicola A friend of mine went bald years ago, but still carries around an old comb. He just can't part with it. Q: What does a presidential candidate who cant get his votes up suffer from? A: Electile dysfunction --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5 * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757) .