Subj : Re: What to do with a gia To : Daryl Stout From : Ky Moffet Date : Sat Oct 17 2020 20:05:00 DARYL STOUT wrote: > Ky, > > KM> Huh, I didn't know that. I knew he did stuff outside of TV, tho what > KM> had never penetrated (or didn't stick). Wonder if there are any > KM> recordings? > > You would have to check with the local classical music station, or > with "Performance Today". I think their website is yourclassical.org Huh, that's an interesting site, thanks! > > > ago for National Semiconductor, where this woman noted "My favorite > > National Semiconductor is Leonard Bernstein". > > KM> LOL! Good one. > > Wonder if they got a shock from the baton?? :P ZAP! You in the second strings, pay attention! > KM> http://www.wholenewmonkey.com > KM> [Yes, I registered the domain just to house this silly joke.] > You have too much time on your hands. :P And too many weird ideas. > KM> Someday you'll wake up to discover it's downloaded a cloud OS, is > KM> demanding a subscription fee, and until you pay up, nothing works. > > That'd be my luck. Reminds of the deal at a local Wal-Mart the other > day. Apparently, this individual had stolen a phone or gift card...but > without activating it at the register, it basically was a brick. Ooops!! I have discovered a nifty trick with Win10, which at least sometimes works... You know how Win10 insists that you pay up (seriously??) and activate before it'll let you customize it, or even switch to the dark theme? Disconnect internet before installing. Do your customizing. NOW connect to net. It will behave as if it's activated, even tho it's not. > Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it helps mask the noise. However, it may > not work for blondes. :P Enough duct tape silences anyone. > KM> I make things even easier nowadays. What is your root password? "root" > > You might as well as get a beer to go with it. LOL... rootbeer, yeah. > KM> I hate typing passwords. One of these days I'll get around to turning > KM> it off entirely. Ain't no one else here to muck things up. > > I have a password manager for all my internet stuff. But, that reminds me I let the browser remember, except for a couple of super-secure ones. > Anyway, I was at my girlfriend's apartment, and wanting to logon. I dialed > the number, connected, and it got to the logon prompt. I hit the function key > on the keyboard...and nothing happened. > > I hit it again...nothing. > > Then it hit me like a ton of bricks... > > "You're not at the host console. You don't know your logon credentials. > You can't logon to your OWN BBS"!!. So, the initials DS stood for "Dumb > $*!+" :P LOL!! Oh dear.. the solution was so clever that it created its own problem! :D :D :D > > It happens to all of us. Three things fail as we get older. The first is > > memory ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... darn!! I forgot the other > > two!! > > KM> There were two??! > > Memory was first...but I don't remember the others. What was this thread > about, anyway?? :P You're asking me?? > > KM> Some bloke on a BBS. > > Plenty of those around. > KM> Oh my. Where did YOU come from?? > WARNING!! Alarm indicates that Sysop is in the area!! Look Innocent!! Wait, what does innocent look like?? > and he asks Billie, the Net Control (her husband's name was K.O.) "Do you > know Morse Code??". She typed "Yes, and I know a lot of other things as > well!!". > > I was about to die laughing!! > One ham radio operator said that one this other ham radio operator wanted > help getting his radio (which was plugged in and turned on) to work. He said > "it took all he had to NOT type 'Key the Push To Talk on the Microphone'" . Paging Captain Obvious!!! þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .