Subj : Re: food, etc... To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 01 2020 21:49:58 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Jan-2020 10:03 <=- NB>>> Dunno... I would have been using Win95 at the time.... and it's quite NB>>> moot now, as that's been taken off this computer and replaced with NB>>> some version of linux.... BM>> Ah! Something good! You get to learn a new set of commands, BM>> abbreviations and mnemonics: to open a Terminal it's "CAT": control BM>> alt T. NB>> I rarely at all use the linux, either... I have a spell sheet for the NB>> basic commands to get into and out of there, along with the likely NB>> couple of things I might be in there for... So far it's just a couple NB>> of alternatives for web browsing... BM> The Linux and Windows GUIs seem to be visually similar; Linux Terminal BM> commands get a litle strange -- and then outright weird! The little I've seen of the GUIs they do seem somewhat similar... and anything else, I need to use my spellbook for... ;) BM> I've tried to figure out some of the 'incantations' published on-line: BM> some look like a random series of keyboard presses to create a switch BM> option. Works, but I don't see some of those letters in the help BM> (man/manual) to figure out what they do! Some of the commands (and their switches) I've been using for years, since Richard put a number of them onto my DOS computer... so at least a small amount of it is somewhat familiar to me... ;) BM>>> I do recall a few times when I'd turn the monitor on and an error BM>>> message was appearing because the antivirus utility was thinking BM>>> something was attempting to take over the machine because the time had BM>>> been changed externally. NB>>> Glad that's not happened on my machine...! :) BM>> "Wizzzzard!!" It was simply a yes-or-no popup but did BM>> verify the utility was doing its job. NB>> So as long as you knew you'd just adjusted stuff, you could reassure NB>> the virus checker that all was well... ;) BM> Right. False positives are better than "meh". It was just trying to make you think that it was on the ball.. BM>> What's funny is one (OK, me!) didn't get all that detailed with BM>> analog: "quarter to six, fine". Now with digital "it will be 5:47 in BM>> 18 seconds"!! NB>> Sometimes I just convert back to analog... BM>> I usually do too, Generally don't need the exact-accuracy of digital BM>> and the approximate-accuracy of analog is sufficient. NB>> And, to my mind, generally more useful... BM> Right: I generally don't need to do anything exactly at 4:29 p.m., BM> though if I want to record _Jeopardy!_ at 4:30 the TV station and my BM> MythTV system need to be time-synced. Even watching live I don't need BM> to be 4:30:00 as I don't need to see the opening and introduction. Realatively time-synced, anyway... ;) NB>>> Too bad people weren't listening to him (being already in the NB>>> stores)... yesterday, it did seem as though perhaps people were doing NB>>> some stocking up in preparation for the weather we got today... at NB>>> least the parking lot was fuller than usual for Friday at that time NB>>> of day... but inside wasn't that much busier that I could see.... ;) BM>> They were all crammed into the bread aisle! I didn't hear nor BM>> expect a follow-up on Sunday or Monday: "I told you so!". And this BM>> weekend was a repeat weather-wise, though no admonishments. NB>> After we get the same weather pattern for a couple of weekends, it NB>> becomes old hat... and people stop worrying about running out of the NB>> essentials after all.. :) (Or they already have a three month supply NB>> from the first panic...) BM> So I froze six loaves of bread, have two in the cabinet, tried BM> to pawn off a bunch to the neighbours..... That should hold you well... ;) The neighbors had too much oversupply themselves....? Next time you'll leave more on the shelves for the rest of the town... ttyl neb .... Authenticity and evolution are both good in the world of cooking. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .