Subj : Seasonal To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Mar 14 2021 09:28:00 Hi Daryl! DS> Samage?? Is that sabotage and damage?? BM> Someone has to help create new words! DS> I thought spoonerisms did that...those are, as the late Archie DS> Campbell noted "Adult Bedtime Stories". Nah, I'm not that good. BM> It seems any time someone (or in this case something) dares something BM> to be done because they couldn't do it then someone else breaks it/ BM> outdoes it: "challenge accepted". DS> Yep. I wasn't able to do one of my ham radio traffic nets last DS> night, due to the failure of the Microsoft .NET framework. So, I DS> uninstalled the program, then reinstalled it. I also downloaded DS> several drivers for good measure (which required several DS> reboots), then it worked again. Microsoft did at least 2 updates DS> last week, and may have done another one while I was asleep DS> overnight. Things will break or get broken. On the surface may look right but dig down into that darn code! Or things one doesn't know from 'cookbooking' fixes from posts on the Internet. (We're not the Internet, are we?!) DS> A fellow ham radio operator said he got a message with the Edge DS> browser, "requiring him to pay to upgrade". I don't know if that DS> was with the browser, the OS, or another program...but if they DS> are going to start charging for other stuff, or doing things like DS> disabling programs instead of theirs (i.e. LibreOffice or DS> OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office...or Firefox, Chrome, or DS> Opera, instead of Edge, etc.)...folks are going to bolt from DS> there. Yup: people are accustomed to free -- there's a cartoon panel where the guy is pricing stuff on a website: $10 item and $5 shipping (horrors!). Next: $15 item and free shipping (click - satisfied look). The other thought process is once paid for it shouldn't have to be paid for again. That one is on shakey ground as if it's been upgraded someone has done the work and needs to get paid for doing it. The Operating Systems I use here are free (to consumers anyway). Not sure how the Ubuntu and Raspbian folks pay the rent and groceries -- maybe they figure we're the beta testers for the versions sold to business. ....OK, apprently the basic software is always free (individuals and business) but there is a paid support option. https://askubuntu.com/questions/124746/is-ubuntu-desktop-free-for-a-busi ness-solution DS> I saw a story where the Pentagon was threatening to pull DS> an extremely lucrative contract with Microsoft, because of major DS> security issues with one of their products. I hadn't seen that specifically but have seen similar. As for the Pentagon, nothing like gaping security holes for military, etc., agencies! ...Know there are cracks and holes in Linux, just don't seem to be as easy to crawl through, plus IIRC Linux is modular so a flaw in one part doesn't bleed through into other parts like it does in the more integrated/interconected way Windows is put together. (For others reading this the comment is superficial: I don't know programming.) BM> Out of sight, out of mind! On my thermometer the Low Batt display is BM> easy to overlook. DS> It doesn't have that on the air conditioning/heating DS> thermostat. I don't recall if it's on the ADT Alarm Panel or not. I'm sort of hoping it is just to keep things together! To me for something like an alarm system the backup power source is as almost as important as the sensors and alarm itself. Cut the main power, kills the alarm system - well that was easy access! BM> Hmm: obviously they're basing the preliminary diagnosis of glaucoma on BM> other signs. DS> Well, I go back there in June. Hopefully good news! DS> They said to "keep an eye on it" (no pun intended )...and to DS> notify them if I "see" anything unusual. :P BM> They're worse than you are!! DS> Your perception for the obvious is astounding. Thank you! :) ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... How do you maintain good health when you're obviously full of excrement? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .