Subj : Is this thing on? To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Wed May 05 2021 07:07:00 Hi Ky! > KM> Eeep! > Sorry about sneaking up on you! KM> I'll come down, eventually! Like your skylight! > > We're all outside doing spring cleaning! > KM> I thought one did that indoors! > Normally yes: between being cooped up inside from winter, COVID, etc., > just decided to move everything outside. KM> When I do that, I wind up mowing the lawn! And use the Weed Eater around the dresser? ...Wonder why they call it a "Weed Eater" when it trims the grass? And it would probably really chew up the lawn if used to get rid of weeds. > > Daryl's temporarily off-line while upgrading his system (he'll have > > quite the story to tell when he gets back!). I'm piddling around with > > electronic projects and etc.'s. > KM> Oh, the usuals > Him or me?! KM> How'd the test come out? usual port?? Just something to wine about! > KM> I still need to finish moving into the New! Improved!! PC... this > KM> one seems to be slowly succumbing to the Asus disease (some USB > KM> ports decided not to work) that got its twin retired to > KM> streaming, no USB required. > Yup: I haven't done anything with the one as pretty much the same: > sometimes when inserting into USB it will lock up, usually not. The > other day I stick a thumbdrive in to the USB 3 port and it wasn't seen > at all (!). Try the USB 2 port - oh hello! KM> Yeah, this'un decided that printers are no longer allowed to KM> speak to the rear USB ports. Other stuff, fine (there are six KM> cables plugged into the hub. One is to power the KVM, but what do KM> the rest go to??), but not printers. After some mystification as KM> to why the printer looked fine but didn't print (cuz the PC just KM> sent the document as usual, but nothing happened) I tried a front KM> port, and voila, printer resurrection! Semi-easy fix: hard part was reaching in the back and disconnecting the right cable! I'm wondering if unplugging the cable and then plugging it back in would have reset and therefore fixed the problem? KM> This started when I sent a big print job to the big network KM> printer... initially thought the little desk printer quit cuz it KM> was jealous. "I think I can! I think I can!" There is a Linux command-line utilitiy called 'usb-reset', available at https://github.com/ralight/usb-reset . I've used it here when my scanner wasn't being detected. (Printer is via Ethernet so no direct experience with that option.) > > But yes, very slow. High point almost could have been the mispelling of > > 'ILink' in "CellGuy's" BBS Advertising post (yes, did note it has been > > corrected). > KM> Did not notice, but then again, too many years assuming it's > KM> always one way to see when it's another! > There were numerous times when I was working at the store > supervisors/managers would 'shove' a document they were working on for > me to check syntax, etc. Split-second later, half-way down I'd be > pointing at a misspelled word they had overlooked five times. ...That > trick doesn't seem to work at all when checking my own work! KM> LOL, yeah. I do some proofreading/editing for money, and tho KM> usually I'm pretty good... was one where I missed "Fart KM> Lauderdale". Owner of the document about died laughing (she lived KM> here, and hated it). Next should have been to select a typeface where the 'a' and 'o' look extremely similar! > .. Why don't skeletons fight each other? > They don't have the guts. KM> More with the starving zombies!! I was running a bit of a theme that packet! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... SOUP packets been around for over 150 years: C.H. Knorr being the first. --- 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) .