Subj : FidoGazette V18 I05 Page 5
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From : Sean Dennis
Date : Tue Mar 08 2022 08:56 pm

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     Russia needs a change of leadership real bad but a revolution is not
     really possible anymore there. Putin's state has been preparing for
     such a scenario since 2011. They are ready to consolidate its power.

     Putin claims he is realigning a brother nation in Ukraine after being
     led astray by a "fascist" leadership. How long can that story last in
     Russia?

     It's the style of newspaper articles from the 1930s and 40s. In a
     sense, there is already a civil war raging in Russia and the
     riot-police are already there. Putin is trying to drag the people
     into a dark past and forcing them to think as if the ideas and
     circumstances of eighty years ago still hold true today.

     Half of all Russians know someone in or outside Ukraine who can paint
     the real picture for them. So it will be difficult to sell the idea
     of Ukraine as a Nazi state or historical slave state, as Putin is
     trying to do.

     Russians cannot continue to pretend that nothing is wrong and to
     avoid "war" as the subject. Not talking about it but making its
     presence inaudibly known is also a way to protest.

     Sometimes silence is a statement on its own.

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     Pioneer Introduces New Optical Disc Drive
     By Sean Dennis 1:18/200

     From: https://tinyurl.com/ya24322v (tomshardware.com)

     Optical Discs Aren't Dead, as Pioneer's New Drive Doubles BD Write
     Speeds

     By Mark Tyson published 1 March 2022

     Return of the optical drive

     Physical media is back from the dead, or at least that's the opinion
     of Pioneer, which just launched a new optical disc drive (ODD) for
     desktop or media center PCs with a spare 5.25 inch bay. Yes, it's
     2022, but there are allegedly still ODD holdouts. For them, the
     [45]Pioneer BDR-213JBK doubles the maximum write speed on Blu-ray
     discs and covers the full gamut of reading and writing optical media
     including CDs, DVDs, and BDs, plus a multitude of sub-variants.

     Pioneer says it improved both recording quality, and this handsome and
     not at all over-the-hill device has a textured hairline finish and
     blue LED on its facade, alongside the classic silver embossed Pioneer
     logo. In case you don't know what you might use an ODD for in 2022,
     Pioneer has some helpful suggestions.

     "With the spread of telework these days, there are increasing
     opportunities to store large amounts of data such as work data and


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