Recent content by Gödel

Thanks, Handy, for responding to this security issue so quickly‼️ (I did notice the downtime at one point, but it was cretainly worthwhile.)

Good to hear from you, Fla Man. I anticipated that you might have some antique computers, but I didn't think you'd have one that's four years older than you. ;)

I was searching for something here on SF, and I came across this nearly 22-year-old thread, so I thought I'd dredge it up. After I had my PCs working on grid.org fighting cancer for years, it folded. So I started them working on World Community Grid instead. You may recall some of my postings...

Oh, and sorry for the Padres' loss; I like Manny Machado, and miss him from the Orioles .

Whoa, Mr. Bardwick, pretty impressive; it had or soon will have its quadranscentennial.

OK, I hope Tannin will check in for verification. For old timer's sake. ;) On another note, I have a PC that's 19.21 years old. Does anyone here have an older one (still running)?

Following up on my last ¶, I checked my PCs' (weak) graphics cards. (Apologies for hijacking this Windows thread.) My latest PC has a Radeon R7 240 from 2019, which should be OK for my minimal video usage if I upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04. My second-oldest (10 YO) is relying on its Xeon E3 1200...

Paraphrasing the Florida Man, inertia. I'm still getting security and other updates, and with my Ubuntu Pro "livepatching", they're most often installed automatically, without manual intervention. It's pretty neat when a whole new kernel is installed "in the background", and there's no reboot...

I'm 75 years old. Is anyone older than that in these forums (fora?).

Me, too, on my Win Desktop. My main laptop is @ 11. And I'm still running Ubuntu 20.04 on my 2 newest desktop PCs. (Actually, they're desk-unders. ;) )

Thanks, @sdbardwick‼️ I just had the "opportunity" to get into that Gigabyte PC's BIOS after all these months, and I found and enabled that option.

From the NY Times: Noël Godin, a Belgian entertainer and anarchist, hurled cream pies at politicians and executives, including Bill Gates. Godin died last month at 80.

Breaking fake news: Donald Trump has issued a proclamation changing the name of Labor Day to Management Day. And another one changing the name of April 1 to Trump Day.

Just speculating, but it seems that pickups and SUVs are dominating these days. A pickup seems impractical to me/us, because the cargo is exposed to the elements ( ;) ), but mom-mobile SUVs might be worth considering, since many moms regularly want to trade theirs in for the latest model, and...

Not mentioned in the title, but leading the jam, the inimitable Buddy Guy. And his polka dot Fender Stratocaster.