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I don't like those reviews that essentially say "I don't know, I didn't try it". But since you haven't gotten any other response, I looked up an Email I sent to my bro-in-law, on July 10: That was on my seldom-used Win10 box, on which I do keep MS security up-to-date, paranoically.

You know times are hard here on SF, when I have 2-3 of the 5 latest posts . . . ;) 🤪 ❤

I saw online this morning that > 300,000 people lost their homes. (confirmation from https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/beirut-lebanon-explosion-08-06-2020/index.html.)

Nice reflection!

So it really is the Chinese Disease. ;=)

International reflections, from the German magazine Der Spiegel (the mirror): (The caption translates to "the Fire Devil".)

From my daily NY Times Email (sorry for formatting issues from this cut-and-paste): There is now only one high-income country in the world in which the virus is spreading rapidly: the United States. Even in Sweden — which has had one of the least successful responses to the virus — the number...

TweakTown liked the 1 TB version, too.

I've even heard rumors of young "adults" holding "COVID parties", with at least one partycipant having tested positive, and a cash prize for the next guest to get it. And in a similar vein, NY partygoers get subpoenas after stonewalling COVID-19 contact tracers.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/just-10-20-of-covid-19-cases-behind-80-of-transmission-studies-suggest/

Speaking of which, this Tesla feature is a gas!

The Trump Regime: Revenge Against the Nerds ;) 🤪

In reviewing my above post from a couple of days ago, I see that I neglected to mention that I intend to run Ubuntu Linux on my prospective "minor league" build. So that could be a countervailing factor to my 2nd-to last ¶, in that I might have to wait for Ubuntu to get the necessary "drivers"...

Or is Trump lying about that, too?

This thread seems to have gone dormant for some reason. ;) I did follow The Dude's HW issues with some interest, from here in the "bleacher seats". I'm still "window shopping" . . . In the mean time, comsumer MB supplies seemed to have "dried up" a bit for some reason. 🤪 I was looking into a...

From: Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19 despite FDA warnings: Trump said he was taking hydroxychloroquine – a drug approved to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis – in response to the coronavirus threat. But the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been...

2020 U.S. Quarters Have Bats on Them, Worst Timing Ever (Mmm, nice juicy bats - delish! - Bat cacciatore, bat parmesan, and of course those old favorites, kung pao bat and General Tso's bat.)

"Cause of Death" is open to interpretation. Suppose a patient had a cold, which left them more vulnerable to the COVID-19 that they got, but that infection caused congestive heart failure. So is heart failure the cause of death, or is it COVID-19, or is it a cold? For political/propaganda-l...

When you say you "don't have management access to the modem", do you mean you can't connect to the web interface at all, or that there's a login screen but you don't have the ID and password? Maybe it's something simple like "admin"/"admin", or you can Google and find the default ID/pwd.

My sister is getting some snow ❄ now in the Akron, Ohio area; it may not "stick", but it's going down below freezing overnight. Parts of New England may get 6" of snow for Mothers' Day. ☃⛷

The takeout was very good; there was a fair wait, but they were processing the orders pretty efficiently. It probably helped that, for some reason, there are a pretty large number of Mexican restaurants in our area, which "spreads the load".

In Linux, you might have to install traceroute; from my "vanilla" 16.04 Ubuntu install, that looks pretty easy: ubuPower:~$ traceroute storageforum.net The program 'traceroute' can be found in the following packages: * inetutils-traceroute * traceroute Try: sudo apt install <selected package>

We're getting takeout guacamole and carnitas to support our local Mexican restaurant. And mixing our own margaritas. I sure do miss their 1$ taco and 1$ margarita nights!

Ah, good old percussive maintenance! ;) Congratulations!

Out of curiosity, what's the status of your bug excavation? Do you think you might have the gumption to DIY repair? I'm guessing that, when you look at that monitor, that insect carcass takes on the proportions of a T-Rex.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/head-of-us-pandemic-vaccine-group-says-he-was-demoted-in-retaliation/ "I believe this transfer was in response to my insistence that the government invest the billions of dollars allocated by Congress to address the COVID-19 pandemic into safe and...

From Ars Technica yesterday: Seagate says Network Attached Storage and SMR don’t mix (Seagate's IronWolf and IronWolf Pro NAS drives are all certified SMR-free.)

Wow, that is nasty. I hope you can get it fixed, though it may take a fair amount of effort. I, and I'm sure many of us, have seen a bug on the screen and tried to squish it. So we can take a lesson from your unfortunate experience and make sure the bug is on the exterior of the monitor first.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/trump-halts-us-funding-to-WHO-says-none-of-this-is-his-fault President Harry Truman: As opposed to the current sign in the Oval Office, The Buck PASSES Here.

Wishing all our members, past and present, all the best on this Sunday. Though we are currently in difficult times, we are blessed in our modern era with the technology to be able to be in contact electronically with our family and friends. And not just in a "phone call" or in Emails, but to...

All the below from https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/politics/wall-street-journal-trump-coronavirus-task-force/index.html: The Wall Street editorial board is a notoriously conservative group, usually supporting conservative policies and Republican presidents. So, when the WSJ writes an op-ed...

Feds: filed and accepted 2/25 with TaxAct online, refund direct bank deposit received and processed 3/4, so 8 days Δ. That was then; though the filing deadline was extended due to COVID-19, now the IRS may be dealing with the economic-relief aspects of COVID-19. I haven't filed State yet. I...

That facility made the NBC Nightly News national broadcast this evening.

I should have added context to my posting just above; that local rehab/healthcare facility has now had 39 deaths, out of 190 beds. Also, I went for a walk of around a couple of miles this morning, and only about 10% of the people I saw were wearing masks.

Personally, we're doing OK, thanks. I wish the same for you and all of our members (current and former). In our area, we have had some "hot spots". One rehab/healthcare facility has had 35 deaths so far. I picked the wrong time to retire, October of last year. So we won't be getting any...

Ironic, considering the "traditional Chinese curse", "May you live in interesting times." Our president inaction.

Thanks for the updates, Time. Regarding your earlier comment on ECMO, perhaps Boris could benefit from that, if it is even an option. It seems like another drastic last resort. I don't know which St Thomas' Hospital your report was referring to; I was born there (the one in Akron, Ohio :))...

Sorry, but as an Ugly American, (and as a true American, I mean a citizen of the United States of America, not those un-American Mexicans and Canadians, nor, of course, Central or South Americans :)), the only NBC I'm familiar with is one of our major TV networks.

Thanks, Time. One fairly powerful tool for a U. S. president is the Defense Production Act: IANAL, but it seems that this act is not restricted to military usage, but could be applied, say, in defense against a dangerous invading virus.

And speaking of all of us April fools, I saw a meme the other day, to the effect that "Of all the stupid, wild and crazy things I've done in my life, I'm dying because I touched my face?"

Wow, I hadn't heard that wild story - do you have a link?

We can only hope and pray that this (or any other) medication can be effective against COVID-19. IIRC, production seems to be ramping up, and some pharma companies are donating large quantifies. From Time's postings, IMHO, enhanced ventilator production seems of somewhat limited value and...

This had blindsided the Chinese, since it supposedly started in the Wuhan area only about 4 months ago. And we know that a fair percentage of people with the virus show no or fairly mild symptoms. It was only when the alarming number of deaths were noticed that serious research, and government...

I just guessed you'd reversed three letters at a time, and your real name was Ken Rossed. 🤷‍♂️

That's great to hear, Ken! And I also would like to see a reduction in the political rhetoric in this thread. After all, who is to say who's right and who's wrong? Oh, I am, I am, and you are. ;)

Yeah, very vexing to have such a fundamental program, seemingly not requiring much processing power, flake out.

Yeah, that's what I meant. I usually start it only when I want to do some "spot-checking" (with <Ctrl><Shift><Esc>), then exit it again (<Esc>).

Aw, κραπ, first the hardware problems, and now Windows OS problems. Did you have task manager running "full-time"?

I've seen some reports that Germany is much better off regarding COVID-19 than other European countries, such as this one. From that: Germany, like South Korea, has been aggressively testing its population from the outset. Aggressive testing likely will identify persons otherwise too well to...