Posts by Uncle Slacky

Re: Gus from Drop the Dead Donkey

There's also "Let's put it on the slave block and see who bids on it" which I think is from the Illuminatus! trilogy...

Re: We wish it were true

The downvote could also be from someone who knows that there's no evidence Stalin ever said it.

Re: Back to the past

You can put an X220 keyboard in an X230 if you like:

https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Classic_Keyboard_on_xx30_Series_ThinkPads#Method_1_.28X230_only.29:_Replace_the_X230_palmrest_with_the_X220_one

Re: Stop the KDE and Gnome trains, I want to get off

MX Linux: https://mxlinux.org/

Re: mac user

I want to bring my Apple Extended Keyboard II back into use. Something like this should do the trick: https://www.bigmessowires.com/usb-wombat/

They can also run Debian: https://support.planetcom.co.uk/index.php/Linux_Flashing_Guide

Nokia don't have a great record of making the bootloader unlockable, but maybe that will change with the new owners.

Re: Ti Programmer

Could be a TI-68 - I've still got mine (bought at TI's shop in the old Bedford factory), the screen is slowly dying though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-68

Re: Unforgivable!

DNS over HTTPS in Firefox works for me: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https

Re: Signs of bankruptcy arriving

Reminds me of what happened to Homer Simpson's half-brother Herb - I guess life imitates the Simpsons (again), even down to the failed car company.

AndStatus is also working: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.andstatus.app/

Re: Great for revitalising old netbooks!

Odd, I can run antiX, Peppermint OS, Q4OS Trinity, EXE GNU/Linux and even (barely) MX Linux 32-bit on my eee (701 4G with 1 Gb RAM) - they're all based on the latest 32-bit Debian or Devuan. The CPU is a 900 MHz Celeron, not exactly "486-class".

Re: Can be done - small boys doing it already

You can thank increased engine reliability leading to ETOPS, aka "Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim".

Re: Luftwaffe or Lufthanse?

Missed an opportunity to rename it "Genitalia"...

Re: Ukraine: Korea-Style Settlement

Doesn't NATO claim to be purely a defensive alliance?

Re: "but which aren't known about enough in advance to publicize by other means"

> They could rename anyone who flies a plane as "airs" or perhaps "airers"

"Aeronauts", shirley?

Re: It doesn't have to influence by *much*

Nothing worse than a sore winner.

Solus, it includes Linux Steam Integration which maximises the number of games it will run.

Re: Multiple responsables

You think that's bad, try The War Game, so frightening it wasn't broadcast for 20 years, just as well it's in B&W:

https://archive.org/details/AV_179-THE_WAR_GAME-_THE_REALITY_OF_NUCLEAR_WAR

Re: These corporations are a danger to the public order

As Robert Reich put it:

"I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one."

Re: The phone I want doesn't exist

> still having access to the Google Play Store out of the box

The Aurora Store works pretty well as a way of accessing the Play Store without Google:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/

Re: "Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade."

Relevant Office Space:

Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?

Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.

Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?

Peter Gibbons: Eight bosses.

Bob Slydell: Eight?

Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.