Posts by Gary Charpentier

41) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 112048)
Posted 10 Jun 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Well, it hasn't auto locked in a while.
42) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111957)
Posted 1 Jun 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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why do think Trump wanted to get his hands on it.
always figured that was so he could do what the antivax are claiming.
43) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111941)
Posted 31 May 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Grumble: The font size on the forums and this site in general got bigger. I was perfectly happy with the old one.

Webmaster clearly getting older and needs the bigger font in order to read the pages.

Certainly noticeable. I can read it easily without changing to my computer glasses.

Why do I feel this portends some additional malevolent change soon to be implemented?
44) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111878)
Posted 26 May 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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See where I'm heading with this?
GIGO

In garbage is the programming that says send reminder, but don't check to see if the reminder applies first. Human error.

<ed>To err is human, to really f things up requires a computer.
45) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111874)
Posted 25 May 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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guess over there embarrassing someone is criminal?
46) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111869)
Posted 24 May 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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One shop refused my card because the card wasn't signed.
Friend got that, they offered a pen to him to sign it right there so they could take it.
And the security of your bank account depends on people like this.
47) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111866)
Posted 23 May 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Embossing?
knuckle busters are long dead. Youngsters will have no idea what taking an imprint of a credit card was. Did they remove the mag stripe too?
48) Message boards : The Lounge : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 111730)
Posted 5 May 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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MacOS just got a new virus that steals your iCloud passwords, keychain & factor 2 authentication.

Bad, but news is two weeks old. https://www.macworld.com/article/1673107/macstealer-malware-icloud-passwords-credit-card-data.html
49) Message boards : The Lounge : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 111682)
Posted 29 Apr 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Visit the American Mid-West in summer, if you don't like the weather wait fifteen minutes.
50) Message boards : The Lounge : These are no longer with us, may they have peace. (Message 111654)
Posted 24 Apr 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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And now there is only one. Ken Potts USS Arizona survivor. Rest In Peace.
51) Message boards : The Lounge : These are no longer with us, may they have peace. (Message 111622)
Posted 20 Apr 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan
52) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111403)
Posted 24 Mar 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Get well soon Jord.

Take something for the fever. Fluids. Lots of fluids. Enough you get annoyed at how often you pee.

Be careful on cup-a-soup, too much salt (although you need some). Perhaps canned (tin) is lower salt. Best is homemade if someone can get it too you.

"Take two aspirin and report in the morning."

Good luck on it being short.
53) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 111210)
Posted 8 Mar 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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No, it's spring (according to Met office rules). But it's still below zero here, with a crystal-clear full moon in the night sky.

Our date with winter is set for Thursday, with up to 20 cm snow and warnings coming at us with increasing urgency. It's not much, by world standards, but quite enough to paralyse the British road network (and possibly more besides). I feel the need for a pre-emptive visit to the grocery store tomorrow.

20cm? https://water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2023/March-23/March-2023-Snow-Survey Survey depth 116.5 inches or 296 cm. It's coming https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/atmospheric-river-aim-snow-weary-california-this-week
54) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 111026)
Posted 9 Feb 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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spelling typo flame?
55) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 110937)
Posted 20 Jan 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Grumble: vehicle leaking fluid
56) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 110843)
Posted 1 Jan 2023 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Because mother nature decided to drop significant quantities of water upon us last night there was not nearly as much lead rain as on previous new years.
57) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 110827)
Posted 30 Dec 2022 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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No, Yes, No, Yes.

+1
58) Message boards : The Lounge : Need Remote Desktop app recommendations (Message 110804)
Posted 23 Dec 2022 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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RustDesk is your savor.

Thanks! This looks like the best and easy to use and configure so far.

I downloaded it for Windows, Ubuntu and also for Android since it looks like it might come in handy to use on some old phones running BOINC to do remote control for updates, etc.

Update on my ongoing 'war' with AnyDesk:
After 2 more rounds of back and forth and allowing them to 'collect additional usage details' for a month.

* They insist by using BOINC on my PC's to connect to many different locations multiple times in a day, their software is being commercially used even if I only use their software one or two times per week.

My counter argument was "How can that be any different than if I was using the remote PC for extensive web browsing?"

BOINC uses ports other then 80?
59) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 110789)
Posted 21 Dec 2022 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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...a winter snow storm...
Is there much difference from your summer snow storms? 😜

Lol winter for most of the USA.
In Dallas-Fort Worth Texas we rarely get any measurable snow in a calendar year. The current 10 year average is about 1 inch (2.5 centimeter).

Here in Pasadena, last recorded snow was before I was born, 1949. So the selling of the souls to the devil to keep the Parade sunny has worked.
60) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 110761)
Posted 18 Dec 2022 by Profile Gary Charpentier
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Just hope those mods don't go deleting posts here. 😜

I demand a recount, there was massive fraud I tell you, massive.

Congrats all, now we need about 90,000 more to the next digit!


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