Posts by Bernie Vine

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1) Message boards : The Lounge : Let's talk politics Message 115352 Posted 4 Feb 2025 by Bernie Vine	I remember the day after Roe V Wade was overturned, a far right you tuber (who has visited Mar-A -Lago), posted a video in which he celebrated the decision, ranted gleefully about freedoms and ended with the words "Remember our goal is the Handmaidens Tale and nothing less."
2) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions Message 114150 Posted 20 Jun 2024 by Bernie Vine	Bit of a milestone today my existing "POTS"(Plain old Telephone Service) phone line has gone totally digital. When(and mostly if) I finally get fibre to my flat the old copper cables and a whole way of communicating will be gone forever. My job on leaving school was as TTA (Trainee technician apprentice) for Post Office Telephones, later BT, now EE. I can vividly remember the first time I entered my local ATE (automatic telephone exchange) central office I believe across the pond, This was in 1968, while there was some new equipment, two whole floors had Strowger step by step equipment that was installed in 1938. In my life time I have seen the old "step by step" system, replace by electronic, then digital and now VOIP the difference being that all the previous systems required a pair of copper wires all the way from the exchange, central office, to the phone, a physical connection, full VOIP does not, just some form of connection to the internet, be it a fibre cable or even 5G broadband. End of an era.
3) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe Message 113481 Posted 28 Jan 2024 by Bernie Vine	Perhaps everyone has moved on or retired
4) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe Message 110744 Posted 17 Dec 2022 by Bernie Vine	9987, always did like helping a good cause ;-)
5) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe Message 110563 Posted 26 Nov 2022 by Bernie Vine	9976, the last 4 digits of my trusty old land line
6) Message boards : Projects : Asteroids@home: My username unknown, couldn't upload results Message 106336 Posted 7 Dec 2021 by Bernie Vine	Before getting Real excited.... that Server Status update was dated.... 02/21/2021 which was 10 months ago. Obviously the "end of the month" came and went 10 times. Actually the date is 02/12/2021 not 02/21/2021. I assumed that as the project is based in Prague which uses dd/mm/yyyy then it is dated the 2nd December 2021. If however it is using the American system of mm/dd/yyyy then yes it is 10 months old Another good reason that scientific projects should use the full date so there is no misunderstanding.
7) Message boards : Projects : Asteroids@home: My username unknown, couldn't upload results Message 106324 Posted 6 Dec 2021 by Bernie Vine	Well I looked here https://asteroidsathome.net/project.html And saw this dated 02/12/21 Project Asteroids@home Server status - offline Update - 02-12-2021 Project servers are currently offline for longer period than expected. The main reason is that waiting for a new server took longer than expected. We finally have a new server but it will still take some time to start the project again. The new server will be at a different location than old servers are, all the project data have to be transferred there and BOINC server must be upgraded to the latest version before running up again. The project was running on three servers which two of them crashed. BOINC project data was using those two bad servers, non-BOINC project data was on the third server. New server will be running BOINC project data from both bad servers. I am sorry I didn't post any news earlier. If needed I will post additional information here. I suppose that the project will be ready to continue by the end of month. This website is now running temporary on a Raspberry Pi and will switch to a new server when ready.
8) Message boards : The Lounge : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Message 106145 Posted 19 Nov 2021 by Bernie Vine	Seems BT no longer cares about older people who do not have or want an internet connection or mobile phone or live in and area (like my late father did) that had no reliable mobile signal or it seems care about what Ofcom states. "Under guidelines laid down by industry regulator Ofcom, BT must ensure customers can contact emergency services in a power cut that lasts more than an hour. But how this can be achieved if you lose access from an internet phone line or do not have a mobile phone – or signal – is not clear. " https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-10198081/BT-warned-phone-shake-puts-vulnerable-risk.html Also it would appear that I will have to bin my expensive gaming router, as the "Digital Voice" only works with the new BT hub. I have not used a BT hub in well over 2 years and have no intention of starting now. Seems it might finally be time to drop the landline and look for a new ISP.[/url]
9) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions Message 104747 Posted 10 Jul 2021 by Bernie Vine	The point being, moderators at Seti have so little to do that they must target outspoken individuals such as myself, laying in wait for one wrong word to be posted so they may pounce. It's the only joy they can find in this world. Trust me, far fewer people are offended on the boards by my words, other than the mods themselves. You were banned for discussion moderator actions which is against the rules, and more importantly describing moderators using the "C" word. I care nothing about your politics, but I will not sit by and take that sort of language from anyone. So you believe only a few are offended by your language, which I do not believe and is totally beside the point, there are rules. You broke several in quick succession. You know better than anyone what the rules are so please don't play the persecuted here. Make your points using facts and without using obscenities or calling out the moderators and your post will not be hidden and you will not end up getting banned.
10) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions Message 104741 Posted 9 Jul 2021 by Bernie Vine	Winning while banished by the left wing liberals at Seti You were banned for using an obscenity to describe moderators, and even as a moderators I do not believe I have to put up with that. This was after you had made several post discussing moderators and their decisions which you know is against the rules.
11) Message boards : Projects : Is MilkyWay down ? Message 104386 Posted 16 May 2021 by Bernie Vine	Have a look here https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=10279
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : Did all forum accounts get wiped at some point? Message 102333 Posted 25 Dec 2020 by Bernie Vine	I guess that means the forum allows duplicated nicknames? Yes the identifier is your e-mail address as they are all unique
13) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions Message 102211 Posted 17 Dec 2020 by Bernie Vine	Not sure which rule I'm supposed to have broken now. Posting large pictures. Please remember not everyone has large screens and some view these pages on a moblie. This is a much better size and takes seconds to edit in Imgur
14) Message boards : The Lounge : These are no longer with us, may they have peace. Message 102170 Posted 15 Dec 2020 by Bernie Vine	My condolences
15) Message boards : Projects : Can't upload results to Asteroids@ Message 101918 Posted 3 Dec 2020 by Bernie Vine	Project is currently down. This is the message Dear friends, as many of you already noticed, the Asteroids@home project has been down for several days now. The reason is an unexpected hardware failure of one of our servers. This machine has served us devotedly non-stop for many years, but its life came to the end. Now we need to replace it and it will take some time. Covid-19 situation makes things even more difficult as there are so many ongoing restrictions and administrative obstacles that we cannot be sure of any plans or schedules for the next few months to come. We will still try to do our best to find some temporary solution but we cannot guarantee any date. And we will still need to find a final and stable solution after that. Thank you for your patience. We hope to be back soon! The Asteroids@home team.
16) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions Message 99982 Posted 15 Jul 2020 by Bernie Vine	So... now that face masks are compulsory in all British stores Will be from the 24th July, currently they are still optional, and in all the BBC reports they are called "face coverings"
17) Message boards : Questions and problems : Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with given CA certificates Message 99065 Posted 3 Jun 2020 by Bernie Vine	It was just BOINC that was caught out. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/06/02/the-mystery-of-the-expiring-sectigo-web-certificate/
18) Message boards : Web interfaces : IP address Message 97956 Posted 22 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine	I have had McAfee block a 176.10.99.200 telling me that boinc is using this address? This has been happening now for a few days when I start up. Is this a valid address? Gary I went here https://www.ultratools.com/tools/ipWhoisLookup and entered the ip address and this is the result inetnum: 176.10.99.192 - 176.10.99.223 netname: ACCESSNOW descr: Access Now Tor Exit Relay remarks: --------------------------------- remarks: This network is used for research remarks: in anonymization services and remarks: provides Tor exit nodes to end remarks: users. remarks: Sent abuse to: servers@accessnow.org So if you use TOR then it is valid.
19) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and Covid-19 Message 97838 Posted 19 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine	The problem is the source, the wet meat markets in China Well that is one possibility, but until there is scientific proof, which as yet there is not, you cannot hold any one responsible. If there was not unrestricted air travel then whatever happend anywhere would not spread with the speed this has. Don't get me wrong I am a big fan of air travel and was planning to visit the US next year and realised at my age that opportunity has now gone. No country will be able to hold a county like China "Responsible" and if any legal or otherwise measures were tried how long to the think the arguing would go on. No, what I am concerned with is preventing anything like this happening again, and to me one of the first things that need to be done is to restrict all air travel, rich and famous or someone like me. I would like to live out the rest of my days without having the threat of premature termination hanging over me.
20) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and Covid-19 Message 97805 Posted 18 Apr 2020 by Bernie Vine	The interesting question from all of this is "How do we prevent it happening again" Looking at the way the virus was originally transmitted it would appear unrestricted air travel was the main cause. Governments were not prepared. Personally I suspect we have seen the end of free movement around the world. Unless we can come up with a way to predict this sort of pandemic, and quickly come up with a cure, unrestricted air travel is likely to cause it to happen again and again. It will also take a long time for the "social distancing" mindset to pass from the collective consciousness. I am 69 this month, and have a strong feeling the world has changed and it will never return to the way it was in my lifetime.

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