Re: Meta owns “X” logo for software & social media - 1 year ago

Re: CyberPower UPS Failed in Power Outage - 1 year ago

My sole APC UPS recently gave its “battery has expired” scream. I looked in the instruction manual for the type of battery needed. The manual says the battery is not replaceable, and the unit must be discarded. I tried to disassemble the thing to find out what battery it needs, only to find that its screws seem largely to be for decoration - the blasted device is welded shut. I got the an

Re: Missing Israeli antiquities 'remain stranded at Trump's Florida estate as authorities fail to retrieve' - 1 year ago

Maybe Mossad will take him out.

Re: OTA antennas - 1 year ago

I have a giant Radio Shack antenna in the attic. That's what I used to recommend. It looks almost as big as this Winegard, and gets stations close to 60 miles away. All my stations seem to have broadcast antennas in roughly the same direction from my house. If your in-laws do not, they might need an antenna rotator. I haven't used one of those in close to 40 years, and cannot comment on th

Re: 68kmla.org down - 1 year ago

Quotegadje I think I’ve seen this site before but I don’t recall what it is about. It's the "68k Mac Liberation Army," a group of people dedicated to rescuing/repairing/preserving/using the original Motorola 680x0 (and now PowerPC) Macs. It is a worthwhile but incredibly time consuming endeavor.

Re: 68kmla.org down - 1 year ago

I was forced to go onto the Wayback Machine yesterday for my 68k fix. So many of the links were to pages not archived, and it proved a poor substitute for the real thing. The irritating thing was that I needed access the thread about a Seasonic PSU for the SE/30. I had previously saved the thread to pdf files, just in case of another forum data wipe, but the pdf's opened as either blank page

Re: set the controls for the heart of the sun - 1 year ago

From Saucerful of Secrets, I like Remember a Day, Corporal Clegg, and Let There Be More Light. That’s three more than either Piper at the Gates of Dawn, More, or Obscured by Clouds.

Re: USA in Danger:"GOP confidence in 2024 vote count low after years of false election claims, AP-NORC poll shows" - 1 year ago

I started getting worried about the constant blatant lying by GOP politicians and their allies that I noticed happening in the 1980’s, and accelerating through the decades. Too bad it has reached this point. There was plenty of time to take measures to limit the outraged screaming by pundits who saturate the airwaves with their bizarre spins and outright fibs. Plenty of time. As a result, b

Re: Did you miss me? - 1 year ago

New lessons for 7 year old Timmy when he gets too rough while playing with his first Glock: “It’s all fun and games until someone shoots an eye out.” Welcome to 21st century America. Be sure to duck when out and about, and have a blessed day.

Re: Highly regarded Tenn surgeon sacrifices self to 2A - 1 year ago

Quotekj What the frick? He bears no responsibility for his own death. That's ridiculous word/mind games. I've never heard of a doctor anywhere (and never experienced) talking about safe gun ownership with patients. Are you trying to energize the pro gun people? Part of the philosophy of medicine is the prevention of unnecessary death and suffering. This involves discussion of various topic

No sound, MacBook Pro 2017, Windows 10 - 1 year ago

Good afternoon to you on this fine Amazon Prime day! I’m having trouble with the audio in my MBP2017, but only in Windows 10 - Ventura has no problems. The audio device shows up as the Cirrus device, which I believe is correct. The volume is set to max. However, most (not all) of the time, the speakers are silent. I tried uninstalling the driver and letting Windows 10 select a driver. I

Re: Post your Prime Day purchases here - 1 year ago

USB microscope - I need to repair my Sonnet Crescendo 1GHz G4 daughtercard for my PowerMac 8600. 120VAC mini blower - because life blows. Nut and Bolt thread checker in inches and centimeters - not a medical device, but rather referring to metal nuts and bolts.

Re: Forty five years - 1 year ago

Congratulations!

Re: Frickin' VISA BS - 1 year ago

I sympathize. It sometimes feels to me that banks view their customers as prey. I had auto-pay on my Bank of America Visa. I had to specify a minimum amount, and selected an amount just a bit over the minimum payment. I was traveling back and forth from NY to SC over the course of a few months, had no access to the internet, and relied on Bank of America to pay themselves on time, as was se

Re: Any forum cardiologists? Afib for a friend - 1 year ago

US News and World Report Vitals.com Healthgrades.com Do NOT go to “Top Doctors” or “Leading Physicians of the World” or directories that sound similar to those. Those are not merit based, despite their titles.

Re: . - 1 year ago

And you point is…

Re: Jonathan Ive designs a turntable - 1 year ago

Incredible! Compared to earlier models (see pic below), he’s taken the raised square button at the bottom left and not only made it flush, but round! Revolutionary (so to speak)!

Re: Lawyers are the Root of all evil - so claim your $5 - 1 year ago

I see these cases as methods to hold corporations accountable. The bad publicity is likely to be more hurtful than the financial hit. Yes, the lawyers make out like bandits, but that doesn’t mean the cases don’t serve a wider purpose.

Re: Just 8% of new vehicles costing under $30,000, ‘it’s the least affordable car market in modern history' - 1 year ago

My last 3 cars have been used. The first two of them were quite obviously given up by the previous owners due to reliability issues…expensive reliability issues. If I had the funds, I’d buy new. So far so good with the ‘17 GTI, though, except for vibrations above 65mph.

Re: Group covers confederate monument outside Williamson County courthouse - 1 year ago

QuoteMr645 Covering up democrats in history Covering up traitorous conservatives, you mean. Recall that the 19th century Democrat party was conservative. The modern day equivalent of Confederates are the Trumpsters who stormed the Capitol. Any group that tries to usurp our democracy is not worthy of being honored with a statue celebrating them.

Re: Friend, bar owner, pleases to $5,000 fine for hate crime - 1 year ago

When my friends and family tell me outrageously bizarre stories about events in their lives, I listen and sympathize, but remain cautious about repeating them. Very frequently, one or two key details were omitted, details that would put a whole different spin on the stories.

Re: yea ... but if you could be ... - 1 year ago

Ironman. I could figure out how to diagnose and fix my SE/30’s broken floppy drive.

Re: I'm rich, I'm rich...class-action lawsuit settlement arrived... - 1 year ago

I recently received about $13 for having purchased price-fixed capacitors ten years ago. That ought to buy me enough caps to recap an SE/30 analog board!

Re: David Gilmour has died - 1 year ago

That was cruel.

Re: Biden announces plan to move ahead with student loan relief - 1 year ago

QuoteDennis S The first thing that needs to be done is to drop the interest rate to below 1%. Yeah. The 13% I got saddled with was a killer.

Re: g_ASP?!…..the WHO declaring ASPartame possible carcinogene…. - 1 year ago

It seems odd that a simple protein consisting of two amino acids would be carcinogenic. I'd be interested in looking at the methods of their studies. Obesity itself increases risk for cancer, and could be a confounder.

Re: Tuck it, underneath?!…..Fox announces replacement for Tucker Carlson’s time slot……. - 1 year ago

I was afraid it was going to be one of the Trump kids.

Re: Why don't liberals embrace the word 'woke' more? - 1 year ago

It’s like when the word “liberal” became a scathing insult under George HW Bush in the 1980’s. All Bush needed to do was to point his finger at a Democrat and sneeringly say “you’re a liberal,” and the said Democrat would become defensive and deny it. The word “woke” is the new “liberal.”. There’s nothing wrong with compassion and understanding, but the GOP has turned

Re: New non-Apple Tech. Probably last holdout on MRF - 1 year ago

My Sony 32” lasted 17 years before it died. I never felt a need to get something newer until forced to by its passing. Its LG LCD 42” replacement died after only five years.

Re: b******tches in heat?!…..Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Lauren Boebert a little b***tch….. - 1 year ago

We need adults governing the country. There is a dearth of them on Capitol Hill.