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  • in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3620
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      In case the countless millions reading are wondering, here’s a teaser:

      In other words, do yourselves a favour!
      They got back on the DNSCache issue, apparently it’s now soldered into the circuits. πŸ™
      Reversing into this article may get the comprehension somewhat double parked, still very readable though. πŸ™‚

      in reply to: MWEdit #3616
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        The guis and dialogs are for the old Windows themes as well, all have to be updated. Got the IDE up yet?

        in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3607
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          Like the Simpsons, the voices of the leads, particularly Fred, massage the senses with the subtlety and finesse of a cheese grater. Enhanced back in the day by bad reception and the crackly static of the speakers on the old cheap black and white TVs. πŸ˜›
          Wonder if it was a stipulation of Lucas himself that the unedited stuff should never be released?
          The Swimming Pool is a mood piece of elegance and style punctuated by rather surprising events and outcomes, and an almost Mona Lisa like enigma at the end. Think you might like it. πŸ™‚
          Despite it’s humongous Oscar Awards, the lead character of Driving Miss Daisy wielded an irritating dialogue, depiction and demeanour with force enough to make one reach for the off-button. Stuck with it through and through, found there were a lot of other good things about the movie, not enough for a re-viewing in the foreseeable future unfotunately.
          Ooh, and in memory of David Lynch 10Play are streaming Twin Peaks, it’s a cracker! πŸ™‚

          in reply to: Random #3606
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            I suffer from a weird variation of the Kruger-Dunning Effect in that I think I am better than whatever individual I ever once aspired to be. Aspiration brings on the mythos of evolution, the true test is confidence, really, one has to be confident whatever in whatever they think of themselves, because confidence is a clear and foggy prism through which the mind visualizes and experiences its world. For those gifted in the world of experience, a trick of confidence is guaranteed to disappoint neither the beauty nor the beholder of the spectacle. πŸ˜›
            One spinoff is the Dunning-Kruger Times, with such gems as Bernie Sanders Received a 44 Million Grant …

            Bernie Sanders Received A $44 Million Grant From Usaid To β€œexplore The Benefits Of Democratic Socialism In The Us”


            Another spinoff is the Dunning Kruger Operatic Effect, also requiring further analysis:

            in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3598
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              Using it – well – for an up and coming Odd Blog, more on that later. πŸ™‚
              Like the idea of the Tuneup_plus name for this project despite it being more about information gathering, login is also required to obtain a copy of Gather_additional_dump_files.

              in reply to: Computer Setup #3597
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                Good to know, oops – completely forgot about the 1.4 cable, so will pop in there next week. πŸ™‚
                All of a sudden, the svchost is running “NETWORK SERVICE” at full bore after hibernate resume. Only supposed to happen on cold boot, Delivery Optimization is off, and Network Discovery is turned off for public networks if that is a thing. Windows Resume Application in BCD is as per usual, There are also events 7011 & 7046, and an issue with kb5052093, now pending restart here – hopefully will fix. πŸ™‚
                Edit: Rebooting is no change, in case of something choking DNScache, trying the following:

                ipconfig /release
                ipconfig /renew
                ipconfig /flushdns

                in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3594
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                  That looks really nice, and there are versions for Linux\Mac as well! Very active forums, not so much on chooka chooka trains though. πŸ™
                  Installed Ghidra, what an amazing project, as decompilers must have a bazillion things more than compilers for getting anything close to operational compiled code. A downside is their help system is rather antiquated, and there is no urgency to update it. πŸ˜›

                  in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3582
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                    Back in the day, The Flintstones was a favourite just before dinner time. In terms of finely crafted animation, could we ever call it a Stone Age version of The Simpsons?
                    Completed The Consultant, kind of hit and miss really, a curio, as you never would guess how it ends until well over half way.
                    FTA are having The Oscar Goes To selection once again. TV Tropes never mentioned the original and best in their Are We There Yet collection, this very one from Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,

                    Despite the massive plot and cast in LA Confidential didn’t quite tick all the boxes here. Things always take a brighter turn every time Danny De Vito enters the dialogue, the movie has a spicy quote base:

                    Stomach of the week. Unemployed actor had frankfurter, french fries, alcohol, and sperm. Hell of a last supper, don’t you think?

                    Another one of interest is Dog Day Afternoon, tonight it was One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest which is recommended. Spoiler: Funny how Randle doesn’t realize that many of the other inmates are admitted voluntarily until completion of a good stint in his internment, in reality one would pick it up pretty soon. Or is that part of his feigning – probably wants more exploration of the book. πŸ™‚

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                      It’s the culture of corps too, many of the denizens in existence within their hallowed walls have no choice but declare there is no such thing as life outside, before, or after the corp, therefore the corp is seen as the provider and maintainer of all the means of existence and sustenance for the present and incumbent. So why (on earth) do those poor sods have to elicit any concern about this other thing called “world” at all?
                      Nice! πŸ™‚ What once ground these gears was why pay $32.99 for $20, and why they never came up with a version 2 of the sweet roll plush? Their not so gender specific Daedric Prince is on special. πŸ™‚
                      Daedric Prince
                      And so another No Brainer Day passed, would anyone be the wiser for it?

                      in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3572
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                        Might be worth a shot, thanks. πŸ™‚
                        And looking at The (Nearly) Whole Microsoft Catalog, it all kicked off with a cracker in ’81:

                        Seattle Computer Products Developer of 86Q-DOS operating system software, which became MS-DOS. Purchased software for $50,000, but later was sued and paid the company a nearly $1 million settlement. 1

                        Watcom is a good IDE candidate, tried the vintage 10a, they forgot to compile WRE to 32bit, and the installation dialog warns you might have an issue with fitting their application on the disk because there is only -xxxxxxxxxx bytes remaining on the disk. 10.5 is much better, the more recent Open Watcom is worth a try as well. πŸ™‚

                        in reply to: Sounds and Music #3571
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                          Would it be nice … to grow up to be an ugly old creep like me!

                          in reply to: UpperLowerProper #3568
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                            Thanks for the H/U. πŸ™‚
                            Once in a blue moon you might find a local Office Solutions company eagerly and beaverly bending over backwards in offering a disk/file copying service, thus once done & dusted, and armed with the shiny new copies in hand, creating ISOs is not one breathe less – nor greater than – a cool summer breeze. Not to gainsay the possibility of monetary gain by instead purchasing the game through the outlets of today cannot – and will not – be underestimated! πŸ˜›
                            Fallout aside, we’ll always have Paris Morrowind. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the cobwebs, mould, and gathering dust found on the free Morrowind distro acquired -er- just yesterday are currently undergoing a thorough Formula 409 makeover! πŸ™‚

                            in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3567
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                              The skiff looks nice for half-baked, the skiff’s scullion will be ensuring the fish will be fully baked. πŸ™‚
                              πŸ™‚ Ah, the Wayback face of Microsoft (long loading):
                              Bill Gates and Windoze
                              After setting up a Windows 3.11 VM, came across Basil’s WordPress website Blog. Posting a comment first got a nonce bounce, following posts never got through, so saving the comments here:

                              Thanks for posting this very well presented walkthrough.
                              Tony’s VMWare site now here, (file link working):
                              http://web.archive.org/web/20200123030303/https://vmware0.tripod.com/
                              In my case, set up this in VirtualBox version 7.16 (recent):
                              https://archive.org/details/CE55E93BC43C767067BD371EFB97259FE20BC97FB09055AF7BCFD3BA374B1824
                              Could never get the network going, the ipconfig on the VM was never anything like that on the host. Then this came up in Google, fantastic, will try sometime.
                              The March of Progress: VirtualBox now requires VT-x/AMD-V enabled in the BIOS/UEFI, despite it being disabled by default in the GUI.

                              in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3556
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                                Or sucking the poor critters up into huge freezer trawlers? Certainly a possibility if we are far enough down into the atmosphere where liquids occur, and in a nicely positioned de-pressurized giant super-dome so that things aren’t completely squinched by the overpowering gravity. A construct something akin in magnitude though complete opposite in composition and behaviour to the Red Spot of Jupiter. πŸ˜›
                                Edit:, Hmmmm, might be possible for enough in air to be pumped into the atmosphere of the dome to increase its buoyancy – not sure.
                                Good news that WebCrawler is still alive, providing a snappy response to queries. Made a personal copy of the front page of Aliweb, the Web’s oldest search engine, because of the sheer age of the category items. The site is Β© 2009, however the search index was modified much earlier, not long after 9/11 probably, thus most of the links are either re-directs or down the gurgler. And – er – believe it or not, Cagles is still going strong. πŸ™‚
                                The mystery of the original gaming zone before MS took over continues, posted here on it – could it be some of Sierra’s content might have been borrowed by certain parties?

                                in reply to: Samsung Tablets #3555
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                                  It’s amazing how much of a high degree ads and promos have been given a free reign with their dastardly wrecking balls. πŸ™‚
                                  That’s a UK list, the variation in locale is just amazing, the Australasia variants like the one here don’t, confirmed also in Wikipedia. It’s also down to what they define as “support” – the Tab A may very well possess the means of supporting the feature, the support being activated when and if the chip is actually installed, otherwise the support is present, albeit in an inactive state. πŸ˜›
                                  Could try the rabbit hole of getting an external NFC to work (or without?) with the phone, with Lava or through the mobile hotspot, plenty of choice at ShopNFC it seems, cheaper alternatives with RFID at Ali Express. πŸ™‚

                                  in reply to: Copy/Paste in Visual #3554
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                                    Thanks for looking, will keep an eye out for things here in case something turns up. πŸ™‚

                                    in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #3547
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                                      After all, WordPress is bound to have its limits, too, and so haass our sanity! πŸ˜›
                                      About 10 years ago opened up an account with the Latvian based Complaints Board for some reason, never filed a complaint, so consequently no idea what the reason was.

                                      How will my issue be resolved?

                                      The process is structured as follows:

                                      • We send your complaint/review directly to the company
                                      • If the company is customer-oriented, they will respond to you in some wayΒ (either through our website or via their own communication channels)
                                      • If their proposed solutions satisfy you, you can mark the complaint as resolved to improve the company’s rating.

                                      A very good idea. Wonder if they keep a secret list of baddies that might interest the larger sellers, Amazon, Ali Baba, eBay etc.

                                      in reply to: Samsung Tablets #3540
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                                        Think that should work, thanks. πŸ™‚ Even after considerable use, these fingers are still thumb drums on the A8, which may not be helped by the 1080p res.
                                        So amid unspeakable and unmitigated horror and chagrin came the revelation the A8, (like the old 10.1) doesn’t sport an NFC chip. The shock realization came by not in the attempt to install and use Tap and Pay, but LinkedIn verification of all things. They actually require US/Canada/Mexico NFC passport/Gov ID as well, and after a quick check in the desk drawers found absolutely no trace of such documents whatsoever. And doesn’t look as if one could drop the device down to the local shop and get an NFC “upgrade” either. Shucks, someday it’ll have to be a cheap phone just for the NFC stuff then. πŸ™

                                        in reply to: Top Ribbon: Google Search for Site #3536
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                                          Thanks, certainly worth a look. πŸ™‚
                                          Meanwhile, in between times, inserted a cheap but convenient link up top for quick searching, hope it suits. πŸ™‚

                                          in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3532
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                                            Seen that twice already, it’s in my top 10 of all time! Often pondered if there was ever going to be a cinematic melding of Blues Brothers and Men in Black, well, ahem, it all eventually came to pass as Men in Blues:

                                            Deep Blue Sea declared itself a crock five minutes in with the crappy ocean caustics lapping around the Aquatica facility, turning out (contrary to some opinions) to be a bloody disgusting free for all mess with bloopers abounding throughout thick and fast. Yet, the sound effects and the shrieking and freaking kind of held you to the watery and jaw-zy action willy nilly. πŸ˜›
                                            Death Proof is a highly unbalanced movie, the first half or or so there’s a terrific evolution of character and dialogue leading up to the lap dance, and then all of a sudden things go blech. Then (spoiler alert) there’s a new set of girls to adjust to, but their ship’s masting turns out to be a winner. πŸ™‚
                                            Edit: Funny how the smiley pokes its way out of the spoiler. πŸ˜›

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