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  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion 7 months ago

    Yep, you should make a pizza in it!

    I do have a pizza stone but have never used it for pizza. I’ve only ever used it for bread 😛

    Yep! The branch said everything must go so I took them at their word and got the sign 😀 Awesome! These days, most places are using LED imitation lights. I don’t think they look as cool and they lack the sound of the…[Read more]

  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion 7 months ago

    Wasn’t aware that Nightmare Alley had an older version. Will definitely add it to the list. Been meaning to see the newer one, just haven’t gotten to it yet.

    Watched Child’s Play 2 and 3 the other day. The second film was a lot of fun with Chucky taking revenge on Andy. 3, though, wasn’t that good. Most of the film focused on Andy’s plight in…[Read more]

  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Cooking in the forum Discussion 7 months ago

    Found a source! Our small, locally owned grocery store carries it! 🙂

  • I still see DOS used from time to time powering the checkout lanes at a store. Getting to be relatively rare when it wasn’t too long ago that I saw it everywhere (ten years). Saw it recently, too. Think it was last year sometime? Not sure where, didn’t think to make a note of it

    Batch files are still very useful for performing repetitive tasks.…[Read more]

  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Films & TV Shows in the forum Discussion 7 months ago

    Saw The Crawlers yesterday and that was fun for its absurdity. In the beginning, they have a kid playing with a model of Aubrey II, which was cool. The final battle against the trees was pretty silly. One character uses an ax on a root only to leave it and everyone to get strangled. No one else picks it up. Take it with you! Seriously 😛

  • Will do!

    And let’s not forget Surf Nazis Must Die! Sure, their films are pretty bad but that’s part of their charm! The thing is, they know they’re bad and run with it. They’re a lot of fun! 😀

    Haven’t seen any of those yet. Murray can be good in semi-dramatic rolls, such as in Scrooged. Granted, he’s not in many though.

    Looks like we lost…[Read more]

  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion 7 months, 1 week ago

    Yeah, work continues today on it but they called it “complete” twenty years ago. I remember my grandfather sent off a sample as part of the project. How can it be complete if they’re still analyzing it?

    Sounds like something out of The Raven. 😛 I like calzone. Around here, they tend to fill it with a fluffy cheese making it taste very light.…[Read more]

  • And one of the characters from the book is a Time Lord himself. The book is pretty fun!

    Not sure on the comic but will look! I still haven’t seen the Body Snatchers even though it’s been on the actual watchlist for years (not sure which version). I really need to change that 🙁

    Will check it out! Been a while since I’ve watched some of the old…[Read more]

  • Great, thanks. I have an installation USB from where I installed Windows last year. Will that suffice or should I pick up another USB drive?

    Thanks, will take a look! I was able to boot Linux without a working bootloader when I initially installed Windows from going directly to the UEFI so it may already be done but will look! 🙂

  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Cooking in the forum Discussion 7 months, 1 week ago

    So far, The Cake Bible has been a big success. Haven’t had a single failure thus far. Sometime soon, I plan on getting a decorating plunger so that I can look at more involved aspects. 🙂

    That said, the chickens are laying again! 😀

    Going to see if I can get a good source of goat meat. Had it in soup a decade ago and it was wonderful! Went to an…[Read more]

  • Yeah, I really wish Microsoft wasn’t so hostile towards other operating systems. Running multiple versions of windows isn’t exactly a very popular scenario! 😛

    It does sort of follow what I’m reading in most places, that BCDBoot should be able to just fix things. Going to need to get my courage up: brain surgery is always a difficult business.…[Read more]

  • Have you tried a different outlet on a different circuit? It could be that leg isn’t getting enough current

    Would you have another device to test the UPS with?

    Yeah, I have some not so fond memories of doing that ages ago with my Nvidia GTX 780s. Wasn’t a fun experience 🙁

    So does that mean it’s time for the system to be reincarnated as a…[Read more]

  • I did find these guys:
    https://superuser.com/questions/1110644/reconstructing-windows-efi-files-in-boot-partition-linuxwindows-dual-boot

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/667803/fixing-efi-windows-boot-from-linux

    Do those look reasonable? Definitely looks straight forward even if it also has the feel of brain surgery to it

    You are much…[Read more]

  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Veg in the forum Discussion 7 months, 1 week ago

    Yeah, we have nettles too but not sure which variety. They mostly grow in sandy scrublands here. Often see them near prickly pears (a form of cactus), which are quite tasty. Haven’t seen them in a while, though, but I haven’t been to many sandy woodlands in a while.

    I really need to get a book on wild edibles one day. The bookstore up the street…[Read more]

  • Okay, just did a cursory search and looks like I can simply copy the files from the Windows USB and then run the bootloader repair command to link everything back up. Will need to do some more thorough reading of the articles on the computer to make sure but it looks like it shouldn’t be a difficult fix. Of course, we know how that goes. Curse you…[Read more]

  • Blech. Had to reinstall Linux but that only fixed some of the issues. So the firmware upgrade has caused the device drivers to act slow in the UEFI menu now and in the bootloader. In addition, reinstalling Linux seems to have broken the Windows bootloader. That doesn’t even make sense. Guess I need to boot up the Windows USB and see if I can run a…[Read more]

  • I can access the underlying system using chroot from the Live USB. I did take a look at the config files and backed up some of them but not all. Grabbed .config but not .local, probably should go back and do that maybe…

    We’re all just space dust, after all!

    They did experiment with cloud connected Furbies so the fears weren’t unwarranted, just…[Read more]

  • Glad to hear that’s all working! Yeah, sound can travel in weird ways and can travel along walls. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell where it’s all coming from and it can even be amplified!

  • Meant that the keyboard cycles on and off during POST. Will add that to the ticket at some point. Unrelated to the bootloader but still a relevant piece of information

    It’s slow going between my schedule and then being in a different time zone, along with me having trouble communicating what’s occuring on my end (the frustration is partly why I…[Read more]

  • Spastic Hamburger replied to the topic Random in the forum Discussion 7 months, 2 weeks ago

    The Harley Quinn Annual made a good point regarding calzones: in essence, they’re just folded pizzas. However, many places put their own spin on them turning them into a sort of hand pie instead of a turnover. In which case, are calzo es still technically pizza turnovers? Even more importantly, will such a distinction cause an extinction level…[Read more]

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