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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 11:53:56 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:14:30 -0700 (PDT), > wrote: > > > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 10:06:12 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: > >> > >> the first thing I do with any keybaor is remove teh CAPS LOCK key. > >> > >> -sw > >> > > I've got my keyboard set up where the caps lock key beeps to let me know > > I've pressed it by mistake. When I press it again to release the key, it > > beeps in a slightly different tone to let me know it is now off. > > CAPS LOCK is the most outdated and useless key there is. It would > make more sense to have an Italics Lock key. > > -sw > Naw, it's useful *occasionally* but I do like to know when I've invariably pressed it. Kuthes' cap lock key is close to being worn out. |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 10:48:10 AM UTC-4, jay wrote:
> On 9/21/18 8:26 AM, John Kuthe wrote: > > > > > And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's ON PURPOSE!! > > > > John Kuthe... > > > > Aggressively using CAPS is rude as is **** off. Screams lack of > education. Your choice .. but do you really want to look like that? Jay, he's mentally ill, and not amenable to being reasoned with. I've pretty much stopped trying and have very nearly stopped engaging with him at all. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 11:06:12 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:26:42 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote: > > > And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL > > CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's > > ON PURPOSE!! > > So addlebrained that he can't even name the keys on the keyboards. > > the first thing I do with any keybaor is remove teh CAPS LOCK key. I've got keyboard remapping software and have remapped caps lock to shift. Makes it hellish for me to use anybody else's keyboard, though. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:49:48 PM UTC-4, jay wrote:
> On 9/21/18 9:17 AM, graham wrote: > > >> Jay, I think a lot of posters here have comer to realize that he's > >> "not all there". > >> > > I don't understand why people don't kill-file him, along with that > > filthy-minded Sheldon. > > > > I come here usually just looking for food ideas. Doesn't seem to be so > much these days. The OT threads get most of the action. The OT threads certainly get people pounding on their keyboards. The food-related threads are much more sedate (until they wander OT). Cindy Hamilton |
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On 9/21/18 11:26 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:49:48 PM UTC-4, jay wrote: >> I come here usually just looking for food ideas. Doesn't seem to be so >> much these days. The OT threads get most of the action. > > The OT threads certainly get people pounding on their keyboards. The > food-related threads are much more sedate (until they wander OT). > > Cindy Hamilton > Yes! Food threads are certainly slower than OT unless a good flame gets going. (: |
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"dsi1" wrote in message ... On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:02:40 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: > > Don't we have something like that now?? It might be sorta like that. Mostly they're wireless earphones with bio-metric capabilities. They are not connected mobile devices - yet. https://www.bragi.com/ == Ahh I guess I am not up to the date with the really modern stuff:)) |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:14:30 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote: >On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 10:06:12 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: >> >> the first thing I do with any keybaor is remove teh CAPS LOCK key. >> >> -sw >> >I've got my keyboard set up where the caps lock key beeps to let me know >I've pressed it by mistake. When I press it again to release the key, it >beeps in a slightly different tone to let me know it is now off. I made a cap from aluminum roof flashing to fit over my Caps Lock key... it easily lifts off if ever I need to use that key. I didn't want to remove the key because for one the keyboard looks damaged but more importantly my keyboaard wears a condom, nothing falls between the keys... removing a key makes it easier to rip the condom. I also made an aluminum flap/cover for the power button on my PC and printer... the typical imbecilic engineers located the power button on top, never realizing that people have pets... I've yet to encounter any engineer who possessed a gram of common sense, they're all theory with zero practicality... and no school teaches common sense. |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4:05:56 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:14:30 -0700 (PDT), " > > wrote: > > >On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 10:06:12 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote: > >> > >> the first thing I do with any keybaor is remove teh CAPS LOCK key. > >> > >> -sw > >> > >I've got my keyboard set up where the caps lock key beeps to let me know > >I've pressed it by mistake. When I press it again to release the key, it > >beeps in a slightly different tone to let me know it is now off. > > I made a cap from aluminum roof flashing to fit over my Caps Lock > key... it easily lifts off if ever I need to use that key. I didn't > want to remove the key because for one the keyboard looks damaged but > more importantly my keyboaard wears a condom, nothing falls between > the keys... removing a key makes it easier to rip the condom. I also > made an aluminum flap/cover for the power button on my PC and > printer... the typical imbecilic engineers located the power button on > top, never realizing that people have pets... I've yet to encounter > any engineer who possessed a gram of common sense, they're all theory > with zero practicality... and no school teaches common sense. Every PC I've ever seen has the power button on the side. What kind of crappy PC do you have? Cindy Hamilton |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 8:18:51 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> == > > Ahh I guess I am not up to the date with the really modern stuff:)) Well heck, "not up to date" is this group's middle name! :) |
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On 9/21/2018 11:17 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2018-09-21 9:09 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote: >> On Fri 21 Sep 2018 07:48:06a, jay told us... >> >>> On 9/21/18 8:26 AM, John Kuthe wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL >>>> CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's >>>> ON PURPOSE!! >>>> >>>> John Kuthe... >>>> >>> >>> Aggressively using CAPS is rude as is **** off. Screams lack of >>> education. Your choice ..Â* but do you really want to look like >>> that? >>> >>> >> >> Jay, I think a lot of posters here have comer to realize that he's >> "not all there". >> > I don't understand why people don't kill-file him, along with that > filthy-minded Sheldon. > Source of entertainment. Really. |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:37:49 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>On 9/21/2018 11:17 AM, graham wrote: >> On 2018-09-21 9:09 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote: >>> On Fri 21 Sep 2018 07:48:06a, jay told us... >>> >>>> On 9/21/18 8:26 AM, John Kuthe wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an ALL >>>>> CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can be it's >>>>> ON PURPOSE!! >>>>> >>>>> John Kuthe... >>>>> >>>> >>>> Aggressively using CAPS is rude as is **** off. Screams lack of >>>> education. Your choice ..* but do you really want to look like >>>> that? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Jay, I think a lot of posters here have comer to realize that he's >>> "not all there". >>> >> I don't understand why people don't kill-file him, along with that >> filthy-minded Sheldon. >> >Source of entertainment. Really. But you need a sense of humour. For Wayne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour |
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On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 4:31:56 PM UTC-10, Mike_Duffy wrote:
> > My first hacking was literal. Our elementary school had a card punch > machine and a daily run of punch card / fan-fold output to/from the local > high school with an IBM 1130 via the school bus which served both schools.. > > At one point, the FORTRAN source punch cards were replaced by new-fangled > optical-sense cards. These were the same size as the punch cards, but had > pre-printed bubbles which we could fill in with a special pencil to choose > a letter / number / etc. > > The reader could read both types of cards though, i.e. punched holes or > black dots. And to give us more columns with the dots, which each used the > equivalent of two columns of the (multi)-holed configuration, we had access > only to columns 2 through 41 of the original 80 columns. > > But, to access files on the HDD (instead of the batch stream), one needed > to execute the "// DUP" command starting in column 1. > > So, my first 'hacking' was using my boy scout knife to hack out holes in a > blank card following the EBCDIC code with "// DUP ...." commands. > > This went on until the inevitable 'Read Check' error which generated the > hand-written note on my fan-fold output: "Don't do this again, or I'll tell > your teacher." I took FORTRAN IV class in college. It was the worst class I ever took. I'd go to the computer center in the early evening to do the projects to avoid the crowd. I'd submit my program to the guy in the cage and wait, wait, wait, for the program to be run and a printout. Mostly, it would be kicked out because of a syntax error. I'd make corrections and resubmit the program and wait some more. I'd get out of there sometimes after 1:00 AM. That was bad. I need my beauty nap... |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:45:14 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
> wrote: >On Fri 21 Sep 2018 02:37:49p, Ed Pawlowski told us... > >> On 9/21/2018 11:17 AM, graham wrote: >>> On 2018-09-21 9:09 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote: >>>> On Fri 21 Sep 2018 07:48:06a, jay told us... >>>> >>>>> On 9/21/18 8:26 AM, John Kuthe wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And **** OFF about my use of ALL CAPS!! I don't even have an >>>>>> ALL CAPS key on my keyboard! When I type in ALL CAPS you can >>>>>> be it's ON PURPOSE!! >>>>>> >>>>>> John Kuthe... >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Aggressively using CAPS is rude as is **** off. Screams lack of >>>>> education. Your choice ..Â* but do you really want to look like >>>>> that? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Jay, I think a lot of posters here have comer to realize that >>>> he's "not all there". >>>> >>> I don't understand why people don't kill-file him, along with >>> that filthy-minded Sheldon. >>> >> Source of entertainment. Really. >> > >When my mother was growing up there was a family who had a mentally >disabled son. He was always referred to as "mama's little idiot". >Some people would watch him and comment, "watch mama'ss little idiot >play". > >Shades of "cootie", IMO. Did you make fun of mama's little idiot and call him names? |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:49:48 AM UTC-10, jay wrote:
> > I come here usually just looking for food ideas. Doesn't seem to be so > much these days. The OT threads get most of the action. Maybe a lot of > the serious foodies that were once here departed or use Facebook. > > I just don't look if I want to avoid a poster or post. Penmart01 is a > smart guy with huge opinions that sometimes need censoring but still > entertaining and he cooks and gardens. I'm not sure why Kuthe shows up > here. He probably eats standing over a hot plate. Starting and ending > his day ranting and raving can't possibly improve life for him. > > Emotionally he may be far better served hanging up on usenet. You know how in skool, the kids would pick on the kids that were neurologically or mentally atypical? Same thing here. It's fascinating to see "adults" acting like this. These people were bullies when they were kids or were bullied themselves. And the beat goes on. How sad is that? |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 3:20:45 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4:05:56 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote: > > > > I also > > made an aluminum flap/cover for the power button on my PC and > > printer... the typical imbecilic engineers located the power button on > > top, never realizing that people have pets. > > Every PC I've ever seen has the power button on the side. What kind > of crappy PC do you have? > > Cindy Hamilton > My Asus has the power button on the top right, above the numerical keypad. https://i.postimg.cc/kX65vBVm/Asus_keyboard.jpg |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4:57:52 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > You know how in skool, the kids would pick on the kids that were neurologically or mentally atypical? Same thing here. It's fascinating to see "adults" acting like this. These people were bullies when they were kids or were bullied themselves. And the beat goes on. How sad is that? > When I was a child those children were not mainstreamed as they are now. When I got to junior high there was a special class where the mentally impaired were schooled and I guess protected. They really did not mingle with the other students. |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:43:59 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> When I was a child those children were not mainstreamed as they are now. When > I got to junior high there was a special class where the mentally impaired were > schooled and I guess protected. They really did not mingle with the other > students. Your school had no funny-lookin' kids, no crippled kids, no spazz kids, no dweebs, no eggheads, no kids with those cage things on their heads? |
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"dsi1" > wrote in message
... > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:43:59 PM UTC-10, > wrote: >> When I was a child those children were not mainstreamed as they are now. >> When >> I got to junior high there was a special class where the mentally >> impaired were >> schooled and I guess protected. They really did not mingle with the >> other >> students. > > Your school had no funny-lookin' kids, no crippled kids, no spazz kids, no > dweebs, no eggheads, no kids with those cage things on their heads? ===== No, actually there weren't when it came to kids with mental issues. In those days they were either in an institution, home schooled, or in a special school Cheri |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:30:10 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:43:59 PM UTC-10, wrote: > > > When I was a child those children were not mainstreamed as they are now. When > > I got to junior high there was a special class where the mentally impaired were > > schooled and I guess protected. They really did not mingle with the other > > students. > > Your school had no funny-lookin' kids, no crippled kids, no spazz kids, no dweebs, no eggheads, no kids with those cage things on their heads? > Uh no, not until junior high. All the kids that were in that special class at my school were all just mentally impaired. Slow is what I guess you'd call them. |
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> wrote in message
... > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:30:10 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote: > >> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:43:59 PM UTC-10, >> wrote: >> >> > When I was a child those children were not mainstreamed as they are >> > now. When >> > I got to junior high there was a special class where the mentally >> > impaired were >> > schooled and I guess protected. They really did not mingle with the >> > other >> > students. >> >> Your school had no funny-lookin' kids, no crippled kids, no spazz kids, >> no dweebs, no eggheads, no kids with those cage things on their heads? >> > Uh no, not until junior high. All the kids that were in that special > class > at my school were all just mentally impaired. Slow is what I guess you'd > call them. Used to be retarded in my day. Cheri |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 7:42:37 PM UTC-5, Cheri wrote:
> > > wrote in message > ... > > > > Slow is what I guess you'd > > call them. > > > Used to be retarded in my day. > > Cheri > Mine, too. |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 5:42:41 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> I took FORTRAN IV class in college. It was the worst class I ever took. I'd go to the computer center in the early evening to do the projects to avoid the crowd. I'd submit my program to the guy in the cage and wait, wait, wait, for the program to be run and a printout. Mostly, it would be kicked out because of a syntax error. I'd make corrections and resubmit the program and wait some more. I'd get out of there sometimes after 1:00 AM. That was bad. I need my beauty nap... That was pretty much my first experience with computers. I didn't make much use of them for about 8 years, then I got a job as a secretary with a software company (the one I still work for). I looked at what the programmers were doing. I realized "any turnip can do that". One day, I was putting donuts on a tray for a meeting and said "I want someone to put donuts on a tray for me!" I went back to college and finished up my degree in Computer Science. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:39:30 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 3:20:45 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4:05:56 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote: > > > > > > I also > > > made an aluminum flap/cover for the power button on my PC and > > > printer... the typical imbecilic engineers located the power button on > > > top, never realizing that people have pets. > > > > Every PC I've ever seen has the power button on the side. What kind > > of crappy PC do you have? > > > > Cindy Hamilton > > > My Asus has the power button on the top right, above the numerical keypad. > > https://i.postimg.cc/kX65vBVm/Asus_keyboard.jpg Huh. Not what I would consider a desirable feature. What happens if you replace the keyboard? Or is it not a desktop PC? Cindy Hamilton |
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"dsi1" wrote in message ... On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 8:18:51 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: > == > > Ahh I guess I am not up to the date with the really modern stuff:)) Well heck, "not up to date" is this group's middle name! :) == <g> in that case I just might fit in :))) |
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Jinx the Minx wrote:
> John Kuthe > wrote: > > On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 8:47:50 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote: > >> "dsi1" wrote in message > >> ... > >> > >> On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 3:04:21 AM UTC-10, > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, all my contacts are on this old Chromebook as well, but > getting >>> e-mail > >>> synced on this without having to sign in and out of each e-mail > address is >>> what is hair pulling. New power cord for the W-10 > laptop is arriving >>> today. > >> > >> I can't say what's happening with your system. I can edit and add > to my >> contact list on anything that I'm using and it gets > synchronized across all >> the platforms that I use. It's pretty much > how computing is supposed to be. >> All that shit that happened > since the late 80's was just a waste of time. >> > >> => > >> I bought a Win10 machine and hated it. D took it and is not > having any >> problems at all with it. I have gone back to my old > one and I am happy >> enough with it:) > > > > Microsoft Windows was a stolen idea from Steve Job's stolen idea > > from Xerox of a windowing control interface developed by Xerox for > > their photocopying machines! The first versions of Microsoft > > Windows was a DOS program! You'd have to type "win" at the C: > > prompt, unless you set up a simple boot script of commands, which > > many did. And it took Bill Gates a LONG tome to ADMIT Windows was > > just a "shell script" running on DOS! Because he thinks we are > > stupid! > > > > And at first Windows was a pretty good GUI shell script! Then it > > fell victim to the "kitchen sink syndrome"!! And that was just > > between Win 3.1 and Win NT! Then Win XP made it even bloatier but > > at least XP was a little more stable than all the rest since Win > > 3.1! > > > > John Kuthe... > > > > What version was that, €śjust between€ť 3.1 and NT? WIN 3.11 |
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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
... > > > "dsi1" wrote in message > ... > > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 8:18:51 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: > >> == >> >> Ahh I guess I am not up to the date with the really modern stuff:)) > > Well heck, "not up to date" is this group's middle name! :) > > == > > <g> in that case I just might fit in :))) And I'm very happy to fit in as well, no reason to change many things that have worked great all of my life just for the sake of what's currently "trending." LOL :) Cheri |
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John Kuthe wrote:
> > The first computer I bought was a Timex Sinclair: <aol> ALMOST ME TOO! </aol> I was about to buy that but then I spotted the Commodore Vic20 and went with that instead. > I like THIS pic best though: https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...&oe= 5C2CB000 LOL! Love that pic, John. Nothing like a high-tech doorstop! :-D |
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dsi1 wrote:
> > I took a programming course way back when. In the lab we had a choice of machines we could use. Macintosh, PC, Vic-20, or C-64s. I always went to a C-64, or Vic-20. You could start programming as soon as it turned on. I could finish an assignment while the other students were still loading in their OS and a programming environment. That class was a breeze. Thanks Commodore! Yeah, those Commodores had no HD and all the system software was on ROM chips that immediately loaded into RAM. Fun to mess with too since you couldn't destroy anything. Just turn the thing off and on again and start from scratch. |
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Sqwertz wrote:
> > I could sell letters to Vanna White (vowels cost $250). > https://i.postimg.cc/SQHw49X0/Keyboard_Keys.jpg You could also make a board game and use those as playing pieces. Cool collection. Collect them all and amaze your friends. heh heh ;) BTW, I should pry off my caps lock key on the laptop. Tiny keyboard for my large hands and I'm constantly hitting that damn thing. Half the time, I'm backspacing then turning off the capslock. |
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"Cheri" wrote in message ... "Ophelia" > wrote in message ... > > > "dsi1" wrote in message > ... > > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 8:18:51 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: > >> == >> >> Ahh I guess I am not up to the date with the really modern stuff:)) > > Well heck, "not up to date" is this group's middle name! :) > > == > > <g> in that case I just might fit in :))) And I'm very happy to fit in as well, no reason to change many things that have worked great all of my life just for the sake of what's currently "trending." LOL :) Cheri == Amen to that:)) |
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On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 5:36:33 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:39:30 PM UTC-4, wrote: > > > > My Asus has the power button on the top right, above the numerical keypad. > > > > https://i.postimg.cc/kX65vBVm/Asus_keyboard.jpg > > Huh. Not what I would consider a desirable feature. What happens if > you replace the keyboard? Or is it not a desktop PC? > > Cindy Hamilton > It's a laptop. |
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On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 12:51:52 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 5:36:33 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > > > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:39:30 PM UTC-4, wrote: > > > > > > My Asus has the power button on the top right, above the numerical keypad. > > > > > > https://i.postimg.cc/kX65vBVm/Asus_keyboard.jpg > > > > Huh. Not what I would consider a desirable feature. What happens if > > you replace the keyboard? Or is it not a desktop PC? > > > > Cindy Hamilton > > > It's a laptop. Ah. I've lost track of how we got here, but at some point (probably involving Sheldon) we were talking strictly about desktop PCs. He ranted about design engineers, probably without knowing the full circumstances. Cindy Hamilton |
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 10:15:46 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote: >On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 12:51:52 PM UTC-4, wrote: >> On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 5:36:33 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >> > >> > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:39:30 PM UTC-4, wrote: >> > > >> > > My Asus has the power button on the top right, above the numerical keypad. >> > > >> > > https://i.postimg.cc/kX65vBVm/Asus_keyboard.jpg >> > >> > Huh. Not what I would consider a desirable feature. What happens if >> > you replace the keyboard? Or is it not a desktop PC? >> > >> > Cindy Hamilton >> > >> It's a laptop. > >Ah. I've lost track of how we got here, but at some point (probably >involving Sheldon) we were talking strictly about desktop PCs. He >ranted about design engineers, probably without knowing the full >circumstances. As he is wont. |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:34:00 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote: >On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:30:10 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote: > >> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:43:59 PM UTC-10, wrote: >> >> > When I was a child those children were not mainstreamed as they are now. When >> > I got to junior high there was a special class where the mentally impaired were >> > schooled and I guess protected. They really did not mingle with the other >> > students. >> >> Your school had no funny-lookin' kids, no crippled kids, no spazz kids, no dweebs, no eggheads, no kids with those cage things on their heads? >> >Uh no, not until junior high. All the kids that were in that special class >at my school were all just mentally impaired. Slow is what I guess you'd >call them. My wife often tutors those Special Needs kids... they still don't mainstream most of them. However there's a big difference between the learning disabled, those with behavoiral issues, and then there are those with physical disabilities. Sometimes the afflictions overlap. Those who are too disruptive are sent to special schools/institutions. |
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On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 12:59:50 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:34:00 -0700 (PDT), " > > wrote: > > >Uh no, not until junior high. All the kids that were in that special class > >at my school were all just mentally impaired. Slow is what I guess you'd > >call them. > > My wife often tutors those Special Needs kids... they still don't > mainstream most of them. However there's a big difference between > the learning disabled, those with behavoiral issues, and then there > are those with physical disabilities. Sometimes the afflictions > overlap. Those who are too disruptive are sent to special > schools/institutions. > I guess it depends on each school district. My co-workers daughter was a teachers aid at another nearby school district. There was a 13 year old girl in her class who was non-verbal, in diapers, completely bedridden. But since the school district said she could be mainstreamed she was in her class. It was nothing but a free baby sitter for the mother as the girl had the IQ of possibly a 3 month old baby. |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:18:02 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote: >On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 10:30:57 PM UTC-5, Wayne Boatwright wrote: >> On Fri 21 Sep 2018 06:03:15p, graham told us... >> >> > On 2018-09-21 6:34 PM, wrote: >> >> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 6:30:10 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:43:59 PM UTC-10, >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> When I was a child those children were not mainstreamed as they >> >>>> are now. When I got to junior high there was a special class >> >>>> where the mentally impaired were schooled and I guess >> >>>> protected. They really did not mingle with the other students. >> >>> >> >>> Your school had no funny-lookin' kids, no crippled kids, no >> >>> spazz kids, no dweebs, no eggheads, no kids with those cage >> >>> things on their heads? >> >>> >> >> Uh no, not until junior high. All the kids that were in that >> >> special class at my school were all just mentally impaired. Slow >> >> is what I guess you'd call them. >> >> >> > These days it's "differently abled"!! >> > >> >> When I was in school there were a couple of kids who used wheelchirs >> due to spina bifida. I had one very close friend had polio when very >> young and wore leg braces and used crutches. No one ever gave any of >> these kids any flak. We did not have any kids with mental deficit. >> They went to a special school in our district. >> >WTF has this discussion degenerated into? :-( > >John Kuthe... Such a befitting descriptive from you, degenerate. Did you know that many of those kids are the result of inbreeding, Kootchie... consider yourself lucky, some 40% become faggots. Up here the other kids refer to them as Six Toes, or Pointy Ears. LOL |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:39:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote: > On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 3:20:45 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4:05:56 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote: >>> >>> I also >>> made an aluminum flap/cover for the power button on my PC and >>> printer... the typical imbecilic engineers located the power button on >>> top, never realizing that people have pets. >> >> Every PC I've ever seen has the power button on the side. What kind >> of crappy PC do you have? >> >> Cindy Hamilton >> > My Asus has the power button on the top right, above the numerical keypad. > > https://i.postimg.cc/kX65vBVm/Asus_keyboard.jpg That's the evilist of them all. I had a keyboard that had a much less intrusive power button (and sleep) than that and couldn't be removed. I pitched it after 3 weeks. |
WAY OT Computer question
Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:39:26 -0700 (PDT), > wrote: > >> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 3:20:45 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 4:05:56 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote: >>>> >>>> I also >>>> made an aluminum flap/cover for the power button on my PC and >>>> printer... the typical imbecilic engineers located the power button on >>>> top, never realizing that people have pets. >>> >>> Every PC I've ever seen has the power button on the side. What kind >>> of crappy PC do you have? >>> >>> Cindy Hamilton >>> >> My Asus has the power button on the top right, above the numerical keypad. >> >> https://i.postimg.cc/kX65vBVm/Asus_keyboard.jpg > > That's the evilist of them all. I had a keyboard that had a much > less intrusive power button (and sleep) than that and couldn't be > removed. I pitched it after 3 weeks. it's a horrible design. in Linux i could figure out how to ignore that thing and make it shutdown by software only. the bios/uefi may also have some feature to set to ignore it. songbird |
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