I was reading about the infamous killing of Georgi Markov ( yes, hi, Vil O0 ) which allegedly involved the use of an umbrella gun and a ricin “bullet.” The bullet with the ricin was made of 90% platinum and 10% iridium. Have a swell day, everyone Not to be too picky, but if the bullet were exactly ...

O0 I never get tired of D&D references. I finally have two monitors, but only because I have both a Mac and a Dell on my desk. Wow. One Monitor and one Merry-Mac. 😉 Dualstow, no comment on this? No need for war, be civil. Hello, hello, hello, there is no naval gazing allowed. 🤣 I puzzled over i...

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 5:56 am

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 7:11 am I never get tired of D&D references.

I finally have two monitors, but only because I have both a Mac and a Dell on my desk.

Wow. One Monitor and one Merry-Mac.

Dualstow, no comment on this? No need for war, be civil. Hello, hello, hello, there is no naval gazing allowed.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 7:11 am I never get tired of D&D references.

I finally have two monitors, but only because I have both a Mac and a Dell on my desk.

Wow. One Monitor and one Merry-Mac.

Thank you Smithers! Very helpful. I appreciate the time you took to respond. Have a great day.

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I'm starting to get used to the 14" display of the Pro versus the 15" display of the Air I had previously. The superior performance is definitely a boon, while the smaller footprint actually makes this guy more portable in certain respects than the Air. Smithers, Why did you choose the 14...

Just got a new 14" MacBook Pro today! M4 Max, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD. Damn sweet machine. Smithers, I'd appreciate your views on the similarities and differences with older MacBook Pro models. I'm still using a mid-2018 MBP - 2.6GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 with 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 and a 2 TB SSD. Seem...

Just got a new 14" MacBook Pro today! M4 Max, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD. Damn sweet machine. Smithers, I'd appreciate your views on the similarities and differences with older MacBook Pro models. I'm still using a mid-2018 MBP - 2.6GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 with 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 and a 2 TB SSD. Seem...

Okay, I've determined that we've been under a distributed "Slow Loris" attack. Having deployed specific countermeasures to that, I should no longer need to be playing whack-a-mole with IP addresses. No idea why anybody would want to shut down this forum, though. Wow! Thanks again Xan for ...

Xan wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 2:13 pm

Mountaineer wrote:Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Psalm 146:3

Mountaineer, I'm pretty sure that's a son of man, not the son of man.

Outstanding catch Xan! Thank you. I don’t know how I missed that. I fixed my signature.

There have been a lot of robotic user registrations lately. 497 of 3,352 total accounts were registered in the past week. These accounts don't seem to be spamming the forum. The only effect seems to be that I'm getting a fair number of email bounces from registration confirmation emails. The email ...

Thanks for the update Xan, and for all you do to administer this forum.
Blessings.

Greetings all. Today is a truly Good Friday. A glorious day in history that changed the course of the world. Death was defeated. This article by Adam Francisco might be of interest to some. https://www.1517.org/articles/from-eden-to-easter-the-garden-the-tomb-and-the-resurrection?utm_campaign=The%20...

This is a great message from a financial advisor. I think you will enjoy the perspective: “CALMNESS: Much as many companies ascribe to "core values", Stonecrop Wealth Advisors claims five virtues that we try to live by. One of them is "calmness." Over the years, we have heard on ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:11 am very pretty scenery

Beautiful!

OMAHA, Neb., April 04, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(BRK.A; BRK.B) – There are reports currently circulating on social media (including Twitter, Facebook and Tik Tok) regarding comments allegedly made by Warren E. Buffett. All such reports are false. About Berkshire Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiarie...

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 11:22 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 11:21 am How/why are there like 700 guest users suddenly?

Good question!

They are trying to become regulars before the tariffs fully kick in. The membership cost is increasing by 50%, from $0 to $0.

I could have been more specific. Perhaps a title like:

“Media Entropy by Someone, Sometime, Somewhere, for Some Reason - a.k.a. Temple to Garden - a.k.a. Scheise Runs Downhill But There’s Always Someone Somewhere Trying To Pump It Back Up”

Hat tip to ochotona for the inspiration.

Although I was initially intrigued by your title ... that you were going to be asking us for advice on some new media / sound system in your home ... I quickly saw it was not that at all... It was excellent! Maybe the best thing you ever put here! Thanks Vinny. Glad you enjoyed the article. ... M

Interesting Perspective: From the temple to the garden - Participating in the birth of a new media system HAMISH MCKENZIE APR 2 We are living through the most significant media disruption since the printing press, and it explains everything from why you can’t stand your neighbor to our current polit...

Don't be fooled. I hope everyone is having a marvelous day.

Hello everybody! For those who have achieved Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)—what does life look like after reaching your goal? 💰. WONDERFUL! AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR EVERY MOMENT GOD GIVES TO ME. Are you fully retired and enjoying life? YES, YES Have you taken up a new hobby, business, or ...

yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:17 am Which DEI do you prefer?

The old one?

Or, the new one?

Disorder
Entitlement
Impunity

I might go for:

Diplomatic
Empathetic
Inspirational

Based upon my principles of:
Involve people in decisions that impact them, and, never cause someone to lose face in public.

Doesn’t anyone think that Jeffrey Goldberg “spilling the beans”, perhaps to get a big story for the Trump haters, is a national security issue, possibly helping the enemy? I do agree that Waltz inadvertently (?) adding him to the chat was a huge error. CLASSIC blaming the messenger and not the perp...

Doesn’t anyone think that Jeffrey Goldberg “spilling the beans”, perhaps to get a big story for the Trump haters, is a national security issue, possibly helping the enemy? I do agree that Waltz inadvertently (?) adding him to the chat was a huge error. CLASSIC blaming the messenger and not the perp...