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You sure have more pain problems than you deserve, Daniel~. I'm sorry that this Zoster thing has cursed you for so many years, it's understatement to say that this is not fair. I'm not an authority on pain by any means and I'm not particularly knowledgeable about opioids. I have personal...

A "forty-five" for M'sieur Shhhkrraylie? Tut, good sir. Surely not, why he's a paragon of good business sense! Beloved by board members from sea to shiny sea. More news from za world of huge business. Bayer (they brought us aspirin. Good for them!) As well as heroin, created to get wounded Civil...

Thank you for taking me down memory lane again, Daniel~! The wondrous world of "communications" of long ago. You had to reserve a line ahead of time for a long distance call way back when. And an overseas call? You must be one rich mofo! I was three or a little older and I recall that the four...

It's wonderful that your husband really knows how to build a good machine for you! Glad that you can compute with the best of them.

I am in awe of Christians that conscientiously try to live up to the Ten Commandments. Talk about a difficult row to hoe! I'm not a Christian, yet I respect their ideals and try to practice them myself. I wish it wasn't so easy for me to hate Mr Shkreli. I think it's better to hate what he...

"Sharing with Windows users," funny I know very few of them. It's unfortunate that many "brand name" PC's "accidentally" don't permit the user to install Linux. Always insist on Standard Architecture! I used to always build my own machines but got lazy after realizing that home rolled cost a bit...

Holy crap, Daniel~! Three broken ribs?? :eek: I'm very unhappy to read this! :( And ribs that are only cracked hurt badly. For a hell of a long time. But only when you breathe, thank heaven for small mercies! And coughing is wonderful, too. I'm SO glad I stopped smoking three years ago. Dan~...

I don't remember about "Enter," but I don't think it was needed. "Ready to receive print job" was enough, iirc. The text-only games were well written and interesting. Sure was a long way to the superlative realistic video games of today. 41 years, aii!

Gotcha lickin' chicken, booman! As in, received you loud and clear. I'm clueless as to my anti-virus need in Mint 17.3. Never? Once in a while? I seem to remember that Linux people announce that there's a problem pretty well. Is that a true story?

Wouldn't it be nice if a firewall did a perfect job and never messed with you? If they never "mess" with you can they be doing a good job?

I never messed with a database. I think I was getting Minimum Wage for that work-study "job." There was only a terminal without any screen. I don't recall having to hit "Enter" after the "1rd." "Enter" was probably above my pay grade. An older guy who knew things about computers taught me about...

Linus releases Kernel 4.6. -- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/16/linus_torvalds_releases_linux_46/

An LOL is worth an LOL.

Si, senhor!

My first (and only real job) with computers was being put in charge of the room that contained the mainframe at Sonoma State University in northern California. It was in 1975 and yes, it's hard to believe. Of course, I was such a "master" of the beast that I was permitted to type one thing and...

And they are all meaningful posts. What a man, I gotta tell ya! :) I don't even have half as many after all these years. And many of mine at least border on the not so sensible. :rolleyes:

It's very smart of you to stay off line with your Win 7 installations, Booman! An excellent practice! As nearly always you are spot on, Daniel~! Win Blew--and once upon a time I didn't have a clue. Oh, the humanity!

As far as I can tell, Mint Cinnamon's rendition of Aero is not as nice as the corporation from hell's version. The bar on the bottom of the screen doesn't automatically change color to suit the moment's desktop and transparent box borders are missing. Too bad, so sad. Even if I could safely use...

I don't like being the bearer of unhappy news, but MS has gone completely power mad. Your "Win 7" is probably much closer to Win 10 than they let on. I can't believe the new details of the horrors MS is dragging their very unfortunate users through. It's a nightmare. I am SO lucky to have...

Great post on computer history, thank you ThunderRd! They sure knew how to cram bits and bytes on to hard disks in 1956, not to mention in '79 and that $3398.00 10 Mb HDD was a steal at any price. Mama mia! IIRC, my first HDD was 25 Mb. Mb's were even small in those days of old.