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Re: Facebook

Joe Delahaye — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:16:48 GMT

  Re: Re: Facebook
  By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sun Feb 05 2012 05:53:29

 > JD> You mean you have not done it yet???  <GGGG>
 >
 > I'm in the same hurry as you were a few weeks ago. <ducking>
 >


I'm always in a hurry..  (for something <G>) 
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French food

BOB KLAHN — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:42:02 GMT

RB>>> Which doesn't mean I'd try a fried grasshopper on a dare... that
RB>>> would go too far for me, too ;-)

BK>> Supposed to be high in protein, but I've never heard anyone say it
BK>> tastes like chicken.

 RB>> And I thought _everything_ tastes like chicken ;-))

 ML> :LOL: you've obviously not had any good pork, nicely aged
 ML> beef or horny old woman in a while :LOL:

 You dirty old man... meant in the best sense of the term.



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Cats (was: Facebook)

Robert Bashe — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:53:28 GMT

Roger Nelson wrote to Janis Kracht on Saturday February 04 2012 at 19:00:

JK>> Indeed true.  Over here, we've got 4 feral cats who we adopted from
JK>> the shelter in Ithaca NY from the same litter..

RN> Isn't it kind of dangerous to have a feral cat or cats?...

JK>> they still want no part of humans even though we've had then now for
JK>> close to two years - and when we got them, they were just 6 months
JK>> old or so <grin>...

Actually, if they were that young when they were adopted, I wouldn't
exactly call them "feral". And after two years in a home, I'd think
they'd be pretty tame.


My idea of "feral" is more a completely grown adult cat over 2-3 years
old that's never had a human home. Such a cat really would be
difficult to adapt to human society.


RN> Do you notice how careful they are before settling down in your lap?
RN> Our cat Sammy has a regular routine he goes through before he parks in
RN> my lap and he always faces the same direction.

Cats are creatures of habit, they like routines and hate for them to
be disturbed. The only thing they change is their sleeping place from
time to time, for what reason I don't know.


RN> I get a kick out of him going through the house and investigating
RN> stuff he has sniffed many times, but he gives those same things the
RN> once-over anyway.

Normal. Our old male tabby still likes to take a round around the
house before he beds down for the night, just to make sure no dangers
have developed that he should be aware of.


RN> The dogs differ in that when I put them out in the morning, the two
RN> males go charging into the backyard, while the female sniffs the air
RN> and looks around as soon as she gets there.

Sounds a little like our two young cats (1.5 years old at present). I
keep them in nights, as they're deaf (both dominant white genes) and
could get into trouble, but let them out in the morning. The male
(Peter) simply races out the door, then hesitates and waits for the
female (Wendy, his sister - both from the same litter) to come. I
generally have to pick her up and point her in the right direction,
and then both of them go down the stairs and through the cat door into
the garden.


Cheers, Bob

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Re: Facebook

Roger Nelson — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:53:28 GMT

JD> By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sat Feb 04 2012 19:01:30
 
JD> > JD> Let us know how it works <G>
 
JD> > You're not in any hurry, are you?  (-:
 
JD> You mean you have not done it yet???  <GGGG>
 
I'm in the same hurry as you were a few weeks ago. <ducking>
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger  (-:

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Temporary change of deadline

Paul Quinn — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:01:00 GMT

Hi! Bj*rn,

(I originally wrote this on the 15th, my time, but for some unknown
reason it was never exported from the messagebase.  Let's see how this
one goes...)


On Sun, 15 Jan 12, you wrote to me:

 BF>    LOL! Where haven't they? But I stay away from McDonalds even at
 BF> home. I like real cooking, and when I'm abroad I always prefer to try
 BF> the local cuisine.

That's why I mentioned 'the Columbus bistro & coffee joint' (in the
Centro Plaza, on Quintana Street [Calle]).  It looks like a really
nice place for a second lunch (Portugese-style daily routine).


Do a reconnaissance and report back... pretty please.  ;-)

Cheers,
Paul.

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Re: Facebook

Joe Delahaye — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:45:34 GMT

  Re: Re: Facebook
  By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sat Feb 04 2012 19:01:30

 > JD> Let us know how it works <G>
 >
 > You're not in any hurry, are you?  (-:
 >


You mean you have not done it yet???  <GGGG> 
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Re: Facebook

Roger Nelson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:01:30 GMT

JD> By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sat Feb 04 2012 03:39:52
 
JD> > I'll have to see if I can send voice mail to myself via a text message
JD> > to my landline.
 
JD> Let us know how it works <G>
 
You're not in any hurry, are you?  (-:
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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Re: Facebook

Roger Nelson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:00:22 GMT

Hi,
 
JK> Speaking of a possible zombie invasion:
 
JK> > Th cat would be a spectator. (-:
 
JK> Yep.. reminds me of some science fiction/thriller movies with the
JK> nonchalant cat observer to mayhem <grin>
 
My sister would disagree because her two now departed cats would
protect her and who am I to argue with my sister?  The day that
happened, the Sun would rise in the west.  She's very precious to me.

 
JK> Indeed true.  Over here, we've got 4 feral cats who we adopted from the
JK> shelter in Ithaca NY from the same litter.. when my daughter comes, she
JK> still tries to interest them in human contact (a pet or a rub, etc..)..
 
Isn't it kind of dangerous to have a feral cat or cats?  They are
unpredictable when tame.  I saw a Kiwi friend of mine from petting a
bengal tiger during one of his trips to SE Asia.  I wouldn't have done
that with a cat that big.  Pictures are enough for me.  I think I
still have that one.

 
JK> they still want no part of humans even though we've had then now for
JK> close to two years - and when we got them, they were just 6 months old or
JK> so <grin>.  Well, the last time my daughter visited she said, "You must
JK> be the only person on earth with 4 feral cats who live 'inside'" hehe
 
My thoughts exactly.  
JK> Well, on a good day, at least two of them have been known to come over
JK> and sit on my lap.. as long as I don't make a big fuss over them Lol
 
Do you notice how careful they are before settling down in your lap?
Our cat Sammy has a regular routine he goes through before he parks in
my lap and he always faces the same direction.  I get a kick out of
him going through the house and investigating stuff he has sniffed
many times, but he gives those same things the once-over anyway.  The
dogs differ in that when I put them out in the morning, the two males
go charging into the backyard, while the female sniffs the air and
looks around as soon as she gets there.

 
JK> >I have yet to see anyone slain with the type of plastic sword my
JK> > grandson has, but they can do other damage.
 
JK> I try to keep them from slaying my dinnerware which is on open shelves in
JK> the kitchen .. and of course dogs and cats in the house are definitely
JK> off-limits - other than that, they do feign some great phoney slayings
JK> amongst themselves (3 boys, so you can imagine that one haha).
 
Then your dishes are at risk and the kids and animals are in peril.
 
JK> Same here.  It's happened in the past so I make sure all billing like
JK> that comes here in the mail, and then the check goes out to them in the
JK> mail.
 
I once told them it's a pity they want me to trust them so blindly.
Not gonna happen.

 
JK> > Besides, we do need the postal service.
 
JK> Agree there, for sure.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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Phones

Michiel van der Vlist — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:34:34 GMT

Hello Roger,

On Saturday February 04 2012 03:35, you wrote to Robert Bashe:

 RN> My ex gf got her panties in a bunch because her landline is unlisted,
 RN> but it shows up on my (and everyone else's) Caller ID.  You ever seen
 RN> a Sicilian mad?  (-:

Here in The Netherlands listing in the printed phone book, listing in
on-line directory services and Caller ID are three distinct attributes
that the user can separately control. Albeit in s different time
scale. The phone book is printed once a year, on-line services are
usually updates once a day and caller ID can be enabled/disabled
permanently or on a call by call basis.


Unlisted numbers (not in the phone book, not in the on-line services)
are becoming increasingly popular, but very few subscribers suppress
caller ID these days. The latter has to do with many people not
answering calls with suppressed caller ID.



Cheers, Michiel

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FidoNews 29:04 [02/05]: General Articles

Michiel van der Vlist — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:59:38 GMT

Hello Mark,

On Friday February 03 2012 19:24, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> later learned the new DOCSIS 3.0 modems could be configured in
 MvdV>> bridge ode, but that the user can not do that himself.

 MH> That sounds similar to how Verizon handles their FIOS installations.
 MH> I believe it comes with a router, wireless, firewall, etc all in one.
 MH> I have no use for all that and don't want that, either.  Just give me
 MH> the wire.  :)

Same here. But then you and me aren't the average customer of the
average ISP are we? ;-)


 MH> There are ways around it and most people I know have disabled the
 MH> firewall, wireless, and it basically turns it into a passive device.

Well, let's be fair. Most people haven'gpot a clue on how to configure
a fire wall, so I can understand the ISP's desire to take it away from
them.


I can live with the way my ISP does it. They will offer you a
preconfigured modem/router, but let you get around that if you jump
through some hoops.


 MvdV>> ell, you never know, but I think it is already too late. OS/2 has
 MvdV>> missed he boat.

 MH> The other thing I think might come to the rescue for legacy systems is
 MH> VMWare. There could be some magic between the VM and the HOST OS that
 MH> would act as a gateway or some type of fancy NAT.

Nah, you are still entertaining IPv4 think. NAT is a kludge that was
introduced to get around the shortage of IP addresses. The original
idea of the internet was that every device should have it own IP
address. The internet was designed around end to end connectitivity.
NAT killed end to end connectivity.


IPv6 eliminates NAT and restores end to end connectivity. Once IPv6
gets its full swing, end to end connectivity will once again become
the norm and anything else will be considered crippled.


That includes any form of IPv4-IPv6 gateways. It will be like B/W
soundless movie vs 3D technicolour with multi channel sound. Of
course, one can display the old movie on the new screen. Also one can
dispense with the colour, the 3D and the sound  and display "Avatar"
in B/W 2D without sound. But who will come watch?




Cheers, Michiel

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News

David Drummond — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:37:08 GMT

On 4/02/12 12:24 PM, Bj*rn Felten -> Ardith Hinton wrote:
 BF>>> Pray tell: WTF is "wmaill"?

 AH>> I think he meant "email".... :-)

 BF> After having it pointed out to me by two of our friends from down under,
 BF> I think so to... :)

We're not "down under" - the North Pole is at the bottom (I've seem
the photos taken from the space shuttle).


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Regards
David

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What's the name of the game?

David Drummond — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:35:56 GMT

On 4/02/12 12:22 PM, Bj*rn Felten -> Michiel van der Vlist wrote:
 MvdV>> I am sure it is. Now help us out of our misery and reveal the name of
 MvdV>> the game please. ;-)

 BF> I was hoping that some of our Russian friends would know, but it seems
 BF> like we've lost them once again.

 BF> The name of the game is bandy:

 BF> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandy

Looks a bit hockey-like.

Not a sport we see in Australia....

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Regards
David

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Re: Facebook

Joe Delahaye — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:43:24 GMT

  Re: Re: Facebook
  By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sat Feb 04 2012 03:39:52

 > I'll have to see if I can send voice mail to myself via a text message to
 > my landline.
 >


Let us know how it works <G> 
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What's the name of the game?

Michiel van der Vlist — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:01:04 GMT

Hello Bj*rn,

On Saturday February 04 2012 03:22, you wrote to me:

 BF>    The name of the game is bandy:

 BF> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandy

I confess, I have never heard of it. The pictures in the article look
like ice hockey to me. But then I am hardly an expert on ice hockey
either...


Cheers, Michiel

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Re: Facebook

Roger Nelson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:39:52 GMT

JD> By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Fri Feb 03 2012 07:36:17
 
JD> > JD> I wouldnt think that it would <G>  If you had data with email
JD> > JD> capabilities, then perhaps it would.  Dont know.
 
JD> > That would make a good article for the Snooz.
 
JD> Cant send netmail to my phone, or to my BB Playbook <G>  Telnet apps for
JD> it do not work to actually log in and read my mail from it.  The two I
JD> tried apparently were designed to control a port or some thing like that.
 
I'll have to see if I can send voice mail to myself via a text message
to my landline.

 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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Re: News

Roger Nelson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:37:22 GMT

JD> By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Fri Feb 03 2012 08:00:22
 
JD> > It reminded me of those eye-to-brain translations.  You know the ones
JD> > I mean -- where words you're reading are deliberately misspelled, but
JD> > you can read the sentences anyway?
 
JD> Yeah, everyonceinawhile (is that a word??) I get an email like that <G>
 
It is now.  (-:
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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Re: Phones

Roger Nelson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:35:40 GMT

RB> Roger Nelson wrote to Robert Bashe on Friday February 03 2012 at 07:32:
 
RB>RN> Right, but do the unlisted numbers show up on someone else's Caller
RB>RN> ID?
 
RB> Unless they're suppressed, which is possible with both landline phones
RB> and cellphones.
 
Can't do that here, as far as I know.
 
RB> But I see there may be a misunderstanding here - I only meant that there
RB> is no directory of cellphone numbers here, in contrast to landline
RB> numbers. No idea whether is one in the States or not. That's what I meant
RB> when I wrote "unlisted".
 
My ex gf got her panties in a bunch because her landline is unlisted,
but it shows up on my (and everyone else's) Caller ID.  You ever seen
a Sicilian mad?  (-:

 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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Re: Facebook

Roger Nelson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:32:08 GMT

ml>RN> Nah, it's mostly kid stuff.  (-:
 
ml> no, i was thinking about the cost of the storage space, itself... not the
ml> stuff stored in it ;)
 
We could hold a garage sale and that would cut down on the space needed.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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Re: Facebook

Janis Kracht — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:44:42 GMT

Hi Roger!

Speaking of a possible zombie invasion:

>> My dogs would indeed attack.. then they'd forget why it was important I
>> think
>> :)

>The dogs wouldn't let any harm come to me because there would be no one to fee
>them.  At the moment, they recognize me as both the feeder and alpha male.  Th
> cat would be a spectator.  (-:

Yep.. reminds me of some science fiction/thriller movies with the
nonchalant cat observer to mayhem <grin>


>> The cats probably wouldn't care at all LOL  "Just gimme a lap"..... they
>> probably wouldn't even care if it was cold haha

> That accurately sums it up.  After all, they own you -- not the other way
> around.

Indeed true.  Over here, we've got 4 feral cats who we adopted from
the shelter in Ithaca NY from the same litter.. when my daughter
comes, she still tries to interest them in human contact (a pet or a
rub, etc..).. they still want no part of humans even though we've had
then now for close to two years - and when we got them, they were just
6 months old or so <grin>.  Well, the last time my daughter visited
she said, "You must be the only person on earth with 4 feral cats who
live 'inside'" hehe Well, on a good day, at least two of them have
been known to come over and sit on my lap.. as long as I don't make a
big fuss over them Lol


>> But yeah, we'd probably be in the same boat as you, depending on
>> grandboys to slay the things.. not that I'd want to make them do that
>> Lol. eeew.

>I have yet to see anyone slain with the type of plastic sword my grandson has,
> but they can do other damage.

I try to keep them from slaying my dinnerware which is on open shelves
in the kitchen .. and of course dogs and cats in the house are
definitely off-limits - other than that, they do feign some great
phoney slayings amongst themselves (3 boys, so you can imagine that
one haha).


>> I guess.. even these days.  sad though that people don't keep up with
>> stuff.

>Maybe they have enough money that it isn't even bothersome to them.  All of my
> creditors, the powerco, AT&T and the like want to leech directly from my
> checking account without me ever seeing a bill so they won't have to bother
> with sending me a statement.  Well, I'm not going to add my contribution to
> those who want to run the poorly-run postal service out of business and I do
> like to see what's going on with my bills so I can contest before paying.

Same here.  It's happened in the past so I make sure all billing like
that comes here in the mail, and then the check goes out to them in
the mail.


> Besides, we do need the postal service.

Agree there, for sure.

>> > we make and not to abandon them even when wrong. Everything was
>> > generally black and white back then, but to stick with that teaching
>> > today is a gray area.

>> Ah.. for me it was more seeing that there were people just like me who
>> were just looking for the right answers and the right people..but they
>> had a whole diferent take on things..

> And that's ALWAYS going to be the case.  People may not like you because of
>your political views, but that's just the tip of the iceberg and their problem

Yep.. :)

Take care,
Janis

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Re: FidoNews 29:04 [02/05]: General Articles

Mark Hofmann — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:42 GMT

MvdV> later learned the new DOCSIS 3.0 modems could be configured in bridge
MvdV>ode, but that the user can not do that himself.

That sounds similar to how Verizon handles their FIOS installations.
I believe it comes with a router, wireless, firewall, etc all in one.
I have no use for all that and don't want that, either.  Just give me
the wire.  :)


There are ways around it and most people I know have disabled the
firewall, wireless, and it basically turns it into a passive device.


MvdV>ell, you never know, but I think it is already too late. OS/2 has missed
MvdV>he boat.

The other thing I think might come to the rescue for legacy systems is
VMWare. There could be some magic between the VM and the HOST OS that
would act as a gateway or some type of fancy NAT.


- Mark

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