Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-31-19 14:44 <=-

There must be whispers among the ranks as to where
the best deal on the best instruction would be.

Apparently.... :)

It's a brave new world.

I guess.... and he's off and flying/swimming in it.... ;)

Better he than we.

Indeed.

Problem being that Turkey may not always provide the
appropriate opportunities and protections. The full
members of the EU, maybe not either, but it'll last
a lot longer than most other havens, perhaps even us.

I don't know all the details, but apparently his female friend and her family also have legitimate birth-ties to certain full EU countries...
and apparently there are already quite a few perks available to Turkish residents/citizens in the EU... He seems to think it all very connected
and available to him... what do I know...? ;)

There are questions about Turkey that won't be
resolved for a while. I'd not be so confident, even
with the voters' recent slap to Erdogan's face.

He thinks he has an insider's view of things... he may be right...

Or bouquet of violas, as it should more properly be.

That works, too... but not as likely misread that way.... ;)

A bucket of violas?

That would have to be the pansy-like flowers rather than the instrument,
as, I suppose, actually that bouquet would needs be...

I did however have a fleeting but amusing image of a
large pail with musical instruments in it.

A very large pail... :) Indeed amusing image, though... ;)

There is or may be that. The sci-fi story in question
posited an adversary being able to figure out what is
on a computer solely by minute variations in line
resistance or voltage (I think that's what it was).

Ah... well that does certainly sound science-fictional... ;)

It also sounds plausible, given the imbalance between a
personal computer and some behemoth someplace (especially
then, when all the brains that had to be picked were a
few Meg of RAM and a couple hundred Meg of storage).

Much less now, with so maany more, and so much larger all round
machines... although, the super computers are likewise larger and
faster... Nah... I'm not going to talk myself into a scare... (G)

I've semi-given up. A sufficiently large operation,
governmental or not, is going to have all the data
available; it's the littler guys that I am concerned
with and whose nefarious efforts I try to foil.

Some things, like being the house being broken into, or the computer
hacking, one just hopes one is insignificant enough to be ignored... If
a thief is determined, it'll find a way in no matter what defenses one
puts up... some mild deterent should discourage the other guys...

ttyl neb

... Press <Ctrl-Alt-Del> now to access the pirate software.

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