People active in fsxNet would far rather have a place devoid of such divisive discord. I certainly do.
Let's keep in fun please folks and save the ideology lessons for othernets.
For the purpose of clarity.
I don't object to having Covid-19 being discussed in a factual manner as
a subject in fsxNet.
The world is united in having to deal with a pandemic taking many lives and causing a lot of disruption to peoples way of living.
That said, pro anti-vax / vax conspiracy / anti govt vax sentiments / discussions are unwelcome here. By all means if you feel strongly about such things discuss them, just don't do here it in fsxNet.
Avon wrote to All <=-
That said, pro anti-vax / vax conspiracy / anti govt vax sentiments / discussions are unwelcome here. By all means if you feel strongly about such things discuss them, just don't do here it in fsxNet.
Hi all.
[begin PSA]
For the purpose of clarity.
I don't object to having Covid-19 being discussed in a factual manner as a subject
fsxNet.
The world is united in having to deal with a pandemic taking many lives and causing
lot of disruption to peoples way of living.
That said, pro anti-vax / vax conspiracy / anti govt vax sentiments / discussions
unwelcome here. By all means if you feel strongly about such things discuss them, j
don't do here it in fsxNet.
The original post that started the latest thread in this echo pointed to a Canadian
anti-vax / anti Canadian govt website. Such posts immediately fall into the politic
pot and as such are not welcome in fsxNet.
There's a reason why we opted to keep political discussions out of fsxNet and that'
because in the past it's been patiently clear that some past authors have been unab
to discuss differing points of view civilly and
respectfully, instead descending into political ideologies / conspiracies.
People active in fsxNet would far rather have a place devoid of such divisive disco
I certainly do.
Let's keep in fun please folks and save the ideology lessons for othernets.
[end PSA]
Best, Paul
If you want FSXNet free from Covid-19 drama then ban all Covid-19
talk, not specific
opinions.
People active in fsxNet would far rather have a place devoid of such divisive discord. I certainly do.Hear hear!
Let's keep in fun please folks and save the ideology lessons for othernets.
What about vax systems that run unix? <G>
Thats it. beeing neutral is not allowing one side and banning the other. no politics and no covid talk at all makes more sense to me.
"You can talkk about $subject as long as your view on $subject
supports the Party
Line"
My opinion is that is completely unacceptable in any network that
values a healthy
flown of information.
Healthy flow of misinformation more like it.
"I don't object to having Covid being discussed" && "pro anti-vax / vax conspiracy /
anti govt vax sentiments / discussions are unwelcome here" feel a lot like:
"You can talkk about $subject as long as your view on $subject supports the Party
Line"
My opinion is that is completely unacceptable in any network that values
a healthy
flown of information.
If you want FSXNet free from Covid-19 drama then ban all Covid-19 talk, not specific
opinions.
Im actually going to make a new othernet where all the stuff that cant be discussed here will be discussed. :)
What about vax systems that run unix? <G>
Sorry, we're anti-VAXers here, only PDP-11's :P
Spec
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Healthy flow of misinformation more like it.
Some things are not for opinions, and to value things as opinions that
are simply untrue is not healthy.
Healthy flow of misinformation more like it.
I am trying to come up with neutral positive ideas that can make a small change in the situation. I want my liberties, but I also want people healthy in other good ways.Such as people with severe diabetes getting screwed real bad, the guy who made my signs for my state legislature race has to go thru kidney dialaysis because he got the rona real bad. Less people getting sever diabetes is a win for all of us. Latinos sadly are a group that gets it big time. Maybe we like sweet bread.
If you want FSXNet free from Covid-19 drama then ban all Covid-19 talk, not specific
opinions.
No that's not necessary. I've made my point of view clear. If folks want to have a ding dong session about pro vs anti vax stuff and how [insert countr name] government/political party is not doing things right etc. etc. they ca take it to an othernet.
Spectre wrote to N1uro <=-
Sorry, we're anti-VAXers here, only PDP-11's :P
Actually, the Vax played a major role in the tcp/ip stack for the PC.
If you don't know the story or anyone wishes to hear it let me know and I'll post it.
Actually, the Vax played a major role in the tcp/ip stack for the PC.
If you don't know the story or anyone wishes to hear it let me know and I'll post it.
<snip irrelevant "argument">
You, nor anyone else here are experts on covid-19.
And no one was talking about banning anyone. If you want to spread your armchair-meme-google-science do that elsewhere. There are enough
Changing the subject now as no one needs the angst of this any more :)
How ya doing? I'm locked down at the moment (as are you right?) so
been
trying to do some work from home and not eat way too much at the
moment.
Golly it's tempting to chow down on a bag of chips right now heh.
I'm poking at BRE and soon GD and FH to remove nodes that are inactive
etc.
It's a bit like playing whack a mole at times when trying to keep up
with
which systems are active or inactive. I'll get there.
More time to play on computers :)
Changing the subject now as no one needs the angst of this any more :)
Fair enough :)
Nope we're not locked down here in Toowoomba, and haven't been since last year, other parts of queensland have more recently, but I don't think
they are now. NSW is locked down, and we have the police and army at the Queensland / NSW border to try and stop people coming in.
Hah. Does sound good.
Yeah, I can imagine it's a bit of a pain to do.
:) I've been working on a new linux distro again, I've been using devuan as my main OS for a bit (with the requirements of Win 11, it's not really something I want, or can really afford). I wanted something like devuan but a bit more uptodate and using RPM instead of dpkg.
I've got the base system working, now I need to build the base system on the base system. Then fixing bugs in my spec files.
Lots to do I guess. I'm just slowly plugging away at it with sessions of Lord of the Rings Online between.
LOL! Actually, the Vax played a major role in the tcp/ip stack for
the PC. If you don't know the story or anyone wishes to hear it let
me know and I'll post it.
You, nor anyone else here are experts on covid-19.
If FSXNet had been a thing some centuries ago, maybe we would be talking about banning people for defending that tobacco is not good for your health.
Not so long ago, the notion that tobacco was good for health was a scientific fact. Going against such notion was an eccentricity. If discussing anti-tobacco ideas had been banned back in the day, we would
all be smoking and getting cancer.
Bullshit.
Spectre wrote to N1uro <=-
Go for it, which TCP stack?
:) I've been working on a new linux distro again, I've been using devuan as my main OS for a bit (with the requirements of Win 11, it's not really something I want, or can really afford). I wanted something like devuan but a bit more uptodate and using RPM instead of dpkg.
I've got the base system working, now I need to build the base system on the base system. Then fixing bugs in my spec files.
Then adding more software... at this stage it's just learning, and probably wont be useful for my every day computer, due to lack of
multilib (but once I get everything else working I might try and add multilib) (multilib is 32-bit support on 64-bit host - which I use for steam and games :)
LOL! Actually, the Vax played a major role in the tcp/ip stack for the PC. If you don't know the story or anyone wishes to hear it let me know and I'll post it.Go for it, which TCP stack?
Spec
N1uro wrote to Avon <=-
What about vax systems that run unix? <G>
No that's not necessary. I've made my point of view clear. If folks
want to have a ding dong session about pro vs anti vax stuff and how [insert country name] government/political party is not doing things
right etc. etc. they can take it to an othernet.
I read some folks want to have that discussion and they are more than welcome to somewhere other than fsxNet.
Arelor wrote to MATT MUNSON <=-
The Peruans and Chilenans I know around seem to base their diet on rice with chicken. There is a Peruan restaurant nearby that offers many traditional dishes but a lot of what I see them serving is rice with chicken.
Oli wrote to MATT MUNSON <=-
As this stuff runs on Fidonet technology it is possible that nodes distribute echos that are not in the official echo list. Just create an echo (let's call it FREE_SPEECH_XTENSION) and setup links between the people/nodes that have a need to talk about "all the stuff that cant be discussed here".
What about vax systems that run unix? <G>Unless they are involved in conspiracies, I hope those are ok! I like reading about old tech.
Blue White wrote to N1uro <=-
Unless they are involved in conspiracies, I hope those are ok! I like reading about old tech.
The Peruans and Chilenans I know around seem to base their diet on rice with chicken. There is a Peruan restaurant nearby that offers many
gcubebuddy wrote to Blue White <=-
lol i posted my Anti-VAX VMS mainframe joke to fecesbook and got
flagged by the covid watch group lol. it made DJatropine laugh his head off lol.
gcubebuddy wrote to Blue White <=-
What about vax systems that run unix? <G>Unless they are involved in conspiracies, I hope those are ok! I like reading about old tech.
lol i posted my Anti-VAX VMS mainframe joke to fecesbook and got
flagged by the covid watch group lol. it made DJatropine laugh his head off lol.
A few weeks back one of my fiendbook friends posted something that was pro-vax and got flagged. I think their algorhythms must not be quite right.
gcubebuddy wrote to Blue White <=-
What about vax systems that run unix? <G>Unless they are involved in conspiracies, I hope those are ok! I like reading about old tech.
lol i posted my Anti-VAX VMS mainframe joke to fecesbook and got flagged by the covid watch group lol. it made DJatropine laugh his head off lol.
A few weeks back one of my fiendbook friends posted something that was pro-vax and got flagged. I think their algorhythms must not be quite right.
... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
I am more likely going to use Fakebook for shelter pet awareness only.
A few weeks back one of my fiendbook friends posted something that was pro-vax and got flagged. I think their algorhythms must not be quite rI have heard somebody got flagged once for asking if some store had black cartridges for an HP printer.
In Spanish, HP is often used as an abreviation for "Hijo de Puta," which could be translated as "Son of a Bitch." The message that got flagged
was something like "Estoy buscando cartuchos HP Negro 350XL." (I am looking for Black HP 350 XL cartridges). I think the algorithm read "HP Negro" and interpretated it as "Hijo de Puta Negro", or "Black Son of a Bitch."
And this is yet another reason why nobody should touch Facebook with a
10 feet long pole.
gcubebuddy wrote to Arelor <=-
In Spanish, HP is often used as an abreviation for "Hijo de Puta," which could be translated as "Son of a Bitch."
gcubebuddy wrote to Arelor <=-
In Spanish, HP is often used as an abreviation for "Hijo de Puta," whic could be translated as "Son of a Bitch."
That applies to their printer and PC divisions aptly.
... The strongest steel is forged in the fires of a dumpster.
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Their division for enterprise network solutions (whatever it is called this year) is ok afaik.
Hey All
It's 3:11pm here, not long now until we go to the eye clinic to get my
eye surgery done. It's at 5pm... I'm a bit nervous :)
It's just a minor thing, crosslinking on my right eye and should be done in half an hour and ready to go straight after..
I've been working on talisman a little bit... just started to add QWK networking, but a bit too nervous to concentrate getting very far with
it.
I signed up for a new account on vert, but used the wrong qwk id (ie it's not the same as my current one..) oops. I don't think it would matter though.
Anyway, hopefully can get that done soon. It will have one binary to scan toss and poll, i plan on using libcurl to do the ftp transfers.
We discovered today that the internet here is only free if you select the public spaces wifi option, not the room option... they charge $5 a day
per device for the room option... we had four devices, so thats about $40 we didn't intend to spend the last couple of days.. oops ! now we know were using the hotspots on our phone.
We're not very careful to assume anything that doesn't specificly say.
free probably costs extra money. hum.. it was a bit sneaky they advertise free wifi, but don't tell you which option is free.... oh well.
Yesterday we had take away, and being in ipswitch (and the rest of SE queensland you are required to wear masks... while we were waiting for
our order, a couple came in without masks and threw a tantrum about it. crazy. I really feel bad for the waiter who just has to do what is told bearing the brunt of that, and wonder how often it happens.
Well better go...
Hey All
It's 3:11pm here, not long now until we go to the eye clinic to get my
eye surgery done. It's at 5pm... I'm a bit nervous :)
It's just a minor thing, crosslinking on my right eye and should be done
in half an hour and ready to go straight after..
I hope it went for you :)
That sucks, this seems to be a common trick for places that offer accommodation :(
Have not seen much of that here, we are also in mask mode when outside
and indoors and it seems to be going well for the most part.
Take care, sending good vibes for your op. And if you do end up bionic
can I have your autograph?
Never heard of this procedure before. I hope everything went well.
What I read on Wikipedia / the net it is one of the less invasive procedures. I think my biggest issue would be to remember not rubbing
my eyes the days after.
Argh, now I'm reading that eye rubbing might increase my risks of
developing keratoconus...
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