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Do you like fresh pussy? Well so does the greatest rock band
in all of human history, the Rolling Stones.

Check out their "Stray Cat Blues:"

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSYB38y2xA>

Some highlights from the complete lyrics which follow:

"I can see that you're 15 years old
No, I don't want your ID..."

"I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that,
I bet she don't know you can bite like that..."

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Fresh pussy speaks!

=========================
Complete lyrics
=========================

Ah, hey
Hey, I got some tail

Hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs
I know you're no scare-eyed honey
There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
I can see that you're 15 years old
No, I don't want your ID
And I can see that you're so far from home
But that's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
Oh yeah, don't you scratch like that
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know you do spit like that
You look so weird, I sense you're far from home
But you don't really miss your mother
You look so scared, I'm not a mad-brained bear
But, but it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
Oh, yeah
Whoa!
I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that
I bet she don't know you can bite like that
You say you got a friend, and she's wilder than you
Why don't you bring her upstairs?
If she's so wild, then she can join in too
It's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
Oh yeah, don't you scratch like that
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
I bet your mama don't know you can bite like that
I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back

Songwriters: Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
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On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No. Not at all.

Well so does the greatest rock band
in all of human history, the Rolling Stones.

So did:
Jeffrey Epstein
Roman Polanski
R. Kelly
Elvis Presley
Jerry Lee Lewis
and a bunch of other famous men


ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

"When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you agaaaaiiinnnnn
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeeeaaahhh!

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On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be a teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post publicly
about it? Nutjob. I will admit that I have talked to girls at that age
in the past, but I didn't have sex with them, FFS. There are boundaries
in law and in morality.
--
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On 2/23/2026 8:50 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be a teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post publicly
about it?-a Nutjob.

Freaky Feeb claimed:

* many 12 year olds are having sexual intercourse

* "black girls are the best fuck by far"

* he had unprotected sex with 2 herpes-infected feminists


He's fucked in the head.

I will admit that I have talked to girls at that age
in the past, but I didn't have sex with them, FFS.

At 15 I lost my virginity to a 15-year-old girl.

Too early, but I had neglectful parents that never talked to me about
sex and I didn't know better.

Not sure that would've stopped me anyway! I only remember she was cute
and blonde and named Martha, and didn't go to my high school. She spent
the night, and I never saw her again.

There are boundaries in law and in morality.

Definitely.

per wikipedia:

16 is the age of consent in 3/5ths of the US
In a few states it's 17
In 11 states it's 18


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On 2/23/26 9:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/23/2026 8:50 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be
a teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post
publicly about it?-a Nutjob.

Freaky Feeb claimed:

* many 12 year olds are having sexual intercourse

* "black girls are the best fuck by far"

I am as much attracted to black women as anyone else, really. I'm
colorblind sexually/romantically.

* he had unprotected sex with 2 herpes-infected feminists

He's fucked in the head.

Eek.

I will admit that I have talked to girls at that age in the past, but
I didn't have sex with them, FFS.

At 15 I lost my virginity to a 15-year-old girl.

Too early, but I had neglectful parents that never talked to me about
sex and I didn't know better.

Not sure that would've stopped me anyway!-a I only remember she was cute
and blonde and named Martha, and didn't go to my high school.-a She spent the night, and I never saw her again.

It's normal.

There are boundaries in law and in morality.

Definitely.

per wikipedia:

16 is the age of consent in 3/5ths of the US
In a few states it's 17
In 11 states it's 18

Exactly, 16 is old enough to drive a car, old enough to consent if
they're inclined to, I actually had sex with a 50-something when I was
16, consensually. Most 16 year-olds will prefer someone close to their
own age, but it's acceptable if some of them go higher. But under 16,
that's a crime, even if they really believe it's consensual, maybe it
even is in some cases, but they should be able to wait for them to turn
the legal age. I'm not gonna judge them on a personal level, but nor
will I enable it in law, protecting those who would end up regretting it
is the priority, period.
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:16:35 -0500, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No. Not at all.

How old was Larry's mother when she had him? That's the last time he was anywhere near any.

Well so does the greatest rock band in all of human history, the
Rolling Stones.

So did:
Jeffrey Epstein Roman Polanski R. Kelly Elvis Presley Jerry Lee Lewis
and a bunch of other famous men

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

"When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop
and I turn and I go for a ride Till I get to the bottom and I see you agaaaaiiinnnnn Yeah, yeah, yeah yeeeaaahhh!

The Beatles was the most melodic rock band of the era, but I think that
_rock_ fans would tell you that Led Zeppelin was better.
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:16:05 -0500, DFS wrote:

On 2/23/2026 8:50 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be a
teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post publicly
about it?-a Nutjob.

Freaky Feeb claimed:

* many 12 year olds are having sexual intercourse

He's not wrong though. If they come from broken homes and experiment with drugs, they're very likely to have sex at a young age. Knowing what I know today and especially if I had any kind of influence, I would tell kids to
wait as long as possible before having sex. It truly is something two
married people should experience for the first time. After all, if "you
always remember your first," wouldn't it make sense that you always
remember your husband or your wife and how special the experience was?

* "black girls are the best fuck by far"

* he had unprotected sex with 2 herpes-infected feminists

He's fucked in the head.

Even if they were unconscious, I doubt they would have let Larry anywhere
near them. They would have woken up just long enough to kick him off
before losing consciousness again.

I will admit that I have talked to girls at that age in the past, but I
didn't have sex with them, FFS.

At 15 I lost my virginity to a 15-year-old girl.

Too early, but I had neglectful parents that never talked to me about
sex and I didn't know better.

Not sure that would've stopped me anyway! I only remember she was cute
and blonde and named Martha, and didn't go to my high school. She spent
the night, and I never saw her again.

But you still remember the experience and the person, even if you never
saw her again. The fact that you regret it gives weight to the fact that
we are all, honestly, better off waiting until marriage. In fact, doing so removes any power the female gender has over us since they always use
their looks and sex appeal to manipulate us. Heck, we've destroyed our own societies trying to please them by giving them the right to vote for the
most destructive political policies imaginable.

< snip >
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Joel W. Crump wrote:

I actually had sex with a 50-something when I was 16

Did you swallow his load?
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On 2/23/26 10:10 AM, Pete Tuttle wrote:

I actually had sex with a 50-something when I was 16

Did you swallow his load?

You presume it was a man? But yeah, it was gay oral sex, and I
swallowed. What is your point?
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On 2/23/2026 9:59 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:16:05 -0500, DFS wrote:

On 2/23/2026 8:50 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be a
teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post publicly
about it?-a Nutjob.

Freaky Feeb claimed:

* many 12 year olds are having sexual intercourse

He's not wrong though.

You're both way wrong. Consistently, people report losing their
virginity around age 17.

If they come from broken homes and experiment with
drugs, they're very likely to have sex at a young age. Knowing what I know today and especially if I had any kind of influence, I would tell kids to wait as long as possible before having sex. It truly is something two
married people should experience for the first time. After all, if "you always remember your first," wouldn't it make sense that you always
remember your husband or your wife and how special the experience was?

* "black girls are the best fuck by far"

* he had unprotected sex with 2 herpes-infected feminists


He's fucked in the head.

Even if they were unconscious, I doubt they would have let Larry anywhere near them. They would have woken up just long enough to kick him off
before losing consciousness again.

I will admit that I have talked to girls at that age in the past, but I
didn't have sex with them, FFS.

At 15 I lost my virginity to a 15-year-old girl.

Too early, but I had neglectful parents that never talked to me about
sex and I didn't know better.

Not sure that would've stopped me anyway! I only remember she was cute
and blonde and named Martha, and didn't go to my high school. She spent
the night, and I never saw her again.

But you still remember the experience and the person, even if you never
saw her again. The fact that you regret it gives weight to the fact that
we are all, honestly, better off waiting until marriage.

Probably. But learning you aren't sexually compatible, after you're
married, would be a hard lesson.

At 26 I dated a virgin woman of 26 for a short while who refused sex
before marriage. She was a good catch: attractive, smart, tall, thin,
true blonde, degree in computer engineering from a good school. But not
only was she a virgin, she barely had any interest in sex. At that age
I couldn't wait until marriage so I broke it off. Many years later saw
on Facebook she's married and has 3 extremely good-looking children.

For her husband's sake I hope they did it more than 3x...

In fact, doing so
removes any power the female gender has over us since they always use
their looks and sex appeal to manipulate us.

There are some crazies out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcS_DOKUZv8

Heck, we've destroyed our own
societies trying to please them by giving them the right to vote for the
most destructive political policies imaginable.

LOL!

I get the feeling you wouldn't let women vote if you had the power.

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On 2/23/26 10:37 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/23/2026 9:59 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

Heck, we've destroyed our own
societies trying to please them by giving them the right to vote for the
most destructive political policies imaginable.

LOL!

I get the feeling you wouldn't let women vote if you had the power.

Crude is a true nutty guy. Such a racist, phobe, and even we see here
sexist. If anything, it's males who should be denied the vote, since
they're more susceptible to Satanic influence, but of course every
individual should have the same right to vote, end of story.
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Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be a teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post publicly
about it? Nutjob. I will admit that I have talked to girls at that age
in the past, but I didn't have sex with them, FFS. There are boundaries
in law and in morality.

Maybe Farley is really Kid Rock.
--
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On 2/23/26 11:07 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be a
teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post publicly
about it? Nutjob. I will admit that I have talked to girls at that age
in the past, but I didn't have sex with them, FFS. There are boundaries
in law and in morality.

Maybe Farley is really Kid Rock.

No, I'm gonna go with even worse than that.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:16:35 -0500, DFS wrote:

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

While I liked some of their stuff I never considered them a rock band. Too much English music hall influence. 'Soft rock' is as useful as a soft
cock.

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rbowman wrote:

some dumb fsck wrote:

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

While I liked some of their stuff I never considered them a rock band. Too >much English music hall influence. 'Soft rock' is as useful as a soft
cock.

They could rock, when they wanted to... They could do it all.
--
"It's extremely rare for a scientist to use Linux on their desktop."
- some dumb fsck
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On 2/23/26 3:32 PM, chrisv wrote:

rbowman wrote:

some dumb fsck wrote:

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

While I liked some of their stuff I never considered them a rock band. Too >> much English music hall influence. 'Soft rock' is as useful as a soft
cock.

They could rock, when they wanted to... They could do it all.

I think they had real talent, yeah. The problem for me is more that
most of their stuff was recorded before recording equipment had reached
a modern level, and just being born after their era, it's like only so
many of their songs really speak to me. But nevertheless, they had an undeniable and lasting impact on popular music.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:10:10 -0500, Pete Tuttle wrote:

Joel W. Crump wrote:

I actually had sex with a 50-something when I was 16

Did you swallow his load?

"Her" load, Pete, "her."
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CrudeSausage
John 14:6
Isaiah 48:16
Pop_OS!
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:37:34 -0500, DFS wrote:

On 2/23/2026 9:59 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:16:05 -0500, DFS wrote:

On 2/23/2026 8:50 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/23/26 8:16 AM, DFS wrote:

On 2/22/2026 7:17 PM, Licentious Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote: >>>>>

Do you like fresh pussy?

"fresh" as in 15 or younger?

No.-a Not at all.

To post that on Usenet is really dumb of Larry, it's bad enough to be
a teenophile in the first place, but to be proud of it, to post
publicly about it?-a Nutjob.

Freaky Feeb claimed:

* many 12 year olds are having sexual intercourse

He's not wrong though.

You're both way wrong. Consistently, people report losing their
virginity around age 17.

I didn't say that all kids lost it at 12; I said that kids from broken
homes do.

< snip >

But you still remember the experience and the person, even if you never
saw her again. The fact that you regret it gives weight to the fact
that we are all, honestly, better off waiting until marriage.

Probably. But learning you aren't sexually compatible, after you're
married, would be a hard lesson.

At 26 I dated a virgin woman of 26 for a short while who refused sex
before marriage. She was a good catch: attractive, smart, tall, thin,
true blonde, degree in computer engineering from a good school. But not
only was she a virgin, she barely had any interest in sex. At that age
I couldn't wait until marriage so I broke it off. Many years later saw
on Facebook she's married and has 3 extremely good-looking children.

For her husband's sake I hope they did it more than 3x...

Almost certainly. I knew a girl who didn't have interest in sex either and wanted to wait until marriage. When she did get married though, she
learned how much fun sex was and felt the need to share this discovery
with others. I can guarantee that her husband didn't stop getting any.

In fact, doing so removes any power the female gender has over us since
they always use their looks and sex appeal to manipulate us.

There are some crazies out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcS_DOKUZv8

I honestly believe that this woman's opinion has been normalized and that
the majority of attractive women think that way.

Heck, we've destroyed our own societies trying to please them by giving
them the right to vote for the most destructive political policies
imaginable.

LOL!

I get the feeling you wouldn't let women vote if you had the power.

I would have at the beginning of the 20th century. In fact, I probably
would have fought alongside them for their right to speak their minds in elections. Now that they've caused irreversible damage through their
votes, I would take it away forever. If it weren't for them, leftists
would never have a chance at gaining power. Statistically speaking, it has already been shown that men overwhelmingly vote for conservative parties
and that those voting for the left are women, niggers and sissies.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
Isaiah 48:16
Pop_OS!
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On 2/23/2026 7:07 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:10:10 -0500, Pete Tuttle wrote:

Joel W. Crump wrote:

I actually had sex with a 50-something when I was 16

>
Did you swallow his load?

"Her" load, Pete, "her."

No, I had never met a trans person, that I was aware of, at that time.
This encounter was with a gay man.
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rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:16:35 -0500, DFS wrote:

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

While I liked some of their stuff I never considered them a rock band. Too much English music hall influence. 'Soft rock' is as useful as a soft
cock.

It's difficult for me to conceive of any single band being "the
greatest". There are a few rock bands the have multiple
songs/tunes that I like a lot.

These days I subsist mainly on SomaFM and a USB thumb drive.

The last album I bought was an MP3 album by Shpongle.
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On 2/24/2026 6:21 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:16:35 -0500, DFS wrote:

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

While I liked some of their stuff I never considered them a rock band. Too >> much English music hall influence. 'Soft rock' is as useful as a soft
cock.

It's difficult for me to conceive of any single band being "the
greatest". There are a few rock bands the have multiple
songs/tunes that I like a lot.

These days I subsist mainly on SomaFM and a USB thumb drive.

The last album I bought was an MP3 album by Shpongle.

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time.
It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer provided. I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh
that desire.
--
Joel W. Crump
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Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/24/2026 6:21 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

<snip>

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time.
It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer provided. I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh
that desire.

X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 260224-0, 2/23/2026), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

<chuckle>
--
Pedro Guerrero was playing third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1984
when he made the comment that earns him a place in my Hall of Fame. Second baseman Steve Sax was having trouble making his throws. Other players were diving, screaming, signaling for a fair catch. At the same time, Guerrero,
at third, was making a few plays that weren't exactly soothing to manager
Tom Lasorda's stomach. Lasorda decided it was time for one of his famous motivational meetings and zeroed in on Guerrero: "How can you play third
base like that? You've gotta be thinking about something besides baseball. What is it?"
"I'm only thinking about two things," Guerrero said. "First, `I
hope they don't hit the ball to me.'" The players snickered, and even
Lasorda had to fight off a laugh. "Second, `I hope they don't hit the ball
to Sax.'"
-- Joe Garagiola, "It's Anybody's Ball Game"
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On 2/24/2026 11:30 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time.
It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer
provided. I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh
that desire.

X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 260224-0, 2/23/2026), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

<chuckle>

Laugh all you want, but I would not fly M$ without Norton.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:42:34 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/24/2026 11:30 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this
time.
It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based
manufacturer provided. I want to run Linux, but the advantages of
Winblows outweigh that desire.

X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 260224-0, 2/23/2026), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

<chuckle>

Laugh all you want, but I would not fly M$ without Norton.

Until Windows Defender became mature I used Kaspersky. Who better to
defeat Russian hackers than Russian hackers?

At one time Symantec had both Norton and Symantec Enterprise. One of them
was a complete hog but I can't remember which. Now Gen Digital has Norton
and some others and Broadcom has Symantec. All the merging and buyouts
confuse me.

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On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time.
It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

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On 2/24/2026 4:00 PM, DFS wrote:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this
time. It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based
manufacturer provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of
Winblows outweigh that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

Make no mistake, sir, I want to run Linux if the OS was the whole
computer. It just isn't so. Win11 gives me a broader array of apps,
it's useful to be on the default OS.
--
Joel W. Crump
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On 2/24/2026 4:13 PM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/24/2026 4:00 PM, DFS wrote:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this
time. It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based
manufacturer provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of
Winblows outweigh that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

Make no mistake, sir, I want to run Linux if the OS was the whole
computer.-a It just isn't so.

I think you're saying GuhNoo hobbyware can't compete.

Win11 gives me a broader array of apps, > it's useful to be on the

default OS.


Windows means never having to say you're sorry.

ha! What novel/movie was that quote inspired by?

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On 2/24/2026 4:34 PM, DFS wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this
time. It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based
manufacturer provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of
Winblows outweigh that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

Make no mistake, sir, I want to run Linux if the OS was the whole
computer.-a It just isn't so.

I think you're saying GuhNoo hobbyware can't compete.

Because of the way I use my computer, Windows has some material advantage.

Win11 gives me a broader array of apps, > it's useful to be on the

default OS.

Windows means never having to say you're sorry.

ha!-a What novel/movie was that quote inspired by?

I'm lost as to the point of that. I credit MS for their work on Win11.
It's getting awesome. But Linux is equally awesome.
--
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On 2026-02-24, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:

On 2/24/2026 4:13 PM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 2/24/2026 4:00 PM, DFS wrote:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this
time. It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based
manufacturer provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of
Winblows outweigh that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

Make no mistake, sir, I want to run Linux if the OS was the whole
computer.-a It just isn't so.

I think you're saying GuhNoo hobbyware can't compete.

Win11 gives me a broader array of apps, > it's useful to be on the

default OS.

Windows means never having to say you're sorry.

ha! What novel/movie was that quote inspired by?

Love Story.
--
pothead

"Being a liberal is not just about being stupid.
It's about showing the world how proud you
are to be stupid"
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DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time.
It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer
provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh
that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

I've never felt any need to go back to Windows. For me, it feels
clumsy. I do try to boot to it now and then to test my builds
on Windows. It's been awhile, I need to get up off my capacious
ass and do it.

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land :-)
--
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Named after the late existential philosopher, SARTRE is an extremely unstructured language. Statements in SARTRE have no purpose; they just are. Thus SARTRE programs are left to define their own functions. SARTRE
programmers tend to be boring and depressed, and are no fun at parties.
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On 2/25/2026 10:48 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time.
It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer
provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh >>> that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

I've never felt any need to go back to Windows. For me, it feels
clumsy. I do try to boot to it now and then to test my builds
on Windows. It's been awhile, I need to get up off my capacious
ass and do it.

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land :-)

It might be clumsy but it has the apps I need. I prefer Linux as an OS,
but a computer is more than the OS.
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Joel W. Crump
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Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/25/2026 10:48 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time. >>>> It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer >>>> provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh >>>> that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

I've never felt any need to go back to Windows. For me, it feels
clumsy. I do try to boot to it now and then to test my builds
on Windows. It's been awhile, I need to get up off my capacious
ass and do it.

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land :-)

It might be clumsy but it has the apps I need. I prefer Linux as an OS,
but a computer is more than the OS.

Linux is more than an OS. Like Windows, it is an environment.
--
[Sir Stafford Cripps] has all the virtues I dislike and none of the
vices I admire.
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:41:26 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/25/2026 10:48 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this
time. It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based
manufacturer provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of
Winblows outweigh that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable
shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

I've never felt any need to go back to Windows. For me, it feels
clumsy. I do try to boot to it now and then to test my builds on
Windows. It's been awhile, I need to get up off my capacious ass and
do it.

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land :-)

It might be clumsy but it has the apps I need. I prefer Linux as an
OS,
but a computer is more than the OS.

Linux is more than an OS. Like Windows, it is an environment.

For some, like Larry Pietraskiewicz, it's also a religion and a
girlfriend.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
Isaiah 48:16
Pop_OS!
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:48:25 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land

We used MKS. It wasn't so much the toolkit as the NuTCRACKER runtime environment. The whole legacy product had started on AIX although we used Linux on our machines for development and only tested on a RS6000 server.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKS_Toolkit

PTC bought MKS for another product and we were worried they would drop the cross platform product but the PTC X server was an improvement over the
MKS one. We'd looked at Hummingbird but it had problems too.

A couple of sites used Linux for the backend but not the workstations.
Windows was too entrenched and our sales people didn't really push Linux.
As sites started using Esri for their GIS that sealed the deal. Their API
was locked to Windows and COM.
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On 2/25/2026 12:41 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I prefer Linux as an OS,
but a computer is more than the OS.

Linux is more than an OS. Like Windows, it is an environment.

OK, but realistically speaking, Windows is giving me the access to apps
that are most useful.
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Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/25/2026 12:41 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I prefer Linux as an OS,
but a computer is more than the OS.

Linux is more than an OS. Like Windows, it is an environment.

OK, but realistically speaking, Windows is giving me the access to apps
that are most useful.

's fine. You do you.
--
The Czechs announced after Sputnik that they, too, would launch a satellite.
Of course, it would orbit Sputnik, not Earth!
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rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:48:25 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land

We used MKS. It wasn't so much the toolkit as the NuTCRACKER runtime environment. The whole legacy product had started on AIX although we used Linux on our machines for development and only tested on a RS6000 server.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKS_Toolkit

PTC bought MKS for another product and we were worried they would drop the cross platform product but the PTC X server was an improvement over the
MKS one. We'd looked at Hummingbird but it had problems too.

A couple of sites used Linux for the backend but not the workstations. Windows was too entrenched and our sales people didn't really push Linux.
As sites started using Esri for their GIS that sealed the deal. Their API was locked to Windows and COM.

I bought MKS Toolkit a lonnnnnnnnng time ago. It's still around,
kind of : https://www.mkssoftware.com/

I remember that, in the book/manual for their Source Integrity,
an illustration (screenshot) showed a directory hierarchy.
One of the directories was "shit". :-D
--
Sailing is fun, but scrubbing the decks is aardvark.
-- Heard on Noahs' ark
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:24:05 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/25/2026 12:41 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I prefer Linux as an OS,
but a computer is more than the OS.

Linux is more than an OS. Like Windows, it is an environment.

OK, but realistically speaking, Windows is giving me the access to apps
that are most useful.

's fine. You do you.

I guess Linux doesn't have the ability to run the applications an
unemployed faggot _needs_.
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:27:42 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I bought MKS Toolkit a lonnnnnnnnng time ago. It's still around,
kind of : https://www.mkssoftware.com/

I don't know if they ever had a non-commercial tier but our license was
$5000 / year and we only had one. Almost all of the testing and
development was done on Linux with the build guy creating the Windows deliverables on the licensed Windows machine.

It was cumbersome but it a pinch we could ssh into that machine, mount our source trees, and build a Windows version.

The runtime licenses on the clients' machines were more reasonable, $50
per seat iirc, but didn't include any of the Unix tools.

The process was similar to using Cygwin but we wouldn't touch GPL'd
software with a very long stick.
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At Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:21:15 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:16:35 -0500, DFS wrote:

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

While I liked some of their stuff I never considered them a rock band. Too much English music hall influence. 'Soft rock' is as useful as a soft cock.

It's difficult for me to conceive of any single band being "the
greatest". There are a few rock bands the have multiple
songs/tunes that I like a lot.

These days I subsist mainly on SomaFM and a USB thumb drive.

The last album I bought was an MP3 album by Shpongle.

The last album I bought was lossless FLAC from bandcamp.com:

https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/alpheron-xi
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At Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:47:46 -0500, "Joel W. Crump"
<joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2/24/2026 4:34 PM, DFS wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to
my internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11,
this time. It's better with a fresh install than what the
China-based manufacturer provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the
advantages of Winblows outweigh that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the
uncomfortable shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to
admit it.

Make no mistake, sir, I want to run Linux if the OS was the whole
computer.-a It just isn't so.

I think you're saying GuhNoo hobbyware can't compete.

Because of the way I use my computer, Windows has some material
advantage.

Win11 gives me a broader array of apps, > it's useful to be on
the

default OS.

Windows means never having to say you're sorry.

ha!-a What novel/movie was that quote inspired by?

I'm lost as to the point of that. I credit MS for their work on
Win11. It's getting awesome. But Linux is equally awesome.

No.

Linux is MS*2^32 awesome.
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At Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:48:25 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/24/2026 6:26 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

I just copied my vast music collection from my external SSD to my
internal SSD, overnight, having settled on keeping on Win11, this time. >> It's better with a fresh install than what the China-based manufacturer >> provided.-a I want to run Linux, but the advantages of Winblows outweigh >> that desire.

Welcome back to the best application software money can buy!

Starry-eyed fanbois almost always return home from the uncomfortable shelter of GuhNoo hobbyware, but few are willing to admit it.

I've never felt any need to go back to Windows. For me, it feels
clumsy. I do try to boot to it now and then to test my builds
on Windows. It's been awhile, I need to get up off my capacious
ass and do it.

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land :-)

"almost always" indeed -- and in cola, you're liable to find
those exceptions.

Tell me something I need Windows for. (I can think of exactly
one application: the kindle reader for Windows, for those books
that won't work with their web reader.)
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vallor wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

At Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:21:15 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:16:35 -0500, DFS wrote:

ps You know as well as everyone that The Beatles is the greatest rock
band in history.

While I liked some of their stuff I never considered them a rock band. Too
much English music hall influence. 'Soft rock' is as useful as a soft
cock.

It's difficult for me to conceive of any single band being "the
greatest". There are a few rock bands the have multiple
songs/tunes that I like a lot.

These days I subsist mainly on SomaFM and a USB thumb drive.

The last album I bought was an MP3 album by Shpongle.

The last album I bought was lossless FLAC from bandcamp.com:

https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/alpheron-xi

State Azure tunes come up regulary on SomaFM/GrooveSalad.
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On 2/26/2026 11:51 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:24:05 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Joel W. Crump wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 2/25/2026 12:41 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I prefer Linux as an OS,
but a computer is more than the OS.

Linux is more than an OS. Like Windows, it is an environment.

OK, but realistically speaking, Windows is giving me the access to apps
that are most useful.

's fine. You do you.

I guess Linux doesn't have the ability to run the applications an
unemployed faggot _needs_.

Linux works for me but not quite as well, that's all I meant. You're
the faggot to me, though, because you're repressing it as a phobe. Retard.
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At Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:27:42 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:48:25 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land

We used MKS. It wasn't so much the toolkit as the NuTCRACKER runtime environment. The whole legacy product had started on AIX although we used Linux on our machines for development and only tested on a RS6000 server.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKS_Toolkit

PTC bought MKS for another product and we were worried they would drop the cross platform product but the PTC X server was an improvement over the MKS one. We'd looked at Hummingbird but it had problems too.

A couple of sites used Linux for the backend but not the workstations. Windows was too entrenched and our sales people didn't really push Linux. As sites started using Esri for their GIS that sealed the deal. Their API was locked to Windows and COM.

I bought MKS Toolkit a lonnnnnnnnng time ago. It's still around,
kind of : https://www.mkssoftware.com/

I remember that, in the book/manual for their Source Integrity,
an illustration (screenshot) showed a directory hierarchy.
One of the directories was "shit". :-D

Holy Moses, and you _ran_ that shit?
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vallor wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

At Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:27:42 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:48:25 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I use Git Bash and Mingw, so I'm not too far from GNU-land

We used MKS. It wasn't so much the toolkit as the NuTCRACKER runtime
environment. The whole legacy product had started on AIX although we used >> > Linux on our machines for development and only tested on a RS6000 server. >> >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKS_Toolkit

PTC bought MKS for another product and we were worried they would drop the
cross platform product but the PTC X server was an improvement over the >> > MKS one. We'd looked at Hummingbird but it had problems too.

A couple of sites used Linux for the backend but not the workstations.
Windows was too entrenched and our sales people didn't really push Linux. >> > As sites started using Esri for their GIS that sealed the deal. Their API >> > was locked to Windows and COM.

I bought MKS Toolkit a lonnnnnnnnng time ago. It's still around,
kind of : https://www.mkssoftware.com/

I remember that, in the book/manual for their Source Integrity,
an illustration (screenshot) showed a directory hierarchy.
One of the directories was "shit". :-D

Holy Moses, and you _ran_ that shit?

Everybody on our team ran it. It worked well enough at the time.
--
Periphrasis is the putting of things in a round-about way. "The cost may be upwards of a figure rather below 10m#." is a periphrasis for The cost may be nearly 10m#. "In Paris there reigns a complete absence of really reliable news" is a periphrasis for There is no reliable news in Paris. "Rarely does the 'Little Summer' linger until November, but at times its stay has been prolonged until quite late in the year's penultimate month" contains a periphrasis for November, and another for lingers. "The answer is in the negative" is a periphrasis for No. "Was made the recipient of" is a periphrasis for Was presented with. The periphrasis style is hardly possible on any considerable scale without much use of abstract nouns such as "basis, case, character, connexion, dearth, description, duration, framework, lack, nature, reference, regard, respect". The existence of abstract nouns is a proof that abstract thought has occurred; abstract thought is a mark of civilized man; and so it has come about that periphrasis and civilization are by many held to be inseparable. These good people feel that there is an almost indecent nakedness, a reversion to barbarism, in saying No news is good news instead of "The absence of intelligence is an indication of satisfactory developments."
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:46:03 +0000, vallor wrote:

Tell me something I need Windows for. (I can think of exactly one application: the kindle reader for Windows, for those books that won't
work with their web reader.)

I'd forgotten about that. 'Linear Algebra: Theory, Intuition, Code'
doesn't work on all Kindles so I have on the Win11 laptop.
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rbowman wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:46:03 +0000, vallor wrote:

Tell me something I need Windows for. (I can think of exactly one
application: the kindle reader for Windows, for those books that won't
work with their web reader.)

I'd forgotten about that. 'Linear Algebra: Theory, Intuition, Code'
doesn't work on all Kindles so I have on the Win11 laptop.

Almost forgot, I ran across a book recommendation by, of all
people, Bill Gates.

Grady Hillhouse "Engineering in Plain Sight"

Bought it in hardcover. It doesn't go deep, but it's a nice way
to discover some of the things around you. Also would be useful
for a kid's school project.

Most interesting to me was learning about all the stuff that is
hanging off of power poles.

The dude has a Facebook and a YouTube page.
--
Data, n.:
An accrual of straws on the backs of theories.
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Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I remember that, in the book/manual for their Source Integrity,
an illustration (screenshot) showed a directory hierarchy.
One of the directories was "shit". :-D

Heh. I've been known to have a "shit" directory on my computers.
It's like "temp", but where I absolutely know that there's nothing of
value beyond my initial use of it. One time, while sharing my screen
during a Teams meeting, some people saw it, eliciting a few chuckles.
--
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:57:35 -0600, chrisv wrote:

Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

I remember that, in the book/manual for their Source Integrity,
an illustration (screenshot) showed a directory hierarchy.
One of the directories was "shit". :-D

Heh. I've been known to have a "shit" directory on my computers.
It's like "temp", but where I absolutely know that there's nothing of
value beyond my initial use of it. One time, while sharing my screen
during a Teams meeting, some people saw it, eliciting a few chuckles.

It's not very creative or practical.

A temporary junk directory should be named "bs." This is much
quicker to type and the nature of the directory is just as easy
to recognize.
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On 2/25/2026 12:47 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:41:26 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Linux is more than an OS. Like Windows, it is an environment.

For some, like Larry Pietraskiewicz, it's also a religion and a
girlfriend.

GuhNoo will always be his lover and friend: it doesn't care about his
weak, gimpy body, lopsided face, green teeth and loathsome personality.

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On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:02:15 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Bought it in hardcover. It doesn't go deep, but it's a nice way to
discover some of the things around you. Also would be useful for a kid's school project.

https://www.codehiddenlanguage.com/

'Code' by Charles Petzhold of 'Programming Windows' fame. The page is the interactive illustrations for the chapters in the book. It's interesting
but it wouldn't be out of place on the YA shelves.
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