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@tonyshowoff ... Narrow & unenlightened

@scottalanmiller said in First Thing Tasted?:

@Huw3481 posted this on SW and it was pretty funny. Sadly, an ML is not the correct answer. I'm guessing that this is a BBC quiz?

you find this funny, huh ?

I wish I could down-vote this post ...

@tonyshowoff said in First Thing Tasted?:

I don't know of any of the gurus or anyone involved in the long hunger strikes or religious fasts that go on for decades that aren't just frauds. Plenty of them have been found to be cheating on hidden camera and so forth. There's just some things the human body is incapable of. I usually use Bobby Sands as a measuring tool, if it was longer than that I'm sceptical, but if it's longer than the morbidly obese guy who drink nothing but water and took vitamins for 1 year for the BBC or Channel 4 years ago, then I pretty much say: it's a lie, they're full of it.

16 years? Yeah right. Not only that, like @RojoLoco said, it was a waste, the goal wasn't even accomplished, so why is this failure even talked about?

My honest guess is, she just got tired of hiding her food eating and lying about it, maybe she wants to go out to eat at restaurants or something,.

This is the real deal, m8 ... btw ... just because she's ended her fast, does not mean that she has stopped fighting against AFSPA (Armed Force Special Powers Act) .. AFPSA was introduced by the Indian Govt. to give the Army, so called "Special Powers" in certain areas termed as "Disturbed"... AFSPA gives anyone from the the armed forces, right such as

"After giving due warning, an officer is allowed to open fire or use other kinds of force even if it causes death."

"To arrest anyone without warrant who has committed cognizable offences or is reasonably suspected of having done so. "

"Army officers have legal immunity for their actions. There can be no prosecution, suit or any other legal proceeding against anyone acting under AFSPA."

"This draconian law is widely misused by the armed forces .. There have been numerous instances where innocent civilians have been killed, arrested & tortured, and woman raped... "

What Irom will now do is fight as being part of the system, rather than fro the outside ..

@scottalanmiller

seems interesting ... will try it out for sure ..

btw .. did you manage to get the single-line installer script working ?

lol .. I'd call this guy for an interview, atleast .... umm... or would I ? cause who submits hand-written applications these days ...

@Breffni-Potter - All the best !!

A slightly different recipe ..

• Watermelon

• Feta

• Arugula (Rocket)

• Balsamic Vinegar Reduction (Heat Regular Balsamic in a saucepan until it's syrupy)

• Cherry Tomatoes (Optional)

• Mint Leave (Optional)

Dice the watermelons into cubes, and lay atop a bed of aragula... add cut tomatoes into halves, and chop the mint real fine, and sprinkle .... drizzle the balsamic reduction on ... add a smidge of pepper...

@scottalanmiller

Remmina has been around for while .. I last used it around 3 years ago, and thought it had some nice features, I did face some performance issues back then ... word has it that the newer version has improved ...

Does Remmina still use FreeRDP as the core ?

@scottalanmiller said in We live in an era where...:

We are calling Romania home, more than anywhere else these days.

Beautiful place, I hear ... One of the more under-rated European countries... it's my dream to drive/ride on the The Transfagarasan mountain road

@dafyre said in We live in an era where...:

why do you write your own blog?

SEO ...

sounds awesome ...

@scottalanmiller

btw, you mentioned you're in Europe ... but, whereabouts, in Europe ?

@scottalanmiller

lol... you're an exception(al)

@tiagom said in We live in an era where...:

@Veet said in We live in an era where...:

@momurda said in We live in an era where...:

What is a watch?

This is a watch.. It's got more parts and an iPhone, iWatch, iwhatever... It takes longer to make, than an i-whatever, and is infinitely more beautiful ...

Beautiful watch but there are a couple billion transistors in any given iDevice

Yeah yeah ... transistors .. building blocks of all microchips, n all that ... but we don't say "oh, my iDevice has 3 GB RAM, and 200 million bazillion transistors", now do we ...

@scottalanmiller said in We live in an era where...:

@Veet said in We live in an era where...:

This is a watch.. It's got more parts and an iPhone, iWatch, iwhatever... It takes longer to make, than an i-whatever, and is infinitely more beautiful ...

Because... Swiss

brings me to the question ... whereabouts in Europe ?

@momurda said in We live in an era where...:

What is a watch?

This is a watch.. It's got more parts and an iPhone, iWatch, iwhatever... It takes longer to make, than an i-whatever, and is infinitely more beautiful ...

@scottalanmiller said in We live in an era where...:

We work really hard to let our kids have a good outdoor experience and a good video game one. We live in cool European villages with great playgrounds and stuff. But we also set them up with Steam and loads of interesting, thought provoking games. And lots of games that they can play with others.

The things that I seek to avoid are based on passivity, rather than technology. The things that I like them doing the least are watching television or reading books.... passive activities where you just zone out. They are okay in small amounts, but video games or imagination games or physical activities are so much better. Things that engage the brain, rather than shutting it off.

I grew-up in the 80s , where although we had TV, the programming was rather dull .. We mostly watched recorded sports telecasts ...Sundays, were the only days, where there would be something better to watch ... Only the uber rich kids had video games .. So, for us, it was mostly going out and playing with the other kids, which I thoroughly enjoyed .. time indoors was spent reading, snakes-n-ladders, scrable, 1etc with the family ... All this reduced, as the programming on the tele improved, I got my first computer, and then the internet ... quality family time reduced drastically ..

But yeah, I agree - The key is "Balance ", which is challenging, to achieve, but not impossible

I have a 15 month old baby, and I proactively keep her away from technology ... So, I don't have TV, no watching Youtube on laptop, no Wi-Fi (switched back to hard-wire), and we avoid using the phone, when around her .. .. No more microwave.. . We do however, play all kinds of music for her, and it's through the day .. .. We show/read her picture/pop-up-books Yes, I know I'm being a bit extreme .. Yes, she does see me use the laptop, ever so often; and these days, it's become the main object of her growing curiosity .. but, I discourage it ...

I've seen kids turn into complete borgs, while in front of a TV, mobile, game .. I know children who prefer to game-away there holidays in front of TVs, computers, instead of playing outdoors, ,or socializing ... and all the parents say is "yeah, he/she's like this only... we can't help it" .....and I'm like .... whaaaat ?

I'd rather buy my kids a $400 racket, than a gaming console for $200...

I've often wondered, if what I'm doing with my tiny tot, is right, or wrong ... After all, we live in an era where technology has become/is becoming an integral part of our lives.. Is there an appropriate age, for introducing tech to children ... ?

@Reid-Cooper said in How do you keep track of licenses?:

I think that using Excel (or your spreadsheet of choice) often works well. Sometimes simple is the best answer.

Yep .. this is what we use ... works well, if you simply want to keep track of a licenses ..

@tiagom said in How do you keep track of licenses?:

Interesting, figured there would be software out there specifically for this task.

I have been trying to use Spiceworks for it, im trying to keep track of which licenses are used on which machines. But there is a extremely annoying bug where devices will flip flop.

There are quite a few, but most, as part of tools for IT Asset & Inventory Management

ManageEngine Asset Explorer
Landesk Management Suite
SysAid

License Management is a feature in most CMDB tools too