Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 5:31:19 AM

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vxbush 4/15/2021 5:39:13 AM

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In #1 Kosh's Shadow said: For some reason the https: version of this site isn't working right now. I have a ticket in to get it fixed.

Morning, Kosh.

Securer is better. 😁

lucius septimius 4/15/2021 5:39:27 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 5:42:23 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 3:

Wife gets hers tomorrow, but I have to wait over a week (she got Pfizer, I got Moderna a few days after hers)

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 5:43:53 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

They seem to have fixed the problem.

Very good service, especially since they are fairly inexpensive.

smarterasp.net

vxbush 4/15/2021 5:50:00 AM

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In #5 Kosh's Shadow said: They seem to have fixed the problem.

Really? I just tried to force the secure page with https, and it wouldn't load for me. Maybe I have the wrong URL? 

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 5:59:17 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 6:

https://rudebridge.net

May have to refresh

Firefox error message is clearer than Chrome.

vxbush 4/15/2021 6:56:47 AM

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In #7 Kosh's Shadow said: May have to refresh

Let me email you; you'll need to see this, but privately, to maintain security. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 7:01:43 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 8:
OK.

It is working for me, however, on both a Windows (both Chrome and Firefox) and Linux (Firefox) system

vxbush 4/15/2021 7:02:13 AM

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In #9 Kosh's Shadow said: It is working for me, however, on both a Windows (both Chrome and Firefox) and Linux (Firefox) system

Yup; I'm good now. Just had to make a slight adjustment. 

JCM 4/15/2021 7:36:33 AM

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Defund the Police! etc...

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 7:45:46 AM

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In #5 Kosh's Shadow said: especially since they are fairly inexpensive.

And on that... again, I am very happy to chip in, and I'm sure others would, as well.  Please let us know if you'd like to do this via Paypal, Venmo, or whatever you prefer. 

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 7:46:57 AM

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In #3 lucius septimius said: Getting my second shot in a little bit. 

I had my second Pfizer on Tuesday; side effects were limited to a moderately sore arm, and maybe a little more sleepiness than usual (during Daddy Week).  No big problems. 

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 7:48:42 AM

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In #11 JCM said: 'Lives were saved': 4 deputies injured during rescue at burning apartment building

They probably just happened to be at that building because they were looking for black people to murder in cold blood!

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Oh, and I imagine you've all seen by now that Rashida Tlaib tweet-farted that police everywhere should be abolished completely... even as she hides behind a wall of US Capitol Police, Naitonal Guardsmen, and, well, wall. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 8:04:01 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 12:

Thanks, but at this time I would rather remain unpaid. I will post if circumstances change.

I would like, however, to see if anyone else is willing to be on the hosting account, because I'd hate to have everything disappear if I can't maintain it. the way C2 disappeared.

This would involve being able to pay to renew it, but I would not be asking to do so yet. (Runs through the end of this year anyway), and being able to contact tech support if something doesn't work, like how some misconfiguration at their end this morning caused problems.

I probably also should back up the databases.

vxbush 4/15/2021 8:23:31 AM

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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: Thanks, but at this time I would rather remain unpaid. I will post if circumstances change. I would like, however, to see if anyone else is willing to be on the hosting account, because I'd hate to have everything disappear if I can't maintain it. the way C2 disappeared. This would involve being able to pay to renew it, but I would not be asking to do so yet. (Runs through the end of this year anyway), and being able to contact tech support if something doesn't work, like how some misconfiguration at their end this morning caused problems. I probably also should back up the databases.

I'm more used to setting up my own Apache host and I have very limited ASP abilities, but I'm willing to act as a backup. Although I have dabbled in XAMPP a tiny bit.

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 8:24:48 AM

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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: This would involve being able to pay to renew it, but I would not be asking to do so yet. (Runs through the end of this year anyway), and being able to contact tech support if something doesn't work, like how some misconfiguration at their end this morning caused problems.

I'm probably not the best one for the role, given my tech-Neanderthalism (it's always helpful to have some idea of what the problem is when contacting tech support); but if there is no one more tech-savvy who volunteers, I can do it. 

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 8:31:58 AM

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In #16 vxbush said: setting up my own Apache host

I think that's racist, maybe... 

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Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 8:33:19 AM

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In #16 vxbush said: I have very limited ASP abilities

Can you at least hiss? 

Alice in Dairyland 4/15/2021 8:36:43 AM

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Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 8:42:17 AM

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JCM 4/15/2021 8:47:58 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 15:

Let me know what would be needed.

Alice in Dairyland 4/15/2021 8:52:32 AM

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In #21 Occasional Reader said: Speaking of the site and all; can we have a Spring Frontier page please? 

I will second the motion.

JCM 4/15/2021 8:52:51 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 21:

Done!

Alice in Dairyland 4/15/2021 9:01:04 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 9:05:19 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 25:

Goes along with the Dem's its OK to kill an innocent unborn baby, but a murderer should be treated well.

There is something wrong with those values.

JCM 4/15/2021 9:10:53 AM

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In #25 Alice in Dairyland said: Just saw this on Ace.  So let me get this straight...if Susie has a mental illness we can put her out of "our" misery; but if Johnny kills one or more people, it's immoral to give him the death sentence.  God help us all.

Both diminish the value of life of the individual, along with abortion. The murderer taking a life is not the most heinous crime. assisted suicide is a mercy and relief to society. This is another indication of the underlying evil of leftism, the reduction of the worth of an individual to mere utility the state. The reduction of the value of a life reinforces this "value" of the left.

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 9:11:24 AM

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I'll let people know what do do for any help. I can even make the code available on Github, and the free version of Visual Studio works fine for it, but that can come later.

The main thing is that someone else can get to the hosting account and let them know there is a problem, and renew the account if I'm unable to.

I can't spend much time on it this instant, but will be in touch.

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 9:12:44 AM

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Reply to JCM in 27:

Which reminds me that sometimes I wonder if the Chinese were developing COVID to kill off "nonproductive" elderly, given how much deadlier to older people.

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 9:18:11 AM

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In #28 Kosh's Shadow said: I can even make the code available on Github

"Github"?!

I'm assuming that site was not created by Brits... (or then again, maybe it was). 

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 9:19:05 AM

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In #25 Alice in Dairyland said: So let me get this straight...if Susie has a mental illness we can put her out of "our" misery; but if Johnny kills one or more people, it's immoral to give him the death sentence.  God help us all.

I'm an atheist, yet I second that motion. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 9:36:41 AM

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In #30 Occasional Reader said: "Github"?! I'm assuming that site was not created by Brits... (or then again, maybe it was). 

I do get your point about the term. Turns out, git is the source code control system Linux uses, and, as an open source and powerful system available on at least Window and Linux, it is being very widely used. Github is a website (owned by Microsoft, actually), where git repositories can be stored in the cloud. They do have some free accounts.

A source code control system is a system that lets you make changes to any files and keep track of those changes for text files (not binary), so if you break something you can see when it was broken and who did it, and it lets developers work in parallel without interfering with each other, and then merge their changes together.

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 9:38:18 AM

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buzzsawmonkey 4/15/2021 9:44:06 AM

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Totally off any current topic, I finally realized why formalwear is referred to as a "bib and tucker."

You've probably seen some old film where someone like WC Fields, trying to dress up, wears a starched dickey instead of an actual formal shirt. Well, the dickey is a "bib," of sorts; the "tucker" is the vest in which it is supposed to be tucked, i.e., contained.  

In other words, a "bib and tucker" is a sort of reference to trying to "put on the ritz" by dressing up in formalwear above one's actual station---trying to look classier, and more moneyed, than you actually are.  I mention "putting on the ritz" because in that song---original lyrics, that is---the folks up on Lenox Avenue (Harlem) are wearing "high hats, and colored collars/white spats, and fifteen dollars." You don't wear a high hat---a top hat---with a colored collar, and the "white spats"---a touch of class---is contrasted with the slim purse behind the fancy front.

Alice in Dairyland 4/15/2021 9:59:01 AM

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In #31 Occasional Reader said: I'm an atheist, yet I second that motion. 

I thought there were no atheists in foxholes?

Alice in Dairyland 4/15/2021 10:04:43 AM

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In #26 Kosh's Shadow said: Goes along with the Dem's its OK to kill an innocent unborn baby, but a murderer should be treated well.

My question is what determines mental illness.  Is it mental/physical retardation so severe you need life support measures to keep you alive or is it merely conservatism?  You know all those republicans are crazy!  The jury is still out in regards to me and mental illness but I'm most definitely conservative. 

Alice in Dairyland 4/15/2021 10:14:49 AM

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In #34 buzzsawmonkey said: -trying to look classier, and more moneyed, than you actually are.

I can remember women wearing those little fur stoles you would clip to your dress coat collar.  Made it look like your coat actually had a fur collar.  You just had to purchase one fur that would last through many dress coats instead of  having to buy the more expensive fur collared coats.  This would have been in the late 50's or early 60's when I actually saw them, mostly in church, where I sat with my little chapel veil on because girls/women had to wear a hat in church back then.  Oh, the good old days.

buzzsawmonkey 4/15/2021 10:33:52 AM

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In #37 Alice in Dairyland said: Made it look like your coat actually had a fur collar.

Some people had to come a fur piece to get to church...

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 10:36:03 AM

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In #36 Alice in Dairyland said: My question is what determines mental illness.  Is it mental/physical retardation so severe you need life support measures to keep you alive or is it merely conservatism?  You know all those republicans are crazy!  The jury is still out in regards to me and mental illness but I'm most definitely conservative. 

Whatever the government convinces its psychiatrists to call mental illness. See how the Soviets did it. After all, you'd have to be crazy to oppose Communism. (According to the Communists)

vxbush 4/15/2021 10:43:48 AM

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In #19 Occasional Reader said: Can you at least hiss? 

Not as well as Sir Hiss, to be sure. 

/name that Disney movie

buzzsawmonkey 4/15/2021 10:43:52 AM

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In #39 Kosh's Shadow said: Whatever the government convinces its psychiatrists to call mental illness.

The entire pseudoscience of psychiatry was invented in the 19th century in order to take the determination of morality away from its Biblical roots and put it in the hands of "scientists."

vxbush 4/15/2021 10:46:00 AM

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In #39 Kosh's Shadow said: Whatever the government convinces its psychiatrists to call mental illness. See how the Soviets did it. After all, you'd have to be crazy to oppose Communism. (According to the Communists)

I could very easily see our government decide that those with severe physical disabilities should be released from their suffering. There's a reason why our son is not in an institution. 

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 11:40:26 AM

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The story of Two-Gun Cohen

The only Westerner to be a general in the Chinese army

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 1:09:14 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 4/15/2021 1:49:25 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 44:

Sounds to me like you're going to be reading him Mark Twain's "The Mysterious Stranger" as a bedtime story...

Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 2:11:53 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 45:

Not familiar with it, I'll look it up.

Mark Twain came up with so many great quotes on the internet, I had no idea he wrote stories, too!

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Occasional Reader 4/15/2021 2:13:19 PM

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In #44 Occasional Reader said: Little OR: “So what does he do?”

/that was daddy's typo, not Little OR's grammar

Alice in Dairyland 4/15/2021 3:26:36 PM

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In #44 Occasional Reader said: Me: Well, people believe he watches over us.

Little OR: “That sounds like a really boring job.”

More like watching the Jerry Springer show round the clock now days.

Kosh's Shadow 4/15/2021 4:35:30 PM

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In #45 buzzsawmonkey said: Sounds to me like you're going to be reading him Mark Twain's "The Mysterious Stranger" as a bedtime story...

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