Better White

[Bryan Simmons]

Look at the headline on KMOV.com

https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/51829941035/in/dateposted-public/

They'll probably pull it down very soon, so I took a screenshot.

https://www.kmov.com/news/metro-east-waitress-donates-tips-as-way-to-honor-better-white/article_a326fc86-78ba-11ec-8b26-eb521fba73a2.html?block_id=990844

--Bryan

[Bruce]

That redneck in the background looks like a founding member of the
Better White organisation.

[GM]

AARGH...

These local nooze stations use college interns and young millenial kids for their staff, I see this all
the time... they are lazy and ignorant, thus the groan - inducing typos...

--
GM

[Bruce]

But this one's funny and in a headline.

[Bruce]

This is my frogger.

[dsi1]

Two Whites Don't Make A Wong?

[Michael Trew]

They corrected the title of the page, but the URL is still wrong.

Holy crap, Bryan... you have a *LOT* of tabs open... how does that
browser not crash??

[Michael Trew]

LOL!

[Sqwertz]

He spends shitloads of money on unnecessary memory. He openes all
those tabs automatically when his browser starts up so they'll be
"ready" if when he needs them but only uses maybe 10 of them a week.
Crazy, eh?

-sw

[Michael Trew]

I probably look like a pauper in comparison. My PC that I'm using right
now has 4GB of RAM. I remember when that was an unfathomable amount.

[dsi1]

RAM used to be $50/MB. This limited most computers to 1 to 4 MB of RAM. Had prices stayed at that level, computers would have been a lot different. The world would have been a lot different. Dial-up might still be used in most homes. Film cameras would still be around. The world would probably be stuck in the late 1990s. That's would be something!

[Sqwertz]

I only have 4GB and the only I time I run out and start swapping is
when some program goes haywire. Facebook drives all my browsers
nutz.

-sw

[Bruce]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:06:48 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

For me, life starts at 16 GB. I have many things open.

[Thomas]

I clicked just to see the tabs commented on. If you can read them it is not too many.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:19:00 -0800 (PST), Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Was it something like 12? I have 7 now, but I'm not working atm.
>

[Bryan Simmons]

My computer has 12 memory slots. I bought it with 2GB sticks in
all 12 slots, so 24GB. My plan was to buy six 8GB, to have a total
of 60. I accidentally ordered twice, so I replaced all 12. The
memory didn't cost "shitloads." It's buffered server RAM, and at
the time, there was a lot of it for sale, so prices were very low.

That's how I ended up with 96GB. I think it cost me about $120,
as opposed to the $60 I had intended to spend. Also, I don't use
"maybe 10 of them a week." In the past couple of weeks I've
opened and closed easily well over a hundred tabs.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

[GM]

Just think if those "tabs" were LSD, Bryan...

You could give some to JOHN...

B-)

--
GM

[Bruce]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:28:57 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 11:15:00 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> He spends shitloads of money on unnecessary memory. He openes all
>> those tabs automatically when his browser starts up so they'll be
>> "ready" if when he needs them but only uses maybe 10 of them a week.
>> Crazy, eh?
>>
>My computer has 12 memory slots. I bought it with 2GB sticks in
>all 12 slots, so 24GB.

I don't know if it makes a difference that the 24GB's divided over 12
crazy 2GB slots, but normally 24 GB is more than you need.

>My plan was to buy six 8GB, to have a total
>of 60.

You have no use for it.

>I accidentally ordered twice, so I replaced all 12. The
>memory didn't cost "shitloads." It's buffered server RAM, and at
>the time, there was a lot of it for sale, so prices were very low.
>
>That's how I ended up with 96GB.

You have no use for it.

You should have consulted John before you went nuts.

[Gary]

On 1/19/2022 12:55 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> RAM used to be $50/MB.

I remember that time well. Mid to late 1990's. My first PC came with 4MB.
I wanted to upgrade that but not at that price.
Finally the price fell and I bought an 8MB ram chip for the cheap price
of $125. lol

[Gary]

16 GB. wow

[Dave Smith]

Memory is a lot cheaper these days. My first XT had a 20 Meg HD that
cost me $430 I have a number of 64 Gig memory sticks that were about $30.

[Bruce]

It's not that special. Budget PCs are sold with 8GB. 16GB is only one
step up from that.

[Michael Trew]

I built mine in 2015, and installed 32 bit Windows 7 as I had a few
legacy 16 bit programs that I wanted to run. That means it can only use
up to 4GB of RAM, so no point in installing more. In retrospect, it
wasn't worth it, I should have gone 64 bit. It still works OK as is,
for my light usage, so I haven't done anything about it.

[Michael Trew]

Wow... that's a lot of RAM... future-proofing, I guess!

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:40:51 -0800 (PST), GM
<gregorymorr...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 3:29:00 AM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 11:15:00 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
>> > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:38:21 -0500, Michael Trew wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 1/18/2022 20:09, Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> > >> Look at the headline on KMOV.com
>> > >>
>> > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/51829941035/in/dateposted-public/
>> > >>
>> > >> They'll probably pull it down very soon, so I took a screenshot.
>> > >>
>> > >> https://www.kmov.com/news/metro-east-waitress-donates-tips-as-way-to-honor-better-white/article_a326fc86-78ba-11ec-8b26-eb521fba73a2.html?block_id=990844
>> > >>
>> > >> --Bryan
>> > >
>> > > They corrected the title of the page, but the URL is still wrong.
>> > >
>> > > Holy crap, Bryan... you have a *LOT* of tabs open... how does that
>> > > browser not crash??
>
>

>Just think if those "tabs" were LSD, Bryan...

Far out, I thought I always had a lot of tabs open... but not that
many.

[Bryan Simmons]

On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 3:46:35 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:28:57 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> <bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 11:15:00 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> >> He spends shitloads of money on unnecessary memory. He openes all
> >> those tabs automatically when his browser starts up so they'll be
> >> "ready" if when he needs them but only uses maybe 10 of them a week.
> >> Crazy, eh?
> >>
> >My computer has 12 memory slots. I bought it with 2GB sticks in
> >all 12 slots, so 24GB.
> I don't know if it makes a difference that the 24GB's divided over 12
> crazy 2GB slots, but normally 24 GB is more than you need.
>

It's one of these:
https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/hp-z800-workstation-review-first-look
http://www.hp.com/canada/products/landing/workstations/files/13278_na.pdf

>
> >My plan was to buy six 8GB, to have a total
> >of 60.
> You have no use for it.
>

You have no idea what I might do with it other than
this NG and putting pix on Flickr.

>
> >I accidentally ordered twice, so I replaced all 12. The
> >memory didn't cost "shitloads." It's buffered server RAM, and at
> >the time, there was a lot of it for sale, so prices were very low.
> >
> >That's how I ended up with 96GB.
> You have no use for it.
>

https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50268552906/in/dateposted-public/

--Bryan

[Bryan Simmons]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50267878903/in/album-72157715636772967/

--Bryan

[Jeßus]

Sorry, but to me 205 open tabs is just silly. How can that be faster
to locate the right tab with that many open?

I have 2 instances of Firefox running with 29 tabs open (although 6
were just for youtube downloads, closed now).

One tab open in Brave

10 in Opera...

And that's it.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:53:04 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 3:46:35 AM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>
>> I don't know if it makes a difference that the 24GB's divided over 12
>> crazy 2GB slots, but normally 24 GB is more than you need.
>>
>It's one of these:
>https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/hp-z800-workstation-review-first-look
>http://www.hp.com/canada/products/landing/workstations/files/13278_na.pdf
>>
>> >My plan was to buy six 8GB, to have a total
>> >of 60.
>> You have no use for it.
>>
>You have no idea what I might do with it other than
>this NG and putting pix on Flickr.
>

A bit of browsing, usenetting and emailing.

>
>> >I accidentally ordered twice, so I replaced all 12. The
>> >memory didn't cost "shitloads." It's buffered server RAM, and at
>> >the time, there was a lot of it for sale, so prices were very low.
>> >
>> >That's how I ended up with 96GB.
>> You have no use for it.
>>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50268552906/in/dateposted-public/
>

You bought too much memory by mistake and you can't handle the idea of
wasting money, so you looked for a silly way to try and actually use
all that memory.
>

[Bryan Simmons]

No, I just hadn't bothered to close tabs for however many days.
Plus I probably had several other programs open, like photo
editing, word processing, etc. I was running Linux at the time,
and the performance was lagging. Now that I'm back to Win7,
I could probably use every bit of memory w/o it slowing down.
>
It's funny how you point out my frugality. That's only one of the
factors, but I could afford to retire today, at 61, with complete
economic security. Hey, saving money reminds me. I was
looking at the prices for accommodations in Guadalajara,
Jalisco, Mexico. Nice hotels for well under $30 USD per day.
Talk about nice weather, mid-Dec. thru mid-March, when it's
awful here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara#Climate

--Bryan

[Bruce]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:57:36 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 3:04:04 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>
>> You bought too much memory by mistake and you can't handle the idea of
>> wasting money, so you looked for a silly way to try and actually use
>> all that memory.
>> >
>No, I just hadn't bothered to close tabs for however many days.
>Plus I probably had several other programs open, like photo
>editing, word processing, etc. I was running Linux at the time,
>and the performance was lagging. Now that I'm back to Win7,
>I could probably use every bit of memory w/o it slowing down.
>

You don't need 96GB. You probably don't need 32GB.

>
>It's funny how you point out my frugality. That's only one of the
>factors, but I could afford to retire today, at 61, with complete
>economic security. Hey, saving money reminds me. I was
>looking at the prices for accommodations in Guadalajara,
>Jalisco, Mexico. Nice hotels for well under $30 USD per day.
>Talk about nice weather, mid-Dec. thru mid-March, when it's
>awful here.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara#Climate
>

Watchou waiting for? Retire and go, I'd say.
>

[Sqwertz]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:17:11 -0500, Michael Trew wrote:

> On 1/19/2022 1:06, Sqwertz wrote:

>> I only have 4GB and the only I time I run out and start swapping is
>> when some program goes haywire. Facebook drives all my browsers
>> nutz.
>

> I built mine in 2015,

I "built mine" in 1999-2021

The case itself is 20+ years old. It was a good original investment.
I didn't expect it to last through 23 years worth of new hardware.
I didnt spend much time figuring out the brackets for the SSD's so
they just hang out of the way of the fans. Everything else inside
has been replaced many times over. It's seen at least 5
motherboards and 20 hard disks. Not to mention all the bestiality
porn (giddy up!)

https://i.postimg.cc/50DWQghS/Antec-Case.jpg

-sw

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:39:13 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

I still use some of the cases I bought 16-20 years ago. Particularly
those designed for HTPC (home theatre PC). Well made and look good.
Can't recall the last time I upgraded hardware... years ago, anyway.
When things start getting slow, or I just can't do something I want to
do, then I'll upgrade.

[Gary]

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> ...I could afford to retire today, at 61, with complete > economic security.
Thanks to your wife and her good librarian job all these years.
Be very nice and loving to her. If you ever get divorced, you'll be back
living with beloved John again and you'll quit wishing him dead. :)

[Bruce]

They'd finally be reunited and there'd be peace in RFC. All that
sexual tension between Bryan and John would be gone.
>

[Gary]

My mistake there. I was thinking TB not GB. Even my 22 year old Win98
has 8GB hard drive.

Next was my Toshiba laptop that had 32GB.

My current laptop has 400 something GB. Can't even find that info right
now since Win Explorer is different.

Oh wait...I still have the box and it's tells some details.

So here's what I'm I using now (since a few months ago) for anyone
interested:
- HP laptop with a 15.6 screen.
- Windows10
- Cheap Intel Celeron processor
- Wifi and Bluetooth
- 500GB hard drive
- 4GB Ram
- DVD-Writer
- Webcam

It has 3 USB ports and I like that feature.

I added a good usb keyboard and a usb mouse. Much better than the
touchpad nonsense.

The cost was less than $300. Nothing to brag about but a major upgrade
to me and more than enough than I'll ever need.

[Ophelia]

On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 7:24:16 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:09:45 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> <bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Look at the headline on KMOV.com
> >
> >https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/51829941035/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> >They'll probably pull it down very soon, so I took a screenshot.
> >
> >https://www.kmov.com/news/metro-east-waitress-donates-tips-as-way-to-honor-better-white/article_a326fc86-78ba-11ec-8b26-eb521fba73a2.html?block_id=990844

> That redneck in the background looks like a founding member of the
> Better White organisation.

lol

[Ophelia]

On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 3:04:04 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:

lol

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On 1/20/2022 9:45 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> lol
>
Hi Greg.

[Lucretia Borgia]

I did find it funny though!

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

You're an easily amused fuckwit.

[Bruce]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:19:22 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>My mistake there. I was thinking TB not GB. Even my 22 year old Win98
>has 8GB hard drive.

>Next was my Toshiba laptop that had 32GB.
>
>My current laptop has 400 something GB. Can't even find that info right
>now since Win Explorer is different.
>
>Oh wait...I still have the box and it's tells some details.
>
>So here's what I'm I using now (since a few months ago) for anyone
>interested:
>- HP laptop with a 15.6 screen.
>- Windows10
>- Cheap Intel Celeron processor
>- Wifi and Bluetooth
>- 500GB hard drive
>- 4GB Ram
>- DVD-Writer
>- Webcam
>
>It has 3 USB ports and I like that feature.
>
>I added a good usb keyboard and a usb mouse. Much better than the
>touchpad nonsense.
>
>The cost was less than $300. Nothing to brag about but a major upgrade
>to me and more than enough than I'll ever need.

I couldn't work with 4GB of RAM. I have a few programs open for work.
But I constantly take mini breaks when the work bores me, which is all
the time. So I also need programs or browser windows open for that.
8GB was too slow so I went to 16.

[Bruce]

You find Greg's frogging funny? That's sad.

[Bruce]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:38:36 -0500, "itsjoan...@webtv.net"

<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On 1/20/2022 11:16 AM, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:53:44 -0500, "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/20/2022 9:45 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> lol
>>>>
>>> Hi Greg.
>>
>> I did find it funny though!
> >
>You're an easily amused fuckwit.

Shit, yeah.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:39:13 -0600, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Bruce]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:51:21 +1100, Bruce <Br...@invalid.invalid>

wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:38:36 -0500, "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
><itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>>On 1/20/2022 11:16 AM, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:53:44 -0500, "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/20/2022 9:45 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> lol
>>>>>
>>>> Hi Greg.
>>>
>>> I did find it funny though!
>> >
>>You're an easily amused fuckwit.
>
>Shit, yeah.

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Michael Trew]

On 1/20/2022 0:39, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:17:11 -0500, Michael Trew wrote:
>
>> On 1/19/2022 1:06, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>>> I only have 4GB and the only I time I run out and start swapping is
>>> when some program goes haywire. Facebook drives all my browsers
>>> nutz.
>>
>> I built mine in 2015,
>
> I "built mine" in 1999-2021
>
> The case itself is 20+ years old. It was a good original investment.
> I didn't expect it to last through 23 years worth of new hardware.

> Everything else inside
> has been replaced many times over. It's seen at least 5
> motherboards and 20 hard disks.
>

> https://i.postimg.cc/50DWQghS/Antec-Case.jpg
>
> -sw

For fun, in 2015, I took a circa 1994 Gateway 2000 case and hacked
modern ATX hardware into it. It took some cutting and drilling, and the
power button was fun to figure out. I've done nothing with the hardware
since. I'm glad that I sprung for an SSD, it still boots up blazing fast.

It also took some work to find a modern motherboard that supports an
Intel i5 processor, that also has native 3.5" floppy support, but I
managed. The internal floppy drive is the only piece of original 1994
hardware still working and installed.

[Michael Trew]

Is that Linux, or something? The first link that you posted looked like
Windows 7.

[Cindy Hamilton]

The last link was a shot of just a Firefox browser window. You can tell,
because it says Firefox at the top.

Firefox is available for both Windows and Linux.

Cindy Hamilton

[Michael Trew]

I see that, but look below the browser window, the task bark looks like
Linux (I think). Clearly not Windows.

[GM]

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

--
This is a post by Bruce

[Cindy Hamilton]

Could be. I haven't seen Linux with a task bar. OTOH, I mainly use the
GNOME desktop.

Cindy Hamilton

[Lucretia Borgia]

In article <ll2jug5k2sshrll3v...@4ax.com>, lucreti...@fl.it says...

[Tony]

[Munir]

Uhm Yes. Vote Trump. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Aamir]

[Catullus]

[Peter]

Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get it

[Peter]

[Menachem]

[Todd]

Uhm Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Amy]

itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On 1/20/2022 11:16 AM, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:53:44 -0500, "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/20/2022 9:45 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> lol
>>>>

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

>>> Hi Greg.
>>
>> I did find it funny though!
> >
> You're an easily amused fuckwit.

Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))))))))

[Olive Sea Snake]

Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:50:08 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>
>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> ...I could afford to retire today, at 61, with complete > economic security.

>> Thanks to your Ghe? Uhm, can you go into more detail? I don't get itwife and her good librarian job all these years.

>> Be very nice and loving to her. If you ever get divorced, you'll be back
>> living with beloved John again and you'll quit wishing him dead. :)
>>
> They'd finally be reunited and there'd be peace in RFC. All that
> sexual tension between Bryan and John would be gone.
>>

[Oenpelli Python]

Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:50:08 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

> Uhm, Ghe Ghe Ghe. This is my not frogger. Yes. Ghe Ghe Ghe :)))))

>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>> ...I could afford to retire today, at 61, with complete > economic security.

>> Thanks to your wife and her good librarian job all these years.

>> Be very nice and loving to her. If you ever get divorced, you'll be back
>> living with beloved John again and you'll quit wishing him dead. :)
>>
> They'd finally be reunited and there'd be peace in RFC. All that
> sexual tension between Bryan and John would be gone.
>>

[Numbax]

Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:50:08 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>
>> Bryan Simmons wrote:

>>> ...I could afGhe?? Uhm, I dont ghet it?!?hn again and you'll quit wishing him dead. :)

>>
> They'd finally be reunited and there'd be peace in RFC. All that
> sexual tension between Bryan and John would be gone.
>>

Ghe?? Uhm, I dont ghet it?!?