This morning!

[~BD~]

My replacement Dell monitor arrived this morning! That was a real
surprise. I not really expected it until the end of the week. I unpacked
it and set it up on my desk. I plugged it in and connected it to my Dell
computer to check that it will work as expected.

*Switch on*!

WOW! ..... the *monitor* worked! *I was greeted by a BSOD*!!!!

Right - take a photograph to show you! Find camera and ..... Argh!
Battery flat (searches for charger and plugs it in!). Right - where's
that iPod Touch?!! Oh dear, how *does* this camera App work? <grin>
Got it - takes photo, and uploads it to iMac! Phew!

At last, a piccie! http://i49.tinypic.com/ao7qqr.jpg

For those who don't click on links: "STOP 0x000000ED
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message

Seek quick procedure reminder to deal with this! <rolls eyes>

Ah, yes! Recovery Console from the XP set-up disk. Yep, quick 'check
disk' - found error. Best replace the MBR too! 'fixboot' should do the
trick!

Restart computer and ..... Hooray, up and running again! :-)

I hope *your* day is going well too!

--

[Eagle]

~BD~ explained on 2/25/2013 :

Glad your day is going well, Dave. I wish I could say the same. :-(

--
Eagle
I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's
getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

[~BD~]

That doesn't sound too promising - what's up, Eagle?

-

I'm surprised that you made no comment about my computer. Do you think
that whatever caused my computer failure could also have sabotaged my
previous monitor?

--

[Bear]

~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:362dnfsKx7ZU87bM...@bt.com:

I'm glad your new monitor is up and running David. That must have been a
dissapointing moment when the blue message came up!

Jax :)
--
Bear Bottoms
http://bearware.info

[Eagle]

~BD~ presented the following explanation :

I didn't know you wanted a comment, Dave... :D

It looks suspicious. A blu screen of death, right after your monitor
fizzles out? The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're
good to go. Or, as it is said in Lakota...Ho, Wakhanheza kin ins
waywapi na wichasa winyan e'lo. :D

--
Eagle
Today will be tomorrow sooner than later.

[~BD~]

What surprises me is that not one person, not one, has made a comment
about the BSOD and how I brought the machine back to life!

> It looks suspicious. A blue screen of death, right after your monitor
> fizzles out?

I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
something to do with it!

> The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're
> good to go.

Not so! The 'puter' didn't fix anything - BD fixed the 'puter', Dopey!

> Or, as it is said in Lakota...Ho, Wakhanheza kin ins waywapi
> na wichasa winyan e'lo. :D

All best wishes to you too, Eagle! :-)

--

[Aardvark]

Here's a word for you, cunt: Har-de-fucking-har-har.

>> It looks suspicious. A blue screen of death, right after your monitor
>> fizzles out?
>
> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
> something to do with it!
>

LOL. That fucking paranoia of yours must fucking overwhelm every fucking
aspect of your miserable life.

>> The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're good to go.
>
> Not so! The 'puter' didn't fix anything - BD fixed the 'puter', Dopey!
>
>> Or, as it is said in Lakota...Ho, Wakhanheza kin ins waywapi na wichasa
>> winyan e'lo. :D
>
>
> All best wishes to you too, Eagle!

You spelt his nym wrongly- it's 'Eagliar'.

FYI

HTH

HAD



--
"I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many
birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of
youth. "
-Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18))

[FromTheRafters]

The BSOD pretty much assures you that it *is* alive.

>
>> It looks suspicious. A blue screen of death, right after your monitor
>> fizzles out?
>
> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had something
> to do with it!

It would be interesting to learn how it was done, if indeed it was done
by someone and not just an accidental hardware failure.

>
>> The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're
>> good to go.
>
> Not so! The 'puter' didn't fix anything - BD fixed the 'puter', Dopey!

The computer wasn't broken, if it had been broken it would not have
given you that message.

[...]

[Oldus Fartus]

You never know do you?


(Wink wink nudge nudge)

--
Cheers
Oldus Fartus

[~BD~]

Semantics! As I said, I was actually checking the *monitor*! ;-)

THAT seems just fine!

>>> It looks suspicious. A blue screen of death, right after your monitor
>>> fizzles out?
>>
>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>> something to do with it!
>
> It would be interesting to learn how it was done, if indeed it was done
> by someone and not just an accidental hardware failure.

I'd be interested too! Hardly likely anyone will own up though!

When hardware fails, in my experience anyway, it never actually repairs
itself. What type of hardware failure do you imagine it might have been,
FTR? The machine has been running for over twenty hours now with no sign
of any further failure.

>>> The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're
>>> good to go.
>>
>> Not so! The 'puter' didn't fix anything - BD fixed the 'puter', Dopey!
>
> The computer wasn't broken, if it had been broken it would not have
> given you that message.
>
> [...]

Please see my response to Frozen North.

--
Have a great day! :-)

[~BD~]

Like Lauren, *I ain't bovvered*!!! :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1zK8zRCPo

She's very talented! And great fun.

--

[Aardvark]

:-)

[~BD~]

G. Morgan wrote:

> ~BD~ wrote:
>
>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>> something to do with it!
>

> You're nuts!

Good morning, Graham! :-)

[Aardvark]

What the fuck are these large fucking files you've attached to posts over
the last couple of days, you stupid cunt? Do you actually believe
*anyone* is going to download some fucking large binary from a text-only
newsgroup? Both posts were deleted here as soon as the download window
opened.

[FromTheRafters]

The fact that you could *see* the BSOD also proves that.

>
>>>> It looks suspicious. A blue screen of death, right after your monitor
>>>> fizzles out?
>>>
>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>> something to do with it!
>>
>> It would be interesting to learn how it was done, if indeed it was done
>> by someone and not just an accidental hardware failure.
>
> I'd be interested too! Hardly likely anyone will own up though!

Agreed.

>
> When hardware fails, in my experience anyway, it never actually repairs
> itself. What type of hardware failure do you imagine it might have been, FTR?

The monitor fizzled, Windows noticed new hardware when you attached the
new monitor. Did your new monitor come with any software? Windows may
have found a generic driver and the driver in the software package may
offer more features.

> The machine has been running for over twenty hours now with no sign of any
> further failure.

That's good.

>
>>>> The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're
>>>> good to go.
>>>
>>> Not so! The 'puter' didn't fix anything - BD fixed the 'puter', Dopey!
>>
>> The computer wasn't broken, if it had been broken it would not have
>> given you that message.
>>
>> [...]
>
> Please see my response to Frozen North.

Okay, I haven't gotten there yet.

[FromTheRafters]

G. Morgan laid this down on his screen :

> ~BD~ wrote:
>
>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>> something to do with it!
>

> You're nuts!

If nobody fesses up, it will only confirm his suspicions. Somebody
better fess up - and soon.

[Aardvark]

I AM SPARTACUS!!!!!!!

:-)

[Betty]

Oldus Fartus wrote:
> On 26/02/2013 8:24 AM, ~BD~ wrote:

[...]

>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>> something to do with it!
>>
>
> You never know do you?
>
>
> (Wink wink nudge nudge)
>

I did it. I went outside, spit into my hand, then tossed some poofle
dust up into the wind and commanded it to fly to BD's house and into his
computer. Easy as pie!

--
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

[BurfordTJustice]

"~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
news:s-KdnetEttdPnbHM...@bt.com...

I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
something to do with it!

--

LOL Ya think??

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:16:56 -0600, Betty wrote:

> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>> On 26/02/2013 8:24 AM, ~BD~ wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>> something to do with it!
>>>
>>>
>> You never know do you?
>>
>>
>> (Wink wink nudge nudge)
>>
>>
>
> I did it. I went outside, spit into my hand, then tossed some poofle
> dust up into the wind and commanded it to fly to BD's house and into his
> computer. Easy as pie!

If only it were so simple, Betty. :-)

[Betty]

Aardvark wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:16:56 -0600, Betty wrote:
>
>> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>>> On 26/02/2013 8:24 AM, ~BD~ wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>>> something to do with it!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You never know do you?
>>>
>>>
>>> (Wink wink nudge nudge)
>>>
>>>
>> I did it. I went outside, spit into my hand, then tossed some poofle
>> dust up into the wind and commanded it to fly to BD's house and into his
>> computer. Easy as pie!
>
> If only it were so simple, Betty. :-)
>
>

It was. It worked!

[Aardvark]

LOL. Clever clogs!

[Eagle]

FromTheRafters laid this down on his screen :

Getting a BSOD for a replacement monitor confuses Me. I've never seen
anything like that. Every monitor I replaced never produced a BSOD.
Windoze always uses a generic driver, or a driver listed in the windoze
driver files.

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:29:32 -0600, G. Morgan wrote:

> LMAO... You forgot to put *soon* in bold, that's his trademark!

Only when referring to someone else's imminent death, mate. :-)

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:47:44 -0600, G. Morgan wrote:

> Aardvark wrote:
>
>>What the fuck are these large fucking files you've attached to posts
>>over the last couple of days,
>

> I can't see what you're talking about...
>
> We use the same server, are you seeing .bins?
>

I'm seeing nothing, mate. Two posts he made yesterday and today, one 8000-
plus lines (which tells me it's fucking big whatever it is) and today's
was over 11000 lines, which is half as big again. When I clicked on the
posts to open them, as is usual with large binary posts and Pan, a
download window popped up asking me to where I want to download whatever
it is. I didn't want to download, as I'm unwilling to navigate to my
download folder just to see some of the boater's bullshit, so I cancelled
and deleted the posts immediately.

> I noticed in his header this line:
> X-Original-Bytes: 1619 Message-ID: <kgi4e4$eic$1...@dont-email.me>
>

I'm sure they were bigger than that, mate. Much, much bigger.

> I wonder if Agent, Howard Knight's site, and Google are filtering the
> .bins and Pan is not?

Nah. Pan is just behaving as it usually does with, say, larger pictures
in a binary group.

> Can you post a screen shot somewhere?

Nothing to see, mate. All gone, and I can't be arsed re-downloading the
fuckers.

[Aardvark]

Just to add- I can't imagine anything the boater ever posts being worth
the effort. The thought isn't really appealing to go through all the
fucking rigmarole just to find a giant-sized pic of that fucking gorilla
he keeps fucking spamming.

[Eagle]

G. Morgan laid this down on his screen :

> Eagle wrote:
>
>> Getting a BSOD for a replacement monitor confuses Me. I've never seen
>> anything like that. Every monitor I replaced never produced a BSOD.
>> Windoze always uses a generic driver, or a driver listed in the windoze
>> driver files.
>

> He got a disk error:
> "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
>
> No connection to a monitor problem I can think of.

Nor I, but it happened right after Dave installed the new monitor, and
that is what's confusing.

--
Eagle
If I agreed with you,
we'd both be wrong.

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:35:39 -0600, G. Morgan wrote:

> Aardvark wrote:
>
>>Just to add- I can't imagine anything the boater ever posts being worth
>>the effort. The thought isn't really appealing to go through all the
>>fucking rigmarole just to find a giant-sized pic of that fucking gorilla
>>he keeps fucking spamming.
>

> Lol... That's what I just wrote in reply before opening this one. ;-)

Great minds think alike, eh?

Or should it be 'Fools seldom differ'? :-)

[FromTheRafters]

on 2/26/2013, G. Morgan supposed :

> Aardvark wrote:
>
>> What the fuck are these large fucking files you've attached to posts over
>> the last couple of days,
>

> I can't see what you're talking about...
>
> We use the same server, are you seeing .bins?
>

> I noticed in his header this line:
> X-Original-Bytes: 1619
> Message-ID: <kgi4e4$eic$1...@dont-email.me>
>

> I wonder if Agent, Howard Knight's site, and Google are filtering the

> .bins and Pan is not? Can you post a screen shot somewhere?

I got the encoded 'gorilla.jpg' when I visited HK's lookup, so it's not
filtered there.

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:31:24 -0600, G. Morgan wrote:

> Not if you consider the boater's ineptitude when dealing with minor PC
> issues. I think he compounds his problems by trying to "fix" what isn't
> broken.

I think you may be onto something there, mate. :-)

[Eagle]

G. Morgan has brought this to us :

> Not if you consider the boater's ineptitude when dealing with minor PC
> issues. I think he compounds his problems by trying to "fix" what isn't
> broken.

Well I wouldn't know about that, I don't talk computers with Dave very
much. As I get older, the less I read about and work on these complex
machines. Put a mouse motor in front of me and I can make it roar, but
not these things.
Back in the day I worked on tube type radios, and was very good at it.
Then Kenwood and Yaesu started making hybrid radios with solid state
components, and tube final amplifiers. I had to learn about transistors
and miniature components, which were a totally different animal
compared to tube tech.
Now, my latest Ham radio is all computer controlled. I even control it
from my keyboard! It breaks and off it goes to either the manufacturer,
or a specialist in solid state and computer control.
The equipment works much better, but at what these rigs cost now, they
better!

--
Eagle
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in
a
garage makes you a car.

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:39:23 -0600, G. Morgan wrote:

> FromTheRafters wrote:
>

>>I got the encoded 'gorilla.jpg' when I visited HK's lookup, so it's not
>>filtered there.
>

> What MID? I looked @ this one and no encoded attachment.
>
> http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=136190057500

Nah. The two posts I deleted were fucking ginormous, mate. Anything over
a few thousand lines, rather than render them, Pan will download, and the
upper size limit of what it's willing to render is big enough, maybe two-
thirds the size of my screen. They might possibly have been short vids.

[FromTheRafters]

G. Morgan formulated on Tuesday :

> Not if you consider the boater's ineptitude when dealing with minor PC
> issues. I think he compounds his problems by trying to "fix" what isn't
> broken.

The monitor goes "snap" and the PEBKAC unit yanks the plug to stop an
evil hacker from shagging his HDD.

[FromTheRafters]

on 2/26/2013, G. Morgan supposed :

> FromTheRafters wrote:
>
>> I got the encoded 'gorilla.jpg' when I visited HK's lookup, so it's not
>> filtered there.
>

> What MID? I looked @ this one and no encoded attachment.
>
> http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=136190057500

I was referring to another one. The one where I first noticed Aardvark
replying to a 'missing' post. The references in Aardvark's header gave
me the MID to the 'missing' post and on HK I found the encoded JPG.

I don't know the MID, but there are sure to be more examples to come.

[Aardvark]

Yup, that sounds like a distinct possibility.

[~BD~]

BurfordTJustice wrote:
> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
> news:s-KdnetEttdPnbHM...@bt.com...

>
> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
> something to do with it!
>

> -- LOL Ya think??


Who knows the truth of the matter?

Sure is a good way to entertain folk! :-D

--

[Aardvark]

He's spammed that fucking gorilla picture a few dozen times over recent
days. Pan renders it, but whatever the big files, they were bigger than
Pan was willing to handle on its own. If they were small vids, of course
Pan would just automatically down, whatever the size.

Because of this, my assumption is big picture or small video. I'm not
really that interested, truth be told.

[~BD~]

I wonder what young Graham was doing back in 1965 when I was looking
after computers using 'tubes' on board one of Her Majesty's destroyers
in the Mediterranean.

What's that? He wasn't even born?!!! ;-)

Wow! I guess he has learnt a lot since then, eh?

--

[Eagle]

Are you jealous about Graham being a youngster, Dave? lol

--
Eagle
Today will be tomorrow sooner than later.

[Eagle]

FromTheRafters formulated this mess of confusion :

Hee hee hee! :D

[Eagle]

G. Morgan has brought this to us :

> Aardvark wrote:
>
>>> Can you post a screen shot somewhere?
>>
>> Nothing to see, mate. All gone, and I can't be arsed re-downloading the
>> fuckers.
>

> Hmm... Maybe I'll switch to my ISP's news server to check it out.
> Probably not though, I doubt the binary is of any interest to me.

Have you ever messed with javascript, G Man?

--
Eagle
I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's
getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

[Aardvark]

Of course he fucking is, Eagliar. I've noticed he has a complex about age.

[~BD~]

Eagle wrote:
> FromTheRafters laid this down on his screen :
>> ~BD~ presented the following explanation :
>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>> ~BD~ presented the following explanation :
>>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>>> ~BD~ presented the following explanation :
>>>>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>>>>> ~BD~ explained on 2/25/2013 :
>>>>>>>>> My replacement Dell monitor arrived this morning! That was a real
>>>>>>>>> surprise. I not really expected it until the end of the week. I
>>>>>>>>> unpacked it and set it up on my desk. I plugged it in and
>>>>>>>>> connected it
>>>>>>>>> to my Dell computer to check that it will work as expected.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Switch on*!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> WOW! ..... the *monitor* worked! *I was greeted by a BSOD*!!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Right - take a photograph to show you! Find camera and ..... Argh!
>>>>>>>>> Battery flat (searches for charger and plugs it in!). Right -
>>>>>>>>> where's
>>>>>>>>> that iPod Touch?!! Oh dear, how *does* this camera App work?
>>>>>>>>> <grin>
>>>>>>>>> Got it - takes photo, and uploads it to iMac! Phew!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At last, a piccie! http://i49.tinypic.com/ao7qqr.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For those who don't click on links: "STOP 0x000000ED
>>>>>>>>> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Seek quick procedure reminder to deal with this! <rolls eyes>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ah, yes! Recovery Console from the XP set-up disk. Yep, quick
>>>>>>>>> 'check
>>>>>>>>> disk' - found error. Best replace the MBR too! 'fixboot' should do
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> trick!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Restart computer and ..... Hooray, up and running again! :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I hope *your* day is going well too!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Glad your day is going well, Dave. I wish I could say the same. :-(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That doesn't sound too promising - what's up, Eagle?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm surprised that you made no comment about my computer. Do you
>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>> that whatever caused my computer failure could also have
>>>>>>> sabotaged my
>>>>>>> previous monitor?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't know you wanted a comment, Dave... :D
>>>>>
>>>>> What surprises me is that not one person, not one, has made a comment
>>>>> about the BSOD and how I brought the machine back to life!
>>>>
>>>> The BSOD pretty much assures you that it *is* alive.
>>>
>>> Semantics! As I said, I was actually checking the *monitor*! ;-)
>>>
>>> THAT seems just fine!
>>
>> The fact that you could *see* the BSOD also proves that.
>>>
>>>>>> It looks suspicious. A blue screen of death, right after your monitor
>>>>>> fizzles out?

>>>>>
>>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>>>> something to do with it!
>>>>

>>>> It would be interesting to learn how it was done, if indeed it was done
>>>> by someone and not just an accidental hardware failure.
>>>
>>> I'd be interested too! Hardly likely anyone will own up though!
>>
>> Agreed.
>>>
>>> When hardware fails, in my experience anyway, it never actually
>>> repairs itself. What type of hardware failure do you imagine it might
>>> have been, FTR?
>>
>> The monitor fizzled, Windows noticed new hardware when you attached
>> the new monitor. Did your new monitor come with any software? Windows
>> may have found a generic driver and the driver in the software package
>> may offer more features.
>>
>>> The machine has been running for over twenty hours now with no sign
>>> of any further failure.
>>
>> That's good.
>>>
>>>>>> The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're
>>>>>> good to go.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not so! The 'puter' didn't fix anything - BD fixed the 'puter', Dopey!
>>>>
>>>> The computer wasn't broken, if it had been broken it would not have
>>>> given you that message.
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Please see my response to Frozen North.
>>
>> Okay, I haven't gotten there yet.

>
> Getting a BSOD for a replacement monitor confuses Me. I've never seen
> anything like that. Every monitor I replaced never produced a BSOD.
> Windoze always uses a generic driver, or a driver listed in the windoze
> driver files.

Eagle,

The BSOD may well have just been waiting to "jump out' of the computer
to show me what some nasty hacker had done! <shock> It might well have
been there since the 'original' monitor failed - a number of days ago!

No new driver would have been necessary - the monitor I now have is
identical to the one which failed, so all should have been honky dory!

Here:- http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=honky%20dory

--

[~BD~]

No more than you Eagle. We've been there and done that! ;-)

I'm saddened that he's not yet a dad. I think he might well have been a
good one - I suppose there is still time, but it's fast running out.

--

[~BD~]

G. Morgan wrote:
> ~BD~ wrote:
>
>> G. Morgan wrote:

>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>>> something to do with it!
>>>

>>> You're nuts!
>>
>> Good morning, Graham! :-)
>
> Good afternoon nutty! ;)

Hahaha! :-)

Have you noticed the timing of you pal Aardvark's posts this week?

Seems he has an easy life, now he's not fitting ceilings!

--
Fixer, oh, yes! ;-)

[Eagle]

~BD~ presented the following explanation :

Yep...youth has been here and left the building... 8-o

>
> I'm saddened that he's not yet a dad. I think he might well have been a good
> one - I suppose there is still time, but it's fast running out.

--

Eagle
Since light travels faster than sound, some people
appear bright until you hear them speak.

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:10:16 +0000, the lying, slimy, cowardly cunt wrote:

> G. Morgan wrote:
>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>
>>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>>>> something to do with it!
>>>>
>>>> You're nuts!
>>>
>>> Good morning, Graham! :-)
>>
>> Good afternoon nutty! ;)
>
> Hahaha! :-)
>
> Have you noticed the timing of you pal Aardvark's posts this week?
>

Unlike you, you paranoid, obsessional cunt, others aren't interested in
what time posts are made.

> Seems he has an easy life, now he's not fitting ceilings!

Really, cunt? When did I tell you or anyone on-line any such fucking
thing? MIDs are key here.

[Bear]

~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in news:7qOdnZpY-
5QlubDMnZ2d...@bt.com:

Interesting observation David. It helps confirm the rumors about his lack of
employability!

Jax :)
--
Bear Bottoms
http://bearware.info

[~BD~]

You will have noticed how sensitive it is to being watched!

Do you think he appreciates that he's being watched 24/7 since he
deigned to involve our police? Some believe our police forces and
security services are the best in the world.

*I do*!

--

"it" being the Aardvark! ;-)

[Aardvark]

LOL. 'Rumours', Bear, you stupid cunt? What rumours would these be, and
whence did they come? On what fucking provable information are they based?

BTW, here's a fucking kl0o for you Bear: as a self-employed construction
sub-contractor the question of 'employability' *never* arises, you stupid
cunt. I've never turned myself down for a fucking job, and I've never
sacked myself.

Fuck, you and the boater are probably the two fucking stupidest creatures
I've ever found in one fucking place. I've had to correct a load of typos
in this post because I was fucking chuckling so much.

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:39:19 +0000, the lying, slimy, cowardly cunt wrote:

> Bear wrote:
>> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in news:7qOdnZpY-
>> 5QlubDMnZ2d...@bt.com:
>>
>>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> G. Morgan wrote:
>>>>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups
>>>>>>> had something to do with it!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're nuts!
>>>>>
>>>>> Good morning, Graham! :-)
>>>>
>>>> Good afternoon nutty! ;)
>>>
>>> Hahaha! :-)
>>>
>>> Have you noticed the timing of you pal Aardvark's posts this week?
>>>
>>> Seems he has an easy life, now he's not fitting ceilings!
>>
>> Interesting observation David. It helps confirm the rumors about his
>> lack of employability!
>>
>> Jax :)
>
>
> You will have noticed how sensitive it is to being watched!
>

LOL. Fucking idiot.

> Do you think he appreciates that he's being watched 24/7 since he
> deigned to involve our police?

Fuck, cunt, you're a real fucking hoot.

> Some believe our police forces and
> security services are the best in the world.
>

Whatever the fuck that has to do with you two slimy cunts sliming and
lying about other posters.

> *I do*!

[Eagle]

G. Morgan submitted this idea :

> Eagle wrote:
>
>> G. Morgan has brought this to us :
>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Can you post a screen shot somewhere?
>>>>
>>>> Nothing to see, mate. All gone, and I can't be arsed re-downloading the
>>>> fuckers.
>>>
>>> Hmm... Maybe I'll switch to my ISP's news server to check it out.
>>> Probably not though, I doubt the binary is of any interest to me.
>>
>> Have you ever messed with javascript, G Man?
>

> Sure, why?

I used to write scripts in '96 and '97. Remember the typwriter script?
The orbiting curser?

[SeaNymph]

Really? How does it do that? And how much do you know, first hand,
about construction?

[SeaNymph]

Do you have any verifiable facts to back up the lies you're spewing? Or
is this just another fine example of your lack of morals and ethics?

>

[Aardvark]

I'm just curious as to the number of people spreading these rumours, and
how many there are, and what evidence there is to support them.

I'll guess the answers are: two: the Beartroll and the boater*, one: it's
right up there ^^^^^^, and none.

LOL.

* it'll be three soon enough, when Eagliar gets his marching orders from
the other two.

[Aardvark]

I think he's only hoping beyond hope that I might suffer from the same
propensity for irrational paranoia as he does.

I also think he's going to be sorely disappointed.

:-)

[SeaNymph]

Well, based on how he posts, he probably deals with a lot of disappointment.

[Aardvark]

Heh. I really *like* that thought. :-)

[Eagle]

After serious thinking ~BD~ wrote :

Good to know your monitor will be good to go for several more years.

[Oldus Fartus]

Those 'tubes' must have been very leaky were they Dave? More than once
you have stated in the past how your first five years in the Navy was
somewhat grubby. For example, when musing about your father you said:

"He was devastated when I left home at 16 to become an engineering
apprentice in the Royal Navy. I spent five years in dirty, oily,
overalls before deciding to make my father a proud man by lifting myself
up by my bootstraps and gaining a commission. That was no mean feat in
itself - you should have seen the smile on dad's face when I was awards
my pilot's 'wings'! :-) "

--
Cheers
Oldus Fartus

[Oldus Fartus]

On 26/02/2013 11:16 PM, Betty wrote:
> Oldus Fartus wrote:
>> On 26/02/2013 8:24 AM, ~BD~ wrote:
>
> [...]

>
>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>> something to do with it!
>>>
>>

>> You never know do you?
>>
>>
>> (Wink wink nudge nudge)
>>
>
>
> I did it. I went outside, spit into my hand, then tossed some poofle
> dust up into the wind and commanded it to fly to BD's house and into his
> computer. Easy as pie!
>

LOL

--
Cheers
Oldus Fartus

[practice]

On 02/26/2013 13:49, Eagle wrote:

> Back in the day I worked on tube type radios, and was very good at it.
> Then Kenwood and Yaesu started making hybrid radios with solid state
> components, and tube final amplifiers. I had to learn about transistors
> and miniature components, which were a totally different animal compared
> to tube tech.
> Now, my latest Ham radio is all computer controlled. I even control it
> from my keyboard! It breaks and off it goes to either the manufacturer,
> or a specialist in solid state and computer control.
> The equipment works much better, but at what these rigs cost now, they
> better!
>

I found out after my Dad had passed about 4 years ago that he had a
Zenith Oceanagraph(?) radio still in like-new condition. He bought it in
'51 and the receipt is still in the back of the radio with his name on
it. I brought it and a whole car load of his stuff home with me after
the funeral. The rest I shipped home. Lots of stuff I didn't know he
had. Lots of stuff he did, that I didn't know about

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:16:41 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in

> news:362dnfsKx7ZU87bM...@bt.com:

>
>> WOW! ..... the *monitor* worked! *I was greeted by a BSOD*!!!!
>

> Good.

>
>> For those who don't click on links: "STOP 0x000000ED
>> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message
>

> Sweet.

>
>> Restart computer and ..... Hooray, up and running again! :-)
>

> I wonder why it complained about the MBR... been to any dodgy sites
> lately? Might wanna do a bear and reimage at this point. Something could
> be amiss; you could very well be compromised.

LOL.

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:22:18 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> Eagle <deag...@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:mn.d22b7dd259...@gmail.com:

>
>> FromTheRafters laid this down on his screen :
>>> ~BD~ presented the following explanation :
>>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>> ~BD~ presented the following explanation :
>>>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>>>> ~BD~ presented the following explanation :
>>>>>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>>>>>> ~BD~ explained on 2/25/2013 :
>>>>>>>>>> My replacement Dell monitor arrived this morning! That was a
>>>>>>>>>> real surprise. I not really expected it until the end of the
>>>>>>>>>> week. I unpacked it and set it up on my desk. I plugged it in
>>>>>>>>>> and connected it to my Dell computer to check that it will work
>>>>>>>>>> as expected.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *Switch on*!
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> WOW! ..... the *monitor* worked! *I was greeted by a BSOD*!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> Right - take a photograph to show you! Find camera and .....
>>>>>>>>>> Argh! Battery flat (searches for charger and plugs it in!).
>>>>>>>>>> Right - where's that iPod Touch?!! Oh dear, how *does* this
>>>>>>>>>> camera App work? <grin> Got it - takes photo, and uploads it to
>>>>>>>>>> iMac! Phew!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> At last, a piccie! http://i49.tinypic.com/ao7qqr.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> For those who don't click on links: "STOP 0x000000ED
>>>>>>>>>> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> Seek quick procedure reminder to deal with this! <rolls eyes>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ah, yes! Recovery Console from the XP set-up disk. Yep, quick
>>>>>>>>>> 'check disk' - found error. Best replace the MBR too! 'fixboot'
>>>>>>>>>> should do the trick!
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> Restart computer and ..... Hooray, up and running again! :-)
>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> I hope *your* day is going well too!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Glad your day is going well, Dave. I wish I could say the same.
>>>>>>>>> :-(
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That doesn't sound too promising - what's up, Eagle?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm surprised that you made no comment about my computer. Do you
>>>>>>>> think that whatever caused my computer failure could also have
>>>>>>>> sabotaged my previous monitor?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I didn't know you wanted a comment, Dave... :D
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What surprises me is that not one person, not one, has made a
>>>>>> comment about the BSOD and how I brought the machine back to life!
>>>>>
>>>>> The BSOD pretty much assures you that it *is* alive.
>>>>
>>>> Semantics! As I said, I was actually checking the *monitor*! ;-)
>>>>
>>>> THAT seems just fine!
>>>
>>> The fact that you could *see* the BSOD also proves that.
>>>>
>>>>>>> It looks suspicious. A blue screen of death, right after your
>>>>>>> monitor fizzles out?
>>>>>>

>>>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>>>>> something to do with it!
>>>>>

>>>>> It would be interesting to learn how it was done, if indeed it was
>>>>> done by someone and not just an accidental hardware failure.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested too! Hardly likely anyone will own up though!
>>>
>>> Agreed.
>>>>
>>>> When hardware fails, in my experience anyway, it never actually
>>>> repairs itself. What type of hardware failure do you imagine it might
>>>> have been, FTR?
>>>
>>> The monitor fizzled, Windows noticed new hardware when you attached
>>> the new monitor. Did your new monitor come with any software? Windows
>>> may have found a generic driver and the driver in the software package
>>> may offer more features.
>>>
>>>> The machine has been running for over twenty hours now with no sign
>>>> of any further failure.
>>>
>>> That's good.
>>>>
>>>>>>> The good part is your puter fixed the issue, and you're good to
>>>>>>> go.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not so! The 'puter' didn't fix anything - BD fixed the 'puter',
>>>>>> Dopey!
>>>>>
>>>>> The computer wasn't broken, if it had been broken it would not have
>>>>> given you that message.
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> Please see my response to Frozen North.
>>>
>>> Okay, I haven't gotten there yet.
>>

>> Getting a BSOD for a replacement monitor confuses Me. I've never seen
>> anything like that. Every monitor I replaced never produced a BSOD.
>> Windoze always uses a generic driver, or a driver listed in the windoze
>> driver files.
>

> Amusingly, BD provided the BSOD error code. It had nothing to do with a
> monitor. Unmountable BOOT volume is an MBR/ntloader issue. Not a monitor
> driver issue.

Heh. That's what Google's for. :-)

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:25:48 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> Aardvark <aard...@aardvark.uk.tc> wrote in
> news:kgj42d$eic$8...@dont-email.me:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:52:40 -0500, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>
>>> G. Morgan formulated on Tuesday :
>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> G. Morgan laid this down on his screen :

>>>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Getting a BSOD for a replacement monitor confuses Me. I've never
>>>>>>> seen anything like that. Every monitor I replaced never produced a
>>>>>>> BSOD. Windoze always uses a generic driver, or a driver listed in
>>>>>>> the windoze driver files.
>>>>>>

>>>>>> He got a disk error:
>>>>>> "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No connection to a monitor problem I can think of.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nor I, but it happened right after Dave installed the new monitor,
>>>>> and that is what's confusing.
>>>>
>>>> Not if you consider the boater's ineptitude when dealing with minor
>>>> PC issues. I think he compounds his problems by trying to "fix" what
>>>> isn't broken.
>>>

>>> The monitor goes "snap" and the PEBKAC unit yanks the plug to stop an
>>> evil hacker from shagging his HDD.
>>
>> Yup, that sounds like a distinct possibility.
>
> Which can actually cause the problem he suffered.

Yup. Something goes awry, his extreme paranoia kicks in, he makes a
sudden move that temporarily fucks things. 'Knee-jerk reaction' is his
middle name.

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:28:07 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> Aardvark <aard...@aardvark.uk.tc> wrote in

> news:kgiub4$eic$7...@dont-email.me:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:00:24 +0000, Aardvark wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:47:44 -0600, G. Morgan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>What the fuck are these large fucking files you've attached to posts
>>>>>over the last couple of days,
>>>>
>>>> I can't see what you're talking about...
>>>>
>>>> We use the same server, are you seeing .bins?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm seeing nothing, mate. Two posts he made yesterday and today, one
>>> 8000-
>>> plus lines (which tells me it's fucking big whatever it is) and
>>> today's was over 11000 lines, which is half as big again. When I
>>> clicked on the posts to open them, as is usual with large binary posts
>>> and Pan, a download window popped up asking me to where I want to
>>> download whatever it is. I didn't want to download, as I'm unwilling
>>> to navigate to my download folder just to see some of the boater's
>>> bullshit, so I cancelled and deleted the posts immediately.
>>>
>>>> I noticed in his header this line:
>>>> X-Original-Bytes: 1619 Message-ID: <kgi4e4$eic$1...@dont-email.me>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm sure they were bigger than that, mate. Much, much bigger.
>>>
>>>> I wonder if Agent, Howard Knight's site, and Google are filtering the
>>>> .bins and Pan is not?
>>>
>>> Nah. Pan is just behaving as it usually does with, say, larger
>>> pictures in a binary group.

>>>
>>>> Can you post a screen shot somewhere?
>>>
>>> Nothing to see, mate. All gone, and I can't be arsed re-downloading
>>> the fuckers.
>>

>> Just to add- I can't imagine anything the boater ever posts being worth
>> the effort. The thought isn't really appealing to go through all the
>> fucking rigmarole just to find a giant-sized pic of that fucking
>> gorilla he keeps fucking spamming.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> He's enjoying himself because he knows you aren't supposed to post
> binaries to text only groups. Since these are unmoderated, he feels he
> can follow whatever rules and etiquette suits him.
>
> One can always complain to his news provider for excessive posting of
> bins in non bin groups.

Assholes like that who constantly deliberately behave in ways contrary to
the accepted behaviour norms developed over a long time and meant to give
the greatest convenience of use to the greatest number of people
shouldn't be fucking allowed on usenet. Or even have a fucking computer.

It's simply attention-grabbing behaviour.

Guidelines and all the tacitly and implicitly agreed rules and standards
of behaviour weren't arrived at simply by accident. They're there to
create the least possible amount of inter-personal friction and the
continued smooth running of the whole ecosystem.

His behaviour is deliberately designed to cause the maximum friction.

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:29:54 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> FromTheRafters <err...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in news:kgii6o$1jd$1
> @dont-email.me:

>
>> G. Morgan laid this down on his screen :

>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>>> something to do with it!
>>>

>>> You're nuts!
>>
>> If nobody fesses up, it will only confirm his suspicions. Somebody
>> better fess up - and soon.
>>
>>
>>
> Okay. I did it, with G. Morgans help.

:-)

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:30:23 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> Bear <remove.bea...@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:XnsA172B611C1CB7be...@130.225.254.104:

>
>> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>> news:362dnfsKx7ZU87bM...@bt.com:
>>

>>> My replacement Dell monitor arrived this morning! That was a real
>>> surprise. I not really expected it until the end of the week. I
>>> unpacked it and set it up on my desk. I plugged it in and connected it
>>> to my Dell computer to check that it will work as expected.
>>>
>>> *Switch on*!
>>>
>>> WOW! ..... the *monitor* worked! *I was greeted by a BSOD*!!!!
>>>
>>> Right - take a photograph to show you! Find camera and ..... Argh!
>>> Battery flat (searches for charger and plugs it in!). Right - where's
>>> that iPod Touch?!! Oh dear, how *does* this camera App work?
>>> <grin> Got it - takes photo, and uploads it to iMac! Phew!
>>>
>>> At last, a piccie! http://i49.tinypic.com/ao7qqr.jpg
>>>
>>> For those who don't click on links: "STOP 0x000000ED
>>> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message
>>>
>>> Seek quick procedure reminder to deal with this! <rolls eyes>
>>>
>>> Ah, yes! Recovery Console from the XP set-up disk. Yep, quick 'check
>>> disk' - found error. Best replace the MBR too! 'fixboot' should do the
>>> trick!
>>>
>>> Restart computer and ..... Hooray, up and running again! :-)
>>>
>>> I hope *your* day is going well too!
>>

>> I'm glad your new monitor is up and running David. That must have been
>> a dissapointing moment when the blue message came up!
>
> What would you have done with that BSOD? Called a real tech? :)

Nah. Panicked.

Which, come to think of it, is probably what the boater cunt did LOL.

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:24:00 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in

> news:_5mdnWJqppkai7DM...@bt.com:

>
>> I wonder what young Graham was doing back in 1965 when I was looking
>> after computers using 'tubes' on board one of Her Majesty's destroyers
>> in the Mediterranean.
>

> Quit trying to talk above others, David. I'm familiar with some vac
> based systems. You probably don't wanna do a Q&A with me on those
> either. You weren't looking after anything. Nobody would have let the
> incompetence you clearly demonstrate anywhere near anything critical.

>
>> Wow! I guess he has learnt a lot since then, eh?
>

> Uhh, no. You've got nothing in the world of IT on any of us, David.

So he once worked with what is now severely outdated technology. Big
fucking deal. So did everyone.

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:25:01 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in

> news:CtGdnXR77Ke3vrDM...@bt.com:
>
>> I'm saddened that he's not yet a dad. I think he might well have been a
>> good one - I suppose there is still time, but it's fast running out.
>
> Doesn't take you long to resorting to sliming those who've determine
> that you're a piece of shit and quit helping you. I expected a little
> longer, but you're showing your true colors just fine now.

I have no idea why he should be bothered by the parental status of
someone else. I mean, so fucking what if someone has chosen to avoid
parenthood? Good fucking luck to 'em, I say. The world's grossly
overpopulated as it is and it's getting worse all the time.

I wouldn't want to send my brood back where they came from, but if I'd
never been a parent I'd never have missed it. It was never something that
figured too high in my life plans, if at all.

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:25:48 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> Aardvark <aard...@aardvark.uk.tc> wrote in

> news:kgj42d$eic$8...@dont-email.me:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:52:40 -0500, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>
>>> G. Morgan formulated on Tuesday :
>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>

>>>>> G. Morgan laid this down on his screen :

>>>>>> Eagle wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Getting a BSOD for a replacement monitor confuses Me. I've never
>>>>>>> seen anything like that. Every monitor I replaced never produced a
>>>>>>> BSOD. Windoze always uses a generic driver, or a driver listed in
>>>>>>> the windoze driver files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He got a disk error:
>>>>>> "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No connection to a monitor problem I can think of.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nor I, but it happened right after Dave installed the new monitor,
>>>>> and that is what's confusing.
>>>>
>>>> Not if you consider the boater's ineptitude when dealing with minor
>>>> PC issues. I think he compounds his problems by trying to "fix" what
>>>> isn't broken.
>>>
>>> The monitor goes "snap" and the PEBKAC unit yanks the plug to stop an
>>> evil hacker from shagging his HDD.
>>
>> Yup, that sounds like a distinct possibility.
>
> Which can actually cause the problem he suffered.

Yup. As soon as he posted the error code it was obvious it had fuck-all
to do with any monitor.

[Aardvark]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:28:07 +0000, Dustin wrote:

> Aardvark <aard...@aardvark.uk.tc> wrote in

I've been tempted, Dustin. There'd be a fucking good case for pulling the
plug on him for constantly spamming that fucking gorilla binary.

[FromTheRafters]

on 2/27/2013, Aardvark supposed :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour

[FromTheRafters]

Dustin submitted this idea :

> FromTheRafters <err...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in news:kgii6o$1jd$1
> @dont-email.me:
>

>> G. Morgan laid this down on his screen :

>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd not be at all surprised if some folk on these Usenet groups had
>>>> something to do with it!
>>>
>>> You're nuts!
>>
>> If nobody fesses up, it will only confirm his suspicions. Somebody
>> better fess up - and soon.
>>
>>
>
> Okay. I did it, with G. Morgans help.

Too late Dustin, Betty already fessed up about sending the poofle dust
to fizzle his monitor.

[FromTheRafters]

Aardvark used his keyboard to write :

It looks like he followed directions and got his computer up and
working again. Had it not been for fault tolerance and self-healing
software he would not have been so lucky.

[Aardvark]

It's at times like this I curse modern software and firmware. :-)

[FromTheRafters]

Dustin expressed precisely :

> ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
> news:362dnfsKx7ZU87bM...@bt.com:
>

>> WOW! ..... the *monitor* worked! *I was greeted by a BSOD*!!!!
>

> Good.

>
>> For those who don't click on links: "STOP 0x000000ED
>> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message
>

> Sweet.

>
>> Restart computer and ..... Hooray, up and running again! :-)
>

> I wonder why it complained about the MBR... been to any dodgy sites
> lately? Might wanna do a bear and reimage at this point. Something could
> be amiss; you could very well be compromised.

The way I read his post, it didn't complain about the MBR - BD just
threw that in for goog measure. Windows found and fixed the "error"
when he ran the recovery console software.

Of course, I could be wrong about that.

[Aardvark]

Yup. That's the animal. It seems that he 'cares' so much about others
that he devotes his life to annoying them and disrupting their pleasure.
Oh, and it's clear he believes that the only crime is being caught.

If the boater has an ethical decision to make in a forest in the middle
of nowhere, and there's no one to see or hear, does he opt to do the
right thing?