My Linux Lair -- A Photo Essay

[Farley Flud]

Feast thine bloodshot, jaundiced eyeballs on my fantastic Linux
Lair.

Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

Note: These images were captured with a 60 mm Nikon macro
lens and there is some depth of field problems. But otherwise
behold the splendor and eat your hearts out.

For the competent, check out:

alt.binaries.multimedia.transformation

For the lackeys, here is the temporary location:

https://ufile.io/f/uzdw7

Description:

Linux_Lair_0001

My main Xeon machine powered up. Note the cooling fan on the left
blowing large volumes of air across the entire set up. On the right
are the 2 spinning rust HDDs. No junk SSDs on my machine.

Underneath one can detect my Microslop Winblows machine. It is located
on the bottom tier because that's where it fucking belongs.

On the extreme left and out of focus is my new Xeon machine, still
unfinished.

Linux_Lair_0002

Here is the total view of the Microslop Winblows machine. It is seldom
powered up -- for damned good reason.

Linux_Lair_0003

Here is a bit of a close up of my main Xeon machine. The Nvidia
TU116 vid card is seen as well as the SoundBlaster RX sound card.
I have to lace down the sound card because there is no box.

Linux_Lair_0005

Here is the 2K monitor and keyboard for my main Xeon. Also seen are
my fantastic Bose speakers.

Out of sight on the right is another monitor and keyboard. I can operate
two machines at once if I need to.

Linux_Lair_0006

Here is my DIY microphone and power supply. The depth of field is
rather poor but the mic is the metal can at the right end of the
breadboard.

This DIY mic beats the fuck out of any commercial equivalent but,
unfortunately, the room acoustics are somewhat poor.


What you have witnessed if essentially a GNU/Linux workstation
powerhouse, running Gentoo, that can whip the ass of any other
distro.

[vallor]

Feast thine bloodshot, jaundiced eyeballs on my fantastic Linux Lair.
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.
Note: These images were captured with a 60 mm Nikon macro lens and there
is some depth of field problems. But otherwise behold the splendor and
eat your hearts out.
alt.binaries.multimedia.transformation
https://ufile.io/f/uzdw7
Linux_Lair_0001
My main Xeon machine powered up. Note the cooling fan on the left
blowing large volumes of air across the entire set up. On the right are
the 2 spinning rust HDDs. No junk SSDs on my machine.
Underneath one can detect my Microslop Winblows machine. It is located
on the bottom tier because that's where it fucking belongs.
On the extreme left and out of focus is my new Xeon machine, still
unfinished.
Linux_Lair_0002
Here is the total view of the Microslop Winblows machine. It is seldom
powered up -- for damned good reason.
Linux_Lair_0003
Here is a bit of a close up of my main Xeon machine. The Nvidia TU116
vid card is seen as well as the SoundBlaster RX sound card.
I have to lace down the sound card because there is no box.
Linux_Lair_0005
Here is the 2K monitor and keyboard for my main Xeon. Also seen are my
fantastic Bose speakers.
Out of sight on the right is another monitor and keyboard. I can
operate two machines at once if I need to.
Linux_Lair_0006
Here is my DIY microphone and power supply. The depth of field is
rather poor but the mic is the metal can at the right end of the
breadboard.
This DIY mic beats the fuck out of any commercial equivalent but,
unfortunately, the room acoustics are somewhat poor.
What you have witnessed if essentially a GNU/Linux workstation
powerhouse, running Gentoo, that can whip the ass of any other distro.

Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

Indeed, your posts seem very minimal, as if you just expected to
dump the jpegs into a news post program, and expected it to work.
Not even a Mime header, of which "1.0" is even required in the latest
RFC for a news article (though, there is still a lot of netnews software
that doesn't honor that...)

TL;DR: yenc or uuencode would be very much appreciated.

[Farley Flud]

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

It's OK now.

[Joel]

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[-hh]

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
Dust is pretty thick too.

But Feeb does admit that his new PC build still is languishing. And in
looking at this pile of (ahem) stuff, he's unwilling/unable to spend $50
IRL for a PC case.


-hh

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh
Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
Dust is pretty thick too.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Rather than noticing the superb electronics, you notice
only the dust.

Are you a washerwoman? Do you scrub floors?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

If you were really astute (which you are not) then you
would have noticed that the entire circuit is located
on a plastic clipboard.

Here, I'll help you:

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

It just so happened that the clipboard and circuit was
stored in a dusty out building for a time until I needed
it. But I did not want to de-dust it. Why the fuck
should I? I am not, like you, a washerwoman.

But it all points to your upbringing. Your mother must
have savagely tugged your ears if you left crumbs on your
dinner plate.

That's why you notice dust rather than superb electronics.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
Dust is pretty thick too.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Rather than noticing the superb electronics, you notice
only the dust.

Maybe he was raised inside a jewelry store.

[Farley Flud]

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
Dust is pretty thick too.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Rather than noticing the superb electronics, you notice only the dust.

Maybe he was raised inside a jewelry store.

He was raised in a Class 1 clean room and he has the allergies
and asthma to prove it.

Ha, ha, ha, ha!

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

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
Dust is pretty thick too.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Rather than noticing the superb electronics, you notice only the dust.

Maybe he was raised inside a jewelry store.

He was raised in a Class 1 clean room and he has the allergies
and asthma to prove it.
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanroom

Oh that's bad :) I think biotech also (sometimes) require such clean rooms.

I wouldn't notice that dust in the picture in a hundred years. You've
got some funky characters here as groupies of yours.

[-hh]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
Yeah, there's a lot (and not) going on in those pics.
Dust is pretty thick too.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Rather than noticing the superb electronics, you notice
only the dust.

Merely attention to detail in engineering design & operations.

Post by Farley Flud
Are you a washerwoman? Do you scrub floors?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
If you were really astute (which you are not) then you
would have noticed that the entire circuit is located
on a plastic clipboard.

Nah, I saw that PS in pic#6: the ramifications are that in addition to
the grunge causing fire hazard risks, you've also used a magnet for
static electricity & the risks thereof. Good going! /s

Post by Farley Flud
It just so happened that the clipboard and circuit was
stored in a dusty out building for a time until I needed
it. But I did not want to de-dust it. Why the fuck
should I? I am not, like you, a washerwoman.
But it all points to your upbringing. Your mother must
have savagely tugged your ears if you left crumbs on your
dinner plate.

No, it comes from actually being paid to work in a high power lab, where
such mistakes can kill you.

Post by Farley Flud
That's why you notice dust rather than superb electronics.

Nah, "superb" stuff isn't present, as those breadboards with their
layers of grunge are bygone antiques from well before the applied
development of stuff like Gallium based MMICs of this current century.


-hh

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh
the grunge causing

Grunge? Ha, ha, ha! That's just dust. Simple universal, ubiquitous
dust. The same stuff that you inhale with every breath.

Post by -hh
fire hazard risks, you've also used a magnet for
static electricity & the risks thereof.

This is pure gibberish. Gibberish.

"a magnet for static electricity"??????

Total gibberish.

Post by -hh
No, it comes from actually being paid to work in a high power lab, where
such mistakes can kill you.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Since when is a transformer that steps line
voltage down to 12 volts considered "high Power."

That circuit is quite innocuous compared to all of the switching power
supplies which, if not actually hooked to a load, will have the potential
for fire or damage.

Let us know who is paying you so that we can avoid that company.

Post by -hh
Nah, "superb" stuff isn't present, as those breadboards with their
layers of grunge are bygone antiques from well before the applied
development of stuff like Gallium based MMICs of this current century.

More gibberish.

Check any electronic supply house and you will find everything that can
duplicate the breadboard -- and everything is made within the "current
century and will continue to be made for years and years to come.

[-hh]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
the grunge causing

Grunge? Ha, ha, ha! That's just dust. Simple universal, ubiquitous
dust. The same stuff that you inhale with every breath.

Post by -hh
fire hazard risks, you've also used a magnet for
static electricity & the risks thereof.

This is pure gibberish. Gibberish.
"a magnet for static electricity"??????
Total gibberish.

Post by -hh
No, it comes from actually being paid to work in a high power lab, where
such mistakes can kill you.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Since when is a transformer that steps line
voltage down to 12 volts considered "high Power."

Not the point that 12v isn't particularly hazardous : the point was in
having good safety habits, because lab work isn't always going to be
just merely 12v at a few Amps.

FYI, even a +5v PSU can kick your ass when its got 500A behind it...and
if your procedural controls fail, its ample to kill you.

Post by Farley Flud
That circuit is quite innocuous compared to all of the switching power
supplies which, if not actually hooked to a load, will have the potential
for fire or damage.

You can keep your bad habits of letting fire hazards lay around
uncorrected.

Post by Farley Flud
...
Check any electronic supply house and you will find everything that can
duplicate the breadboard -- and everything is made within the "current
century and will continue to be made for years and years to come.

Just where does one find new *wooden* perfboards to buy today? Your
stuff's patina suggests that it was stolen from a 1970s era high school
physics lab...back in the 1970s, & its been collecting dust ever since.

-hh

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh
FYI, even a +5v PSU can kick your ass when its got 500A behind it...and
if your procedural controls fail, its ample to kill you.

OMFG!

500 Amps is way beyond what even welding requires.

Aren't you aware that residential circuit breakers/fuses are designed
to trip/blow at a mere 15 Amps?

What a total phony dunce!

Post by -hh
Just where does one find new *wooden* perfboards to buy today? Your
stuff's patina suggests that it was stolen from a 1970s era high school
physics lab...back in the 1970s, & its been collecting dust ever since.

Those are not wooden perfboards, you supreme idiot. I just glued the
perfboard onto some wooden blocks that I had lying around. Their purpose
is to elevate the perfboard, and all of the soldered connections that
are located underneath. What you witness is a variable voltage, linear
power supply that can be adapted to any purpose (within its limits).

Again, please provide the name of the company that pays you so that
we may avoid that incompetent monstrosity.

[vallor]

Post by Farley Flud
OMFG!
500 Amps is way beyond what even welding requires.
Aren't you aware that residential circuit breakers/fuses are designed to
trip/blow at a mere 15 Amps?
What a total phony dunce!

15 Amps at 120 Volts, Genius. 1800 Watts.

How much does your system draw?

With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

[chrisv]

Post by vallor

Post by Farley Flud
OMFG!
500 Amps is way beyond what even welding requires.
Aren't you aware that residential circuit breakers/fuses are designed to
trip/blow at a mere 15 Amps?
What a total phony dunce!

15 Amps at 120 Volts, Genius. 1800 Watts.
How much does your system draw?
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

A 5V power supply with that capacity could make a big spark and/or
melt some things, anyway.

[-hh]

Post by chrisv

Post by vallor

Post by Farley Flud
OMFG!
500 Amps is way beyond what even welding requires.
Aren't you aware that residential circuit breakers/fuses are designed to
trip/blow at a mere 15 Amps?
What a total phony dunce!

15 Amps at 120 Volts, Genius. 1800 Watts.

Seems that basic wattage math is beyond Feeb's understanding.

Post by chrisv

Post by vallor
How much does your system draw?
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

It doesn't take much, especially when one has sweaty palms.

In any event, my recollection is that we ran my little device off of a
heavier laboratory power line; I can't recall offhand if it was 240V or
208V, as we had both of those available and we didn't need to use any of
the several bigger options which were present in the lab space.

Post by chrisv
A 5V power supply with that capacity could make a big spark and/or
melt some things, anyway.

Yup. Its why takes the OSHA safety training and fosters good lab
habits, because a short would tend to ruin one's day. Water is a big
one to watch out for, because it doesn't take much dampness on one's
hands to make skin a "good enough" conductor.

n any event, this was just proof-of-principle baby prototype which ran
directly off of grid; the next iteration has 16x greater output & is
off-grid capable, due to provisioning of an 80kW-hr Li battery pack:

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.advocacy/c/1VfLHxCiHe0/m/XXcmsH3Za18J>

But Feeb's the only real EE expert on this stuff in COLA, ya know! /s


-hh

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh

Post by vallor
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

It doesn't take much, especially when one has sweaty palms.

You idiots don't have a leg to stand on. This is pure drivel.

For one thing, the voltage regs would act as fuses and blow
when the current draw exceeded 100mA -- that's milliamps.

That's why I always put a 100mA fuse on my circuits.
But the fuse is intended not to save me but to save the
voltage regs.

The fuse is not visible in the superb photos however.
It'll be there for a thousand years and will never be
required.

If your supervisor ever read your posts you'd be canned
immediately.

[chrisv]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh

Post by vallor
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

It doesn't take much, especially when one has sweaty palms.

Well, 5VDC will never dangerously conduct through your skin...

Post by Farley Flud
You idiots don't have a leg to stand on. This is pure drivel.
For one thing, the voltage regs would act as fuses and blow
when the current draw exceeded 100mA -- that's milliamps.
That's why I always put a 100mA fuse on my circuits.
But the fuse is intended not to save me but to save the
voltage regs.

Any voltage regulator that's worth a shit self-protects against
excessive current draw.

[-hh]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh

Post by vallor
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

It doesn't take much, especially when one has sweaty palms.

You idiots don't have a leg to stand on. This is pure drivel.

Believe what you want. Just don't come back bitching to me when you
learn the hard way about the risk of having contaminants on your hands
which are conductive.

TL;DR: good housekeeping is integral to operating safely in a proper lab
space.

Likewise, why there's also the joke about how "Old Guy" EE Techs work
with one hand in their pocket. Hint: its not because they're lazy.

Post by Farley Flud
For one thing, the voltage regs would act as fuses and blow
when the current draw exceeded 100mA -- that's milliamps.
That's why I always put a 100mA fuse on my circuits.
But the fuse is intended not to save me but to save the
voltage regs.

Oh, so your 'glorious' PC runs on <100mA? That's interesting, because a
3.5" HDD run on 12V and each one draws up to 12W, so each one of yours
needs 10x more amperage than your fuze allows.

Post by Farley Flud
The fuse is not visible in the superb photos however.
It'll be there for a thousand years and will never be
required.
If your supervisor ever read your posts you'd be canned
immediately.

Oh, you didn't hear? As per Physfitfreak, I'm so wealthy that I just do
whatever I want: it even makes Elon Musk jealous of me.


-hh

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh

Post by Farley Flud
That's why I always put a 100mA fuse on my circuits.
But the fuse is intended not to save me but to save the
voltage regs.

Oh, so your 'glorious' PC runs on <100mA? That's interesting, because a
3.5" HDD run on 12V and each one draws up to 12W, so each one of yours
needs 10x more amperage than your fuze allows.

Jesus F. Christ! What a supreme idiot!

That fantastic, technically perfect power supply is for the microphone.

I can't believe that anyone, or anything for that matter, can be
so stupid! It cannot be possible!

Tells us the name of the comapny that pays you. It needs to be razed
as an environmental hazard.

[-hh]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh

Post by Farley Flud
That's why I always put a 100mA fuse on my circuits.
But the fuse is intended not to save me but to save the
voltage regs.

Oh, so your 'glorious' PC runs on <100mA? That's interesting, because a
3.5" HDD run on 12V and each one draws up to 12W, so each one of yours
needs 10x more amperage than your fuze allows.

Jesus F. Christ! What a supreme idiot!
That fantastic, technically perfect power supply is for the microphone.

Ah, so you were being ambiguous again on your claims.

But if this alleged fuze is for the microphone, then where is it?

FYI, claiming it is "hidden" doesn't fly because that means that you
chose to make it unservicable, despite already having two panels which
would have been easy & conveniently mounted: you're showing that if a
fuze does exist, you have a piss-poor circuit design implementation.

FWIW, I think I had one of the dot matrix printers you designed for
decades ago ... you know, the one with the refitted board on the print
head to add the wheatstone bridge that had been forgotten? /s

And of course your other problem is that your so-called 'microphone' is
just one piece of cruddy shit you have laying around without adequate
electrical protection: where's the safety/fuzes for each of the PCs?

Better go lick your fingers and start checking if they're grounded.

-hh

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh
where's the safety/fuzes for each of the PCs?

Each motherboard power supply has its own internal fuse.

Post by -hh
Better go lick your fingers and start checking if they're grounded.

The metal box of each motherboard power supply is also grounded
so there is never a danger of shock.

Also, every connector has the metal contacts buried in plastic.
There is no way for a human to contact them even if he desired.

I used to actually ground myself via a wrist strap to drain away
any static charge before working on the MB, but I don't do that
anymore. I can just touch the power supply case which is grounded.

Your concerns border on insanity. You should consult a qualified
neurologist.

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh
But if this alleged fuze is for the microphone, then where is it?
FYI, claiming it is "hidden" doesn't fly because that means that you
chose to make it unservicable,

Oops. I erred. There is no fuse on this unit.

Those are 1.5 amp voltage regulators, which means they can output
a max current of 1.5 amps. Note the tall heat sinks.

Although this unit will see not that much current output. Here it
powers a single op amp with only milliamps of current required.

Anyone who would believe that such a circuit posed a danger should
undergo a comprehensive neurological examination.

Post by -hh
despite already having two panels which
would have been easy & conveniently mounted: you're showing that if a
fuze does exist, you have a piss-poor circuit design implementation.

Fuse holders are readily avaiable that allow the easily installation
and replacement of fuses.

Circuit layouts do not have to be aeshetically pleasing. They just have
to work and this circuit design is likely the best possible.

[-hh]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
But if this alleged fuze is for the microphone, then where is it?
FYI, claiming it is "hidden" doesn't fly because that means that you
chose to make it unservicable,

Oops. I erred. There is no fuse on this unit.

QED.


-hh

[vallor]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
But if this alleged fuze is for the microphone, then where is it?
FYI, claiming it is "hidden" doesn't fly because that means that you
chose to make it unservicable,

Oops. I erred. There is no fuse on this unit.

QED.

He also erred, confusing the Amperage from a 120V
circuit for that for a 5V circuit -- then referred to
it as "EE", when it was basic electronics.

I was lucky enough to grow up with a Dad who was extremely
savvy to electronics, who learned the ropes from _his_ dad (as
well as being a Fire Control Technician in the Navy, and having
a career with electronics in DCPA/FEMA, and, and...).

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components
in High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having
a structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

(BTW, I was converting horsepower to kilowatts and back again when
I would read Chilton manuals for foreign automobiles in 6th grade.)

ObLinux:

units(1) knows horsepower.

[rbowman]

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components in
High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which wasn't
called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given the lag
between high school courses and the rest of the world, the discretes would
have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.

https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp

If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I had an
advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the 'store' part was
small compared to the back room with units waiting repair. 'In those days
when the TV repairman, who made house calls, pronounced 'it has to go back
to the shop' it was like your doctor telling you that you should get your
affairs in order.

He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs were
cutting edge technology.

[vallor]

Post by rbowman

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components in
High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given the
lag between high school courses and the rest of the world, the discretes
would have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.
https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp
If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I had an
advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the 'store' part
was small compared to the back room with units waiting repair. 'In those
days when the TV repairman, who made house calls, pronounced 'it has to
go back to the shop' it was like your doctor telling you that you should
get your affairs in order.
He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs
were cutting edge technology.

I remember watching our old black & white console while it blew
a cap.

It was an extended affair, lasting maybe a minute -- the
tv was making a keening noise as the picture bent inward on
one side. Then "pop!" and the picture went away.

We never had tv repairmen -- Dad always fixed it. He also
fixed my Hallicrafters S-38 at his shop while I watched, getting
rid of the 60Hz hum and adding a standard headphone jack.

https://antiqueradio.org/halli08.htm

As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot
with my Radioman rating in the CG.

Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in
the world, thanks to having a very, very long longwire
antenna. Building that was how Dad taught me to differentiate
between physical connections and electrical connections. Made
from zip-cord, it went out the window, up a tree, then out to
a pole at one corner of the yard, then across to another pole
at the other end of the yard. Great for DX listening.

[%]

Post by vallor

Post by rbowman

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components in
High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given the
lag between high school courses and the rest of the world, the discretes
would have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.
https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp
If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I had an
advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the 'store' part
was small compared to the back room with units waiting repair. 'In those
days when the TV repairman, who made house calls, pronounced 'it has to
go back to the shop' it was like your doctor telling you that you should
get your affairs in order.
He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs
were cutting edge technology.

I remember watching our old black & white console while it blew
a cap.
It was an extended affair, lasting maybe a minute -- the
tv was making a keening noise as the picture bent inward on
one side. Then "pop!" and the picture went away.
We never had tv repairmen -- Dad always fixed it. He also
fixed my Hallicrafters S-38 at his shop while I watched, getting
rid of the 60Hz hum and adding a standard headphone jack.
https://antiqueradio.org/halli08.htm
As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot
with my Radioman rating in the CG.
Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in
the world, thanks to having a very, very long longwire
antenna. Building that was how Dad taught me to differentiate
between physical connections and electrical connections. Made
from zip-cord, it went out the window, up a tree, then out to
a pole at one corner of the yard, then across to another pole
at the other end of the yard. Great for DX listening.

why didn't you try transmitting

[vallor]

Post by %

Post by rbowman

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components in
High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given the
lag between high school courses and the rest of the world, the
discretes would have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.
https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp
If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I had
an advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the 'store'
part was small compared to the back room with units waiting repair.
'In those days when the TV repairman, who made house calls, pronounced
'it has to go back to the shop' it was like your doctor telling you
that you should get your affairs in order.
He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs
were cutting edge technology.

I remember watching our old black & white console while it blew a cap.
It was an extended affair, lasting maybe a minute -- the tv was making
a keening noise as the picture bent inward on one side. Then "pop!"
and the picture went away.
We never had tv repairmen -- Dad always fixed it. He also fixed my
Hallicrafters S-38 at his shop while I watched, getting rid of the 60Hz
hum and adding a standard headphone jack.
https://antiqueradio.org/halli08.htm
As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot with my
Radioman rating in the CG.
Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in the world,
thanks to having a very, very long longwire antenna. Building that was
how Dad taught me to differentiate between physical connections and
electrical connections. Made from zip-cord, it went out the window, up
a tree, then out to a pole at one corner of the yard, then across to
another pole at the other end of the yard. Great for DX listening.

why didn't you try transmitting

Who says I didn't? But not on HF -- unless you count
27.125 MHz.

I did get my tech ham license while in the CG, which was
handy because we started doing MARS on the ship, and
I ended up as chief operator. Sometimes after the phone
patches were done, I'd talk to the shoreside ham volunteer
in whose debt we all were, who had questions about our gear.
We had some pretty swizzy mini-loop antennas that they wanted
to know about.

[%]

Post by vallor

Post by %

Post by rbowman

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components in
High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given the
lag between high school courses and the rest of the world, the
discretes would have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.
https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp
If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I had
an advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the 'store'
part was small compared to the back room with units waiting repair.
'In those days when the TV repairman, who made house calls, pronounced
'it has to go back to the shop' it was like your doctor telling you
that you should get your affairs in order.
He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs
were cutting edge technology.

I remember watching our old black & white console while it blew a cap.
It was an extended affair, lasting maybe a minute -- the tv was making
a keening noise as the picture bent inward on one side. Then "pop!"
and the picture went away.
We never had tv repairmen -- Dad always fixed it. He also fixed my
Hallicrafters S-38 at his shop while I watched, getting rid of the 60Hz
hum and adding a standard headphone jack.
https://antiqueradio.org/halli08.htm
As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot with my
Radioman rating in the CG.
Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in the world,
thanks to having a very, very long longwire antenna. Building that was
how Dad taught me to differentiate between physical connections and
electrical connections. Made from zip-cord, it went out the window, up
a tree, then out to a pole at one corner of the yard, then across to
another pole at the other end of the yard. Great for DX listening.

why didn't you try transmitting

Who says I didn't? But not on HF -- unless you count
27.125 MHz.
I did get my tech ham license while in the CG, which was
handy because we started doing MARS on the ship, and
I ended up as chief operator. Sometimes after the phone
patches were done, I'd talk to the shoreside ham volunteer
in whose debt we all were, who had questions about our gear.
We had some pretty swizzy mini-loop antennas that they wanted
to know about.

ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

[vallor]

Post by %

Post by %

Post by rbowman

Post by vallor
Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components
in High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given
the lag between high school courses and the rest of the world, the
discretes would have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.
https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp
If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I
had an advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the
'store' part was small compared to the back room with units waiting
repair. 'In those days when the TV repairman, who made house calls,
pronounced 'it has to go back to the shop' it was like your doctor
telling you that you should get your affairs in order.
He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs
were cutting edge technology.

I remember watching our old black & white console while it blew a cap.
It was an extended affair, lasting maybe a minute -- the tv was
making a keening noise as the picture bent inward on one side. Then
"pop!" and the picture went away.
We never had tv repairmen -- Dad always fixed it. He also fixed my
Hallicrafters S-38 at his shop while I watched, getting rid of the
60Hz hum and adding a standard headphone jack.
https://antiqueradio.org/halli08.htm
As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot with my
Radioman rating in the CG.
Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in the world,
thanks to having a very, very long longwire antenna. Building that
was how Dad taught me to differentiate between physical connections
and electrical connections. Made from zip-cord, it went out the
window, up a tree, then out to a pole at one corner of the yard, then
across to another pole at the other end of the yard. Great for DX
listening.

why didn't you try transmitting

Who says I didn't? But not on HF -- unless you count 27.125 MHz.
I did get my tech ham license while in the CG, which was handy because
we started doing MARS on the ship, and I ended up as chief operator.
Sometimes after the phone patches were done, I'd talk to the shoreside
ham volunteer in whose debt we all were, who had questions about our
gear.
We had some pretty swizzy mini-loop antennas that they wanted to know
about.

ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the
radio a really good ground.

[%]

Post by vallor

Post by %

Post by %

Post by rbowman

Post by vallor
Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components
in High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given
the lag between high school courses and the rest of the world, the
discretes would have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.
https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp
If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I
had an advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the
'store' part was small compared to the back room with units waiting
repair. 'In those days when the TV repairman, who made house calls,
pronounced 'it has to go back to the shop' it was like your doctor
telling you that you should get your affairs in order.
He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs
were cutting edge technology.

I remember watching our old black & white console while it blew a cap.
It was an extended affair, lasting maybe a minute -- the tv was
making a keening noise as the picture bent inward on one side. Then
"pop!" and the picture went away.
We never had tv repairmen -- Dad always fixed it. He also fixed my
Hallicrafters S-38 at his shop while I watched, getting rid of the
60Hz hum and adding a standard headphone jack.
https://antiqueradio.org/halli08.htm
As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot with my
Radioman rating in the CG.
Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in the world,
thanks to having a very, very long longwire antenna. Building that
was how Dad taught me to differentiate between physical connections
and electrical connections. Made from zip-cord, it went out the
window, up a tree, then out to a pole at one corner of the yard, then
across to another pole at the other end of the yard. Great for DX
listening.

why didn't you try transmitting

Who says I didn't? But not on HF -- unless you count 27.125 MHz.
I did get my tech ham license while in the CG, which was handy because
we started doing MARS on the ship, and I ended up as chief operator.
Sometimes after the phone patches were done, I'd talk to the shoreside
ham volunteer in whose debt we all were, who had questions about our
gear.
We had some pretty swizzy mini-loop antennas that they wanted to know
about.

ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the
radio a really good ground.

where i live what you described is a dipole ,
i had a half wave 250 feet in the air

[Farley Flud]

Post by vallor

Post by %
ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the
radio a really good ground.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a dunce!

EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.

And don't start scrambling for stupid technical "loopholes"
just to save your sorry ass.

EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.

Now shut the fuck up.

[%]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by vallor

Post by %
ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the
radio a really good ground.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a dunce!
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
And don't start scrambling for stupid technical "loopholes"
just to save your sorry ass.
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
Now shut the fuck up.

i was getting there

[vallor]

Post by %

Post by Farley Flud

Post by vallor

Post by %
ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the
radio a really good ground.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a dunce!
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
And don't start scrambling for stupid technical "loopholes"
just to save your sorry ass.
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
Now shut the fuck up.

i was getting there

So you're both wrong. Dipoles are tapped in the middle.

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

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

Sigmonster for the Feeb:

[%]

Post by vallor

Post by %

Post by Farley Flud

Post by vallor

Post by %
ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the
radio a really good ground.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a dunce!
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
And don't start scrambling for stupid technical "loopholes"
just to save your sorry ass.
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
Now shut the fuck up.

i was getting there

So you're both wrong. Dipoles are tapped in the middle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole_antenna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_wire_antenna

they're tapped where ever they can be ,
that's the whole idea for getting around ,
corners and bends

[vallor]

Post by vallor

Post by %

Post by Farley Flud

Post by %
ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole

'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the radio a really
good ground.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a dunce!
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
And don't start scrambling for stupid technical "loopholes"
just to save your sorry ass.
EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole.
Now shut the fuck up.

i was getting there

So you're both wrong. Dipoles are tapped in the middle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole_antenna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_wire_antenna

they're tapped where ever they can be , that's the whole idea for
getting around ,
corners and bends

Now you're making sophomoric semantics arguments.

Is this a dipole?

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

[Farley Flud]

Post by vallor
Is this a dipole?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_antenna

Yes, it is. But a dummy like you could never tell.

A Rhombic is merely 2 V-antennas connected end-to-end
and a V-antenna is ... guess what ... a dipole.

Give it up, loser. You haven't a leg to stand on.

[Joel]

Post by vallor
I did get my tech ham license while in the CG, which was
handy because we started doing MARS on the ship, and
I ended up as chief operator. Sometimes after the phone
patches were done, I'd talk to the shoreside ham volunteer
in whose debt we all were, who had questions about our gear.
We had some pretty swizzy mini-loop antennas that they wanted
to know about.

But Larry's tougher than you, we're to believe, heh. Larry, you are a
lying braggart even as you'd be admitting crimes in posts and videos.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[rbowman]

Who says I didn't? But not on HF -- unless you count 27.125 MHz.

I've got one and only one QSL card. I'd thrown a transmitter together from
scrap I found in the desert including salvaged wire from an old wiper
motor and 12 gauge shotgun shells for coil forms, glass and aluminum foil
caps. I think the closest I came to real components was a FET from
RatShack. I was in Why, AZ and managed to hook up with a ham in Vegas. He
said I was coming in 5 by 5 but was drifting. I thought to myself 'if only
you could see the pile of junk I'm using for a transmitter.'

[pothead]

Post by vallor

Post by rbowman

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components in
High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having a
structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

My high school didn't have an electronics course. Had they, given the
lag between high school courses and the rest of the world, the discretes
would have been 6AU6s pentode and six dot mica capacitors.
https://www.radioremembered.org/capcode.htm
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RYYAAOSwxT5nV79L/s-l1600.webp
If you don't know what the image is your education was limited. I had an
advantage. My uncle owned a radio and TV store where the 'store' part
was small compared to the back room with units waiting repair. 'In those
days when the TV repairman, who made house calls, pronounced 'it has to
go back to the shop' it was like your doctor telling you that you should
get your affairs in order.
He was old enough that in the course of his life radios and then TVs
were cutting edge technology.

I remember watching our old black & white console while it blew
a cap.
It was an extended affair, lasting maybe a minute -- the
tv was making a keening noise as the picture bent inward on
one side. Then "pop!" and the picture went away.

We had a BW TV which would toast a tube every time we came back from spending
summer vacation at our country house. It was very strange.
I would also complain about the high frequency noise from the flyback transformer.
Smack the side of the TV and it went away.

Post by vallor
We never had tv repairmen -- Dad always fixed it. He also
fixed my Hallicrafters S-38 at his shop while I watched, getting
rid of the 60Hz hum and adding a standard headphone jack.

My dad and his best friend ran a TV repair biz on the side.
As it turns out he was a ham and had a Hallicrafters SX-100.
I used to listen to radio Moscow propaganda all the time.
I eventually got my novice license and then general.
Today I'm an amateur extra.

Post by vallor
https://antiqueradio.org/halli08.htm
As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot
with my Radioman rating in the CG.
Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in
the world, thanks to having a very, very long longwire
antenna. Building that was how Dad taught me to differentiate
between physical connections and electrical connections. Made
from zip-cord, it went out the window, up a tree, then out to
a pole at one corner of the yard, then across to another pole
at the other end of the yard. Great for DX listening.

It's all about the antenna and thinking outside the box makes the difference.
Experiment.

[rbowman]

My dad and his best friend ran a TV repair biz on the side. As it turns
out he was a ham and had a Hallicrafters SX-100.
I used to listen to radio Moscow propaganda all the time.
I eventually got my novice license and then general.
Today I'm an amateur extra.

I'm an advanced. They don't make them like that anymore but I'm holding on
to it. Back in the day I could barely manage the code for advanced and
extra wasn't going to happen. Besides the exam was more administrative
details than tech.

[rbowman]

As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot with my
Radioman rating in the CG.
Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in the world, thanks
to having a very, very long longwire antenna. Building that was how Dad
taught me to differentiate between physical connections and electrical
connections. Made from zip-cord, it went out the window, up a tree,
then out to a pole at one corner of the yard, then across to another
pole at the other end of the yard. Great for DX listening.

I don't remember the brand but I had a hand-me-down radio from the era
when radios were large, decorative pieces of furniture. It had band
switches and a complex semi-circular dial plus the magic eye.

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

We had a big old elm tree in the backyard that was convenient, and long as
I didn't foul my mother's clotheslines.

We also had a TV early in the game. Fortunately there was a TV station to
go with it.

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

I sort of miss those home-grown shows like the Freddie Freihofer Show.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/catch-me-now/3500325341

For that matter, I miss Freihofer's in general. They made excellent
chocolate chip cookies and hot cross buns during Lent.

[Farley Flud]

Post by vallor
He also erred, confusing the Amperage

I don't err and *you* the one who is fucking confused.

Idiot.

You couldn't, and you didn't, even make it past college
level EE101.

[vallor]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by vallor
He also erred, confusing the Amperage

I don't err

...out of one side of your mouth, and out of the other:

in <181aa2e783f6507c$101945$292657$***@news.usenetexpress.com>:

"Oops. I erred." -Feeb

Where did you learn to lie like that -- at the "Supermax"?

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"

[-hh]

Post by vallor

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh
But if this alleged fuze is for the microphone, then where is it?
FYI, claiming it is "hidden" doesn't fly because that means that you
chose to make it unserviceable,

Oops. I erred. There is no fuse on this unit.

QED.

He also erred, confusing the Amperage from a 120V
circuit for that for a 5V circuit -- then referred to
it as "EE", when it was basic electronics.

Yup, Feeb failed 3rd grade math.

Post by vallor
I was lucky enough to grow up with a Dad who was extremely
savvy to electronics, who learned the ropes from _his_ dad (as
well as being a Fire Control Technician in the Navy, and having
a career with electronics in DCPA/FEMA, and, and...).

Never really thought about that much, even though I learned later that
Dad was a 'radioman' (Infantry Communications Sgt). But putting that
together now, it makes sense that I'd sometimes tag along with him to
the local hardware store with some TV vacuum tubes to test to find which
one(s) need to be replaced to get the TV running again. I can also
recall chastising him when he was helping with some wiring on my first
house, where he hadn't thrown the breaker before starting work - his
comment was "110 only tickles, but 220 throws you across the room". I
learned after my first 'tickle' to cut off the power (if one can) on
household stuff, plus after working in the HP lab that there's a lot of
hazards in the field...one of my earlier projects was to clear space in
the lab for my work, which involved safely disposing of several tons of
capacitors left over from another project ... think it ended up being
around 14 pallets worth ... and thank God I found someone who actually
wanted them, so it was a transfer instead of disposal ... I suspect a
lot of them were probably filled with PCP based oils.

Post by vallor
Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components
in High School? I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having
a structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

No idea, but IMO probably unlikely. A neighbor teaches in the local
High School, so I'll ask if they happen to know. But I'd suspect that
if it has survived at all, it was probably relegated to the Vocational
school 20-30 years ago.


-hh

[Farley Flud]

Post by -hh
Yup, Feeb failed 3rd grade math.

You never even made it to the third grade.

But you were eventually graduated for social reasons,
i.e. they didn't want to seat an 18 year old in the same
class with 8 year olds.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud
Tells us the name of the comapny that pays you. It needs to be razed
as an environmental hazard.

"The Mama And The Papa."

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by -hh

Post by vallor
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

It doesn't take much, especially when one has sweaty palms.

You idiots don't have a leg to stand on. This is pure drivel.
For one thing, the voltage regs would act as fuses and blow
when the current draw exceeded 100mA -- that's milliamps.
That's why I always put a 100mA fuse on my circuits.
But the fuse is intended not to save me but to save the
voltage regs.
The fuse is not visible in the superb photos however.
It'll be there for a thousand years and will never be
required.
If your supervisor ever read your posts you'd be canned
immediately.

I don't think they remember even their high school physics. They may
have bullshitted their ways past those courses. Then they come here show
that off!

Spoiled. Raised inside Class 1 cleanroom. Surrounded by Jewelries of his
"The Mama And The Papa." :-)

Did they speak of 1800 Amp current in relation to a computer box? ..
Hahhahhahhahh :) Fucking nincompoops. Even the EMP of a nuclear bomb
creates only a current of less than 10 amps across the boards, which is
good enough to destroy all appliances, computers, fighter jets, anything
with electronic boards inside and within the range.

[Farley Flud]

Post by vallor
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

Stick to your Mickey Mouse network administration.

With EE you haven't got a chance.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by vallor
With 5V, and not accounting for losses in the conversion,
that would 360A, which would kick your butt.

Stick to your Mickey Mouse network administration.
With EE you haven't got a chance.

Whatever degree that "truly confused Bogus-American" has, it hasn't
helped him understand that the 360 amps are the sum of individual
currents in thousands and thousands of distinct individual wires in the
board and the chips. The current in each of these wires is on average
the 360 amps divided by the number of those wires.

It can only amount to making the physical stuff a bit warm.

When I say even high school was too much for these Bozos, they don't get
it. They walk around and announce their being "American" for me. Not
even for my dick any of them is American.

An American-born who meets being American ends up in Russia these days!
Look around. Or in China. If they're not there yet, it is because a huge
number of Sheep like "truly confused Bogus-American" are busy making his
dick rich.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud
Again, please provide the name of the company that pays you so that
we may avoid that incompetent monstrosity.

"The Mama And The Papa."

[CrudeSausage]

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

What's wrong with that? The Microsoft Natural back in the 90s was
probably the most comfortable keyboard I've ever used.

[Joel]

Post by CrudeSausage

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

What's wrong with that? The Microsoft Natural back in the 90s was
probably the most comfortable keyboard I've ever used.

Nothing is wrong with *yours* but he decries M$ software-wise,
bragging about pirating their stuff, then buys their peripherals?
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[DFS]

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).

I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

[Joel]

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[DFS]

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Once you get used to an ergonomic keyboard I imagine it's tough to go
back. I even took one to work to replace the office-supplied keyboard.

I put this combo on my Christmas list. Didn't get it.

https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Keyboard-Full-Sized-Ergonomic-Adjustable/dp/B0DG2THQ5V

[Joel]

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Once you get used to an ergonomic keyboard I imagine it's tough to go
back. I even took one to work to replace the office-supplied keyboard.
I put this combo on my Christmas list. Didn't get it.
https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Keyboard-Full-Sized-Ergonomic-Adjustable/dp/B0DG2THQ5V

I had an MS ergonomic keyboard once but ended up preferring a flat
basic one.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[rbowman]

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years.
MicroCenter once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of
them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Once you get used to an ergonomic keyboard I imagine it's tough to go
back. I even took one to work to replace the office-supplied keyboard.
I put this combo on my Christmas list. Didn't get it.

Out of stock... I never had an ergonomic keyboard but, being left handed,
I loathe ergonomic mice. I think they exist but the basic symmetrical
three button mouse is all I need.

Post by DFS
https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Keyboard-Full-Sized-Ergonomic-

Adjustable/dp/B0DG2THQ5V

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Thought Microcenter was a Dallas thing. Didn't know they had a store in
rural Georgia where horses are afraid of men getting too close to them.

[Joel]

Post by Physfitfreak
Thought Microcenter was a Dallas thing. Didn't know they had a store in
rural Georgia where horses are afraid of men getting too close to them.

I bought two computers from the Micro Center in my area in 2010, a
MacBook and then one as parts.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[rbowman]

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Works for me. I wore the legends off some of the keycaps on the Logitech
and I'm not a touch typist so I swapped in a AmazonBasics I had on hand.
I'm not a keyboard connoisseur but it works. The mouse is a Basics too, as
are quite a few of the cables. I never bought one of those presumably gold
plated HDMI cables from Worst Buy but I don't see how it could do the job
any better.

[Joel]

Post by rbowman

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Joel
He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Works for me. I wore the legends off some of the keycaps on the Logitech
and I'm not a touch typist so I swapped in a AmazonBasics I had on hand.
I'm not a keyboard connoisseur but it works. The mouse is a Basics too, as
are quite a few of the cables. I never bought one of those presumably gold
plated HDMI cables from Worst Buy but I don't see how it could do the job
any better.

Right, Amazon is the place for that.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by rbowman

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Joel

Post by vallor
Could you please repost to a.b.m.t with a better format? There
doesn't seem to be any format to those posts.

He has an M$-branded keyboard!!! ROFL!

Can't blame him - MS makes good keyboards (and OSes, and office
software, and money).
I've been using Comfort Curve 2000s for at least 15 years. MicroCenter
once had a big rack of unboxed keyboards, and I got 3 of them for $15 ea.

Mine is the Amazon Basics model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJ5D3H4

Works for me. I wore the legends off some of the keycaps on the Logitech
and I'm not a touch typist so I swapped in a AmazonBasics I had on hand.
I'm not a keyboard connoisseur but it works. The mouse is a Basics too, as
are quite a few of the cables. I never bought one of those presumably gold
plated HDMI cables from Worst Buy but I don't see how it could do the job
any better.

Last time I went to "Best Buy" was when answering machines using micro
cassette tapes came out. I don't know what fools keep places like that
still floating.

Probably the likes of the "true American."

[unknown]

On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Farley Flud wrote about ancient history.

Intel? Xeon? Spinning hard drives? 2K monitors? Holes poked thru
walls for cables?

Is this Rube Goldberg-style collection of wires, fans and junk supposed
to be impressive?

Hilarious.

The alleged "power supply" and "microphone" look like something put
together by a 10 year old, 40 years ago. Hint: Room acoustics don't
matter with a real microphone.

Bose speakers? No highs, no lows: Must be Bose.

All together, a nice collection of moldy, dusty antiques you have there.
When you grow up and start earning some real money you might discover
21st century hardware. All of that shit is on a single chip these days.
No fans needed.

You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

[Farley Flud]

Post by unknown
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

Nope. But you certainly are.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[unknown]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by unknown
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

Nope. But you certainly are.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

That's it? "I know you are but what am I? Neener neener"?

Wow. How old are you? 12?

You really are a sad, pathetic little shit. Playing with dirty little
kiddie toy antiques and bragging about how great they are.

[CrudeSausage]

Post by unknown
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

Nope.  But you certainly are.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

That's it?   "I know you are but what am I?   Neener neener"?
Wow.  How old are you?  12?
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit.   Playing with dirty little
kiddie toy antiques and bragging about how great they are.

Most of us here in comp.os.linux.advocacy just filter him and his many
aliases. One person who doesn't though is Stéphane Carpentier who
routinely demolishes him by highlighting his utter incompetence and
general ignorance.

[Farley Flud]

Post by unknown
That's it?

You want more?

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Sorry. I ain't no fucking queer. Consult Grindr if you want
to take it up your ass.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[unknown]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by unknown
That's it?

You want more?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Sorry. I ain't no fucking queer. Consult Grindr if you want
to take it up your ass.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Good job Feeb. So impressive. So adult.

I had no idea children spent so much time here.

[DFS]

Post by unknown
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

Nope.  But you certainly are.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

That's it?   "I know you are but what am I?   Neener neener"?
Wow.  How old are you?  12?
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit.   Playing with dirty little
kiddie toy antiques and bragging about how great they are.

He brags about his crap code too, and calls it "wonderful, perfect,
efficient" babble babble

[chrisv]

Post by unknown

Post by Farley Flud

Post by unknown
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

Nope. But you certainly are.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

That's it? "I know you are but what am I? Neener neener"?
Wow. How old are you? 12?
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit. Playing with dirty little
kiddie toy antiques and bragging about how great they are.

Don't be too hard on Fabian. He's silly, not serious.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by unknown
On 1/12/2025 1:00 PM, Farley Flud wrote about ancient history.
Intel?   Xeon?   Spinning hard drives?   2K monitors?  Holes poked thru
walls for cables?
Is this Rube Goldberg-style collection of wires, fans and junk supposed
to be impressive?
Hilarious.
The alleged "power supply" and "microphone" look like something put
together by a 10 year old, 40 years ago.  Hint: Room acoustics don't
matter with a real microphone.
Bose speakers?  No highs, no lows: Must be Bose.
All together, a nice collection of moldy, dusty antiques you have there.
 When you grow up and start earning some real money you might discover
21st century hardware.  All of that shit is on a single chip these days.
 No fans needed.
You really are a sad, pathetic little shit aren't you?

Oh you must then see what I've got HERE for you. Will make you want to
lick all that cat urine clean.

[Farley Flud]

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by unknown
All together, a nice collection of moldy, dusty antiques you have there.

Oh you must then see what I've got HERE for you. Will make you want to
lick all that cat urine clean.

He's the kind of jerk that wears trendy GoreTex underwear and other
carcinogenic clothing and that pays a 15,000 percent markup on
bottled "Mountain Spring" water that is actually pumped from a sewer
in rural Indiana.

Coupled with his diet of "high end" fast food, it is more than likely
that his entire body could be classified as low level toxic waste.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by unknown
All together, a nice collection of moldy, dusty antiques you have there.

Oh you must then see what I've got HERE for you. Will make you want to
lick all that cat urine clean.

He's the kind of jerk that wears trendy GoreTex underwear and other
carcinogenic clothing and that pays a 15,000 percent markup on
bottled "Mountain Spring" water that is actually pumped from a sewer
in rural Indiana.
Coupled with his diet of "high end" fast food, it is more than likely
that his entire body could be classified as low level toxic waste.

High end fast food.. I like that. Like a beautiful woman's feces, not an
ugly one's.

[DFS]

Post by Farley Flud
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
dirt and hair.

https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv

Gross.

No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
low quality person.

[Joel]

Post by DFS

Post by Farley Flud
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
dirt and hair.
https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
Gross.
No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
low quality person.

Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Farley Flud
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
dirt and hair.
https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
Gross.
No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
low quality person.

Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.

"DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.

And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.

[Joel]

Post by Physfitfreak
"DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.
And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.

He is actually harsher against Linux than MS would even be, shilling
for them aggressively, MS respects Linux as a sleeker alternative for
people like me.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Joel

Post by Physfitfreak
"DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.
And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.

He is actually harsher against Linux than MS would even be, shilling
for them aggressively, MS respects Linux as a sleeker alternative for
people like me.

The reason I see all these clues that a female is behind the poster
"DFS" might be that it is his wife that's been using his computer,
reading and posting to usenet.

He himself might even be computer illiterate :)

Speaking of "clues." Most recent one: If he's actually a "He," then why
he's so good at secretarial tasks? Stuff he posts, almost all, look like
a secretary's work for his boss, the latter being my dick.

What sane "man" would go through the trouble of gathering and listing
past information for two or three readers of his posts inside a hellhole
like this? It's sure more like a female secretary's behavior than a man's.

[Joel]

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by Joel

Post by Physfitfreak
"DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.
And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.

He is actually harsher against Linux than MS would even be, shilling
for them aggressively, MS respects Linux as a sleeker alternative for
people like me.

The reason I see all these clues that a female is behind the poster
"DFS" might be that it is his wife that's been using his computer,
reading and posting to usenet.
He himself might even be computer illiterate :)
Speaking of "clues." Most recent one: If he's actually a "He," then why
he's so good at secretarial tasks? Stuff he posts, almost all, look like
a secretary's work for his boss, the latter being my dick.
What sane "man" would go through the trouble of gathering and listing
past information for two or three readers of his posts inside a hellhole
like this? It's sure more like a female secretary's behavior than a man's.

I think he's a man, definitely too much of an M$ fanboy though.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[Farley Flud]

Post by Physfitfreak
Speaking of "clues." Most recent one: If he's actually a "He," then why
he's so good at secretarial tasks? Stuff he posts, almost all, look like
a secretary's work for his boss, the latter being my dick.
What sane "man" would go through the trouble of gathering and listing
past information for two or three readers of his posts inside a hellhole
like this? It's sure more like a female secretary's behavior than a man's.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You hit the nail squarely on the head!

This has got to be the best characterization of that asshole that
I've yet to encounter. Fantastic!

A retard cannot know that he is a retard and this what we are seeing
with this idiot.

[Farley Flud]

Post by Physfitfreak
"DFS" talks too much about others without showing anything of his to
compare. Doesn't even have a name. Poor bastard.

"He" can't show anything because he really can't do anything -- except
make pretty lists.

But he has shown his laughable code, wherein he programs C in the same way
that an elementary schoolboy programs BASIC.

Post by Physfitfreak
And somehow he's got under the impression that he speaks for MS.

He speaks but no one in their right mind would ever listen. He's just
another Usenet kook spewing noise.

[pothead]

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Farley Flud
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
dirt and hair.
https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
Gross.
No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
low quality person.

Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.

After viewing his photos I have a strong urge to take a hot bubble bath.
Ewwww.

[Joel]

Post by pothead

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Farley Flud
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
dirt and hair.
https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
Gross.
No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
low quality person.

Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.

After viewing his photos I have a strong urge to take a hot bubble bath.
Ewwww.

Yeah, his underage sex partners might think it's neato, mature women
would scream.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[Farley Flud]

Post by pothead
I have a strong urge to take a hot bubble bath.

You don't need a bubble bath. You need a sheep dip:

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

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by pothead
I have a strong urge to take a hot bubble bath.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_dip
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Hehe :) Then after that he should do a Ghosl too (غسل Look it up :) ).
Islam also works for any pothead you can find.

[CrudeSausage]

Post by Joel

Post by DFS

Post by Farley Flud
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.

JHC! Every square mm is covered by a thick layer of GuhNoo grease and
dirt and hair.
https://imgur.com/a/T54JIqv
Gross.
No doubt there are dessicated bug carcasses laying on the floor in your
shack. Personal filth and laziness are sure signs of a mentally ill,
low quality person.

Larry is a bigger weirdo than Jeff was.

Jeff was weird, but everyone here liked him. Larry is just an idiot that
no one here likes. Unlike Jeff, if Larry stops posting, we won't be
wondering where he went; we won't care.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud
Feast thine bloodshot, jaundiced eyeballs on my fantastic Linux
Lair.
Every REAL MAN needs his lair and here is mine.
Note: These images were captured with a 60 mm Nikon macro
lens and there is some depth of field problems. But otherwise
behold the splendor and eat your hearts out.
alt.binaries.multimedia.transformation
https://ufile.io/f/uzdw7
Linux_Lair_0001
My main Xeon machine powered up. Note the cooling fan on the left
blowing large volumes of air across the entire set up. On the right
are the 2 spinning rust HDDs. No junk SSDs on my machine.
Underneath one can detect my Microslop Winblows machine. It is located
on the bottom tier because that's where it fucking belongs.
On the extreme left and out of focus is my new Xeon machine, still
unfinished.
Linux_Lair_0002
Here is the total view of the Microslop Winblows machine. It is seldom
powered up -- for damned good reason.
Linux_Lair_0003
Here is a bit of a close up of my main Xeon machine. The Nvidia
TU116 vid card is seen as well as the SoundBlaster RX sound card.
I have to lace down the sound card because there is no box.
Linux_Lair_0005
Here is the 2K monitor and keyboard for my main Xeon. Also seen are
my fantastic Bose speakers.
Out of sight on the right is another monitor and keyboard. I can operate
two machines at once if I need to.
Linux_Lair_0006
Here is my DIY microphone and power supply. The depth of field is
rather poor but the mic is the metal can at the right end of the
breadboard.
This DIY mic beats the fuck out of any commercial equivalent but,
unfortunately, the room acoustics are somewhat poor.
What you have witnessed if essentially a GNU/Linux workstation
powerhouse, running Gentoo, that can whip the ass of any other
distro.

One of the pics looks like a Kaczynski bomb.

[Farley Flud]

Post by Physfitfreak
One of the pics looks like a Kaczynski bomb.

It's funny that you should mention Ted. I was incarcerated for
a time at the same SuperMax. In fact, his cell, or cage actually,
was just down the hall.

They kept moving me around the federal system because I always managed
to start things on fire and do a lot of other damage.

I could not relate to Ted much, though. Even though we are both
mathematicians he was a specialist in combinatorics and I was a
topologist. We had nothing to discuss.

I was eventually released because my team of lawyers managed to
convince the judge that the search warrant was bogus. One day,
they just opened the doors and let me walk out free. They are
dumb bastards all.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud
One day,
they just opened the doors and let me walk out free. They are
dumb bastards all.

Two times here. First one was just a jail sentence of 6 days (hadn't
paid the quadrupled amount of fine for not having repaired my turn
signal light). The other time it was more serious. I was in county jail
this time, and I didn't know how long they were going to keep me there.
After asking others I found out some of them were there for 6 months,
waiting!

In both cases, suddenly the door opened and I was told to get out. First
one, after 2 days, the second after 3 days.

I saw and talked to very interesting guys in there, both times. A few
were highly educated. One I remember was a chemist. He'd made a lab in
his house making narcotics or some other sort of "recreational" chemicals.

And there was this little guy, really a high school age, who were
telling us in detail schemes he had invented to take stuff out of large
stores. Some of it were ingenious. They required a team work. None were
done by himself alone.

There are more. Very interesting people I got to talk to, none of which
I'd have a chance to meet outside jail.

The chemist guy came in after I did and was very worried and looked
devastated. I remember I calmed him down after asking him a few
questions. My main point to him was that things were going to be out of
his control now for a little while, so he should actually relax and
don't give a damn. He understood that and part of his stress
disappeared. Then I told him how to approach what's ahead for him to
help himself. "Divide it into little steps and take the steps one little
bit at a time."

His degree was from Ann Arbor! I got close to begin my physics study in
USA in that University. I was in Dallas only because my language school
was in Dallas and had no intention of actually go to school here. But
the changes in the government in Iran affected my plans, and getting
into UTD seemed a quick easy strategy to fall back on to at least keep
my immigration status. Soon war broke out in Iran (with Iraq) and my
father told me not to go back home. They'd send me straight to the
front. And then the damn war kept on and on and on.

Anyway, early on I had decided to return to Iran and like many friends
continue my studies in there. But the war fucked it up.

My initial plan in USA was to just get a masters degree in Ann Arbor and
then go back home. I had communicated with them starting in Iran, and a
couple of other classmates of mine were already in Ann Arbor. But the
money situation got totally fucked almost as soon as I stepped into this
country. My savings in the bank in Tehran vanished (those thieves took
all the money and ran away to Los Angeles). Then the money I already had
in here got frozen by the government here. So this "Ann Arbor" thing
together with a few other plans never materialized.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Farley Flud

Post by Physfitfreak
One of the pics looks like a Kaczynski bomb.

It's funny that you should mention Ted. I was incarcerated for
a time at the same SuperMax. In fact, his cell, or cage actually,
was just down the hall.
They kept moving me around the federal system because I always managed
to start things on fire and do a lot of other damage.
I could not relate to Ted much, though. Even though we are both
mathematicians he was a specialist in combinatorics and I was a
topologist. We had nothing to discuss.
I was eventually released because my team of lawyers managed to
convince the judge that the search warrant was bogus. One day,
they just opened the doors and let me walk out free. They are
dumb bastards all.

He shouldn't have been in prison. They should've taken him to a mental
hospital facility and providing him with research sources. They _are_
"dumb bastards" though. Just this past weekend they had "ordered"
Italian police to hand over an Iranian who was in the business of
importing electronic stuff from Europe to Iran. They used some form of
sanction bullshit to tell Italians that his exports to Iran could be
used in defense projects too and such projects had killed two Americans
in Jordan!... Talking about using the relation between fart and their
left temple.

Italy first took the first steps to hand him over (they arrested him),
so Iranians immediately used the same technique that is required when
dealing with most ruthless criminals. Hostage! They made sure the
hostage in Iran was Italian and female. Italy's prime minister is female.

Nobody ever announces that he's taken "hostage". Iran used same type of
bullshit to accuse her to be a security threat to Iran.

The prime minister of Italy immediately released the Iranian and sent
him safe and sound to Iran just this past Sunday, and the Italian woman
was released. When the likes of gay Lindsey Graham objected her action,
she showed the middle finger to them!

Nobody in Europe, places his or her life ahead of those of some high
criminals in Washington. Not even their prime ministers. Europe is not
Israel, yet.

In dealing with Justice Department in this country, you're dealing
actually with another type of criminals, because their departments have
long been politicized. If you want justice, you might want to consider
taking someone of theirs hostage! That's how this nation responds. And
they take hostages too. There are still prisoners with not a single
court case made for them, residing in Guantanamo Bay prison, held by the
best and brightest of the U.S. They're hostages of course.

At the root of it, you're dealing with cro-magnons who do not understand
justice to begin with. Sense of justice has developed farther among
Modern Humans. You can see the proof of that by comparing Islam with
Christianity the way it was set by cro-magnons. In Christianity of
theirs, you are free to do any sin you want. Jesus will take care of
you. No such bullshit in Islam. No such bullshit in Modern Humans. No
such bullshit in Buddhism, even Shamanism and pagan practices south of
border with Mexico! You break the law, you pay for it.

[CrudeSausage]

You break the [Islamic] law, you pay for it.

Is it Islamic law that a woman who refuses to marry the hairy primate
her family chose for her should be killed by her barbaric hairy primate
brother Mehram?
Islam: A backward religion for a backward country populated by loser
male chimps who oppress their women.

Islam believes that the murderous pedophile Muhammed (piss be upon him)
was a model human being to be emulated. Muhammad (piss be upon him)
married a six-year-old while he was in his 50s and had relations with
her when she turned nine. Islam allows any of the brain-dead people who
believe in this false religion, a faith which knows nothing of the
Trinity, plagiarized the Bible and even accepted known fairy tales as
fact when they were known to be lies, to take such young girls just as
the head liar they call a prophet did. Islam calls for the death of Jews
and Christians because Muhammad (piss be upon him) expected to be
embraced by both groups and instead ended up being ridiculed. This
proves that the murderous pedophile is also sensitive. When Muslims are
told that the Koran demands that Jews and Christians should be treated
like dogs, they lie because the religion also allows them to do this as
long as it benefits the "religion."

Islam was responsible for much of the Slave Trade. Islam was responsible
for the enslaved of people who lived in coastal regions of Europe all
the way to Ireland. Islam terrorized the waters of the Mediterranean and
gave themselves the right to do so because everyone else was an infidel.
In fact, the American navy was created to respond to this because even
Americans who had never done anything to Muslims were enslaved. 1.5
million Europeans are estimated to have been taken by these barbarians.

The Poles saved Europe from being conquered by Muslims in 1683. The next
time, it might be a good idea to convert these people in the same way
they converted all people they came across: by giving them the choice to
either die or accept Christ.

[Joel]

You break the [Islamic] law, you pay for it.

Is it Islamic law that a woman who refuses to marry the hairy primate
her family chose for her should be killed by her barbaric hairy primate
brother Mehram?
Islam: A backward religion for a backward country populated by loser
male chimps who oppress their women.

Cracker.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[CrudeSausage]

Post by Joel

You break the [Islamic] law, you pay for it.

Is it Islamic law that a woman who refuses to marry the hairy primate
her family chose for her should be killed by her barbaric hairy primate
brother Mehram?
Islam: A backward religion for a backward country populated by loser
male chimps who oppress their women.

Cracker.

Instead of responding in the way your Antifa friends expect because
you're looking to gain their approval, how about you actually read the
Koran and learn how they intend to treat non-Muslims?

Read Surah 65:4 where we find out how Muslims are supposed to divorce
those wives they have who haven't yet menstruated.

Quran 9:29 where anyone who isn't a Muslim is to be taxed heavily.

Quran 7:159 who names the Jews as being the people who should be treated
like dogs and killed in 7:176.

Anyways, I already know that you won't back down and will defend the
very "faith" that intends to kill you, but I thought you should know.

Muslims are the worst liars I have ever met. They are like hairy dindu
nuffins.

[Joel]

Post by CrudeSausage

Post by Joel

You break the [Islamic] law, you pay for it.

Is it Islamic law that a woman who refuses to marry the hairy primate
her family chose for her should be killed by her barbaric hairy primate
brother Mehram?
Islam: A backward religion for a backward country populated by loser
male chimps who oppress their women.

Cracker.

Instead of responding in the way your Antifa friends expect because
you're looking to gain their approval, how about you actually read the
Koran and learn how they intend to treat non-Muslims?
Read Surah 65:4 where we find out how Muslims are supposed to divorce
those wives they have who haven't yet menstruated.
Quran 9:29 where anyone who isn't a Muslim is to be taxed heavily.
Quran 7:159 who names the Jews as being the people who should be treated
like dogs and killed in 7:176.
Anyways, I already know that you won't back down and will defend the
very "faith" that intends to kill you, but I thought you should know.
Muslims are the worst liars I have ever met. They are like hairy dindu
nuffins.

DFS changed the quote line to call Physfitfreak "SandChimp".
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

[CrudeSausage]

Post by Joel

Post by CrudeSausage

Post by Joel

You break the [Islamic] law, you pay for it.

Is it Islamic law that a woman who refuses to marry the hairy primate
her family chose for her should be killed by her barbaric hairy primate
brother Mehram?
Islam: A backward religion for a backward country populated by loser
male chimps who oppress their women.

Cracker.

Instead of responding in the way your Antifa friends expect because
you're looking to gain their approval, how about you actually read the
Koran and learn how they intend to treat non-Muslims?
Read Surah 65:4 where we find out how Muslims are supposed to divorce
those wives they have who haven't yet menstruated.
Quran 9:29 where anyone who isn't a Muslim is to be taxed heavily.
Quran 7:159 who names the Jews as being the people who should be treated
like dogs and killed in 7:176.
Anyways, I already know that you won't back down and will defend the
very "faith" that intends to kill you, but I thought you should know.
Muslims are the worst liars I have ever met. They are like hairy dindu
nuffins.

DFS changed the quote line to call Physfitfreak "SandChimp".

And considering how the sand chimp feels about us Whites and Christians,
I can think of much worse insults I would use on the brain-damaged
barbarian.

[rbowman]

Islam: A backward religion for a backward country populated by loser
male chimps who oppress their women.

Actually it's just another Christian heresy for those that couldn't wrap
their minds around the doctrine of a Trinity.

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/heresy-of-mohammed-10817

Writing in 1938 Belloc was correct to predict it was going to become a
problem again.

You can't really blame Mohammed. Many Christians, asked to explain the
Trinity in their own words, will come up with one of the many heresies.

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

[Physfitfreak]

Post by rbowman

Islam: A backward religion for a backward country populated by loser
male chimps who oppress their women.

Actually it's just another Christian heresy for those that couldn't wrap
their minds around the doctrine of a Trinity.
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/heresy-of-mohammed-10817
Writing in 1938 Belloc was correct to predict it was going to become a
problem again.
You can't really blame Mohammed. Many Christians, asked to explain the
Trinity in their own words, will come up with one of the many heresies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_heresies

Tell "DFS" his fingering himself while his other hand is striking keys
can be seen by my dick through his two-liner.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by rbowman
Many Christians, asked to explain the
Trinity in their own words, will come up with one of the many heresies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_heresies

What a pile of pure Penis X bullshit.

Isaac Newton got commissioned by Church to look into this Penisity crap.
He took his time and made a thorough research and found the culprit
lunatic who first started it. Some lunatic outcast in the middle of some
desert. He promptly reported his results to that Church (the document
exists today, it's in the English language), concluding that, "It was
just a pile of nonsense that this guy for the first time began expounding."

Or something to that effect.

A suggestion. Since the two on either sides are just balls and the
middle one a Penis, why not calling the whole thing Penisity to stay to
the point?

Is there another Mormon in this forum left? I feel like kicking some
Mormon ass. Does "DFS" have Mormonitis?