On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 04:12:10PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> to...@tuxteam.de [2021-08-13 19:11:43] wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> > wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Plonk ?
[...]
> > [1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
>
> How odd
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 20:21:27 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote:
> > John Hasler wrote:
> > ...
> >> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> >> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at
On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
> ...
>> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
>> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
>> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a
>> particula
to...@tuxteam.de [2021-08-13 19:11:43] wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
> [...]
>> Plonk ?
> Greg and The Wanderer already provided a definition. Just adding
> one standard reference, the Jargon File [1] in such things. Old
> Usenet lore.
songbird writes:
> i found out years ago that i just don't have the energy any more to
> get that mad about something on-line. the n key is many fewer
> keystrokes than *plonk*. :)
When I find that I'm hitting n every time I see a certain user I
killfile them. Saves keystrokes, reduces clutter.
John Hasler wrote:
...
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a
> particularly asinine article with the one-word followup "plo
On 8/14/21 12:17 AM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
they won't stop and will just continue to argue against themselves
Quite, quite : this is happening : now
.
On 14-08-2021 07:37, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Weaver wrote:
>> On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
Stefan writes:
> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-
On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
>> Stefan writes:
>>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>>
>> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
>> soun
On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Weaver wrote:
> On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>>> Stefan writes:
How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
representation of the sound of hanging up the pho
John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan writes:
> > How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
> > representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank wit
On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>> Stefan writes:
>>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>>
>> No. I was there when it came
Hi,
On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan writes:
>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dro
Stefan writes:
> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
bottom. A septi
Dan Ritter wrote:
> There is no way in which the gender of any participant in
> debian-users is relevant. Nor their sexuality, religion, skin
> color, national origin, or even the fact that they use other
> operating systems from time to time.
It is not about the gender but the attitude, capice?
On 2021-08-13 12:53 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
>> Plonk ?
>
> In this context, it's the sound that a name makes when it lands in a
> killfile, ignore list, or whatever you call it for a given communications
> m
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 16:05:15 -, Curt wrote:
> On 2021-08-13, Nicolas George wrote:
> >
> > I used the word "driver" in the technical sense: the piece of code in
> > the operating system (in the widest possible sense) that makes it
> > possible to use the device. In that sense a mouse requir
>From deep in prehistory, way back when bangpaths ruled and the stain
that is Facebook had yet to spill upon the land:
(I'm not the author)
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous bullshit,
or to take words against a sea of whinings,
and by opp
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
[...]
> Plonk ?
Greg and The Wanderer already provided a definition. Just adding
one standard reference, the Jargon File [1] in such things. Old
Usenet lore.
Cheers
[1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
On 2021-08-13 at 12:49, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 12:41 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote:
>> And in conclusion, plonk!
>
> Plonk ?
The sound-effect "plonk" is the traditional onomatopoeia for the sound
of a person (or E-mail address, or whatever) hitting the bottom of one's
k
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Plonk ?
In this context, it's the sound that a name makes when it lands in a
killfile, ignore list, or whatever you call it for a given communications
medium.
On 2021-08-13 12:41 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote:
> deloptes wrote:
>> @Brian communication with Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside is meaningless and
>> a waste of time.
>
> You should have stopped here.
>
>
>> I even had to google her, because I had the feeling I talk to a troll. I
>> think she is e
deloptes wrote:
> @Brian communication with Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside is meaningless and
> a waste of time.
You should have stopped here.
> I even had to google her, because I had the feeling I talk to a troll. I
> think she is extreme left ... lost in gendering and so on somewhere in
> F
On 2021-08-13 1:08 a.m., deloptes wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>
>> Please give a link at the Mopria website substantiating your clain that
>> a Mopria certified device should be ca[able of accepting PDF as a PDL
>> in addition to PWG raster and PCLm.
>>
>>> And all of the condition make a printer pret
Hi,
On 2021-08-13 11:47 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> Thx to Polyna especially, for telling me that I have x86-64 machine. Do
> not yet know x86 part but 64bit it certainly is.
> In Mint 32bit i686 still. but now
> I know a little bit (!) more about this machine, how chmod is not wise
> to use, etc
Hi,
On 2021-08-13 8:33 a.m., Henning Follmann wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 11:15:10AM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote:
>> I tried to partition with rEFInd because Linux Mint 19 i386 xfce 32bit
>> worked with EFI. In hope to upgrade to x86-64bit. After it looked like all
>> good, I went out, thinkin
On 2021-08-13, Nicolas George wrote:
>
> I used the word "driver" in the technical sense: the piece of code in
> the operating system (in the widest possible sense) that makes it
> possible to use the device. In that sense a mouse requires the driver in
But here the "driver," in your sense of the
Hi,
On 2021-08-13 8:00 a.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
>> Gunnar Gervin wrote:
>>
>>> (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can).
>>
>> I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall
>
> This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a
Thx to Polyna especially, for telling me that I have x86-64 machine. Do not
yet know x86 part but 64bit it certainly is.
In Mint 32bit i686 still. but now
I know a little bit (!) more about this machine, how chmod is not wise to
use, etc. Kinda fun, cos Mint lets me in again. So far.
My Mini PC Win
Greg Wooledge wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
>> Gunnar Gervin wrote:
>>
>> > (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can).
>>
>> I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall
>
>This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a portmanteau of "cross" and
>"
Brian (12021-08-13):
> Consider a driverless car. It is not really driverless in the sense
> you espouse. Otherwise it would not be going anywhere, would it?
> From the point of view of the passengers and the Authorities there
> isn't a human driver.
Exactly. "Driverless" uses the word "driver" as
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 15:26:03 +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Brian (12021-08-13):
> > Did you read the Release Notes for Bullseye? (No advice on cat controls,
> > though :) ).
>
> Enough to upgrade, but I do not know what it has to do with connecting a
> printer to an OpenWRT router.
There is a
Brian (12021-08-13):
> Did you read the Release Notes for Bullseye? (No advice on cat controls,
> though :) ).
Enough to upgrade, but I do not know what it has to do with connecting a
printer to an OpenWRT router.
> Also, the printing system does not have a unified driver. The drivers
> used depe
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 13:10:46 +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Hi.
>
> We finally found an HP DeskJet 2723e at a closer vendor; in terms of
> price and bulk it was much closer to to or needs the one we had and the
> cat broke.
>
> I first set it up on wifi only. I used the proprietary HP applicat
On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:00:35 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you
> > reinstall
>
> This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a portmanteau of "cross" and
> "upgrade"). It is
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 11:15:10AM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> I tried to partition with rEFInd because Linux Mint 19 i386 xfce 32bit
> worked with EFI. In hope to upgrade to x86-64bit. After it looked like all
> good, I went out, thinking it was OK. But installation came back to start,
> asking
On 8/13/21 2:48 PM, deloptes wrote:
For me it is not a problem, I simply ignore her posts
- Quite, quite :)
.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
> Gunnar Gervin wrote:
>
> > (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can).
>
> I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall
This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a portmanteau of "cross" and
"upgrade"). It is NOT supporte
Gunnar Gervin wrote:
> Better I try boot
> Then see what happens.
very good idea
> (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can).
I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall
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On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 07:43:35AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
[...]
> I don't think tomas felt he was under personal attack, but that he perceived
> a
> personal attack on Polyna.
Good catch, thanks :-)
Cheers
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rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I do not insult anyone and do not attack people, please stop with this BS
>> of excuse by political correctness.
>
> I don't think tomas felt he was under personal attack, but that he
> perceived a personal attack on Polyna
And I understood completely well.
So I hope
On Friday, August 13, 2021 02:42:55 AM deloptes wrote:
> to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > Can we please avoid personal insults?
> >
> > Each of us has his/her difficult points. If you have issues with
> > those points, by all means, speak up. But **attacking people
> > personally** does not belong in t
Hi.
We finally found an HP DeskJet 2723e at a closer vendor; in terms of
price and bulk it was much closer to to or needs the one we had and the
cat broke.
I first set it up on wifi only. I used the proprietary HP application on
my phone, it used bluetooth to give the wifi password to the printer
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 06:29:52 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-13 6:12 a.m., Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 18:56:58 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 2021-08-12 6:27 p.m., Brian wrote:
> >>> On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 1
Hi,
On 2021-08-13 6:12 a.m., Brian wrote:
> On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 18:56:58 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2021-08-12 6:27 p.m., Brian wrote:
>>> On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 15:33:26 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>>>
Hi,
On 2021-08-12 3:22
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 09:10:06 -, Curt wrote:
> On 2021-08-12, Brian wrote:
> >
> >> Possibility to send the data in PDF format directly (or JPG)
> >> Auto discovery of the services offered thru "Bonjour".
> >
> > Please give a link at the Mopria website substantiating your clain that
> > a M
On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 18:56:58 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-12 6:27 p.m., Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 12 Aug 2021 at 15:33:26 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 2021-08-12 3:22 p.m., Brian wrote:
> >>> On Tue 10 Aug 2021 at 1
On 2021-08-12, Brian wrote:
>
>> Possibility to send the data in PDF format directly (or JPG)
>> Auto discovery of the services offered thru "Bonjour".
>
> Please give a link at the Mopria website substantiating your clain that
> a Mopria certified device should be ca[able of accepting PDF as a PD
I tried to partition with rEFInd because Linux Mint 19 i386 xfce 32bit
worked with EFI. In hope to upgrade to x86-64bit. After it looked like all
good, I went out, thinking it was OK. But installation came back to start,
asking me to choose put boot in Mbr, Partition with Gparted or Abort. Mbr
resu
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 09:03:11AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> deloptes wrote:
> > > I think she is extreme left ...
>
> Would be no surprise with our little commie operating system.
This list wouldn't be the same without your humour.
(and of course without your deep knowledge you s
Hi,
deloptes wrote:
> > I think she is extreme left ...
Would be no surprise with our little commie operating system.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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