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there was an old saying, "nobody got fired buying from IBM." Then it got changed to Microsoft.
I do not think it's reasonable to have outlawed napalm, and I believe cluster munitions have their purpose.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: I do not think it's reasonable to have outlawed napalm, and I believe cluster munitions have their purpose I'm still searching for a bicycle-mounted anti-tank weapon. Just the thing for BMW's, Audi's, and red pickup trucks, all nemeses of mine on my commute to work when I ride my bike.
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ponder that. legally being allowed to blow off the rear end of a BMW or Audi... as long as you are on a bicycle...
An armed society is a polite society.
Name the book.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: An armed society is a polite society. Sounds like Robert Heinlein, either from Time Enough For Love (Notebooks of Lazarus Long), or possibly from Number Of The Beast.
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Heinlein for sure... wrong books though... no googling
The Gunshops of Mars is the reference.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Hmm. It's been years since I did my last complete re-read. With Mars as the clue, it's either Stranger In A Strange Land (Jubal Harshaw has to be the character) or maybe Starship Troopers (Dubois in that case).
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you know, I might have to walk back a bit. This might have been a short story in one of the books you've mentioned. It's been a long time...
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I get it. Heinlein is one of those authors I have to ration myself on, especially Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, which is my favorite of his.
One of the fortunate things about late middle age to early senior-hood is that I don't tend to remember as many plot details as I used to. Re-reading is therefore a lot more fun.
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Which new outlook? The thick client, or the web based version. I'm not a fan of either, but think the web based one is better for most things. Better still it's the same (mostly) for whatever OS you run.
Honestly though, I miss PC-Pine (now Alpine I think). . . but I'm weird that way.
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The thick client. It really is thick, in the British slang sense of the word.
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Gary Wheeler wrote: You can't start the new Outlook automatically.
Your post got me thinking...
I have a BAT file which runs at login. I forget which registry key I used, but probably:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun
And I have it calling:
CMD.EXE /C CALL "path\outlook.lnk"
So now Outlook starts when I log in each morning.
Edit: Corrected the registry key.
modified 6-Aug-24 12:56pm.
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I will keep that in mind when the corporate IT yabbos decide we have to switch. Thanks!
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Nintendo’s Light Gun - YouTube[^]
"Much becomes obvious in hindsight, ... Yet it is striking how in both physics and mathematics there is a lack of proportion between the effort needed to understand something for the first time and the simplicity and naturalness of the solution once all the required stages have been completed." - Giorgio Parisi, recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics"
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Cool little trick.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I've known for a long time that the gun was actually a detector, but I had no idea how it actually worked. So its cool to finally have it explained.
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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Said in Crocodile Dundee voice...
That's not a gun. That's a gun.
Safe for work.
Jeremy Falcon
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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