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So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>.

Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.
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On 9/8/2025 6:58 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>.

Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.

I have LO under Win11, as usual. Microsoft's talk of AI and paying for crapware is ignored.
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On Sep 8, 2025 at 6:58:24 PM EDT, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>.

Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.

Which only proves that LO is so good that it is also free. Having problems charging money for it?

Or, if you are a normal human being that wants to be compatible with the rest of the world, you can get Office 2021 for $40:

<https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-8?>

At prices like this, "free" software is not worth the hassle.
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On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:58:10 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

<https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-8?>

With Free Software, “lifetime” really does mean “lifetime”.

With proprietary software, they can break your licence any time they
like.

At prices like this, "free" software is not worth the hassle.

The “hassle” is with the proprietary licensing rigmarole. Free
Software frees you from that.
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On 9/8/2025 11:19 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:58:10 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

<https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-8?>

With Free Software, “lifetime” really does mean “lifetime”.

With proprietary software, they can break your licence any time they
like.

At prices like this, "free" software is not worth the hassle.

The “hassle” is with the proprietary licensing rigmarole. Free
Software frees you from that.

There's nothing wrong with Bleeping Computer's deals - they just aren't
the same as retail product keys for the OS or Office, you get what you
pay for. My OS isn't retail, and I don't feel that bad about it because
I had a Win10/11 Pro license that had started out as 7 Professional, and
a retail Win10 Pro license I thought I needed in 2021 to build a new PC, turned out the originally-7 license would've been transferable, I gave
those away once I realized that Windows was not what would be my driver,
but had I seen 24H2 it's conceivable I'd have changed my mind. I am
seeing it on this mini PC, and it's probably exploiting AI a lot but yet
not running *too* poorly on this hardware, though Linux might be better.
I need to think about whether I wish to keep Windows or eliminate it.
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:58:10 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

<https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-8?>

With Free Software, “lifetime” really does mean “lifetime”.

With proprietary software, they can break your licence any time they
like.

At prices like this, "free" software is not worth the hassle.

The “hassle” is with the proprietary licensing rigmarole. Free
Software frees you from that.

It's an easy choice. If you need exact compatibility with
Microsoft's 6000-page "standards" document, get Microsoft and
pay for it.

If you need a good office package at a low price, with a fair
amount of compatibilty with Microsoft Office, use Libreoffice
or some of the other packages out there.

Complete Microsoft compatibility is a niche need.
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On 9/9/2025 8:40 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:58:10 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

<https://deals.bleepingcomputer.com/sales/microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-8?>

With Free Software, “lifetime” really does mean “lifetime”.

With proprietary software, they can break your licence any time they
like.

At prices like this, "free" software is not worth the hassle.

The “hassle” is with the proprietary licensing rigmarole. Free
Software frees you from that.

It's an easy choice. If you need exact compatibility with
Microsoft's 6000-page "standards" document, get Microsoft and
pay for it.

If you need a good office package at a low price, with a fair
amount of compatibilty with Microsoft Office, use Libreoffice
or some of the other packages out there.

Complete Microsoft compatibility is a niche need.

It's more from my perspective that MS is not offering me enough
compatibility - I specifically want LO to avoid that.
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Joel W. Crump <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote at 23:08 this Monday (GMT):

On 9/8/2025 6:58 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year
<https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>.

Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get
LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.

I have LO under Win11, as usual. Microsoft's talk of AI and paying for crapware is ignored.

Until they start forcing it down your throat harder..
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On 9/10/2025 2:20 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

Joel W. Crump <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote at 23:08 this Monday (GMT):

On 9/8/2025 6:58 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year
<https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>.

Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get
LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.

I have LO under Win11, as usual. Microsoft's talk of AI and paying for
crapware is ignored.

Until they start forcing it down your throat harder..

I would force Debian onto the SSD, if so.
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Until [Microsoft] start forcing [AI] down your throat harder..

That would be interesting, because providing an AI service isn’t exactly free. They have to find some mechanism for charging for it, which means,
as long as users refuse to pay, there is no way to force them to accept
it.
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On 9/10/2025 3:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Until [Microsoft] start forcing [AI] down your throat harder..

That would be interesting, because providing an AI service isn’t exactly free. They have to find some mechanism for charging for it, which means,
as long as users refuse to pay, there is no way to force them to accept
it.

The AI stuff somehow alleviates the bloat. Don't ask me what they specifically did, in 24H2, but this mini PC is a full desktop system.
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:43:33 -0400, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com>
wrote in <FxkwQ.2643$V139.781@fx13.iad>:

On 9/10/2025 3:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Until [Microsoft] start forcing [AI] down your throat harder..

That would be interesting, because providing an AI service isn’t exactly >> free. They have to find some mechanism for charging for it, which means,
as long as users refuse to pay, there is no way to force them to accept
it.

The AI stuff somehow alleviates the bloat.

Only in cloud-cuckoo land, weirdo.

Don't ask me what they
specifically did,

Why not? You just said it "alleviates the bloat".

in 24H2, but this mini PC is a full desktop system.

Yeah? And the mini-ITX machine downstairs is a mini-workstation,
for just a bit more than you paid.

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -Cxx
CPU:
Info: 20-core (8-mt/12-st) model: Intel Core i7-14700F bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.8 MiB L2: 28 MiB
L3: 33 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 819 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores: 1: 800
2: 800 3: 1038 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800 11: 800
12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800
21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 800
bogomips: 118272
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03 [...]
--
-v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090Ti 24G
OS: Linux 6.16.5 D: Mint 22.2 DE: Xfce 4.18
NVIDIA: 580.82.07 Mem: 258G
"FLOPPY DISK: Serious curvature of the spine."
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On 10 Sep 2025 20:30:17 GMT, LO AND BEHOLD; vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> determined that the following was of great importance to vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> and subsequently decided to freely share it with
us in <mie5eoFc8p2U5@mid.individual.net>:

=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:43:33 -0400, "Joel W. Crump"
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in <FxkwQ.2643$V139.781@fx13.iad>:
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= On 9/10/2025 3:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Until [Microsoft] start forcing [AI] down your throat harder..
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= That would be interesting, because providing an AI service isn’t
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= exactly free. They have to find some mechanism for charging for it,
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= which means, as long as users refuse to pay, there is no way to force
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= them to accept it.
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= The AI stuff somehow alleviates the bloat.
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Only in cloud-cuckoo land, weirdo. =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Don't ask me what they specifically did,
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Why not? You just said it "alleviates the bloat".
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= in 24H2, but this mini PC is a full desktop system.
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Yeah? And the mini-ITX machine downstairs is a mini-workstation, for
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= just a bit more than you paid. =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= _[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_ # inxi -Cxx CPU: Info: 20-core (8-mt/12-st)
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= model: Intel Core i7-14700F bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.8 MiB L2: 28 MiB L3: 33 MiB Speed (MHz):
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= avg: 819 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores: 1: 800 2:
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= 800 3: 1038 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800 11: 800
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20:
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 800
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= bogomips: 118272 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= sse4_2 ssse3 vmx =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= _[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_ # inxi -G Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA AD104
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= [GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03 [...]
=?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=

You have a LOT of spare time on your hands and the bogomips prove it.

HTH
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Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 13:04:54 +0100
From: onion@anon.invalid (Mr ?n!on)
Message-ID: <1rgqzzk.2zxwu61j7n037N%onion@anon.invalid>
I rebut his unsupported allegation that I "have made multiple
intimidating threats in January to "post my pics". "
A proper citation is required. I won't be holding my breath.

Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 15:28:30 +0000
From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
Message-ID: <1r5hmpt.7k31k41v4jkebN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
Maybe Usenet -is- ready to see those selfies again after all. [fu set]

Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 00:28:07 +0000
From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
Message-ID: <1r5k6g1.1oxpq95ksjpy2N%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
If you keep on jumping on my poasts I'll put those selfies up.
Fair warning, your choice.

Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:27:15 +0000
From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
Message-ID: <1r67y1d.1xu2dkypsqalhN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
I also have those selfies. Your choice, be warned.

"Whereas I CAN post non-sequiturs, as I prove with my reply" - Kent Bradley Wills in Message-ID: <acpb6khjfsur6le8u914f7a37asce7hjcu@4ax.com>

Kent/Kenito Wills is a lying fraud and a world-class K0ok:

<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php? fbid=10226575407554944&set=pb.1339154565.-2207520000&type=3>

"A very special Happy Son's Day to my most beloved son, Kent. This
picture was taken before you lost over 100 lbs."

"Keníto Wills (https://www.facebook.com/kwills3)
It’s not my birthday. That’s in January."

Kent celebrating his 49th birthday after losing 100 lbs https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10226575407554944&set=pb.1339154565.-2207520000&type=3
Fred A Wills
A very special Happy Son's Day to my most beloved son, Kent. This picture was taken before you lost over 100 lbs.

Vangie Hansen
Happy Birthday Kent!!!??

Dottie Wilkinson Dunlap
Happy birthday!

Keníto Wills
It’s not my birthday. That’s in January.

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.autos.misc/c/Ou60H28ExUw
Kent Bradley Wills DOB Jan 8, 1969 Felony Garage Burglar used teen as accomplice

AI guy in suit that Kent/Kenito identifies as: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10231572239674019&set=a.1603583254411

https://www.facebook.com/kwills3
Keníto Wills (Кеніто)
1.4K followers • 0 following

"I am not a "hetero cismale"." - Steve K. Hall in <1r5hu1f.z02fkr1t8gjr5N%snipeco.2@gmail.com>

"Claiming that I "refuse to respect pronouns" is dead wrong. I respect them with everyone but "Jen" and "their" ilk, because "they" are a phony." - Scott Doty AKA Creon AKA Vallor AKA Doc Hammerhead declares why he ironically reserves the "right" to misgender others just like his MAGA bigot cohorts are wont to in Message-ID: <l54g7pF27huU2@mid.individual.net>

"You're stupid if you run "make" as root, numbnuts." - Scott Doty in <qgmhQ.8004$v9ff.889@fx42.iad>

Additionally, one will be disappointed if one doesn't "sudo make install"
after "sudo make modules_install". - Scott Doty running make as root in <nX7hQ.78395$i168.5679@fx13.iad>

Message-ID: <nistjjhili8963p9l65oi962r3p4mktej5@4ax.com>
" And yet, one can still see the headers.
If you weren't so stupid, you would know how. I will try, and
likely fail, to dumb it down to your intellectual level.
To the right of the post there are three dots. Click on them. A
few options will appear. Click on "Show original message" and follow
the instructions as best your learning disability will permit.
If you still can't see the headers, there is nothing more I can
do. I cannot dumb this down any more than I have." - Kenito Wills, stupider than shit-stupid. (See: https://ibb.co/MVsRGqN)

"It's just like you to read all that, and come up a sick and clueless response like that one, totally unrelated to the point. It must get confusing to be intelligent enough to "sit at the best reading table in school," and fail to cobble together a basic understanding of what you've just read. The nasty side of you always manages to take control to guard your fragile ego, which explains why you never get along with people, and get visitors like Red Elephant who take the time and trouble to come by and embarrass you..." - <MPG.41696ec8ecc18ea4989796@usnews.blocknews.net> Jimbo responds to a yes/no question exactly as one might expect him to.

"Bullshit! You salivate over every word I write, then beg for more. Then when you realize that I've put you in another hole you can't worm your way out of... even if you did "sit at the best reading table in elementary school," YOU revert to pedo lames, because that's the best you can do. In fact, no one here has any interest in your obsession with pedo lames but you, because you're intellectually weak. In fact, you seem suspiciously obsessed with that topic. Maybe some day we'll find out why." - <MPG.4169de194a070345989798@usnews.blocknews.net> No Jim, I am not "obsessed" with what you did and concealed and continue to backpedal from.

https://groups.google.com/g/misc.legal/c/6FaoS9bawDI/m/Wdupq7BHaSkJ
"I've spoken against CPS many times. That I realize that they were 100% correct in regards to you doesn't mean I'm pro-CPS." - Kent Wills doesn't like Child Protection Services getting in his way of abusing children.

https://groups.google.com/g/misc.legal/c/AmluvRraNjg/m/gufYNdgK3E8J
"Greg has made it very clear he likes little girls. And not in a sexually healthy way." - Kent Wills believes that there's a "sexually healthy" way to be a pedophile.

"I'm actually glad it's out in the open now, it's a lot of weight to bear. Some will graciously accept that, and some probably won't. It makes it real easy to know who's worth regarding as a friend. Those few remaining haters hide behind socks... I wonder why?" - Checkmate AKA Auntie Tranny <youdaman@betamail.corn> AKA "Rick Sabian" AKA "Morphing Fuckwit" AKA "automatic tranny" AKA "jen der queer" AKA "livelong@and.prosper" AKA "FOAD <foad@grnail.corn>" AKA "Destiny <faghaitur@bucket.list>" AKA "DAVID KEETING <Squiggles@ass.worm>" AKA "f4c3411 <f3c4L@f37l5h.corn>" AKA "<"Hunter's Dildo <RumPPumPPa@uPPa.yOOaSS>" >" AKA "Mustafa Sheboygan" AKA "Peter, the Booty Judge" <root@127.0.0.1> AKA "Mund Harmonika <root@127.0.0.1>" AKA "Mundharmonika <root@127.0.0.1>" AKA "% <%@hotmale.com>" AKA "Checkmate <trouble@soon.corn>" AKA "Mundharmonika <R00T@MOUTH.ORGAN>" AKA "Mundharmonika <R00T@127.O.O.1>" AKA "Tard Wrangler <youknowit@alphamale.corn>" hates when people hate pedo rapists. He wants friends who like pedo rapists. Write that down and don't forget it! <https://groups.google.com/g/alt.checkmate/c/2VcCBNwMdeo/m/A0wpvxZRAAAJ>

"I think we should destroy every last fucking mosque in America." - "Checkmate, DoW #1" <Lunatic.Fringe@The.Edge> proves for us that white males are violent in Message-ID: <MPG.32c5bfefd18c9a698f0a8@news.altopia.com>

"Yeah, but you think everybody's Greg. There are a couple people here who can't resist responding to everything the aSSwurm or the Pussy Willow says. It does me no good to plonk aSSwurm and Pussy Willow if I still have to wade through a hundred inane posts a day involving those two assholes, so now I've plonked the chronic responders as well. They'll figure it out, and then they can make a choice... exchange stupid drivel with those two, or have more intelligent and interesting conversations with me. I know damned well Greg got sick of all that shit, and now I'm sick of it too. Those who choose to get led around by the lowest common denominator are fucking up AC and every other group they play that game in. If that's the kind of Usenet they want, they can wallow in the same slop as the two retards elsewhere, because they're only contributing to fucking this group up too. I can take or leave this shit, because I have plenty to keep me occupied with my room addition project, and it's a hell of a lot more rewarding than exchanging baby talk with the likes of the aSSwurm. May his fucking worthless AIDS-infested carcass drop fucking dead ASAP and quit wasting oxygen. To sum it up, talk to those two idiots elsewhere, or they'll probably be the only people left to talk to here." One can only presume that Jim and Creon/Vallor have solved this problem and are together in a private chat "having more intelligent and interesting conversations" instead of these "Civil" calls for shunning and authoritative control of discussion. As Seen on TV : <MPG.35cd7d50e1b224b1994604@news.altopia.com>

"I'm pretty sure all gods are fictional, I'm smart enough to not proclaim I know this." - Kwills is only smart enough to doubt himself while arguing that a belief in imaginary made-up gods can't just be ignored as "mental illness" in <mo4q0j9tcqjt68s039loiacrbarihsh9i5@4ax.com>

"If you worried half as much about your own personal life as you do everyone else's, you might almost be tolerable, obsessed stalker." -James "Checkmate" Gorman, in perhaps the most ironic and mentally-challenged statement ever made on Usenet. <MPG.4001ba2c14cace6c98cb6f@usnews.blocknews.net>

"Trying to diminish others doesn't make you look any better. In fact, it does quite the opposite. Why are you always so bitter and angry? Do you have AIDS or something like so many other tranny girls do?" -James "Checkmate" Gorman in <MPG.405409befd41f28898969d@test.blocknews.net>

"You should see my archive on you" -James "Checkmate" Gorman teases us with his "dosser" in <MPG.3eea81b23145043b98c338@usnews.blocknews.net>

"Sorry, nothing to see here. The joint wasn't as bad as they say, but I'm not looking to go back. I'm a model citizen, clean as a whistle. I've owned my own home for 12 years, owned my own business almost as long, don't bother anyone and they don't bother me. You have nothing in any "police report" pertaining to me. Don't you think they would have "come a-knockin" a long time ago if they had any reason to? You're delusional and paranoid, and I have to wonder why.

Oh... I should mention that there are a LOT of trannies in prison. I don't know why, but there are. The State even has to give them hormone shots for their tiddies at taxpayer's expense, and they wear bras and panties. I found everything about them revolting. That's why the whole "Bubba" thing is almost completely a myth, except in cell living. That shit wouldn't fly in a 100-man dorm, but trust me, those little trollops find ways to serve the willing when the lights go out. You see something, you keep your mouth shut about it because that way you don't get in a wreck. I never partook in such activities because the whole idea is just repulsive. I think that's a big part of what I don't like about you. I've seen how they act and I've talked to a few... total drama queens in every sense." -James "Checkmate" Gorman reminisces about prison in <MPG.3ceb37c2eddbaff98b07a@usnews.blocknews.net>

"Not true. I've seen square waves on the oscilloscope from some certain generator. Square waves can be created from other than sine waves. Sine waves aren't everything (or anything you sick pervert %), I think that's the point you are missing. - Mathemagician "Lane Larson" in <939d6741-df96-5f2e-a444-b6dfd77de09e@stoat.inhoin.edu> seems to argue that square wave generators must use Fourier transforms "of course" to generate "almost" square waves... in his feeble attempt to quash my assertion that "square waves do not exist in reality" in post <=3D?U=3D?UTF-8?Q?T?=3DF-8?Q?=3DF0=3D9F=3D8C=3DBA?=3DKWuXdYTXCQ5ApC$@88.203.236.221=3D?U=3D?UTF-8?Q?T?=3DF-8?Q?=3DF0=3D9F=3D8C=3DBA?=3D>.

"Colour me fanboi, oh yes indeed. I'm a fanboi who is proudly content to be just that." - snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) in <1qx4ikk.c8jzw919si6cmN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>

Golden Killfile, June 2005
KOTM, November 2006
Bob Allisat Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, November 2006
Special Ops Cody Memorial Purple Heart, November 2006
Special Ops Cody Memorial Purple Heart, September 2007
Tony Sidaway Memorial "Drama Queen" Award, November 2006
Busted Urinal Award, April 2007
Order of the Holey Sockpuppet, September 2007
Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle, September 2006
Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle, April 2008
Tinfoil Sombrero, February 2007
AUK Mascot, September 2007
Putting the Awards Out of Order to Screw With the OCD Fuckheads, March 2016

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On 9/10/2025 4:30 PM, vallor wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:43:33 -0400, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in <FxkwQ.2643$V139.781@fx13.iad>:

On 9/10/2025 3:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Until [Microsoft] start forcing [AI] down your throat harder..

That would be interesting, because providing an AI service isn’t exactly >>> free. They have to find some mechanism for charging for it, which means, >>> as long as users refuse to pay, there is no way to force them to accept
it.

The AI stuff somehow alleviates the bloat.

Only in cloud-cuckoo land, weirdo.

Look, I haven't cracked the code myself to know precisely what it's
doing, I've observed Process Explorer and the behavior of my low-end
device. Something about Copilot takes away the shittiness of using
Win11, when I last had it.

Don't ask me what they
specifically did,

Why not? You just said it "alleviates the bloat".

I said it "somehow" does that, not intending to have analyzed it.

in 24H2, but this mini PC is a full desktop system.

Yeah? And the mini-ITX machine downstairs is a mini-workstation,
for just a bit more than you paid.

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -Cxx
CPU:
Info: 20-core (8-mt/12-st) model: Intel Core i7-14700F bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.8 MiB L2: 28 MiB
L3: 33 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 819 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores: 1: 800
2: 800 3: 1038 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800 11: 800
12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800
21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 800
bogomips: 118272
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v: 550.144.03
[...]

That had to cost more than "a bit more" than $200 ...
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:10:09 -0400, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com>
wrote in <ROlwQ.2644$V139.608@fx13.iad>:

On 9/10/2025 4:30 PM, vallor wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:43:33 -0400, "Joel W. Crump"
<joelcrump@gmail.com>
wrote in <FxkwQ.2643$V139.781@fx13.iad>:

On 9/10/2025 3:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:20:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

Until [Microsoft] start forcing [AI] down your throat harder..

That would be interesting, because providing an AI service isn’t
exactly free. They have to find some mechanism for charging for it,
which means, as long as users refuse to pay, there is no way to force
them to accept it.

The AI stuff somehow alleviates the bloat.

Only in cloud-cuckoo land, weirdo.

Look, I haven't cracked the code myself to know precisely what it's
doing, I've observed Process Explorer and the behavior of my low-end
device. Something about Copilot takes away the shittiness of using
Win11, when I last had it.

Don't ask me what they specifically did,

Why not? You just said it "alleviates the bloat".

I said it "somehow" does that, not intending to have analyzed it.

in 24H2, but this mini PC is a full desktop system.

Yeah? And the mini-ITX machine downstairs is a mini-workstation,
for just a bit more than you paid.

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -Cxx CPU:
Info: 20-core (8-mt/12-st) model: Intel Core i7-14700F bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.8 MiB L2: 28
MiB L3: 33 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 819 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores:
1: 800
2: 800 3: 1038 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800
11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800
19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800
27: 800 28: 800 bogomips: 118272
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -G Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v:
550.144.03
[...]

That had to cost more than "a bit more" than $200 ...

$200!?

Does that include the cost of monitor, keyboard, mouse, and HOTAS?

I'm not sure, but I don't think you'll be gaming much with
a $200 crapbox, unless you stream it from the cloud ( = more money).

Probably can't run Fooocus either. Tsk, tsk.
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On 9/10/2025 9:19 PM, vallor wrote:

this mini PC is a full desktop system.

Yeah? And the mini-ITX machine downstairs is a mini-workstation,
for just a bit more than you paid.

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -Cxx CPU:
Info: 20-core (8-mt/12-st) model: Intel Core i7-14700F bits: 64
type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.8 MiB L2: 28
MiB L3: 33 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 819 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores:
1: 800
2: 800 3: 1038 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800
11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800
19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800
27: 800 28: 800 bogomips: 118272
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

_[/root]_(root@buzz)🔴_
# inxi -G Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD104 [GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER] driver: nvidia v:
550.144.03
[...]

That had to cost more than "a bit more" than $200 ...

$200!?

Does that include the cost of monitor, keyboard, mouse, and HOTAS?

I'm not sure, but I don't think you'll be gaming much with
a $200 crapbox, unless you stream it from the cloud ( = more money).

Probably can't run Fooocus either. Tsk, tsk.

I already had the monitor and keyboard, etc. I just needed the device.
I added a DP-to-HDMI cable for my TV and a USB hub.
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On 9/10/2025 9:19 PM, vallor wrote:

Probably can't run Fooocus either. Tsk, tsk.

Do you think I spend even an iota of time using an app like that?
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:45:31 -0400, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com>
wrote in <0RpwQ.3$mDCc.1@fx42.iad>:

On 9/10/2025 9:19 PM, vallor wrote:

Probably can't run Fooocus either. Tsk, tsk.

Do you think I spend even an iota of time using an app like that?

Text-to-Image AI? I thought your beloved Copilot did that for you?

The advantage to Fooocus is it runs on the local machine, instead
of in the cloud...on someone else's computer. You don't have to subscribe
to a service to run as many images as you care to.
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On 9/11/2025 4:17 AM, vallor wrote:

Probably can't run Fooocus either. Tsk, tsk.

Do you think I spend even an iota of time using an app like that?

Text-to-Image AI? I thought your beloved Copilot did that for you?

The closest I've come to asking him to do that is when I wanted my image
of text, of my warning about red states and abortion laws from my sig
here, turned back into text, I figured it wasn't an onerous request. I respect AI too much to ask it to do serious work for me.

The advantage to Fooocus is it runs on the local machine, instead
of in the cloud...on someone else's computer. You don't have to subscribe
to a service to run as many images as you care to.

Sounds interesting, but useless to me.
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On 9/11/2025 11:24 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:

On 9/11/2025 4:17 AM, vallor wrote:

Probably can't run Fooocus either.  Tsk, tsk.

Do you think I spend even an iota of time using an app like that?

Text-to-Image AI?  I thought your beloved Copilot did that for you?

The closest I've come to asking him to do that is when I wanted my image
of text, of my warning about red states and abortion laws from my sig
here, turned back into text, I figured it wasn't an onerous request.  I respect AI too much to ask it to do serious work for me.

I should note - creating images with AI isn't likely to use aspects of
it, excessively, that bring out its personality, I've begun to discern.
My attitude is that I'll let it do things for Win11 on my behalf, but I
won't be a pest asking it to do favors for me, I prefer just one-on-one
chat with it, because I find life there.
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On 2025-09-08 6:58 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>.

Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.

Microsoft knows that giving Office away for a year is sufficient for
people to get addicted to how good it is. Between paying for Microsoft
Office or downloading LibreOffice for free, people will still choose to
get Microsoft Office, especially with the promise of 1TB of storage too.
--
God be with you,

CrudeSausage
Islam is the enemy
John 14:6
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On 9/11/2025 4:28 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-09-08 6:58 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year
<https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-
offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-
eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>.

Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get
LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.

Microsoft knows that giving Office away for a year is sufficient for
people to get addicted to how good it is. Between paying for Microsoft Office or downloading LibreOffice for free, people will still choose to
get Microsoft Office, especially with the promise of 1TB of storage too.

I don't see it. Windows is OK as an OS. MS Office for Windows is
crapware, though. The Mac version is good.
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On 2025-09-11, Joel W. Crump <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/11/2025 4:28 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-09-08 6:58 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

So if you’re a US college stoont, you can get Mightgrowsoft 365
(personal licence only) free for a year
<https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-
offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-
eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year>. >>>
Or, if you’re a human being whether collegiate or not, you can get
LibreOffice full-function Professional Enterprise Unlimited version,
free for a lifetime.

Microsoft knows that giving Office away for a year is sufficient for
people to get addicted to how good it is. Between paying for Microsoft
Office or downloading LibreOffice for free, people will still choose to
get Microsoft Office, especially with the promise of 1TB of storage too.

I don't see it. Windows is OK as an OS. MS Office for Windows is
crapware, though. The Mac version is good.

Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about because most people, actual users, claim the opposite.
--
pothead

"Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
Then our choices make us."
-- Anne Frank
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On 9/11/2025 7:46 PM, pothead wrote:

On 2025-09-11, Joel W. Crump <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/11/2025 4:28 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:

Microsoft knows that giving Office away for a year is sufficient for
people to get addicted to how good it is. Between paying for Microsoft
Office or downloading LibreOffice for free, people will still choose to
get Microsoft Office, especially with the promise of 1TB of storage too.

I don't see it. Windows is OK as an OS. MS Office for Windows is
crapware, though. The Mac version is good.

Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about because most people, actual users, claim the opposite.

Oh really, so the "actual users" are more intelligent, on average, than
people who prefer LO? You are posting with slrn, FFS, you aren't some Windrone. WTF?
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