My main conputer failed on August 10 or 11, and
though I could have downloaded Mozilla or allowed
Google to rape my other computer, I chose to wait
for a replacement on eBay. The first one didn't
boot using my old disk drive, but the second one
did, a few minutes ago, so I'm back on-line.

More than a month without Usenet is not so bad.
It's sort of like not drinking alcohol for a month.
But it's not in any sense pleasant.

On Sep 18, 1:39*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> My main conputer failed on August 10 or 11, and
> though I could have downloaded Mozilla or allowed
> Google to rape my other computer, I chose to wait
> for a replacement on eBay. *The first one didn't
> boot using my old disk drive, but the second one
> did, a few minutes ago, so I'm back on-line.
>
> More than a month without Usenet is not so bad.
> It's sort of like not drinking alcohol for a month.
> But it's not in any sense pleasant.

How can we miss you if you don't go away?

On Sep 18, 2:39*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> My main conputer failed on August 10 or 11, and
> though I could have downloaded Mozilla or allowed
> Google to rape my other computer, I chose to wait
> for a replacement on eBay. *The first one didn't
> boot using my old disk drive, but the second one
> did, a few minutes ago, so I'm back on-line.
>
> More than a month without Usenet is not so bad.
> It's sort of like not drinking alcohol for a month.
> But it's not in any sense pleasant.

==
Nothing of ANY importance happened while you were away...after all
this IS Usenet.
==

On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:26:45 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
wrote:

>On Sep 18, 2:39*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> My main conputer failed on August 10 or 11, and
>> though I could have downloaded Mozilla

>Nothing of ANY importance happened while you were away...after all
>this IS Usenet.

Just the usual bitch slappin', name calling, vulgarities spewed, you
know...things that a bus stop whore wouldn't say.

Mark Thorson wrote:

> My main conputer failed on August 10 or 11, and
> though I could have downloaded Mozilla or allowed
> Google to rape my other computer, I chose to wait
> for a replacement on eBay. The first one didn't
> boot using my old disk drive, but the second one
> did, a few minutes ago, so I'm back on-line.
>
> More than a month without Usenet is not so bad.
> It's sort of like not drinking alcohol for a month.
> But it's not in any sense pleasant.

You missed the thread on recipes which enable one to be young and
healthy for a few thousand years.

--
Dan Goodman
"I have always depended on the kindness of stranglers."
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Expire
Journal dsgood.dreamwidth.org (livejournal.com, insanejournal.com)

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> So you scoured eBay (twice) for a POS 75mhz 80486 computer that would
> run Windows 95 instead of upgrading?

No, I bought a floppy disc for loading the microcode
from the console. The first one was for a later model
of the 3033, not mine. I cannot express how wonderful
it is to see a successful boot of VM.
>
> What exactly failed? You 20mb ESDI drive need to fail, and soon.

There were multiple failures over the years, but the
DASD wasn't one of them. I only backed up the files
I need for work, and now God has given me a second
chance to back up stuff like my e-mail.

"Chemo the Clown" > wrote in message
...
> On Sep 18, 1:39 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> My main conputer failed on August 10 or 11, and
>> though I could have downloaded Mozilla or allowed
>> Google to rape my other computer, I chose to wait
>> for a replacement on eBay. The first one didn't
>> boot using my old disk drive, but the second one
>> did, a few minutes ago, so I'm back on-line.
>>
>> More than a month without Usenet is not so bad.
>> It's sort of like not drinking alcohol for a month.
>> But it's not in any sense pleasant.
>
> How can we miss you if you don't go away?

Oooh, a Dan Hicks reference. I'm all a-tingle.

Jon

sf killed brooklyn1. Om learned a new word. Wayne Boatright was courteous
as usual. Janet was .......... well .......... Janet. Melba's Jammin got
unjammed, and from what I hear is on a very regular schedule now with prunes
and dried apricots. Four new websites have opened with plagiarized recipes
from the NG. Sqwertz did not morph for THREE DAYS STRAIGHT!

Other than that, not a lot.

How's by you?

Steve