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    From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to JOE MACKEY on Wed May 20 06:53:18 2020
    Re: Silence
    By: JOE MACKEY to ALL on Wed May 20 2020 05:48:08


    Listen to all the crickets...

    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence now that all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than the originals... that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to MARK LEWIS on Wed May 20 12:38:00 2020
    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence now tha
    all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than the originals... t
    t and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...

    The water coming out of the sky here lately has done more than drip drip
    drip. :)

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DENNISK on Mon May 25 07:00:08 2020
    Mark wrote --

    Listening to a podcast, and the ringing still drowns it out :(

    I always find it interesting that there are times this place is busy and other times its as quiet as tomb. :)
    Joe



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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu May 28 05:19:14 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    churrrip, chuuuurrrip....

    I guess all the threads ran out... ;)

    I guess with the warmer weather people have found "better" things to do.
    Joe
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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DENNIS KATSONIS on Sat May 30 06:29:58 2020
    Dennis wrote --

    Or no one can think of a better thread. I was thinking of starting one asking people opinion of whether technology which is more "tactile" and simpler (ie, floppy disks over USB/network, keyboards over touchscreen, simply OS's over Windows 10) actually pre

    Yes and no.
    Next question.
    But all seriousness aside, as Steve Allen used to say, I can see both
    good and bad in all this.
    I prefer CD/DVD for long term storage. With a USB it is far to easy to delete something that wasn't meant to be deleted. At least if its on the HD its in the trash and can be retrieved.
    I use USB's all the time for short term storage, or transfer/access on
    the pc or laptop and back again.
    I do use a cloud for some things, but also have a copy on a
    thumb/CD/DVD/HD.
    Plus with the prices of CD/DVD's as cheap as they are I will have
    multiple backups for things that can't be replaced in case one fails, which has happened.
    I prefer keyboards over touch screens for text.
    I have two tablets: one has a detachable keyboard, the other hasn't.
    These are fine for general surfing, videos, etc. But that tablet
    keyboard is to small with my fat fingers...
    I have little experience with iOS, other than my phone. My pc/laptop
    are Win10, the tablets android.
    But I use Win10 97 per cent of the time. Maybe 98.5 per cent of the
    time.
    But this is a good question and maybe start a discussion.
    Joe

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