GammaGlobulin

Yes. I like RED.

If you are locked out of your PC, or if you want to do anything without an OS on your system, and you have a USB port...then.... There is almost NOTHING you cannot do using Knoppix. https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

Did I ever mention to you my experiences during and after my lobotomy? It happened to me completely without any anesthesia, whatsoever. I cannot say that I would highly recommend a lobotomy to just anyone.

You may be drooling, afterward. Best to suck on your popsicle now, While you are still able.

Have you read this book, lately?

Yes. Let's hope he is found. Nice photo. His family must be worried sick.

Both "OPTIONS" are sad? Respectfully, I would have used the words "hypothetical scenarios" instead of the word OPTIONS, in order to convey your intended meaning. I would have rephrased your short sentence as follows: "Both hypothetical scenarios are sad." Capisce?

You may...but... ONLY if you are fortunate to live as long as I, and... I am still going strong. As you know, the secret to my longevity is... Celibacy, practiced religiously. In addition, the main reason for your mistaken belief that our "walls of" text are incoherent is that.... People your age are no longer able to read English text written in full paragraphs, having spent most of your youth struggling with... Nothing more complex than the great literature and classics on Twitter. Judging from your profile photo here, you have a nice smile, which will stand you in good stead, only here in Thailand. But, in other parts of the world, where mango- and papaya-growing is not the main industry, just a smile will not get you far. How much of Philip Roth have you taken the time to read, for example? Have you, in all your days on Earth, ever read a well-crafted paragraph? I mean, paragraphs like these two, just for example: Paragraph One: Paragraph Two: Ever seen anything like this on TWITTER? Not exactly a wall of text.... Is it? No, it is more like something you would have seen from a Nobel laureate, except, Roth was unfairly passed over. Why he was passed over for the Nobel....? Maybe, a subject for another Topic....

My only option now is to install openSUSE 15.5, now... And then, wait for 15.6, and do a new install in June. Of course, you know what is often said about a June bride, right?.... And, concerning the saying, MARRIED FOR LIFE? Once on SUSE....it's almost this bad....! Don't try the German Suse, For this reason. It's only the Germans that make the best sausages and software. You can't never go back. For example, have you ever tried SAP?

Very GOOD Topic. I have NO insights, particularly. But, I would like to know. Specifically, I am curious about the service quality provided by MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS operating in Thailand. Why can't one get predictable quality of service which is, more or less, the same, no matter where one buys products from the multinational corps. It seems to me that there is DEFINITELY a difference in after-sales service. I thought it was just my own imagination, until.... Reading about others who seem to have the same view as mine. There is really no excuse for a multinational to provide service which is better in one country, compared to a different country. And then, what recourse does one have when encountering substandard service? Do you just pick up the phone and call the corps headquarters in .....whichever country the multinational is based? Trying to do this gets you NADA, in most cases.

Yes, it is. It's already too late to lose my virginity, for example. And, too late to, once again, have my First French kiss. And, it's far too late for what? IS THERE REALLY anything for which it is too late? Yes. Because, as we know from our studies of Developmental Psychology, humans progress through life in stages of development. And, I guess it will be too late for me to now begin my next profession in life as a Brain Surgeon....unless.... You, STONER, wish to volunteer to be my first test subject.

Those were the days... The good old days, when... Almost everyone in the USA feared the Bermuda Triangle. I have been around since....well....

Sorry, Sir, but I really do consider this Topic to be, and I know you must admit that it truly is, my best Topic, thus far. This is not to say that I will not always strive to top this one...but.... I am sure that it will not be so easy. Take care, Sir. I wish you the best. Peace, Brother! Just one of my family photos from way back....in... The Summer of '69.

Dear Fellow Extremophiles: I don't know about you, but, during these extremely HOT weeks, about 10, that we have suffered through, I have been more and more plagued by this concept of.... THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE aa. First of all, what, exactly, is an extremophile? An extremophile looks something like these.... I know. They are not handsome, unless they might be walking someplace in Pattaya. bb. So, an extremophile is any organism which exists and FKS and reproduces in extreme environments, and some of the above examples look, a bit, over the top, to me. (You can think vents six miles down.... Down, down, down.....) cc. Anytime HUMANS (who are not classified as extremophiles) are exposed to extreme environmental conditions, stress is always the name of the game. I have witnessed the stress among humans here, most likely due to high temperatures and high levels of pollutants which cloud the brain. I grew up with Pink Floyd, and I listened to Pink Floyd before the Crimson King was even on your horizon.... dd. So, the MAIN Goal of this Topic is to REMIND everyone that the Curse of Knowledge can affect even the dumbest amongst us. During the HEAT, there exists the possibility that we might be misunderstood, and then, due to the heat, we become more easily frazzled, and we lose our patience with others. Has this happened to YOU, during these weeks of almost unbearable heat, morning, noon, and though the night? ee. I would like to remind everyone that not everybody is as smart, nor well-informed, nor highly educated as we might be. And, therefore, we must practice patience, PATIENCE, every moment of the day, when interacting with others. THIS IS THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE. We forget that others do not know, or can never know, what we know...... And then, the SHT hits the fan. I guess many here have been wondering why we see so many FARANG during this HOT SEASON, going berserk, when....this has.... Not so very often happened during the Cold Season... Now you know. ff. But, before I end this cautionary tale, I would like to add a snippet from Wikipedia concerning this Curse of Knowledge, which is a BIAS that, I believe, we all suffer from, at various times in our lives..... So, here you go, and I just hope that you, too, as I sometimes have, be comparably intelligent enough to suffer from this.... CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE. Best regards, Sincerely yours, Gamma Note: Have patience, my fellow extremophiles. Let patience be your watchword during the remaining weeks of the Hot Season and the Smoking Season, ahead.... NOTE2: Please, above all....do your best to avoid the Curse of Knowledge. This BIAS will destroy you, in the end, and will help nobody.... IMPORTANT NOTE: Please do your best to heed my words....next time you find yourself talking to the local AC technician or plumber or electrician, in these parts. You will be very wise to heed my words....Not Joking.... (Let PATIENCE be the watchword during this HOT SEASON.)

Stability, IMHO, is often overrated. For example, according to The Theory of Evolution, if there was too much stability in the replication of our DNA, then we might still be worms, like several others on this Forum, worms that I would prefer not to mention here. It's the instability of the DNA replication mechanism that provides for creativity and GENIUS in some humans. Have you ever watched DNA replicate? I have. It looks like THIS: And, by the way, when I was very young, I learned that the DNA transcription process requires a very HIGH rate of rotation, something almost unheard of in our daily lives. Probably, only GOD could think of something rotating at these speeds, is my guess. And, I guess that YOU can guess why I quoted this from PENN, right? That's right....! I was walking around the Moore School Building, at PENN, before you were ever born! Not to be drawn off-topic here... Let me show you a truly amazing vid of DNA transcription. You're gonna just love it.... Some people say there is some sort of great disconnect between computers and biology. Yes, in some ways. But, Nature is Nature. And, after all.... DNA is digital. I love openSUSE, and always have, and always will. Here is a video of the openSUSE Gecko, which is sometimes seen lurking around in Thailand, and scaring Farang, to death....(obviously produced by some geeko).... openSUSE is the best. Everybody knows this.... But, no one is FORCING YOU to use it.... NOTE: Does anyone here recall how GREAT Novell once was? What ever happened to Novell, anyway?

I know the meaning of this Asian exclamation, mostly to be heard uttered by those raised from an early age in Chinese-speaking cultures, principally HK, but also Taiwan and China. Music to my ears!!!! Sir!

Why do you need a facsimile machine, per se? Do you just like looking at it? Instead, have you thought about using fax-software, instead, installed on your computer? OH. I get it. You might also need a scanner which you might not have. But, in this case, if you do not require super-great quality of your transmitted faxes, then why not just use your phone to photo documents, and then send them using the cheap/free fax software on you phone. Of course, you will need a modem, I guess, which will connect to your PC. I have been using fax machines since 1980. I tried to google the same fax machine I once used, about 44 years ago...but.... There are no images available on Google Search (and this is not surprising because, these days, Google Search has become nothing more than a "Shopping Site", and much of what once was is no longer available, simply because history is no longer for sale.) The fax machine I first used was only available from the telecom company in Taiwan, in 1980. Later, our company bought a fax machine, which was a floor-standing model. Strange that Google Search is now becoming useless to human non-shoppers.....

Just wished to thank you, once again, for this very good and cheap solution/suggestion which might help me to keep my Chinese Torture Chair, and, even, possibly, enjoy sitting in it. I will definitely try your suggestion...absolutely. Best suggestion on this Topic/Thread, for sure! (And, one I had not thought of, either.)

Dear openSUSE Folks, I am now reaching completion of my new desktop build. But, I am not happy. I am not happy because I have just learned that openSUSE Leap 15.6 (STABLE) might not be released until June 12th, over one month away from today. I am wondering what I can do to hasten the public release date of the final Leap15.6 locked version of this latest and greatest OS, known to Man? aa. I am not willing to download and install the RC because I know that there will be problems, and I have too many problems in my life, these days, to fool around with the RC release. bb. I also do not want to wait one month for the public release of openSUSE Leap 15.6. AND, I intend to use a Gen 3 CPU, which will be able to benefit from the newer kernel in offered by Leap 15.6. cc. Most importantly, after many years, I have finally, once again, seen the light. And, I have decided that, at this late stage, and now that LEAP and KDE are so wonderful, that SUSE will be more than optimal for my needs, both everyday needs, and also for my work, such as it is. dd. So, THIS is why I am posting this Topic: Might it be possible for me to contact the guys, both in Germany, and also the developers around the world, the ones who are breaking their backs to turn out this new and STELLER VERSION of openSUSE, 15.6, to get them to just speed it up, a little? ee. I don't really mind, too much, first installing 15.5, and then upgrading. However, in the past, I have found that upgrading (versus doing a new and clean install), is not quite as good. I always try to do NEW INSTALLS, whenever possible. ff. Here is the link to the newest update from openSUSE showing the RC download button. But, as I say, I will not chose this option, because I need to always download the STABLE version for my work purposes. https://get.opensuse.org/leap/15.6/ gg. You see what I mean? OpenSUSE website provides no option to provide encouragement to the developers, or to push them harder, in order to get the STABLE 15.6 out, SOONER than "on-time". Thanks, again, for any help, here, you might pass my way. Best regards, Gamma (Gamma with a New Computer, now.) Important Note: This time around, after moving away from my dependency on MS-DOS, sorry, because I meant Windows 10, I will NOT be doing any DUAL-BOOT SETUP. It's going to be openSUSE, for the highway, for me, from now into Eternity. Tks, once more. NOTES and ADDENDA: 1. I have never felt any animus towards Gates or the Windows product. 2. The only single greatest sorrow in my life occurred when IBM allowed Gates to get the better of them. 3. So many years ago, I used OS/2, and was happy as a clam. OS/2, at the time, was just so much fun to use, and superior in every way to that crappola put out by that short-cut-taking cutthroat scoundrel Gates. 4. IF IBM had acted more quickly, and smarter, then I and the world would be far better off today, in this world of computing. But, alas, some things in life are just to be considered tragedies without rhyme or reason, I guess....maybe.... 5. These days, I just hope to pick up the pieces, and try, during the end stages of my life, to make amends, and live a better life through the use of Linux (openSUSE Linux, which I began using 24 years ago, before the twin towers fell to earth. So many bad things have happened in our lives, and the conniving undermining of OS/2 almost rivals the collapse of iconic buildings in NYC, IMHO.) 6. Lastly, I would like to say that I love and respect great technology; and I hate cheaters and shoddy software, like Windows, as well as underhanded scheming by NITWIT entrepreneurs who do not feel proper allegiance to the software community, and to end users of operating systems. I mean, I do not intend to write, here, a book about my thinking concerning the dastardly deeds which led to the demise of OS/2. I am only saying that, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, I feel this great sense of sorrow upwelling from within me, anytime I think of OS/2, IBM, and what might have been, myself being a lover of keypunch cards, and the ========== This guy, in the video here, has really NO CLUE how to use this AMAZING MACHINE.... How many hours did I spend, at university, MAKING LOVE to the IBM Keypunch Machines! BY THE WAY..... I still LOVE the color coordinating of the IBM keypunch machines we used in the 1960s/early-1970s. GREY AND SKY BLUE.... I almost get wet, just looking at this machine. The keypunch machines at my university were open 24/7, an you could walk in anytime, and just start punching away, until you had a very tall stack of cards. TALK ABOUT.....ZEN....My Friends!!!!! So much BETTER than almost any Temple in Thailand.... Believe Me!!!!!

The principal problem ensues when AI becomes a biased filter between us and truth, or between us and historical fact, or between us and almost anything related to reality and the world around us.

NICE! Thank you, by the way! Maybe not PEACH TREES...but... Maybe, the next best thing....

Having found Bard wanting... I now very rarely waste my time talking to him. I suggest that others might also think twice before being led astray. But, do as you will.

Dear Film Fans, Do you recall your first cherry girl? Does she, even today, after all these years, and so much water under the bridge and over the dam, still stir your loins? Those were the days when our juices were flowing, and when we were so in awe of almost anything and everything about the mysteries of what might lie beneath. We had far better senses of smell, those days. And, the perfume of young girlhood, brought us such a flutter.... All over. Our very beings, it seemed at times, was solely involved with getting to her, like dogs in heat. Such a fine animalistic existence, did we lead, in those all-too-short days, now long behind us. It was like the great movie, PICKNIC, but even more earthy, by comparison. It was like, only more so, Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in the film, Splendor in the Grass, even...! I'm NOT a nice girl.... But, who is? I, for one, am not a nice girl. This is certain! And, what about PICNIC? Those were the days...the good days... When the juices were flowing, and when we needed worry only about Sex and The Bomb. Cheery Sherry... Such a song! Just listening to Sherry could make a young man wet. Those days, were were less desensitized to all the many wonderful stimulations in our lives. Even the slight brush of a girl's skin on one's skin could give one a huge rise. Were have those great days gone? Regards, Gamma

Not being over-the-top wealthy, I must husband my resources, and spend my money based on a hierarchy of need, and France is nowhere near close to the top. If I were to travel to Europe, this time, I think I would love to first visit Spain, and this is only a matter of personal preference, not some absolute value judgement for all. The French, and the French artists, .... Their sphincters are too tight for my liking. Spain is where you outta be, if in Europe. Older before her time? Are you not yet tired of Mona?

a. I regard you as one of my best friends. b. If you are, actually, NOT one of my best friends, then... c. I would be very surprised, too. d. In addition, if we are not YET friends, then why can't we be friends? e. Why? Oh, Why?! e. No reason that I can think of....after all....Don't you and I think, at the elementary level, think alike? I believe that YOU and I are... On the same wavelength. I am sure of it, in fact.... NOTE: Perhaps you are correct. And, perhaps, also, a word, more apropos, might be "associates". That's right. I have no friends, and instead exist, from day to day, only with associates. (Still, associates is better than having neither a friend nor an associate.) I was born, alone, you know, and... So what could anyone reasonably expect of me?