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Yoda 03-09-20

Especially since my microwave has like three numbers on it that don't work so I can only fix it at certain times.

[quote=Yoda]Especially since my microwave has like three numbers on it that don't work so I can only fix it at certain times.[/quote]

Yoda 03-09-20

Yeah, I'm not into The Internet of Things, but one area where I like it is not having to update three or four appliance clocks around the house.

[quote=Yoda]Yeah, I'm not into The Internet of Things, but one area where I like it is not having to update three or four appliance clocks around the house.[/quote]

Chypmunk 03-09-20

Originally Posted by Sedai

I still have not one, but two clocks in my house with actual hands that need to be set manually...

I'll see your two analog clocks and raise you a dumb cooker that needs to be adjusted manually

[quote=Chypmunk][quote=Sedai]I still have not one, but two clocks in my house with actual hands that need to be set manually...[/quote]
I'll see your two analog clocks and raise you a dumb cooker that needs to be adjusted manually :p[/quote]

John McClane 03-09-20

Originally Posted by Citizen Rules

Originally Posted by John McClane

I just loaded up MX Linux onto my old ThinkPad X61. Fastest Linux distro I have used in a long while. Breathed even more life into this 13 year old laptop. This bad boy just won't die.

That's impressive that MX runs so fast on your old Thinkpad, especially as MX Linux is described as mid weight. You must have the default Xfce desktop? What's your ram and CPU ghz? I'm curious as I had considered using MX myself.

CPU is a 2.4 C2D - T8300 (second fastest chip they put in those models) and 4GB of RAM.

[quote=John McClane][quote=Citizen Rules][quote=John McClane]I just loaded up MX Linux onto my old ThinkPad X61. Fastest Linux distro I have used in a long while. Breathed even more life into this 13 year old laptop. This bad boy just won't die.[/quote]
That's impressive that MX runs so fast on your old Thinkpad, especially as MX Linux is described as mid weight. You must have the default Xfce desktop? What's your ram and CPU ghz? I'm curious as I had considered using MX myself.[/quote]CPU is a 2.4 C2D - T8300 (second fastest chip they put in those models) and 4GB of RAM.[/quote]

Sedai 03-09-20

Originally Posted by Powdered Water

Imagine what it used to be like when we actually set our clocks back by hand. How quaint!

I still have not one, but two clocks in my house with actual hands that need to be set manually...

[quote=Sedai][quote=Powdered Water]Imagine what it used to be like when we actually set our clocks back by hand. How quaint![/quote]

I still have not one, but two clocks in my house with actual hands that need to be set manually...[/quote]

Holden Pike 03-09-20

I don't know. It's an ensemble piece full of wonderful performances, especially Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Ellen Burstyn. Naturalistic in tone, of course it is a zillion miles from "Moonlighting". Its closest cinematic cousin may be Hud, another Texas-set drama filmed in black-and-white adapted from a Larry McMurtry novel.

[quote=Holden Pike]I don't know. It's an ensemble piece full of wonderful performances, especially Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Ellen Burstyn. Naturalistic in tone, of course it is a zillion miles from [i]"Moonlighting"[/i]. Its closest cinematic cousin may be [i]Hud[/i], another Texas-set drama filmed in black-and-white adapted from a Larry McMurtry novel.[/quote]

John-Connor 03-09-20

I liked the Moonlighting series back in the day and quite a few films starring Jeff Bridges, why am I hesitant to watch The Last Picture Show?

[quote=John-Connor]I liked the Moonlighting series back in the day and quite a few films starring Jeff Bridges, why am I hesitant to watch The Last Picture Show?[/quote]

Iroquois 03-09-20

Originally Posted by doubledenim

Maybe I should have said, Dolores conveys menace better than anything I've seen in the Terminator series. Plus, maybe the T series only hope of being relevant again is to change course from their failed formula.[/font]

Ah, that makes more sense (though I'd still argue that the villains from the first two Terminator movies are more menacing than her).

I still have to give The Sarah Connor Chronicles a proper go - I watched maybe an episode and a half before getting sidetracked and never got back into it, but I've heard good enough things and there is a certain novelty to seeing the franchise actually take on a serialised narrative (even though it's arguably compromised by mid-2000s network TV standards).

[quote=Iroquois][quote=doubledenim]Maybe I should have said, Dolores conveys menace better than anything I've seen in the [i]Terminator[/i] series. Plus, maybe the [i]T[/i] series only hope of being relevant again is to change course from their failed formula.[/font][/quote]

Ah, that makes more sense (though I'd still argue that the villains from the first two [i]Terminator[/i] movies are more menacing than her).

I still have to give [i]The Sarah Connor Chronicles[/i] a proper go - I watched maybe an episode and a half before getting sidetracked and never got back into it, but I've heard good enough things and there is a certain novelty to seeing the franchise actually take on a serialised narrative (even though it's arguably compromised by mid-2000s network TV standards).[/quote]

doubledenim 03-09-20

Cereal Pancakes. And people accuse Hollywood of running out of ideas.

[quote=doubledenim][font=century Gothic] Cereal Pancakes. And people accuse Hollywood of running out of ideas. [/font][/quote]

Citizen Rules 03-09-20

Originally Posted by John McClane

I just loaded up MX Linux onto my old ThinkPad X61. Fastest Linux distro I have used in a long while. Breathed even more life into this 13 year old laptop. This bad boy just won't die.

That's impressive that MX runs so fast on your old Thinkpad, especially as MX Linux is described as mid weight. You must have the default Xfce desktop? What's your ram and CPU ghz? I'm curious as I had considered using MX myself.

[quote=Citizen Rules][quote=John McClane]I just loaded up MX Linux onto my old ThinkPad X61. Fastest Linux distro I have used in a long while. Breathed even more life into this 13 year old laptop. This bad boy just won't die.[/quote]
That's impressive that MX runs so fast on your old Thinkpad, especially as MX Linux is described as mid weight. You must have the default Xfce desktop? What's your ram and CPU ghz? I'm curious as I had considered using MX myself.[/quote]

Austruck 03-09-20

Originally Posted by Powdered Water

Imagine what it used to be like when we actually set our clocks back by hand. How quaint!

I still have about six that I have to change manually. It was fun last night, though, watching several digital clocks go from 1:59 straight to 3:00.

[quote=Austruck][quote=Powdered Water]Imagine what it used to be like when we actually set our clocks back by hand. How quaint![/quote]
I still have about six that I have to change manually. It was fun last night, though, watching several digital clocks go from 1:59 straight to 3:00. :)[/quote]

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