Switch to Linux: they're effectively all one huge drive! As for which

Is this always true, or only if you set them up as a RAID? In the past, it seems like I had two USB sticks attached to my debian box and they were
mounted in two different places. They were both plugged straight into the
box, and not a USB hub, though.

Mike

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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!
KM> Yeah, or once in a while one of the $3 hubs goes walkabout. Tho
KM> the $30 hub is the one that doesn't like USB sticks. So the cheap
KM> hubs hang off it instead. Now if only I could remember which
KM> stick is which drive letter... <g>

Switch to Linux: they're effectively all one huge drive! As for which

Oooh, do I ever HATE that. I want to know which files go away if I
unplug something.

letter which thumbdrive is, small labels? Thinking of the price tag
ones, about a 7/8th" long and 3/8" wide. Of course, if Windows keeps changing the drive letters when rebooted....

Windows now puts a label on each and they stay put. :)

As for the $30 hub not liking your USB thumbdrives - odd. Seems like
there should be more than enough power available. Sort of reminds me

Powered USB3 hub with 5 ports and two charging ports (which don't seem
to work for data):
1) long cable to wireless mouse dongle
2) long cable to card reader and USB2 hub A
3) long cable to powered USB2 hub B
4) short cable to powered USB2 hub C
5) long cable to 160GB external HD (no external power)

Hub A: nothing connected cuz it only works when it feels like it

Hub B (7 ports):
1) to unpowered USB2 hub D
2) flash drive
3) flash drive
4) flash drive

Hub C (7 ports): not presently in use but mostly does come-and-go flash
sticks

Hub D (3 ports):
1) external 320gb HD with own power

Practically need a map to keep track. :p And the external HDs are where
they are cuz that was the only spot they liked. The 160GB is really
cranky despite being a dedicated, designed-for external HD (and it's
supposed to be plugged into two USB ports, but this makes it power on
but not work). The 320GB is a salvaged laptop drive in a portable-HD
case that was free cuz the eSATA port didn't work.

when my original XT motherboard decided ti didn't like to connect at 1
Gbps. Reboot, test, test. Connects fine at 100 MBps direct to the
Router's LAN. Well, since to the outside world is only 100 Mbps guess
is doens't really matter!

I'm wondering by how much 100Mbps outstripped the XT's bus as it was!

KM> I suppose so long as one machine can see the other, it's good.
KM> Isn't this done by a sort of bogus networking?

How a Virtual Machine works? No idea how they do the magic.

I should, since I used to go to VMWare seminars, but I've forgotten. <g>

KM> Haha... in summer it goes the other way, since that cold river
KM> keeps the air around it cool. But not enough to make up for the
KM> bogus readings in winter. (10 degrees vs up to 60 degrees)

So how come now one has heard of this "air conditioned island"
phenomenon? <g>

Why do you think islands are expensive? <g>

KM> <g> I don't know how it got named that. It apparently started life, in
KM> 1920, as a very small (15x26) house that got framed (with the
KM> 2x4s sideways!) but never finished, then was moved over here when
KM> the highway got shifted. It probably got banged very hard and not
KM> too safely when it was unloaded! The wonder is that it's
KM> perfectly square.

They probably put the 2x4's in the wrong way to maximize the square
footage inside the house!!

Which seems a bit silly... just make the thing four inches wider and you
get to have proper walls that you can actually insulate!

KM> One neighbor says a house got moved from HERE and another points
KM> to over THERE and finally figured out the confusion is because
KM> TWO houses got moved! (the shotgun shack, and the rental house.)
KM> You can still see the outline from one of 'em on the ground over
KM> yonder, some 50 years later.

Big dent where they dropped it as they were loading? <g> I vaguely

Nah, it was built in 1920 so it had been there 40-50 years already. And
STILL was never finished. Outside is tarpapered and has chicken wire for stucco, but there's only stucco on part of one wall!

recall a house being moved to the lot across the street where I grew up.

I've seen a fullsized barn and a fairly large (half-block) brick
building being moved. Quite an impressive operation. The barn was on
land that got made into a park and it cost the guy $25 for the barn and
$8000 to move it, which was still a steal. And a whole bunch of classic
2 story houses NW of Bozeman were moved out there when someone decided
to buy up and renovate <?> one of the older neighborhoods. Guy was a
house mover by profession and owned the lots they went to, so made a
killing on 'em.

Two story house and some of the overhead lines had to be disconnected.
Must have done an excellent job as I was inside a few times (did some yardwork) and they had the table lamp cords routed down the inside opf
the table legs! Yes, she had someone drill holes down the furniture so
the cords wouldn't show! (There were also in-floor outlets.)

That's old-timey!

KM> Not terribly accurate. And such stuff that I've observed actually
KM> follows sunspot cycles. While that's vaguely associated with
KM> climate, there's a lot of lag.

Seems logical: sun has a known cycle, takes a litle bit to warm things
up and keep them warm (same to cool down and keep cool). Wonder if the official meteorologists learn that?

And the earth's orbit has several wobble cycles that intersect, which
have been roundly ignored...
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Hi Ky!

KM> Yeah, or once in a while one of the $3 hubs goes walkabout. Tho
KM> the $30 hub is the one that doesn't like USB sticks. So the cheap
KM> hubs hang off it instead. Now if only I could remember which
KM> stick is which drive letter... <g>
Switch to Linux: they're effectively all one huge drive! As for which

Oooh, do I ever HATE that. I want to know which files go away if
I unplug something.

Weel, I didn't phrase that/explain it fully, mainly because I'll still
figuring it out. The thumbdrives are added as a subdirectory, something
like /media/barry/adata. Not quite sure how it distinguishes multiple thumbdrives. When you do a backup of the system it will backup the
attached thumbdrives; just exclude that directory.

Networked drives, CD's, etc., are considered differently and so not part
of that mega-drive.

letter which thumbdrive is, small labels? Thinking of the price tag
ones, about a 7/8th" long and 3/8" wide. Of course, if Windows keeps changing the drive letters when rebooted....

Windows now puts a label on each and they stay put. :)

Electronic label, yes. Was thinking something a little more easily
human readable.

As for the $30 hub not liking your USB thumbdrives - odd. Seems like
there should be more than enough power available. Sort of reminds me

Powered USB3 hub with 5 ports and two charging ports (which don't
seem to work for data):
1) long cable to wireless mouse dongle
2) long cable to card reader and USB2 hub A
3) long cable to powered USB2 hub B
4) short cable to powered USB2 hub C
5) long cable to 160GB external HD (no external power)

Hub A: nothing connected cuz it only works when it feels like it

Have you tried swapping out the connecting cable? I had a temporary run
for the USB camera to monitor the granddaughter while she naps. Re-ran
using different cables through the floors of the closets to hid the
wiring. New run had problems; once USB cable was 'skinny'; swapped that
one out and worked fine. Even if the cable is the 'fat' kind I'd
test-swap: back in my computer selling days at the store customer had a
problem -- forgot what it was but one of the pins hadn't been fully
inserted during manufacture so either wasn't making contact or was
making intermittent contact.

Also thinking the possibility the cable run might be too long? One too
many USB connections? And is Hub A plugged in to the card reader?
Might be the card reader's fault, though seems like you would have
caught that.

Hub B (7 ports):
1) to unpowered USB2 hub D
2) flash drive
3) flash drive
4) flash drive

Hub C (7 ports): not presently in use but mostly does come-and-go
flash sticks

Hub D (3 ports):
1) external 320gb HD with own power

Practically need a map to keep track. :p

Really!! Thought some of my stuff was convoluted! (No wonder I like
you!!)

And the external HDs
are where they are cuz that was the only spot they liked. The
160GB is really cranky despite being a dedicated, designed-for
external HD (and it's supposed to be plugged into two USB ports,
but this makes it power on but not work).

Good Grief! <chuckle> I haven't run into that problem (yet!). I more
or less had the opposite problem: the semi-antique USB 2 scanner is not powered, obtaining its power from the USB cable (one port). Works fine,
though always thought it sounded a little strained as the transport
moves. Had it on a powered USB 3 Hub and it sounded much peppier.
(It's back to being plugged in to the rear panel of this computer's USB 2
port -- got to build the new system!)

The 320GB is a salvaged
laptop drive in a portable-HD case that was free cuz the eSATA
port didn't work.

Free is good! :)

when my original XT motherboard decided ti didn't like to connect at 1
Gbps. Reboot, test, test. Connects fine at 100 MBps direct to the
Router's LAN. Well, since to the outside world is only 100 Mbps guess
is doens't really matter!

I'm wondering by how much 100Mbps outstripped the XT's bus as it
was!

Ah poo! X_P_! ...Wonder how the XT would have reacted to that network
speed? I did upgrade the CPU and install IDE HDD.

KM> I suppose so long as one machine can see the other, it's good.
KM> Isn't this done by a sort of bogus networking?
How a Virtual Machine works? No idea how they do the magic.

I should, since I used to go to VMWare seminars, but I've
forgotten. <g>

Forgotten what? <gg> I've never been systematically trained in this
stuff so my knowledge is patched together. Some times lots of Googling!

KM> Haha... in summer it goes the other way, since that cold river
KM> keeps the air around it cool. But not enough to make up for the
KM> bogus readings in winter. (10 degrees vs up to 60 degrees)
So how come now one has heard of this "air conditioned island"
phenomenon? <g>

Why do you think islands are expensive? <g>

Ah! I think you just supplied the clue as to why one of the local
islands in the Mississippi River was recently abandoned by humans! (If
you're really bored look up Sylvan Island on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.)

KM> <g> I don't know how it got named that. It apparently started life,

in

KM> 1920, as a very small (15x26) house that got framed (with the
KM> 2x4s sideways!) but never finished, then was moved over here when
KM> the highway got shifted. It probably got banged very hard and not
KM> too safely when it was unloaded! The wonder is that it's
KM> perfectly square.
They probably put the 2x4's in the wrong way to maximize the square
footage inside the house!!

Which seems a bit silly... just make the thing four inches wider
and you get to have proper walls that you can actually insulate!

Maybe at one time it was located in a heat island.... I might be
looking in to spray insulating foam to squirt in, though if there's any
sort of insulation in the walls currently will probably not dispurse correctly. Add an insulating layer to the outside?? Probably problem
with the window and door trim.

KM> One neighbor says a house got moved from HERE and another points
KM> to over THERE and finally figured out the confusion is because
KM> TWO houses got moved! (the shotgun shack, and the rental house.)
KM> You can still see the outline from one of 'em on the ground over
KM> yonder, some 50 years later.
Big dent where they dropped it as they were loading? <g> I vaguely

Nah, it was built in 1920 so it had been there 40-50 years
already. And STILL was never finished. Outside is tarpapered and
has chicken wire for stucco, but there's only stucco on part of
one wall!

Sounds like Round TuIt Project!

recall a house being moved to the lot across the street where I grew up.

I've seen a fullsized barn and a fairly large (half-block) brick
building being moved. Quite an impressive operation. The barn was
on land that got made into a park and it cost the guy $25 for the
barn and $8000 to move it, which was still a steal. And a whole
bunch of classic 2 story houses NW of Bozeman were moved out
there when someone decided to buy up and renovate <?> one of the
older neighborhoods. Guy was a house mover by profession and
owned the lots they went to, so made a killing on 'em.

I guess he did!

Two story house and some of the overhead lines had to be disconnected.
Must have done an excellent job as I was inside a few times (did some yardwork) and they had the table lamp cords routed down the inside opf
the table legs! Yes, she had someone drill holes down the furniture so
the cords wouldn't show! (There were also in-floor outlets.)

That's old-timey!

Really? Never heard or anyone drilling holes in the furniture for a
cord run. Or were you referring to in-floor outlets? I'm not recalling
those in a residence either; stores, sure. ...Have seen some
non-standard positioning of outlets in older houses.

KM> Not terribly accurate. And such stuff that I've observed actually
KM> follows sunspot cycles. While that's vaguely associated with
KM> climate, there's a lot of lag.
Seems logical: sun has a known cycle, takes a litle bit to warm things
up and keep them warm (same to cool down and keep cool). Wonder if the official meteorologists learn that?

And the earth's orbit has several wobble cycles that intersect,
which have been roundly ignored...

'Cause easier to model with a _round_ path! <rs!>

...When I was living in southern NH with my parents the weather
forecasts were frequently way off. About 45 miles south was Boston; wx tempered by the Atlantic Ocean; about 30 miles north was Concord (NH),
just getting in to the White Mountains. Parents had friends living near Albany, NY (~175 miles west), and would wonder what weather they were
having. Soon noticed a pattern: we'd usually get what they had about 20
hours later. Our predictions were more accurate than the official ones
from NWS!


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Hi Mike!

Switch to Linux: they're effectively all one huge drive! As for which

Is this always true, or only if you set them up as a RAID? In
the past, it seems like I had two USB sticks attached to my
debian box and they were mounted in two different places. They
were both plugged straight into the box, and not a USB hub,
though.

Well Mike, LIS to Ky yesterday, I'm still learning the OS probably
didn't epclain things quite right. Here the USB drives get inserted and
an icon pops up in the taskbar, Same with a USB harddrive. So the data
on the devices is separate from the internal HDD (and from each other).
To get data from those external devices I have to click on them
specifically (icon or the directory listing menu); to put data on them I
again have to state where to peposit. So in that sense they are separate.

When making a backup the attached thumbdrives are considered as part of
the 'one huge HDD', but the external hard drives are not. Easy enough
to exclude from the backup.

Networked devices are also separate.

Hopefully that cleared up the mess I started!


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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

> Switch to Linux: they're effectively all one huge drive! As for which
KM> Oooh, do I ever HATE that. I want to know which files go away if
KM> I unplug something.

Weel, I didn't phrase that/explain it fully, mainly because I'll still figuring it out. The thumbdrives are added as a subdirectory, something
like /media/barry/adata. Not quite sure how it distinguishes multiple

Oh, that's more like a path, not a combined drive.

KM> Windows now puts a label on each and they stay put. :)

Electronic label, yes. Was thinking something a little more easily
human readable.

This is what the Sharpie is for. Unfortunately, some of 'em are black
and others suffer from degenerative handwriting disease. <g>

KM> Hub A: nothing connected cuz it only works when it feels like it

Have you tried swapping out the connecting cable? I had a temporary run

It's had various cables attached and been plugged in directly and it's
still cranky. It's old, was salvage, and is still hooked up because the cardreader part works tho the USB ports usually don't. And then only cuz Bullet's card-reader-in-a-drive-bay quit. (It claims it's working, but
it doesn't read anymore.) And then only because the $20 Kodak camera is
really stupid about USB, so I'd just pull the card and read directly
from that instead. Since some dog helped break the Kodak (it still works
but you have to rubberband the battery compartment) the cardreader no
longer really necessary, but, still there. <g>

for the USB camera to monitor the granddaughter while she naps. Re-ran
using different cables through the floors of the closets to hid the
wiring. New run had problems; once USB cable was 'skinny'; swapped that

Hate those. Seen more that don't work than do work.

making intermittent contact.

That's the problem with my laptop's USB ports... the teeny tiny wires to
'em pass along the HD bay such that they get wanked if you replace the
HD, which was required by the fact that it had none <g> so there is much wiggling to get the USB mouse to work. (We hates touchpads, we
HATESSSSSSSS them!) Once it finally makes contact it seems to stay
working, at least til I reboot. Thought it was TinyXP having a USB fail,
cuz it's got some known issues in that dept, but nope, it was the hardware.

KM> Practically need a map to keep track. :p

Really!! Thought some of my stuff was convoluted! (No wonder I like
you!!)

LOL! You shoulda seen the map (which I actually made, because it was so comical) of surge protector, phoneline splitters, answering machine,
phone, fax, and modems. There were 6 or 7 layers of cables plugged in
before you finally got to the phone, which was dead last on the chain
because it was the only thing without a pass-thru port. <g>

KM> And the external HDs
KM> are where they are cuz that was the only spot they liked. The
KM> 160GB is really cranky despite being a dedicated, designed-for
KM> external HD (and it's supposed to be plugged into two USB ports,
KM> but this makes it power on but not work).

Good Grief! <chuckle> I haven't run into that problem (yet!). I more

I've seen that a couple times with externals. The concoct-an-external
drive does it other way round -- is not supposed to require external
power, but doesn't work reliably without it.

And of course there was "what do you mean the wireless mouse doesn't
work unless its dongle is right next to it??" which is why THAT is on a
long cable instead of over on the port where it belongs. <g>

or less had the opposite problem: the semi-antique USB 2 scanner is not powered, obtaining its power from the USB cable (one port). Works fine, though always thought it sounded a little strained as the transport
moves. Had it on a powered USB 3 Hub and it sounded much peppier.

Geez yeah, hard to imagine USB powering that motor. I try not to let
anything draw from USB port if it can have its own... especially since a
lot of hubs have X-much total and share it among all the ports like a
tightwad (instead of having dedicated level for each port, like a sound economy), making stuff sometimes not work.

(It's back to being plugged in to the rear panel of this computer's USB 2 port -- got to build the new system!)

Oh, I think the printer is plugged in there. <g>

KM> The 320GB is a salvaged
KM> laptop drive in a portable-HD case that was free cuz the eSATA
KM> port didn't work.

Free is good! :)

The HD was marked "Dead". I've been using it for... five years now?? and
the case was from Geeks just before they stopped selling retail.
Reported the problem and they just refunded it and said keep the case.

KM> I'm wondering by how much 100Mbps outstripped the XT's bus as it
KM> was!

Ah poo! X_P_! ...Wonder how the XT would have reacted to that network speed? I did upgrade the CPU and install IDE HDD.

I've thought about doing that for the 286 just to see how it would do, compared to the old MFM drive, but this would require finding an IDE
card with marked jumpers, since otherwise that's an Adventure. And a HD
that speaks to it. Of course I've got that 20mb antique (very early
Western Digital) IDE that won't speak to anything newer than a 386... a
little slow by modern standards but hey, so is the 286. <g>

Sorry I didn't keep the souped-up XT when I moved... it had VGA, mathco,
extra RAM, and for an XT, ran like the wind. VGA instead of monochrome
made a huge difference.

> KM> Haha... in summer it goes the other way, since that cold river
> KM> keeps the air around it cool. But not enough to make up for the
> KM> bogus readings in winter. (10 degrees vs up to 60 degrees)
> So how come now one has heard of this "air conditioned island"
> phenomenon? <g>
KM> Why do you think islands are expensive? <g>

Ah! I think you just supplied the clue as to why one of the local
islands in the Mississippi River was recently abandoned by humans! (If you're really bored look up Sylvan Island on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.)

Cuz the bridge is out? :)

http://wqad.com/2016/08/09/molines-sylvan-island-set-to-reopen-by-2018/

Side rant: an awful lot of this "crumbling infrastructure" ISN'T. For
the most part it's perfectly good, just not built to current standards
(my Cynical Little Voice adds: but rebuilding it would be a huge win...
for unions and the construction industry, if not for taxpayers). And if
it hasn't fallen down in 114 years, it's unlikely to just because
someone walks over it.

> They probably put the 2x4's in the wrong way to maximize the square
> footage inside the house!!
KM> Which seems a bit silly... just make the thing four inches wider
KM> and you get to have proper walls that you can actually insulate!

Maybe at one time it was located in a heat island.... I might be

Haha, I doubt it. It was built in 1920.

looking in to spray insulating foam to squirt in, though if there's any
sort of insulation in the walls currently will probably not dispurse correctly. Add an insulating layer to the outside?? Probably problem
with the window and door trim.

Walls are just naked 2x4s with plywood on the outside. It'll probably
never be anything but a shop, so disinclined to drastic measures. The
exterior does need to be finished one of these years, tho.

Sounds like Round TuIt Project!

Definitely!

> Two story house and some of the overhead lines had to be disconnected.
> Must have done an excellent job as I was inside a few times (did some
> yardwork) and they had the table lamp cords routed down the inside opf
> the table legs! Yes, she had someone drill holes down the furniture so
> the cords wouldn't show! (There were also in-floor outlets.)
KM> That's old-timey!

Really? Never heard or anyone drilling holes in the furniture for a
cord run. Or were you referring to in-floor outlets? I'm not recalling

Both :)

those in a residence either; stores, sure. ...Have seen some
non-standard positioning of outlets in older houses.

This house was built in 19509 so you'd think within screaming distance
of modern, right? Apparently they used salvaged electrical... except for
a couple that have been replaced it has those ROUND outlets (the plug
has prongs set in a circle and you twist it to secure it in the socket).
WTF?? those went out when, 1920??

KM> And the earth's orbit has several wobble cycles that intersect,
KM> which have been roundly ignored...

'Cause easier to model with a _round_ path! <rs!>

Not to mention leaving out everything else that didn't fit the narrative...

..When I was living in southern NH with my parents the weather
forecasts were frequently way off. About 45 miles south was Boston; wx

NWS is usually pretty good now. Satellite coverage made a big difference.

tempered by the Atlantic Ocean; about 30 miles north was Concord (NH),
just getting in to the White Mountains. Parents had friends living near Albany, NY (~175 miles west), and would wonder what weather they were
having. Soon noticed a pattern: we'd usually get what they had about 20 hours later. Our predictions were more accurate than the official ones
from NWS!

Odd one here: I'm a mile south of the refinery. Usually can't smell it.
But twice I have... and both days, it hailed. Aha! a clue!!
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KY MOFFET wrote to BARRY MARTIN <=-

BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

> Switch to Linux: they're effectively all one huge drive! As for which
KM> Oooh, do I ever HATE that. I want to know which files go away if
KM> I unplug something.

Weel, I didn't phrase that/explain it fully, mainly because I'll still figuring it out. The thumbdrives are added as a subdirectory, something like /media/barry/adata. Not quite sure how it distinguishes multiple

Oh, that's more like a path, not a combined drive.

KM> Windows now puts a label on each and they stay put. :)

Electronic label, yes. Was thinking something a little more easily
human readable.

This is what the Sharpie is for. Unfortunately, some of 'em are
black and others suffer from degenerative handwriting disease.

KM> Hub A: nothing connected cuz it only works when it feels like it

Have you tried swapping out the connecting cable? I had a temporary run

It's had various cables attached and been plugged in directly and
it's still cranky. It's old, was salvage, and is still hooked up
because the cardreader part works tho the USB ports usually
don't. And then only cuz Bullet's card-reader-in-a-drive-bay
quit. (It claims it's working, but it doesn't read anymore.) And
then only because the $20 Kodak camera is really stupid about
USB, so I'd just pull the card and read directly from that
instead. Since some dog helped break the Kodak (it still works
but you have to rubberband the battery compartment) the
cardreader no longer really necessary, but, still there. <g>

for the USB camera to monitor the granddaughter while she naps. Re-ran
using different cables through the floors of the closets to hid the
wiring. New run had problems; once USB cable was 'skinny'; swapped that

Hate those. Seen more that don't work than do work.

making intermittent contact.

That's the problem with my laptop's USB ports... the teeny tiny
wires to 'em pass along the HD bay such that they get wanked if
you replace the HD, which was required by the fact that it had
none <g> so there is much wiggling to get the USB mouse to work.
(We hates touchpads, we HATESSSSSSSS them!) Once it finally makes
contact it seems to stay working, at least til I reboot. Thought
it was TinyXP having a USB fail, cuz it's got some known issues
in that dept, but nope, it was the hardware.

KM> Practically need a map to keep track. :p

Really!! Thought some of my stuff was convoluted! (No wonder I like
you!!)

LOL! You shoulda seen the map (which I actually made, because it
was so comical) of surge protector, phoneline splitters,
answering machine, phone, fax, and modems. There were 6 or 7
layers of cables plugged in before you finally got to the phone,
which was dead last on the chain because it was the only thing
without a pass-thru port. <g>

KM> And the external HDs
KM> are where they are cuz that was the only spot they liked. The
KM> 160GB is really cranky despite being a dedicated, designed-for
KM> external HD (and it's supposed to be plugged into two USB ports,
KM> but this makes it power on but not work).

Good Grief! <chuckle> I haven't run into that problem (yet!). I more

I've seen that a couple times with externals. The
concoct-an-external drive does it other way round -- is not
supposed to require external power, but doesn't work reliably
without it.

And of course there was "what do you mean the wireless mouse
doesn't work unless its dongle is right next to it??" which is
why THAT is on a long cable instead of over on the port where it
belongs. <g>

or less had the opposite problem: the semi-antique USB 2 scanner is not powered, obtaining its power from the USB cable (one port). Works fine, though always thought it sounded a little strained as the transport
moves. Had it on a powered USB 3 Hub and it sounded much peppier.

Geez yeah, hard to imagine USB powering that motor. I try not to
let anything draw from USB port if it can have its own...
especially since a lot of hubs have X-much total and share it
among all the ports like a tightwad (instead of having dedicated
level for each port, like a sound economy), making stuff
sometimes not work.

(It's back to being plugged in to the rear panel of this computer's USB 2 port -- got to build the new system!)

Oh, I think the printer is plugged in there. <g>

KM> The 320GB is a salvaged
KM> laptop drive in a portable-HD case that was free cuz the eSATA
KM> port didn't work.

Free is good! :)

The HD was marked "Dead". I've been using it for... five years
now?? and the case was from Geeks just before they stopped
selling retail. Reported the problem and they just refunded it
and said keep the case.

KM> I'm wondering by how much 100Mbps outstripped the XT's bus as it
KM> was!

Ah poo! X_P_! ...Wonder how the XT would have reacted to that network speed? I did upgrade the CPU and install IDE HDD.

I've thought about doing that for the 286 just to see how it
would do, compared to the old MFM drive, but this would require
finding an IDE card with marked jumpers, since otherwise that's
an Adventure. And a HD that speaks to it. Of course I've got that
20mb antique (very early Western Digital) IDE that won't speak to
anything newer than a 386... a little slow by modern standards
but hey, so is the 286. <g>

Sorry I didn't keep the souped-up XT when I moved... it had VGA,
mathco, extra RAM, and for an XT, ran like the wind. VGA instead
of monochrome made a huge difference.

> KM> Haha... in summer it goes the other way, since that cold river
> KM> keeps the air around it cool. But not enough to make up for the
> KM> bogus readings in winter. (10 degrees vs up to 60 degrees)
> So how come now one has heard of this "air conditioned island"
> phenomenon? <g>
KM> Why do you think islands are expensive? <g>

Ah! I think you just supplied the clue as to why one of the local
islands in the Mississippi River was recently abandoned by humans! (If you're really bored look up Sylvan Island on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.)

Cuz the bridge is out? :)

http://wqad.com/2016/08/09/molines-sylvan-island-set-to-reopen-by-
2018/

Side rant: an awful lot of this "crumbling infrastructure" ISN'T.
For the most part it's perfectly good, just not built to current
standards (my Cynical Little Voice adds: but rebuilding it would
be a huge win... for unions and the construction industry, if not
for taxpayers). And if it hasn't fallen down in 114 years, it's
unlikely to just because someone walks over it.

> They probably put the 2x4's in the wrong way to maximize the square
> footage inside the house!!
KM> Which seems a bit silly... just make the thing four inches wider
KM> and you get to have proper walls that you can actually insulate!

Maybe at one time it was located in a heat island.... I might be

Haha, I doubt it. It was built in 1920.

looking in to spray insulating foam to squirt in, though if there's any
sort of insulation in the walls currently will probably not dispurse correctly. Add an insulating layer to the outside?? Probably problem
with the window and door trim.

Walls are just naked 2x4s with plywood on the outside. It'll
probably never be anything but a shop, so disinclined to drastic
measures. The exterior does need to be finished one of these
years, tho.

Sounds like Round TuIt Project!

Definitely!

> Two story house and some of the overhead lines had to be disconnected.
> Must have done an excellent job as I was inside a few times (did some
> yardwork) and they had the table lamp cords routed down the inside opf
> the table legs! Yes, she had someone drill holes down the furniture so
> the cords wouldn't show! (There were also in-floor outlets.)
KM> That's old-timey!

Really? Never heard or anyone drilling holes in the furniture for a
cord run. Or were you referring to in-floor outlets? I'm not recalling

Both :)

those in a residence either; stores, sure. ...Have seen some
non-standard positioning of outlets in older houses.

This house was built in 19509 so you'd think within screaming
distance of modern, right? Apparently they used salvaged
electrical... except for a couple that have been replaced it has
those ROUND outlets (the plug has prongs set in a circle and you
twist it to secure it in the socket). WTF?? those went out when,
1920??

KM> And the earth's orbit has several wobble cycles that intersect,
KM> which have been roundly ignored...

'Cause easier to model with a _round_ path! <rs!>

Not to mention leaving out everything else that didn't fit the narrative...

..When I was living in southern NH with my parents the weather
forecasts were frequently way off. About 45 miles south was Boston; wx

NWS is usually pretty good now. Satellite coverage made a big
difference.

tempered by the Atlantic Ocean; about 30 miles north was Concord (NH),
just getting in to the White Mountains. Parents had friends living near Albany, NY (~175 miles west), and would wonder what weather they were having. Soon noticed a pattern: we'd usually get what they had about 20 hours later. Our predictions were more accurate than the official ones
from NWS!

Odd one here: I'm a mile south of the refinery. Usually can't
smell it. But twice I have... and both days, it hailed. Aha! a
clue!!

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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

Know it was you but can't recall if for Windows or Unix:

How to change the cursor size in Ubuntu 14 (and I'd presume 16.04 too):

I have found how to change it in Mozilla!
Create a new item in about:config, to wit:

ui.caretWidth - integer - [value]

It works!
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Hi Ky!

Know it was you but can't recall if for Windows or Unix:

How to change the cursor size in Ubuntu 14 (and I'd presume 16.04 too):

I have found how to change it in Mozilla!
Create a new item in about:config, to wit:

ui.caretWidth - integer - [value]

It works!

Great! I've kept a note and will pass it on to my friend in Michigan.

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Hi Ky!

Know it was you but can't recall if for Windows or Unix:

How to change the cursor size in Ubuntu 14 (and I'd presume 16.04 too):


http://askubuntu.com/questions/589881/changing-the-cursor-size-in-ubuntu
-14


S.N.: The speed of the mouse pointer is controlled in Settings > Mouse
but the rate of the blinky cursor is in Settings > Keyboard.



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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

Know it was you but can't recall if for Windows or Unix:

Winders, but within individual apps that don't use the Windows cursor.
Which is a durn lot of 'em!

How to change the cursor size in Ubuntu 14 (and I'd presume 16.04 too):

http://askubuntu.com/questions/589881/changing-the-cursor-size-in-ubuntu
-14

Useful if a person runs Gnome...

... which in its current incarnation resembles a giant cellphone, and no
Gnome distro will never be downloaded by me again. *shudder*

I did like PCLinuxOS "FullMonty" when last I looked. Tho am not thrilled
with KDE5 (I liked 4.x)
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Tuesday August 23 2016 00:11, you wrote to Barry Martin:

Useful if a person runs Gnome...

... which in its current incarnation resembles a giant cellphone, and
no Gnome distro will never be downloaded by me again. *shudder*

I did like PCLinuxOS "FullMonty" when last I looked. Tho am not
thrilled with KDE5 (I liked 4.x)

It's it odd how things change over time?

There was a time when I would have both gnome and kde installed and would use either one. They were both rock solid and stable.

I haven't used either in a very long time but I suppose they are stable, I dunno.

For the last many years I have used xfce and really don't think about other desktops anymore.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hi Ky!

Know it was you but can't recall if for Windows or Unix:

Winders, but within individual apps that don't use the Windows
cursor. Which is a durn lot of 'em!

OK; knew it was one or the other. <g>

How to change the cursor size in Ubuntu 14 (and I'd presume 16.04 too): http://askubuntu.com/questions/589881/changing-the-cursor-size-in-ubuntu

Useful if a person runs Gnome...

Not terribly useful for a person runnign Windows! <g>

and no Gnome distro will never be downloaded by me again. *shudder*

LIS some time before (I think), I switched to and am using Ubuntu mainly because of the using Mythbuntu for years as the network-based PVR around
here. Some 'quirks', yes.

I did like PCLinuxOS "FullMonty" when last I looked. Tho am not
thrilled with KDE5 (I liked 4.x)

In your spare time you'll have to write your own OS and I and a few
others here will beta test for you! Desktop background can be the view
of the Rockies from your front yard, Mouse pointer can be modified to
one of your dogs....

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ALAN IANSON wrote:

Tuesday August 23 2016 00:11, you wrote to Barry Martin:
KM> I did like PCLinuxOS "FullMonty" when last I looked. Tho am not
KM> thrilled with KDE5 (I liked 4.x)

It's it odd how things change over time?

Yeah... I'm really tired of this desktop thing where they improve it til
they get it right (WinXP, KDE4) then improve it some more, til it's
unusable. Just stop changing stuff for the sake of "progress" already!!

There was a time when I would have both gnome and kde installed and would

use

either one. They were both rock solid and stable.

When I had RedHat6/Gnome on Argo (Win95 box) one reason I never did much
with it is that it locked up almost every time I messed with it. Have
seen lots of lockups on both installs and liveCDs over the years. Seems
to have gotten better lately.

Conversely Argo's W95 crashed exactly once in ~12 years of everyday use,
and that was because Mozilla 1.0 tried to do something illegal with the hardware (no, applications are not allowed to molest the network card,
what is wrong with you people!!)

I haven't used either in a very long time but I suppose they are stable, I dunno.

Gnome used to lock up all the time. KDE, not so much. Last batch I
tested, I think the only distro that froze solid on me was Megaira, or whatever it's called, and I think it has KDE5.early.

For the last many years I have used xfce and really don't think about other desktops anymore.

XFCE is all right, but I ran into too many little things that weren't
there... doesn't quite do it for me.
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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

KM> Useful if a person runs Gnome...

Not terribly useful for a person runnign Windows! <g>

Less than ideal, yes :D

KM> and no Gnome distro will never be downloaded by me again. *shudder*

LIS some time before (I think), I switched to and am using Ubuntu mainly because of the using Mythbuntu for years as the network-based PVR around here. Some 'quirks', yes.

I'm too old for 'quirks'. I want 'works'. <grrrr...>

KM> I did like PCLinuxOS "FullMonty" when last I looked. Tho am not
KM> thrilled with KDE5 (I liked 4.x)

In your spare time you'll have to write your own OS and I and a few
others here will beta test for you! Desktop background can be the view

Oh yeah, I'll get right on it. <g>

Speaking therewhich, anyone manage to get ReactOS to run?

of the Rockies from your front yard, Mouse pointer can be modified to
one of your dogs....

I'd have to really crane my neck. The Rockies are a couple hundred miles
west. :D
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Hi Ky!

KM> and no Gnome distro will never be downloaded by me again. *shudder* LIS some time before (I think), I switched to and am using Ubuntu mainly because of the using Mythbuntu for years as the network-based PVR around here. Some 'quirks', yes.

I'm too old for 'quirks'. I want 'works'. <grrrr...>

(Aren't you the wordsmith! <g>) And I suppose for an OS just started in
2004 its relatively advanced. OTOH, yes, some stuff doesn't quite work,
and some has no Windows equivalent - yet.

Speaking therewhich, anyone manage to get ReactOS to run?

Never heard of it. <off to Wikipedia!> Hmmm: interesting. Might be interesting to play with: I still have a few utilities where I need
Windows (mainly because I haven't had/taken the time to switch over to
Linux).

of the Rockies from your front yard, Mouse pointer can be modified to
one of your dogs....

I'd have to really crane my neck. The Rockies are a couple
hundred miles west. :D

Suppose the Earth's curvature gets in the way?





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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

KM> Speaking therewhich, anyone manage to get ReactOS to run?

Never heard of it. <off to Wikipedia!> Hmmm: interesting. Might be interesting to play with: I still have a few utilities where I need
Windows (mainly because I haven't had/taken the time to switch over to Linux).

Last time I was playing with it, Wine had finally got to where it seemed decent. Didn't try installing anything into it, tho.

> of the Rockies from your front yard, Mouse pointer can be modified to
> one of your dogs....
KM> I'd have to really crane my neck. The Rockies are a couple
KM> hundred miles west. :D

Suppose the Earth's curvature gets in the way?

Not to mention the Crazies and the Bridgers. :)
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Hi Ky!

KM> Speaking therewhich, anyone manage to get ReactOS to run?
Never heard of it. <off to Wikipedia!> Hmmm: interesting. Might be interesting to play with: I still have a few utilities where I need
Windows (mainly because I haven't had/taken the time to switch over to Linux).

Last time I was playing with it, Wine had finally got to where it
seemed decent. Didn't try installing anything into it, tho.

I've played a little -- very little -- with WINE. Definitely doesn't
work for some Windows utilities. The BBS failed, but then part could
have been because at the time I had some of the configuration screwed up
as far as the new system was concerned -- when I transferred it to the
XP Virtual Machine it didn't work either.

"X10" (ActiveHome Pro) didn't work either. I don't think I had to
change anything for it to run in Virtual Windows.

> of the Rockies from your front yard, Mouse pointer can be modified to
> one of your dogs....
KM> I'd have to really crane my neck. The Rockies are a couple
KM> hundred miles west. :D
Suppose the Earth's curvature gets in the way?

Not to mention the Crazies and the Bridgers. :)

Your really tall neighhbours?!



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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

I've played a little -- very little -- with WINE. Definitely doesn't
work for some Windows utilities. The BBS failed, but then part could
have been because at the time I had some of the configuration screwed up
as far as the new system was concerned -- when I transferred it to the
XP Virtual Machine it didn't work either.

No idea :)

One of these days, tho, I need to work up VMs for my various retired
OSs, because every one of 'em has taken some irreplaceable utility with it.

> > of the Rockies from your front yard, Mouse pointer can be

modified to

> > one of your dogs....
> KM> I'd have to really crane my neck. The Rockies are a couple
> KM> hundred miles west. :D
> Suppose the Earth's curvature gets in the way?
KM> Not to mention the Crazies and the Bridgers. :)
Your really tall neighhbours?!

Clumsy fellows too. Always spilling their drinks.

(The Crazies make most of our local weather.)
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Hi Ky!

One of these days, tho, I need to work up VMs for my various
retired OSs, because every one of 'em has taken some
irreplaceable utility with it.

They're grasping at life with their boney little hexa-digits!

As for the Virtual machine, you probably want the one from Oracle; also
d/l the add-on to get USB 2.0/3.0 functionality, plus other stuff I
can't recall right now.

> > of the Rockies from your front yard, Mouse pointer can be

modified to

> > one of your dogs....
> KM> I'd have to really crane my neck. The Rockies are a couple
> KM> hundred miles west. :D
> Suppose the Earth's curvature gets in the way?
KM> Not to mention the Crazies and the Bridgers. :)
Your really tall neighhbours?!

Clumsy fellows too. Always spilling their drinks.

(The Crazies make most of our local weather.)

Wandering around sloshing, Wonder what the Bridgers do?


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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

KM> One of these days, tho, I need to work up VMs for my various
KM> retired OSs, because every one of 'em has taken some
KM> irreplaceable utility with it.

They're grasping at life with their boney little hexa-digits!

:D

As for the Virtual machine, you probably want the one from Oracle; also
d/l the add-on to get USB 2.0/3.0 functionality, plus other stuff I
can't recall right now.

I want one that's free :) USB would be kinda necessary if it's to see
the mouse, I'd think.

> Your really tall neighhbours?!
KM> Clumsy fellows too. Always spilling their drinks.
KM> (The Crazies make most of our local weather.)
Wandering around sloshing, Wonder what the Bridgers do?

Considering we already got six inches of snow down here in the banana
belt...
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Hi Ky!

As for the Virtual machine, you probably want the one from Oracle; also
d/l the add-on to get USB 2.0/3.0 functionality, plus other stuff I
can't recall right now.

I want one that's free :) USB would be kinda necessary if it's
to see the mouse, I'd think.

The Oracle one is free, so may as well go with the better free one! Both
VM options have USB 1.1; VirtualMachine doesn't have options for USB
2.0/3.0 while VirtualBox does.

> Your really tall neighhbours?!
KM> Clumsy fellows too. Always spilling their drinks.
KM> (The Crazies make most of our local weather.)
Wandering around sloshing, Wonder what the Bridgers do?

Considering we already got six inches of snow down here in the
banana belt...

Last Monday it hit 89ø here -- record for the date. (Previous record
was 86ø some time in the 1960's.) ...They forecasting the possibility
of scattered frost tonight, but up into the 70's again by Sunday.


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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

The Oracle one is free, so may as well go with the better free one! Both
VM options have USB 1.1; VirtualMachine doesn't have options for USB
2.0/3.0 while VirtualBox does.

Ah. USB would be important considering I've developed the naughty habit
of rather than upgrading the too-full HD, just hang another 128GB stick
off some USB port on any of several hubs.

> > Your really tall neighhbours?!
> KM> Clumsy fellows too. Always spilling their drinks.
> KM> (The Crazies make most of our local weather.)
> Wandering around sloshing, Wonder what the Bridgers do?
KM> Considering we already got six inches of snow down here in the
KM> banana belt...

Last Monday it hit 89ø here -- record for the date. (Previous record

If the weather station is anywhere near town, it may be a bit bogus....
lots of 'em now are reporting the local urban heat island rather than
the natural temperature.

My fave screwed up station is 6 feet from the Jefferson River, which at
that point is big and deep and seldom freezes over... so the station
reads 32 degrees all winter, even when all around it is -30.

was 86ø some time in the 1960's.) ...They forecasting the possibility
of scattered frost tonight, but up into the 70's again by Sunday.

Been up to 62 or so most days here, but the odd frost at night. Finally
got most of the shotgun shack reroofed, so when it rains you can tell if you're indoors or outdoors. :D
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Hi Ky!

The Oracle one is free, so may as well go with the better free one! Both
VM options have USB 1.1; VirtualMachine doesn't have options for USB
2.0/3.0 while VirtualBox does.

Ah. USB would be important considering I've developed the naughty
habit of rather than upgrading the too-full HD, just hang another
128GB stick off some USB port on any of several hubs.

<chuckle!> That's one quick and easy way to increase your storage
capacity! The only problem you might have is you would have to
unmountthe desired USB stick (or any other USB device) from Linux and
then it can be seen by the Virtual Machine. Or at least that's the way
it's working here for the Virtual XP machine. I think there's a way to maintain both connections but here so far not necessary. Well,
occasionally would be handy but by the time I get around to figuring it out..... What I'm running on Virtual XP either isn't supported by Linux
(the scanner) or the other USB stuff will work but the software is
Windows.

> > Your really tall neighhbours?!
> KM> Clumsy fellows too. Always spilling their drinks.
> KM> (The Crazies make most of our local weather.)
> Wandering around sloshing, Wonder what the Bridgers do?
KM> Considering we already got six inches of snow down here in the
KM> banana belt...
Last Monday it hit 89ø here -- record for the date. (Previous record

If the weather station is anywhere near town, it may be a bit
bogus.... lots of 'em now are reporting the local urban heat
island rather than the natural temperature.

Nope, that 89ø reading was from the National Weather Service. Here
could be getting readings of over 100ø because the sensor is on the
porch and the current angle of the late afternoon sun shines right in.

My fave screwed up station is 6 feet from the Jefferson River,
which at that point is big and deep and seldom freezes over... so
the station reads 32 degrees all winter, even when all around it
is -30.

Minor oops!! And besides the late Fall sun angle issue, had a 103ø
reading when a bird must have perched on the sensor!

was 86ø some time in the 1960's.) ...They forecasting the possibility
of scattered frost tonight, but up into the 70's again by Sunday.

Been up to 62 or so most days here, but the odd frost at night.
Finally got most of the shotgun shack reroofed, so when it rains
you can tell if you're indoors or outdoors. :D

Well if you'd set the safety and quit banging the stock on the ground
you wouldn't go shooting out your roof!!

Haven't had frost here yet but nearby has. This week's forecast is for continued above-normal temperatures in the 60's until about Thursday;
maybe next week or the week after.

Used to have local private weathercaster who based his predictions on
nature signs: coat of the woolly caterpillar, how tall ants built the
entrance to their nests, etc. Haven't heard any of his forecasts for a
couple of years -- wonder if something happened...?


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BARRY MARTIN wrote:

Hi Ky!

KM> Ah. USB would be important considering I've developed the naughty
KM> habit of rather than upgrading the too-full HD, just hang another
KM> 128GB stick off some USB port on any of several hubs.

<chuckle!> That's one quick and easy way to increase your storage
capacity! The only problem you might have is you would have to
unmountthe desired USB stick (or any other USB device) from Linux and

Yeah, or once in a while one of the $3 hubs goes walkabout. Tho the $30
hub is the one that doesn't like USB sticks. So the cheap hubs hang off
it instead. Now if only I could remember which stick is which drive
letter... <g>

then it can be seen by the Virtual Machine. Or at least that's the way
it's working here for the Virtual XP machine. I think there's a way to maintain both connections but here so far not necessary. Well,
occasionally would be handy but by the time I get around to figuring it out..... What I'm running on Virtual XP either isn't supported by Linux
(the scanner) or the other USB stuff will work but the software is
Windows.

I suppose so long as one machine can see the other, it's good. Isn't
this done by a sort of bogus networking?

> Last Monday it hit 89ø here -- record for the date. (Previous record
KM> If the weather station is anywhere near town, it may be a bit
KM> bogus.... lots of 'em now are reporting the local urban heat
KM> island rather than the natural temperature.

Nope, that 89ø reading was from the National Weather Service. Here
could be getting readings of over 100ø because the sensor is on the
porch and the current angle of the late afternoon sun shines right in.

There's no rule saying the NWS station can't be affected by a heat
island that weren't there when it got built.

KM> My fave screwed up station is 6 feet from the Jefferson River,
KM> which at that point is big and deep and seldom freezes over... so
KM> the station reads 32 degrees all winter, even when all around it
KM> is -30.

Minor oops!! And besides the late Fall sun angle issue, had a 103ø
reading when a bird must have perched on the sensor!

Haha... in summer it goes the other way, since that cold river keeps the
air around it cool. But not enough to make up for the bogus readings in winter. (10 degrees vs up to 60 degrees)

> was 86ø some time in the 1960's.) ...They forecasting the possibility
> of scattered frost tonight, but up into the 70's again by Sunday.
KM> Been up to 62 or so most days here, but the odd frost at night.
KM> Finally got most of the shotgun shack reroofed, so when it rains
KM> you can tell if you're indoors or outdoors. :D

Well if you'd set the safety and quit banging the stock on the ground
you wouldn't go shooting out your roof!!

<g> I don't know how it got named that. It apparently started life, in
1920, as a very small (15x26) house that got framed (with the 2x4s
sideways!) but never finished, then was moved over here when the highway
got shifted. It probably got banged very hard and not too safely when it
was unloaded! The wonder is that it's perfectly square.

One neighbor says a house got moved from HERE and another points to over
THERE and finally figured out the confusion is because TWO houses got
moved! (the shotgun shack, and the rental house.) You can still see the outline from one of 'em on the ground over yonder, some 50 years later.

Haven't had frost here yet but nearby has. This week's forecast is for continued above-normal temperatures in the 60's until about Thursday;
maybe next week or the week after.

Supposed to be sunny and 60ish here for the next week, too. Not to complain!

Used to have local private weathercaster who based his predictions on
nature signs: coat of the woolly caterpillar, how tall ants built the entrance to their nests, etc. Haven't heard any of his forecasts for a couple of years -- wonder if something happened...?

Not terribly accurate. And such stuff that I've observed actually
follows sunspot cycles. While that's vaguely associated with climate,
there's a lot of lag.
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Hi Ky!

KM> Ah. USB would be important considering I've developed the naughty
KM> habit of rather than upgrading the too-full HD, just hang another
KM> 128GB stick off some USB port on any of several hubs.
<chuckle!> That's one quick and easy way to increase your storage
capacity! The only problem you might have is you would have to
unmountthe desired USB stick (or any other USB device) from Linux and

Yeah, or once in a while one of the $3 hubs goes walkabout. Tho
the $30 hub is the one that doesn't like USB sticks. So the cheap
hubs hang off it instead. Now if only I could remember which
stick is which drive letter... <g>

Switch to Linux: they're effectively all one huge drive! As for which
letter which thumbdrive is, small labels? Thinking of the price tag
ones, about a 7/8th" long and 3/8" wide. Of course, if Windows keeps
changing the drive letters when rebooted....

As for the $30 hub not liking your USB thumbdrives - odd. Seems like
there should be more than enough power available. Sort of reminds me
when my original XT motherboard decided ti didn't like to connect at 1
Gbps. Reboot, test, test. Connects fine at 100 MBps direct to the
Router's LAN. Well, since to the outside world is only 100 Mbps guess
is doens't really matter!

then it can be seen by the Virtual Machine. Or at least that's the way
it's working here for the Virtual XP machine. I think there's a way to maintain both connections but here so far not necessary. Well,
occasionally would be handy but by the time I get around to figuring it out..... What I'm running on Virtual XP either isn't supported by Linux (the scanner) or the other USB stuff will work but the software is
Windows.

I suppose so long as one machine can see the other, it's good.
Isn't this done by a sort of bogus networking?

How a Virtual Machine works? No idea how they do the magic.

> Last Monday it hit 89ø here -- record for the date. (Previous record
KM> If the weather station is anywhere near town, it may be a bit
KM> bogus.... lots of 'em now are reporting the local urban heat
KM> island rather than the natural temperature.
Nope, that 89ø reading was from the National Weather Service. Here
could be getting readings of over 100ø because the sensor is on the
porch and the current angle of the late afternoon sun shines right in.

There's no rule saying the NWS station can't be affected by a
heat island that weren't there when it got built.

True. They must have the sensors positioned halfway correctly as
reasonably match the temperatures here. Plural as a new and old digital sensor, and a couple analog ones mainly for decoration but all with in
degree or two of each other when not being hit by the sun. I'm about a
15 minute drive from the airport, though that might make me part of the
heat island too!

KM> My fave screwed up station is 6 feet from the Jefferson River,
KM> which at that point is big and deep and seldom freezes over... so
KM> the station reads 32 degrees all winter, even when all around it
KM> is -30.
Minor oops!! And besides the late Fall sun angle issue, had a 103ø
reading when a bird must have perched on the sensor!

Haha... in summer it goes the other way, since that cold river
keeps the air around it cool. But not enough to make up for the
bogus readings in winter. (10 degrees vs up to 60 degrees)

So how come now one has heard of this "air conditioned island"
phenomenon? <g>

> was 86ø some time in the 1960's.) ...They forecasting the possibility
> of scattered frost tonight, but up into the 70's again by Sunday.
KM> Been up to 62 or so most days here, but the odd frost at night.
KM> Finally got most of the shotgun shack reroofed, so when it rains
KM> you can tell if you're indoors or outdoors. :D
Well if you'd set the safety and quit banging the stock on the ground
you wouldn't go shooting out your roof!!

<g> I don't know how it got named that. It apparently started life, in
1920, as a very small (15x26) house that got framed (with the
2x4s sideways!) but never finished, then was moved over here when
the highway got shifted. It probably got banged very hard and not
too safely when it was unloaded! The wonder is that it's
perfectly square.

They probably put the 2x4's in the wrong way to maximize the square
footage inside the house!!

One neighbor says a house got moved from HERE and another points
to over THERE and finally figured out the confusion is because
TWO houses got moved! (the shotgun shack, and the rental house.)
You can still see the outline from one of 'em on the ground over
yonder, some 50 years later.

Big dent where they dropped it as they were loading? <g> I vaguely
recall a house being moved to the lot across the street where I grew up.
Two story house and some of the overhead lines had to be disconnected.
Must have done an excellent job as I was inside a few times (did some yardwork) and they had the table lamp cords routed down the inside opf
the table legs! Yes, she had someone drill holes down the furniture so
the cords wouldn't show! (There were also in-floor outlets.)

Used to have local private weathercaster who based his predictions on
nature signs: coat of the woolly caterpillar, how tall ants built the entrance to their nests, etc. Haven't heard any of his forecasts for a couple of years -- wonder if something happened...?

Not terribly accurate. And such stuff that I've observed actually
follows sunspot cycles. While that's vaguely associated with
climate, there's a lot of lag.

Seems logical: sun has a known cycle, takes a litle bit to warm things
up and keep them warm (same to cool down and keep cool). Wonder if the official meteorologists learn that?


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