lucius septimius 11/22/2020 6:30:39 AM

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lucius septimius 11/22/2020 6:31:27 AM

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Occasional Reader 11/22/2020 6:41:27 AM

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Gaffin’ Joe to Botox Nancy: “mi casa, you casa”.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-nancy-pelosi-white-house-mi-casa-you-casa-1549195%3famp=1

Occasional Reader 11/22/2020 6:56:27 AM

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Biden once again snaps at a reporter for asking a perfectly reasonable question:

https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2020/11/21/happened-biden-loses-temper-cbs-reporter-bo-erickson/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=happened-biden-loses-temper-cbs-reporter-bo-erickson&utm_content=0&utm_campaign=PostPromoterPro

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 7:05:01 AM

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In #2 lucius septimius said: I love to spend my holidays playing step and fetchit.

"Don't make me bring out the guilt, young man!"

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 7:29:50 AM

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Occasional Reader 11/22/2020 7:42:47 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 6:

As I mentioned before, this Thursday I’m planning on hosting a riot to protest the killing of my turkey of color. Therefore, attendance is unlimited.

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 7:57:49 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: As I mentioned before, this Thursday I’m planning on hosting a riot to protest the killing of my turkey of color. Therefore, attendance is unlimited.

In honor of Gretchen Whitmer, we will be preparing a collection of turkey drumsticks, according to the traditional Leg Michigan recipe.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 8:18:21 AM

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In #4 Occasional Reader said: Biden once again snaps at a reporter for asking a perfectly reasonable question:

They are not going to let him near a foreign leader. He'll be gone before any substantive discussions with foreign leaders.

doppelganglander 11/22/2020 8:28:15 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 8:

My governor may be under suspicion of taking payoffs from Dominion, but at least he doesn't care how many people I host for Thanksgiving.

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 8:51:08 AM

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The Pilgrims did the first Thanksgiving.

Today, a bunch of pills want to make Thanksgiving grim.

Occasional Reader 11/22/2020 9:31:33 AM

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This is an obscenity.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/11/09/george-floyd-exhibit-now-open-at-central-florida-holocaust-center/

JCM 11/22/2020 9:33:01 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 12:

Comments are brutal.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 10:07:43 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 12:

Does the George Floyd exhibit include fake fentanyl (the real stuff would be too dangerous) and drug paraphernalia?

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 10:10:19 AM

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BTW, the thread starting from -1 means there was no initial post. Note no appetizing breakfast picture.

I checked the next week's threads. No Wednesday post; had Thanksgiving there, Black Friday on Thursday, etc. Fixed those (moved to correct dates), posted a thread for Woden's Day, and checked the others.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 10:17:01 AM

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Reply to JCM in 13:

I wanted to comment that it is close to Holocaust denial to have a Floyd memorial at a Holocaust center; it completely demeans the memory of 6 million killed because they were Jews to someone who died due to fentanyl - or even too much force by police because he was not behaving.

But first the site gave me an error creating the account, then says there is an account with my email address, but when I try to have it verify the email address it says there is no account with that email. Obviously I have been banned./ (Actually had the same problem with Fox News, they both must use the same crappy commenting software)

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 10:17:33 AM

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In #15 Kosh's Shadow said: Note no appetizing breakfast picture

Hubert Home-Fries for everyone!

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 10:19:49 AM

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Panel on Anti-Semitism features an Anti-Semite

Actually two. But then, it is "Jewish" Voice for rest in Peace sponsoring the event.

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 10:23:13 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

Three Jew-haters, not two.  Peter Beinart may be "Jew-ish," but he's been a Jew-hater since way back.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 10:25:39 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18:

I wonder what Jewish Voice for Peace members say at the end of Yom Kippur. I can't imagine it is "Next Year in Jerusalem". Probably "That sweet and sour pork was delicious. What does your fortune cookie say?"

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 10:26:59 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 18: Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 19:

I'd bet a solid four Jew-haters on the panel, given that this Barbara Ransby, of whom I've never heard, is active in a "black, women's, and queer" group.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 10:47:50 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 21:

Well, since it is a JVP event, I would guess almost everyone involved is a Jew-hater, and probably a self-hating Jew.

buzzsawmonkey 11/22/2020 11:01:12 AM

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In #22 Kosh's Shadow said: I would guess almost everyone involved is a Jew-hater, and probably a self-hating Jew.

If the self-hating Jews want to pay for a little outsourcing, I can help...

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 1:15:43 PM

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On electronic voting:

Years ago, IEEE said the only way electronic systems could be trusted is if they printed a copy that could be checked by the voter, and hand-counted later.

JCM said the code of electronic tabulating systems would have to be checked, line by line. That is true - and the code supplied to the checkers needs to be compiled, and verified to produce the exact same object code. 

Also, if any specialized hardware is used, THAT needs to be checked. If it is an embedded system, the hardware and firmware need to be verified as well.

Just comparing selected precincts by hand is not sufficient, especially if those are selected in advance. (Turn on the override mode for the precincts that are not selected for checking). Changes can be made when extracting data (if this sector of a USB device contains this data, use it to adjust the results. That sector would not be in any file, where it could be found, unless you know where to look. Or if it is a dedicated device (electronic scanner), press the power button 3 times in a row for Democrats to win, 5 times for Republicans. The firmware in the device would need verification, and again, the source code supplied might not match what is in the memory. For that matter, the memory can be set to have two sets of contents - one for verification, one for executing.

I could go on and on about how it can be done.

Note that compiled code often is changed to make it harder to reverse-engineer and copy, so there are legitimate reasons for it, but in this case, there are better reasons not to do so.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 1:24:49 PM

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In #23 buzzsawmonkey said: self-hating Jews

They will find 5 minutes hate very easy.

Alice in Dairyland 11/22/2020 1:42:24 PM

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In #24 Kosh's Shadow said: JCM said the code of electronic tabulating systems would have to be checked, line by line.

You know, when JCM said this the other day, I was going to make the comment that this sounds like a job for Kosh.  Looks like you're already on it!

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 2:12:30 PM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 26:

I only occasionally post during the day, when taking a break, and I forgot to post more on it then.

Also, you cannot test the electronic tabulating devices to be sure they work right, as they can be programmed to detect when they are tested, or take commands via some obscure method. Remember, VW programmed their diesel motor controllers to detect emissions testing and run in a clean mode, while producing more power and pollution other times.

Alice in Dairyland 11/22/2020 2:28:01 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 27: Remember the cartoon you posted the other day about the man talking to his cat?  Sometimes I feel like the cat.  I appreciate it that you at least treat me like I understand these things.  I sure appreciate people like you who do understand these things.  I can find a penny error in a million dollar account though.  I am not totally brainless, just different skill sets.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 3:14:34 PM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 28:

There is a lot of knowledge on how computers work that I could explain, if I had the time to write a book.

Note in the following, I am not using "folder" as in a computer "folder", but as a reference to the physical objects.

For example, a disk drive is like a filing cabinet, already filled with hanging folders with labels. Each folder can hold a certain number of pages. When you store something, the operating system (your assistant) finds the first empty folders and puts as many pages in each as will fit, then fills another set of folders with the filename and where the pages are located. Another folder contains information about what folders are used and which ones are emptied, so the assistant marks those folders as used.

When a file is deleted, the assistant removes the file from the list of where files are stored, and marks those folders empty. He/she does not remove the pages from them, until they are used again, when the pages are removed.

And this is the case for operating system files that are executed to run the operating system and programs.

Note that if the folders are far apart, it takes time to move to different folders in different drawers, and the system slows down, so every so often, it moves them around so that the pages for a single file are close together. This is called "defragmentation" or "optimization". But it cannot do that for files that are open, because someone is expecting those pages to be where they were. This is why Windows slows down after updates - the operating system files are fragmented, in different far apart folders, so it takes longer to execute.

Now, solid state drives don't have fragmentation problems. Magically, they can open any folder, no matter how far away, in  the same time as it would take to open the folder next to the current one. Thus, Windows systems on solid state drives don't slow down like that. (The magic is that solid state drives do not have moving parts, so accessing any folder, no matter where, takes the same amount of time. No opening and closing file cabinet drawers.

I think I have the start of a book here, but no time to finish it.

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 3:20:33 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 29:

And on Linux, the information about where files are stored is just another file. It has something called an inode that gives the actual information about the file; the directory (similar to Windows folder) just tells what inode the filename refers to.

On Windows, this is specially handled. Thus, if a file is open, you can't delete it. In Linux, you can- it just deletes the directory mapping, but the inode exists. However, it keeps track of how many references there are to an inode. When there are no more references (the file was deleted and any program that had it open closed it), the file is actually deleted.

(I've studied operating system internals for Unix (proprietary operating system whose programming and user interfaces were used for Linux) and VAX/VMS, whose main developer moved from DEC to Microsoft to develop Windows NT, which is just as bloated as VMS.

And still, only a government location would hire me (as a contractor).

Kosh's Shadow 11/22/2020 3:45:02 PM

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In #18 Kosh's Shadow said: Panel on Anti-Semitism features an Anti-Semite

Actually, the entire panel is made of Jew-haters. And one of the sponsoring groups is "United Against Hate". I guess the exclude Jew-hate in the fine print.