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robsmith Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 25 May 09 Posts: 1445	Message 118689 - Posted: 30 Mar 2026, 13:04:41 UTC - in response to Message 118684.   It never gets old, nor does it decay, a bit like its twin Burocrasium (Bu) which is thought to be composed of at least three of Gv and/or Ad. However it has not been possible to accurately its structure. ID: 118689 ·      Reply Quote
Jord Project administrator Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15873	Message 118716 - Posted: 1 Apr 2026, 17:30:58 UTC Artemis II Stakeout stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JFBCbb2Ulo Artemis Launch stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c-GAkIzpGE At time of posting this, estimated time to launch: 4 hours, 50 minutes. ID: 118716 ·      Reply Quote
Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3274	Message 118718 - Posted: 1 Apr 2026, 20:47:04 UTC Island of San Seriffe To my mind, the best ever April Fool in a newspaper. From the days before every man and his dog new about fonts. ID: 118718 ·      Reply Quote
bill Send message Joined: 11 Sep 15 Posts: 39	Message 118719 - Posted: 1 Apr 2026, 23:33:43 UTC - in response to Message 118718.   Thank you for that! I've forwarded it to several people I know, especially the one who's a retired newspaper editor (I suspect he probably knows about it...but you never know). ID: 118719 ·      Reply Quote
Jord Project administrator Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15873	Message 118737 - Posted: 5 Apr 2026, 7:01:23 UTC Watch out. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-forces-updates-to-windows-11-25h2-update-for-pcs-running-on-24h2 ID: 118737 ·      Reply Quote
Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3274	Message 118738 - Posted: 5 Apr 2026, 12:42:06 UTC - in response to Message 118737.   In reply to Jord's message of 5 Apr 2026: Watch out. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-forces-updates-to-windows-11-25h2-update-for-pcs-running-on-24h2 I only have Win11 in a VM. Time to block all Ms domains in my router. ID: 118738 ·      Reply Quote
Jord Project administrator Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15873	Message 118789 - Posted: 11 Apr 2026, 21:56:18 UTC So, it's so nice and quiet here because y'all can't post due to lack of forum credits. It's been reported to David, let's wait what comes out of that. ID: 118789 ·      Reply Quote
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 7 Dec 24 Posts: 250	Message 118790 - Posted: 12 Apr 2026, 2:13:23 UTC - in response to Message 110410.   It lives! Grant Darwin NT. ID: 118790 ·      Reply Quote
Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3274	Message 118793 - Posted: 12 Apr 2026, 7:08:52 UTC It might live but I don't think the new manager, Fresco is going to do so on my machines. I really don't like it! ID: 118793 ·      Reply Quote
Jord Project administrator Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15873	Message 118794 - Posted: 12 Apr 2026, 11:55:39 UTC - in response to Message 118790.   In reply to Grant (SSSF)'s message of 12 Apr 2026: It lives! Yay! With thanks to David for fixing that. ID: 118794 ·      Reply Quote
Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3274	Message 118797 - Posted: 12 Apr 2026, 16:24:05 UTC - in response to Message 118794.   Yay! With thanks to David for fixing that. And thanks for the quick response. I hope you weren't inundated with private messages about it! ID: 118797 ·      Reply Quote
Jord Project administrator Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15873	Message 118798 - Posted: 12 Apr 2026, 17:35:12 UTC - in response to Message 118797.   Nah, just you and Grant. I hadn't noticed it because of my admin title that I've put on in anticipation of my upcoming 20th moderator birthday on here. ? ID: 118798 ·      Reply Quote
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 7 Dec 24 Posts: 250	Message 118829 - Posted: 16 Apr 2026, 6:13:19 UTC Well, just to add to the present fuel issues- one of our 2 only refineries managed to catch fire last night. No impact to it's Diesel or Av gas production, but it will impact it's output for petrol (gasolene in US speak). Grant Darwin NT. ID: 118829 ·      Reply Quote
Jord Project administrator Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15873	Message 118981 - Posted: 28 Apr 2026, 8:50:59 UTC Last modified: 28 Apr 2026, 8:52:16 UTC And that's 20. 20 years of moderating you unruly bunch. 20 years of banning 1,651 people and bots. Some of them years under another name. But in the end still me. It's the longest (unpaid) job I held. Cheers everybody, have a great day! (for some reason the emojis no longer load, thus edited for removal) ID: 118981 ·      Reply Quote
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 7 Dec 24 Posts: 250	Message 118982 - Posted: 28 Apr 2026, 9:25:11 UTC - in response to Message 118981.   In reply to Jord's message of 28 Apr 2026: And that's 20. 20 years of moderating you unruly bunch. 20 years of banning 1,651 people and bots. That long. Just did 20 years at my present job a bit over 6 months ago. (for some reason the emojis no longer load, thus edited for removal) The loss of emojies is a great gain for the forum and all that use it IMHO. Grant Darwin NT. ID: 118982 ·      Reply Quote
Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3274	Message 118983 - Posted: 28 Apr 2026, 9:37:54 UTC Last modified: 28 Apr 2026, 9:39:18 UTC Decided to go with this section rather than, "Let's talk politics. The Netherlands launches self-hosted GitHub alternative Worth knowing if things go belly up with Microsoft now owning git-hub ID: 118983 ·      Reply Quote
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 7 Dec 24 Posts: 250	Message 118984 - Posted: 28 Apr 2026, 10:53:41 UTC - in response to Message 118983.   AI here, AI there, AI everywhere. A few weeks ago, I tried to explain to someone what Microsoft Copilot is. I couldn’t… because the name ‘Copilot’ now refers to at least 75 different things. How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one. Around about 10 o'clock for Github Copilot on the chart. Grant Darwin NT. ID: 118984 ·      Reply Quote
Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 3274	Message 118985 - Posted: 28 Apr 2026, 11:23:35 UTC - in response to Message 118984.   AI here, AI there, AI everywhere. I have it turned off in my browser. I don't mind it being there when i want it but otherwise it is a pain in the proverbial. ID: 118985 ·      Reply Quote

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