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On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:40:15 -0700, Don Y
blocked...@foo.invalid> wrote:
On 8/28/2022 7:50 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/28/2022 05:08 PM, Don Y wrote:
I think dead pool affects the Navajo nation and places like Vegas, most
-- at
least in terms of electricity generation.
Two of the plants at Four Corners were retrofitted and are operational but
Navajoland has deeper problems:
https://www.indiancountryextension.org/how-are-navajo-people-getting-electricity-now
Native Americans are essentially screwed, regardless.
They now have houses, farms, trucks, horses, guns, medicine,
universities, written language, internet, and no more tribal warfare.
Not many seem to be returning to their pre-Columbian lifestyles.
On 8/28/2022 7:50 PM, rbowman wrote:
Native Americans are essentially screwed, regardless.
It\'s puzzling ot see the money \"dropped\" in their casinos -- and
wonder where the profits are going?!
And, the rez is so ... \"rural\" is an understatement! ... maybe
\"desolate\" would be a better adjective? You gotta wonder if they
have enough of \"the right people\" available proximate to the
facility -- along with outlying parts of the distribution network
(that would have to be supported).
I think NV/Vegas has taken big steps to reduce their consumption.
Can\'t make the same claim about California. I.e., I wouldn\'t be
banking on \"senior water rights\" to save my ass if the gummit
gets involved! (they *may* let you keep your share but likely
will have a big voice in how you *use* it!)
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:40:15 -0700, Don Y
blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
On 8/28/2022 7:50 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/28/2022 05:08 PM, Don Y wrote:
I think dead pool affects the Navajo nation and places like Vegas, most
-- at
least in terms of electricity generation.
Two of the plants at Four Corners were retrofitted and are operational but
Navajoland has deeper problems:
https://www.indiancountryextension.org/how-are-navajo-people-getting-electricity-now
Native Americans are essentially screwed, regardless.
They now have houses, farms, trucks, horses, guns, medicine,
universities, written language, internet, and no more tribal warfare.
Not many seem to be returning to their pre-Columbian lifestyles.
On 28/08/2022 15:58, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:04:58 +0100, Martin Brown
\'\'\'newspam\'\'\'@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
The spineless and toothless UK regulator Offgem is as much use as a
chocolate fireguard.
[snip]
I would hope that you don\'t have anything like it. Although the Enron
scam failure suggests that you probably do in some fashion but that it
is geared to ensuring that suppliers can price gouge their customers.
Most states in the US have one or more regulated utilities, which
agree to supply power and gas for a guaranteed return on investment.
That has worked well for about a century, but politicians and greenies
are working hard to break it.
That sounds very socialist to me. Why aren\'t they allowed to obtain the
full market value for the product that they are selling?
On 08/29/2022 01:40 AM, Don Y wrote:
On 8/28/2022 7:50 PM, rbowman wrote:
Native Americans are essentially screwed, regardless.
It\'s puzzling ot see the money \"dropped\" in their casinos -- and
wonder where the profits are going?!
The Montana tribes don\'t have that problem although it\'s not for lack of
trying. Video gambling is legal and many of the \'gas stations\' are casinos that
sell gas on the side. Live poker is also legal. There is little enticement in
driving to an Indian run casino. I\'ve never been in one and don\'t know if they
have roulette, craps, and so forth.
The Crows build one just off I-90 at the turnoff to the Custer Battlefield that
was financed by an eastern tribe. I\'ve never seen many cars parked there. The
tourists walk around the battlefield, take photos, and head for the bright
lights of Billings.
And, the rez is so ... \"rural\" is an understatement! ... maybe
\"desolate\" would be a better adjective? You gotta wonder if they
have enough of \"the right people\" available proximate to the
facility -- along with outlying parts of the distribution network
(that would have to be supported).
I\'ve never explored the back roads but the run from Flag to Page or up towards
Monument Valley isn\'t very inspiring. Even the roadside stands don\'t seem to be
doing well. One of my memories of a road trip in \'52 was stopping at one of the
stands. My mother bought some pottery and took a photo. \'You take picture, you
pay me!\'
If you dig into the \'traditional\' Navajo pottery designs, you\'ll find white
artists coming up with marketable items. You\'ll find the same at the Hubbell
Trading Post with Hubbell coaching the Navajos to refine crude horse blankets
into the famed Navajo rugs he could sell.
I think NV/Vegas has taken big steps to reduce their consumption.
Can\'t make the same claim about California. I.e., I wouldn\'t be
banking on \"senior water rights\" to save my ass if the gummit
gets involved! (they *may* let you keep your share but likely
will have a big voice in how you *use* it!)
I generally pass through LV rapidly but I doubt fountains are as popular as
they used to be. One thing I was curious about was discontinued long ago:
https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/question/luxor-boat-ride/
Too bad. I\'m a sucker for the Cleopatra hairstyle and all those little
Cleopatras wandering around...
I\'ve never understood the appeal of gaming (though I\'ve designed a few
games).
If you watch folks engaged in it, they don\'t seem particularly *happy*.
Watch a guy hit a jackpot and he looks *relieved* (\"Thank GOD I\'ve cut some
of my LOSSES...\")
On 08/29/2022 01:13 PM, Don Y wrote:
I\'ve never understood the appeal of gaming (though I\'ve designed a few
games).
If you watch folks engaged in it, they don\'t seem particularly *happy*.
Watch a guy hit a jackpot and he looks *relieved* (\"Thank GOD I\'ve cut some
of my LOSSES...\")
When I was driving I often delivered carpet to terminals in LV or Sparks. One
evening in Sparks I was sitting in the truck reading and it got a bit chilly.
There was a casino a couple of blocks down and I thought they might have a
band. They didn\'t, so the last of the big spenders I got a roll of nickles and
sat down at a video poker machine. Towards the end I was betting recklessly so
I could get out of the place without a pocket full of nickles.
Harold\'s Club in Reno had an excellent firearms collection that has since been
dispersed. Other than that the chief attraction for me was the buffets. Luxor
was interesting when it opened. They had a primitive VR experienced that was
written up in Wired.
Harold\'s Club in Reno had an excellent firearms collection that has
since been dispersed. Other than that the chief attraction for me was
the buffets. Luxor was interesting when it opened. They had a
primitive VR experienced that was written up in Wired.
Harrah\'s?
On 08/29/2022 07:35 PM, Don Y wrote:
Harold\'s Club in Reno had an excellent firearms collection that has
since been dispersed. Other than that the chief attraction for me was
the buffets. Luxor was interesting when it opened. They had a
primitive VR experienced that was written up in Wired.
Harrah\'s?
I was never in a Harrah\'s casino but I\'ve been to the National Automobile
Museum a couple of times. That houses what\'s left of his car collection.
On 8/29/2022 7:49 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/29/2022 07:35 PM, Don Y wrote:
Harold\'s Club in Reno had an excellent firearms collection that has
since been dispersed. Other than that the chief attraction for me was
the buffets. Luxor was interesting when it opened. They had a
primitive VR experienced that was written up in Wired.
Harrah\'s?
I was never in a Harrah\'s casino but I\'ve been to the National
Automobile Museum a couple of times. That houses what\'s left of his
car collection.
This wasn\'t in a casino. It was somewhere near Reno (if not *in* Reno)
or Carson City area. It was just a giant \"warehouse\" with cars packed
inside. (imagine a Costco with nothing but cars inside)
On 08/29/2022 09:06 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 8/29/2022 7:49 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/29/2022 07:35 PM, Don Y wrote:
Harold\'s Club in Reno had an excellent firearms collection that has
since been dispersed. Other than that the chief attraction for me was
the buffets. Luxor was interesting when it opened. They had a
primitive VR experienced that was written up in Wired.
Harrah\'s?
I was never in a Harrah\'s casino but I\'ve been to the National
Automobile Museum a couple of times. That houses what\'s left of his
car collection.
This wasn\'t in a casino. It was somewhere near Reno (if not *in* Reno)
or Carson City area. It was just a giant \"warehouse\" with cars packed
inside. (imagine a Costco with nothing but cars inside)
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagerty-insider/harrahs-oral-history-classic-car-sale-part-i/
That is the first half of the story. Harrah died in \'78. Holiday Inn bought
Harrah\'s Casinos in \'80 and started selling off the cars to recoup the price.
Holiday Inn donated 175 cars that became the National Automobile Museum.
I was in the east coast in the \'70s. I\'d been to Vegas but didn\'t get to Reno
until the \'90s.
That tends to happen to collections:
https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/famous-ford-collector-edward-towe-97-dies
https://discoveringmontana.com/museums/auto-museum/
The Towe collection mostly wound up in California. The Montana Auto Museum is
in the same complex but is more eclectic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamtown,_U.S.A.
Steamtown is another one that got dispersed after the founder died. I\'ve never
been to the one in Scranton, just Bellows Falls.
I can\'t understand the \"collector\" mentality. Especially items that
*should*
be usable. I\'ve had all sorts of \"collectible\" computers (AXP, IMSAI,
Compaq
Portable, Portable 386, Kaypro, Voyager, etc.) and have no problem ridding
myself of them when their usefullness is *surpassed* by a more recent
\"acquisition\".
On 08/30/2022 02:30 AM, Don Y wrote:
I can\'t understand the \"collector\" mentality. Especially items that
*should*
be usable. I\'ve had all sorts of \"collectible\" computers (AXP, IMSAI,
Compaq
Portable, Portable 386, Kaypro, Voyager, etc.) and have no problem ridding
myself of them when their usefullness is *surpassed* by a more recent
\"acquisition\".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Concerto
I\'ve hung on to that one. I was shopping for a laptop and went to a store where
I knew the woman. She led me to the back room and said \'this just came in\'. I
bought it immediately and got quite a bit of use out of it, eventually
upgrading it to 3.11 from the MSDN disk.
I think Compaq dropped it in less than a year. 1993 and so damn close.
I have never been fond of laptops -- small screens, small keyboards
and a PITA to maintain (hardware-wise). I have two \"small screen\"
machines that I\'ve kept -- mainly for backward support (old hardware
and/or software/apps).
On 08/30/2022 03:16 PM, Don Y wrote:
I have never been fond of laptops -- small screens, small keyboards
and a PITA to maintain (hardware-wise). I have two \"small screen\"
machines that I\'ve kept -- mainly for backward support (old hardware
and/or software/apps).
I\'m not fond of them but when you\'re mobile and/or powering it from a small PV
panel a tower with a 25\" 4HD monitor doesn\'t cut it.
I try not to do any \"work\" when away from home. When traveling, I
carry a small laptop that doesn\'t even have an optical drive!
It only supports an NNTP/SMTP client, browser, X server & PDF reader.
So, I can \"stay connected\" -- to the WWW, email and my home servers.
On 08/30/2022 06:33 PM, Don Y wrote:
I try not to do any \"work\" when away from home. When traveling, I
carry a small laptop that doesn\'t even have an optical drive!
It only supports an NNTP/SMTP client, browser, X server & PDF reader.
So, I can \"stay connected\" -- to the WWW, email and my home servers.
The only laptop I have with an optical drive is an old XP.
I saw Lanie Lou and the Birddogs Friday and
she mentioned they had CDs for sale at the merch tent -- not that she expected
anybody to have any way to play them.
I have a company Dell that I used to work when I was in the rehab facility. At
home I have it connected to a HDMI switch to a 1080p monitor and use a LogiTech
Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Both are multi-device so I use the keyboard with
the Linux box. I had trouble with the mouse with the Linux box so went to a
wired mouse.
On 8/30/2022 4:58 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/30/2022 03:16 PM, Don Y wrote:
I have never been fond of laptops -- small screens, small keyboards
and a PITA to maintain (hardware-wise). I have two \"small screen\"
machines that I\'ve kept -- mainly for backward support (old hardware
and/or software/apps).
I\'m not fond of them but when you\'re mobile and/or powering it from a small PV
panel a tower with a 25\" 4HD monitor doesn\'t cut it.
I try not to do any \"work\" when away from home. When traveling, I
carry a small laptop that doesn\'t even have an optical drive!
onsdag den 31. august 2022 kl. 02.34.03 UTC+2 skrev Don Y:
On 8/30/2022 4:58 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/30/2022 03:16 PM, Don Y wrote:
I have never been fond of laptops -- small screens, small keyboards
and a PITA to maintain (hardware-wise). I have two \"small screen\"
machines that I\'ve kept -- mainly for backward support (old hardware
and/or software/apps).
I\'m not fond of them but when you\'re mobile and/or powering it from a small PV
panel a tower with a 25\" 4HD monitor doesn\'t cut it.
I try not to do any \"work\" when away from home. When traveling, I
carry a small laptop that doesn\'t even have an optical drive!
most likely place to find a laptop with an optical drive is the recycling bin or a maybe a museum
onsdag den 31. august 2022 kl. 02.34.03 UTC+2 skrev Don Y:
On 8/30/2022 4:58 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 08/30/2022 03:16 PM, Don Y wrote:
I have never been fond of laptops -- small screens, small keyboards
and a PITA to maintain (hardware-wise). I have two \"small screen\"
machines that I\'ve kept -- mainly for backward support (old hardware
and/or software/apps).
I\'m not fond of them but when you\'re mobile and/or powering it from a small PV
panel a tower with a 25\" 4HD monitor doesn\'t cut it.
I try not to do any \"work\" when away from home. When traveling, I
carry a small laptop that doesn\'t even have an optical drive!
most likely place to find a laptop with an optical drive is the recycling bin or a maybe a museum