Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-08 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 07:08:05PM +0100, Jan van Wijk wrote: > On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 18:00:13 + Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > >>Same here, allthough we simply spell it 'kak' :-) > > > >Actually I think that's right here as well - my smell checker was on. Silly > >bunt. > > Hmm, allways wanted

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-08 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 06:55:58PM +0100, Jan van Wijk wrote: > On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 15:14:21 + Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > >>In a previous life building racing engines, "cack" was a familiar word, > >>as in "the top ring is cackled." Meaning damaged beyond repair. > > > >Kack still in use here

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread John
On 12/6/2019 10:22:06, ann sanfedele wrote: now - can I stay on Win 7 a bit longer than January without living too dangerously? can I avoid getting a new or refurbished desktop that has Win 10 on it ? No snarky comments about how I shuld get a MAc puleeze :) ann I sure hope so, 'cause I

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 18:00:13 + Steve Cottrell wrote: > >>Same here, allthough we simply spell it 'kak' :-) > >Actually I think that's right here as well - my smell checker was on. Silly >bunt. Hmm, allways wanted one of those, where did you get your smell checker from? ;-) Regards, JvW

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 7 Dec 2019, at 18:00, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 7/12/19, Jan van Wijk, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Same here, allthough we simply spell it 'kak' :-) > > Actually I think that's right here as well - my smell checker was on. Silly > bunt. I think we spell it 'cack', as in

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/12/19, Jan van Wijk, discombobulated, unleashed: >Same here, allthough we simply spell it 'kak' :-) Actually I think that's right here as well - my smell checker was on. Silly bunt. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News --

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 15:14:21 + Steve Cottrell wrote: > >>In a previous life building racing engines, "cack" was a familiar word, >>as in "the top ring is cackled." Meaning damaged beyond repair. > >Kack still in use here int he UK. Means 'shit'. Same here, allthough we simply spell it 'kak'

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Nolan Hinshaw
On Dec 7, 2019, at 05:47, Paul Stenquist wrote: The Irish word "cac" means excrement; "Cac tarbh" is that which emanates from the transom of a bull. — ^<@<.@* hat less at less point at star }"_# | back brace double base pound space bar -@$&/_% dash at cash and slash base rate

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread David J Brooks
we say kaft in my neck of the woods. Dave On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 11:46 AM Alan C wrote: > "Kak" in SA! > > Alan C > > On 07-Dec-19 05:14 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 7/12/19, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> In a previous life building racing engines, "cack" was a

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Alan C
"Kak" in SA! Alan C On 07-Dec-19 05:14 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 7/12/19, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: In a previous life building racing engines, "cack" was a familiar word, as in "the top ring is cackled." Meaning damaged beyond repair. Kack still in use here int he UK.

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yep, I should have written “cacked .” Auto correct chose cackled. If a part was damaged less severely and perhaps still useable, it was “tweaked.” As in, “the top ring is cacked and the ring land is tweaked.” Paul > On Dec 7, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 7/12/19, Paul

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/12/19, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >In a previous life building racing engines, "cack" was a familiar word, >as in "the top ring is cackled." Meaning damaged beyond repair. Kack still in use here int he UK. Means 'shit'. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
ut there is an option to use the "classic" interface - how do you define >>>> classic, W3.1? For me, its different but it works, so I'm happy enough. >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> >>>> John in Brisbane >>>> >>>

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread Brian W
t;>> checking your upgrade status may tell you that (can't remember, its > >>> several > >>> years since I moved on from W7). People say the do not like the > >>> interface, > >>> but there is an option to use the "classic"

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread Rick Womer
appy enough. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> >>> John in Brisbane >>> >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: PDML On Behalf Of ann sanfedele >>> Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2019 1:22 AM >>&

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread Nolan Hinshaw
On Dec 6, 2019, at 13:42, ann sanfedele wrote: > > John, I'm still annoyed by the differences between 7 and XP. just sayin > ann XP SP2 may have been the last (to date)truly-ready-for-prime-time release of Windows. — ^<@<.@* hat less at less point at star }"_# | back brace double

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread Brian W
> classic, W3.1? For me, its different but it works, so I'm happy enough. > > > > HTH > > > > > > John in Brisbane > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: PDML On Behalf Of ann sanfedele > > Sent: Saturday, 7 December 20

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
ssic, W3.1? For me, its different but it works, so I'm happy enough. HTH John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2019 1:22 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10) there is still t

RE: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread jcoyle
From: PDML On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2019 1:22 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10) there is still that little ghost window at the bottom of my screen - when I right click I get 4 choices whick include "check your upgrade

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks, P. J - You and Wheatfield and NOlan have made me a hay camper today - and it wasn't going too well before I read these :-) ann On 12/6/2019 1:29 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: My desktop hasn't properly installed a security update in at least 5 years, and even Microsoft Certified I have

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
yippie! On 12/6/2019 12:40 PM, William R wrote: I'm still in Win7 on one of my computers and wish I hadn't let the other one upgrade to Win10. I wouldn't worry overly about MS dropping support. At worst, you might need to put a decent antivirus program on your computer (I use Malwarebytes) On

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks , NOlan love your ASCII poem... my favorite unix command from the golden years and the system's reply  cat food  cat cannot open food ann On 12/6/2019 12:01 PM, Nolan Hinshaw wrote: On Dec 6, 2019, at 07:22, ann sanfedele wrote: No snarky comments about how I shuld get a MAc

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread P. J. Alling
My desktop hasn't properly installed a security update in at least 5 years, and even Microsoft Certified I have been unable to discover why and correct it.  The failure codes are not decipherable.   Why do I mention that?  Well, I'm not too worried, about Windows 7 security.  As long as a good

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread William R
I'm still in Win7 on one of my computers and wish I hadn't let the other one upgrade to Win10. I wouldn't worry overly about MS dropping support. At worst, you might need to put a decent antivirus program on your computer (I use Malwarebytes) On Fri, Dec 6, 2019, 9:23 AM ann sanfedele wrote: >

Re: how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread Nolan Hinshaw
On Dec 6, 2019, at 07:22, ann sanfedele wrote: > No snarky comments about how I shuld get a MAc puleeze :) Any comments I could or would make in that direction would never be snarky; they'd stem from over 30 years' experience working with real computers and real ready-for-prime-time operating

how afraid should I be? (windoze 10)

2019-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
there is still that little ghost window at the bottom of my screen - when I right click I get 4 choices whick include "check your upgrade status" and get a response that they will send email to my pc.   I think I can upgrade free.. but I can't remember and I don't know where the "key" is, or