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The Last Optimist To Post Here Wins LXI - Mike WINS!

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Message 60790 - Posted: 4 Apr 2017, 3:48:15 UTC

Thanks for the win SusieQ, well maybe thanks.

Post away my fellow ... er something.

The Last Person To Post Here Wins Thread, general rules:

1. Winner of the last thread starts the new one with a post of these rules.
2. Chooses a future event which triggers the winner, e.g. post number, date-time, and records it privately somehow (yellow sticky, etc.)
3. Everyone has fun posting until the target event is reached.
4. When the target is reached, old winner posts declaration of new winner and also PMs them.
5. Shortly after this a Mod will lock the recently won thread (use the red cross to notify them)*
6. Go to 1.


*if there is a mod around
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Message 60791 - Posted: 4 Apr 2017, 7:04:35 UTC

Congratulations on the win Mr Charpentier.

Sigh, my greatest fear has happened. Keeping a sticky somewhere and remembering not to throw it out!
- you could always get a tattoo, or paint it on the wall, or write it in permanent marker on a whiteboard or window, or .... Well, you get the idea :-D
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Message 60793 - Posted: 4 Apr 2017, 12:07:45 UTC

Tattoos are a bit of a one-shot solution. I find the post-it a sensible solution, provided I recall where I put the thing...
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Message 60794 - Posted: 5 Apr 2017, 13:20:10 UTC

There's so few of us posting these days, we may need a more long-lasting reminder mechanism :-) I can remember ending one thread last year after 366 posts - it would take quite a while to reach that given the recent post rate :-(
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Message 60795 - Posted: 5 Apr 2017, 17:34:15 UTC

Congrats Gary!
I lost myself in a crazy work schedule I think.
Too tired now to remember :-)
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Message 60796 - Posted: 6 Apr 2017, 1:46:28 UTC

Computers are a pain in the ....
Message, the backup did not complete ...
drill down ... the backup folder could not have permissions set ...
now that is BS as the backup runs SUID
fsck backup
the partition map has unrecoverable errors
WTF!
Now the disk won't mount
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

now do I spend time trying to fix it by hand with a hex editor or suffer and just start over and erase the drive?

At least the data on the original is fine.

Computers are a pain in the ....

and here I thought I'd get to post about me being a mass murderer using chemical weapons like dihydrogen monoxide
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Message 60797 - Posted: 7 Apr 2017, 4:25:24 UTC - in response to Message 60790.  

Nobody will win because if they post they didn't read the rules and you can never stop reading the rules since rule #6 says goto rule #1... ;)
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Message 60798 - Posted: 7 Apr 2017, 7:56:45 UTC

Trying to win , bit of uphill struggle lately.

Least the sun is shining.
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Message 60800 - Posted: 7 Apr 2017, 9:01:28 UTC

Less than three hours to go until I escape :-)
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Message 60801 - Posted: 7 Apr 2017, 9:32:25 UTC

Less than three hours to go until I escape :-)

Lucky you! I've got another 5.5 hours to go :-(

Good Morning, Yavanius - welcome to the merry little throng of posters :-D
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Message 60802 - Posted: 7 Apr 2017, 9:40:52 UTC

2 hours 20 minutes, and then poof....
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Message 60803 - Posted: 8 Apr 2017, 7:35:54 UTC

Winning.
With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.
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Message 60804 - Posted: 8 Apr 2017, 11:24:52 UTC

And so it goes....
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Message 60807 - Posted: 8 Apr 2017, 15:32:16 UTC

Not sure where you are in Sweden Tut, but I hope no-one you know was personally affected by yesterday's events.
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Message 60811 - Posted: 10 Apr 2017, 18:34:18 UTC
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Last post two days ago. At this rate it will be New Years. ;-)

Looking back I see #9 was my first one here. Want to be afraid, #7 had 1000+ posts!
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Message 60812 - Posted: 11 Apr 2017, 6:56:52 UTC

Wow, if it took 10 months with that many posters it could take us years ...
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Message 60813 - Posted: 12 Apr 2017, 11:59:08 UTC

On the downhill slope of the week at last
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Message 60814 - Posted: 13 Apr 2017, 15:27:42 UTC

Yay, it's here at last - I'm about to run out the door to start the Easter holidays :-)
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Message 60815 - Posted: 13 Apr 2017, 16:26:08 UTC

I think I beat you out of the door - given it takes about 35 minutes desk to door and I was home by 16:00.....
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Message 60816 - Posted: 14 Apr 2017, 0:42:25 UTC

holiday? got to find a better boss.
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