Gern_Blaanston
@Gern_Blaanston
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RE: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
@boomzilla said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
It was "Safety Week" and it was suggested we set up a mock "accident" involving a forklift. So we contacted the company who does the maintenance on our forklifts, had them bring one over and lay it on its side, in the street near the main entrance, so that everyone would see it.
Well, it turns out, before you tip over a forklift you should drain all the various fluids (oil, radiator, etc.) because if you don't they all immediately run out and start going down the street into the sewers.
And so, first thing in the morning on our first day of Safety Week we had a major environmental incident.
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RE: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
Hi, George. This is Richard, next door. I've a confession to make. I've been riddled with guilt for a few months and have been trying to get up the courage to tell you face-to-face. At least I'm telling you in this text. I can't live with myself a minute longer without your knowing about this. The truth is, when you're not around, I've been using your wife, day and night. Probably much more than you. I haven't been getting it at home recently. I know that's no excuse. The temptation was just
too great. I can't live with the guilt & hope you'll accept my sincere apology and forgive me.Please suggest a fee for usage and I'll pay you.
Richard
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George, feeling enraged and betrayed, grabbed his gun, went next door, and shot Richard dead. He returned home, shot his wife, poured himself a stiff drink and sat down on the sofa. George then looked at his phone and discovered a second text message from Richard.
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Hi, George. Richard here again. Sorry about the typo on my last text. I assume you figured it out and noticed that the darned Auto Correct had changed "wi-fi" to "wife." Technology, huh? It'll be the death of us all. -
RE: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™
Devil: And this is the lake of lava you've be spending eternity in.
Me: Actually, we're underground, so it would be magma.
Devil: You do realize that's why you're here, right?
Latest posts made by Gern_Blaanston
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RE: The Official Status Thread
I was talking to a couple of my neighbors today. I've lived here for a little over 10 years and I do not know their names. But I know the names of their dogs.
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RE: Super Cow Powers
@joshmid747 said in Super Cow Powers:
Only just rediscovered this on my computer, been ages since I have done this one.
Well, well, well .... if it isn't Jo Shmid.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else
@topspin said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@Applied-Mediocrity said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@Tsaukpaetra Ah, they finally shoehorned ReFS somewhere.
Reiser FS? Ain’t he still behind bars?
No, ReFS is Microsoft's "Resilient File System" which seems to be mostly useless except for a few very specific situations.
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RE: WTF Bites
@Gern_Blaanston Unlike many other teams in Microsoft, the Windows team did not unlearn the value of backward compati(de)bility yet, so they still provide the IE library for those with ancient web apps relying on its misfeatures and no time to upgrade them.
Backwards compatibility is one of the few things that Microsoft has always done well. I have a couple of programs, one is from 2003 and one is from 2000, and I use them regularly and they run just fine on the latest Windows 11.
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RE: WTF Bites
@Gern_Blaanston said in WTF Bites:
If you any site you visit needs Internet Explorer, you can reload it with IE mode in Microsoft Edge.
Which, to be fair, is actual IE rendering engine running inside the Edge chrome. Also some other applications are still embedding the IE renderer.
Which apparently is the only thing that Internet Explorer is used for these days. I had completely forgotten about IE and just a few days ago I was surprised to discover that it still exists in Windows 11, but also discovered that you can't actually run it (as a stand-alone browser).
Not that I would want to do that ....
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RE: WTF Bites
@Tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
Went to use Office's "Insert image from Online" and this came up...
Guess I need a newer version of Internet Exploder...
Apparently the Microsoft Office people didn't get the memo. The first search result for "latest version of Internet Explorer" is:
Internet Explorer was retired on June 15, 2022. IE 11 has been permanently disabled through a Microsoft Edge update. If you any site you visit needs Internet Explorer, you can reload it with IE mode in Microsoft Edge.
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RE: Things that remind you of WDTWTF members
So, if there is only person in the chat, they are person # 0 ?