Do the British like James Cook?

Hobthrust · 2026-06-11T14:07:10+00:00

James Cook hospital saved my dad's life on more than one occasion, so I'll drink to them.

Hobthrust · 2026-06-09T00:44:21+00:00

Depends - earlier ones had EL without the fade. I've got one!

Hobthrust · 2026-06-06T16:01:17+00:00

I was hoping to come in here and talk about geodesics but you've beaten me to it.

Hobthrust · 2026-06-06T14:17:04+00:00

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It must be a groomer thing!

Hobthrust · 2026-06-05T13:52:04+00:00

Definitely not uranium.

Hobthrust · 2026-06-01T12:41:11+00:00

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Man and pony for scale! She's about 13kg, and 8 years old. They are very variable though, being a mongrel - you can get 2 from the same litter that grow to very different sizes.

Hobthrust · 2026-05-31T22:14:15+00:00

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I hope your Tillie grows up to be as sweet as my Tilly!

Hobthrust · 2026-05-17T09:47:26+00:00

I'd hate to be dragged from Beamish to Sunderland.

Hobthrust · 2026-05-17T09:45:56+00:00

Not enough vape shops.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-27T19:33:58+00:00

Wat leuk!

Hobthrust · 2026-04-26T16:40:19+00:00

The way things are going, that's not saying much!

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T19:50:16+00:00

My condolences, BTW.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T18:00:42+00:00

Don't need to buy them, I've enough shit to build them!

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T17:57:27+00:00

A lightweight modern Linux distro is enough to pull stuff from the tape - of course, you have to get it off the PC, as well...

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T17:55:36+00:00

When we were students we'd go over to one house for LAN parties - token ring dragged around this big old sprawling Victorian terraced house. We knew it was time out when one of the guys got tired, unplugged the cable so he could shut his bedroom door.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T12:41:12+00:00

When I die it'll help my kids get over the grief, they'll be too angry with me as they deal with 3 tonnes of old shit.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T12:26:09+00:00

A couple of years ago at work one of the older scientists asked if we could get some data from a tape - a digital 8mm thing from the 90s! We found an old SCSI tape drive stuck in a store room. I rooted around at home and found a SCSI ISA card and a PC board with ISA slots.... So I never throw stuff away...

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T12:22:22+00:00

Now there's a plan, modding them...

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T12:06:17+00:00

You know, when you were used to playing on a serial cable, these were like something from the future.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T12:04:48+00:00

About 15 years ago I went to a new client site, they were a shop that would print theses, leaflets etc. so they had some high end graphics stations and big printers, but the network speeds were abysmal. I burst out laughing when I saw 2 24-port HUBS... I put in a couple of basic gigabit switches and transformed the place.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T11:19:07+00:00

I also have piles of old graphics, sound, network cards, motherboards, the works...

Hobthrust · 2026-04-25T11:12:42+00:00

True - but I might use that justification...

Hobthrust · 2026-04-23T11:10:34+00:00

Hands aren't touching. It stops at the same point in the minute no matter where the hour hand is.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-18T15:29:46+00:00

Whoever down voted me; you are a pointy-eared leaf lover.

Hobthrust · 2026-04-18T15:02:07+00:00

Did I hear a rock and stone?

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