To PC Guru Paul !!!

I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who has
:-

for countless ages....

.....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually every
hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few other NG's
across ages past !

....now I know that I'm getting old,
....and despite the fact that I've forgotten more than I'll ever know about
tweaking up MSDOS and Windows GUI's since the earliest, (and quite useless
MS Windows Gui's such as Windows 3.1 that was pretty to look at but, hardly
any software houses had yet produced anything for it), MS Windows version,
.....and despite the fact that, (given enough time), one can EVENTUALLY hunt
down the answer to ones hardware and/or software problems using Google,
(and ignoring the point that often, for speed, I bung a question into a NG
because I either cannot remember how to do it, or cannot remember how to
solve a problem that I know I've solved in the past, and have not enough
time to hunt it down yet again on the web, ....
.....I want to know how Paul does it so FAST ! ? ! ??

....here's thinking that a little flattery will get me everwhere in the
future !

regards, Richard

On 01/23/2014 06:52 PM, RJK wrote:
I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who has
:-

for countless ages....

....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually every
hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few other NG's
across ages past !

...now I know that I'm getting old,
...and despite the fact that I've forgotten more than I'll ever know about
tweaking up MSDOS and Windows GUI's since the earliest, (and quite useless
MS Windows Gui's such as Windows 3.1 that was pretty to look at but, hardly
any software houses had yet produced anything for it), MS Windows version,
....and despite the fact that, (given enough time), one can EVENTUALLY hunt
down the answer to ones hardware and/or software problems using Google,
(and ignoring the point that often, for speed, I bung a question into a NG
because I either cannot remember how to do it, or cannot remember how to
solve a problem that I know I've solved in the past, and have not enough
time to hunt it down yet again on the web, ....
....I want to know how Paul does it so FAST ! ? ! ??

...here's thinking that a little flattery will get me everwhere in the
future !

regards, Richard





I always figured he was Bill Gates, just using a 'nym' . G

"philo " wrote in message
...
On 01/23/2014 06:52 PM, RJK wrote:
I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who
has
:-

for countless ages....

....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually every
hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few other
NG's
across ages past !

...now I know that I'm getting old,
...and despite the fact that I've forgotten more than I'll ever know
about
tweaking up MSDOS and Windows GUI's since the earliest, (and quite
useless
MS Windows Gui's such as Windows 3.1 that was pretty to look at but,
hardly
any software houses had yet produced anything for it), MS Windows
version,
....and despite the fact that, (given enough time), one can EVENTUALLY
hunt
down the answer to ones hardware and/or software problems using Google,
(and ignoring the point that often, for speed, I bung a question into a
NG
because I either cannot remember how to do it, or cannot remember how to
solve a problem that I know I've solved in the past, and have not enough
time to hunt it down yet again on the web, ....
....I want to know how Paul does it so FAST ! ? ! ??

...here's thinking that a little flattery will get me everwhere in the
future !

regards, Richard





I always figured he was Bill Gates, just using a 'nym' . G

........THAT's THE ANSWER !!!!! :-)

regards, Richard

On 01/23/2014 07:00 PM, RJK wrote:
"




I always figured he was Bill Gates, just using a 'nym' . G

.......THAT's THE ANSWER !!!!! :-)

regards, Richard





HA!

RJK wrote:
I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who has
:-

for countless ages....

....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually every
hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few other NG's
across ages past !

...now I know that I'm getting old,
...and despite the fact that I've forgotten more than I'll ever know about
tweaking up MSDOS and Windows GUI's since the earliest, (and quite useless
MS Windows Gui's such as Windows 3.1 that was pretty to look at but, hardly
any software houses had yet produced anything for it), MS Windows version,
....and despite the fact that, (given enough time), one can EVENTUALLY hunt
down the answer to ones hardware and/or software problems using Google,
(and ignoring the point that often, for speed, I bung a question into a NG
because I either cannot remember how to do it, or cannot remember how to
solve a problem that I know I've solved in the past, and have not enough
time to hunt it down yet again on the web, ....
....I want to know how Paul does it so FAST ! ? ! ??

...here's thinking that a little flattery will get me everwhere in the
future !

regards, Richard


Yikes. It's like I'm getting buttered up
for a tough question of some sort :-)

I find the newsgroups are filled with people
who can answer your questions.

As for why I'm in the house today, it's too damn
cold to go outside. I may be able to escape
tomorrow though. A couple of days ago, I
walked to the grocery store, and it was -26C.
I even saw a kook a couple weeks ago,
riding a *bicycle* at -22C. It takes all kinds.
You need the balls of a brass monkey to
do something like that :-) As a student in school,
riding a bicycle year round, I've had hypothermia
from riding at just -10C. I'd keel over after
riding one block, at -22C. The wind chill on
a bicycle is ferocious.

Paul

On 23/01/2014 7:58 PM, philo wrote:
I always figured he was Bill Gates, just using a 'nym' . G

He's too critical of Microsoft to be BG.

On 23/01/2014 8:46 PM, Paul wrote:
As for why I'm in the house today, it's too damn
cold to go outside. I may be able to escape
tomorrow though. A couple of days ago, I
walked to the grocery store, and it was -26C.
I even saw a kook a couple weeks ago,
riding a *bicycle* at -22C. It takes all kinds.
You need the balls of a brass monkey to
do something like that :-) As a student in school,
riding a bicycle year round, I've had hypothermia
from riding at just -10C. I'd keel over after
riding one block, at -22C. The wind chill on
a bicycle is ferocious.

Paul

You sound like you're living in my city, Ottawa!?

Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 23/01/2014 8:46 PM, Paul wrote:
As for why I'm in the house today, it's too damn
cold to go outside. I may be able to escape
tomorrow though. A couple of days ago, I
walked to the grocery store, and it was -26C.
I even saw a kook a couple weeks ago,
riding a *bicycle* at -22C. It takes all kinds.
You need the balls of a brass monkey to
do something like that :-) As a student in school,
riding a bicycle year round, I've had hypothermia
from riding at just -10C. I'd keel over after
riding one block, at -22C. The wind chill on
a bicycle is ferocious.

Paul

You sound like you're living in my city, Ottawa!?

The living part, would be when it's warmer.

Paul

philo* wrote:

RJK wrote:

I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who has
for countless ages....

....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually every
hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few other NG's
across ages past !

I always figured he was Bill Gates, just using a 'nym' . G

You haven't been to a seminar that had Bill Gates present; else, you'd
realize he is not expert on the software his company sells. If the
presentation goes as planned and practiced then it looks like he knows
what he is doing. When something goes awry, up jump his standby
technicians to run over and fix the problem. The rest of us aren't
similarly blessed with an onsite on-demand support team ready to provide
dedicated service.

In message , RJK
writes:
I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who has
:-

for countless ages....

....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually every
hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few other NG's
across ages past !
[]
....I want to know how Paul does it so FAST ! ? ! ??

...here's thinking that a little flattery will get me everwhere in the
future !

regards, Richard



Seconded; I'm almost at the point where a "Paul" posting gets marked
keep automatically. (No, not buttering you up for a really hard question
Paul - just don't go away!)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I quite like being cosy and complacent, I'm not doing any harm. I like to
watch talented people make cakes. So there. - Alison Graham, RT 19-25 October
2013

On 24-January-2014 11:46 AM, Paul wrote:
RJK wrote:
I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who
has :-

Yikes. It's like I'm getting buttered up
for a tough question of some sort :-)

I find the newsgroups are filled with people
who can answer your questions.

As for why I'm in the house today, it's too damn
cold to go outside. I may be able to escape
tomorrow though. A couple of days ago, I
walked to the grocery store, and it was -26C.
I even saw a kook a couple weeks ago,
riding a *bicycle* at -22C. It takes all kinds.
You need the balls of a brass monkey to
do something like that :-) As a student in school,
riding a bicycle year round, I've had hypothermia
from riding at just -10C. I'd keel over after
riding one block, at -22C. The wind chill on
a bicycle is ferocious.


Here in Australia we've just had 2 weeks straight of +44C to 45C temps.
Geez, I can't even begin to imagine what -26C feels like.
(but it sounds good from where I'm sitting) :-)


Graham

On 24/01/2014 11:46 AM, Paul wrote:
RJK wrote:
I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who
has :-

for countless ages....

....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually
every hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few
other NG's across ages past !

...now I know that I'm getting old,
...and despite the fact that I've forgotten more than I'll ever know
about tweaking up MSDOS and Windows GUI's since the earliest, (and
quite useless MS Windows Gui's such as Windows 3.1 that was pretty to
look at but, hardly any software houses had yet produced anything for
it), MS Windows version, ....and despite the fact that, (given enough
time), one can EVENTUALLY hunt down the answer to ones hardware and/or
software problems using Google, (and ignoring the point that often,
for speed, I bung a question into a NG because I either cannot
remember how to do it, or cannot remember how to solve a problem that
I know I've solved in the past, and have not enough time to hunt it
down yet again on the web, ....
....I want to know how Paul does it so FAST ! ? ! ??

...here's thinking that a little flattery will get me everwhere in the
future !

regards, Richard


Yikes. It's like I'm getting buttered up
for a tough question of some sort :-)

I find the newsgroups are filled with people
who can answer your questions.

As for why I'm in the house today, it's too damn
cold to go outside. I may be able to escape
tomorrow though. A couple of days ago, I
walked to the grocery store, and it was -26C.
I even saw a kook a couple weeks ago,
riding a *bicycle* at -22C. It takes all kinds.
You need the balls of a brass monkey to
do something like that :-) As a student in school,
riding a bicycle year round, I've had hypothermia
from riding at just -10C. I'd keel over after
riding one block, at -22C. The wind chill on
a bicycle is ferocious.

Paul

Yep, you're pretty good (and concise) with answers on IT topics Paul,
but just to bring you back to earth a bit, your English language skills
may need a bit of honing. The 'brass monkey' is no animal; in the days
of the old man o' war sailing ships the cannon balls were stored on a
frame (made of brass) called a 'monkey', and in cold weather that frame
would shrink, and some of the cannon ball would pop off.
hence, 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.

On 01/23/2014 09:44 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
philo wrote:

RJK wrote:

I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who has
for countless ages....

....provided SUPERB, RELEVANT, 1st class, ...responses to virtually every
hardware and software question launched in this, and quite a few other NG's
across ages past !

I always figured he was Bill Gates, just using a 'nym' . G

You haven't been to a seminar that had Bill Gates present; else, you'd
realize he is not expert on the software his company sells. If the
presentation goes as planned and practiced then it looks like he knows
what he is doing. When something goes awry, up jump his standby
technicians to run over and fix the problem. The rest of us aren't
similarly blessed with an onsite on-demand support team ready to provide
dedicated service.




Well, somewhere I have a brief video clip of a Win98 demo that BSODed
and Gates just made up a quick excuse.

On 01/24/2014 04:08 AM, B.Borbiro wrote:
XX

Yep, you're pretty good (and concise) with answers on IT topics Paul,
but just to bring you back to earth a bit, your English language skills
may need a bit of honing. The 'brass monkey' is no animal; in the days
of the old man o' war sailing ships the cannon balls were stored on a
frame (made of brass) called a 'monkey', and in cold weather that frame
would shrink, and some of the cannon ball would pop off.
hence, 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.



Good info which I am sure very people know!

WayPoint wrote:
On 24-January-2014 11:46 AM, Paul wrote:
RJK wrote:
I think, no, I KNOW, ...I want to know who is this Paul person is, who
has :-

Yikes. It's like I'm getting buttered up
for a tough question of some sort :-)

I find the newsgroups are filled with people
who can answer your questions.

As for why I'm in the house today, it's too damn
cold to go outside. I may be able to escape
tomorrow though. A couple of days ago, I
walked to the grocery store, and it was -26C.
I even saw a kook a couple weeks ago,
riding a *bicycle* at -22C. It takes all kinds.
You need the balls of a brass monkey to
do something like that :-) As a student in school,
riding a bicycle year round, I've had hypothermia
from riding at just -10C. I'd keel over after
riding one block, at -22C. The wind chill on
a bicycle is ferocious.


Here in Australia we've just had 2 weeks straight of +44C to 45C temps.
Geez, I can't even begin to imagine what -26C feels like.
(but it sounds good from where I'm sitting) :-)


Graham


We live in a time of extremes, that's for sure.
Right now, it's +6C in Whitehorse Yukon, and -4C in
Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico, with light snow.
How's that for an inversion.

I can't imagine what +44C would be like, in the outdoors.
Maybe 35C would be a hot day here in the summer. The worst
part here, is getting high humidity at the same time.
I don't mind the 35C, as long as it isn't 90% humidity
at the same time. I can remember summers here, where it
wasn't really that hot, but all of August was "like an armpit"
in terms of humidity. And I don't handle humidity all that
well. I sweat buckets, when other people are only
slightly damp. Not good. I have to drag several liters
of water to sporting events.

Paul