Posts by Gary Charpentier

1) Message boards : Politics : We are being slimed... #2 (Message 2135130)
Posted 5 hours ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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In my opinion: Deadly unscrupulous deadly nasty...
Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries

Is that poor countries or countries with poor legal systems?
2) Message boards : Politics : Computers & Technology 4 (Message 2135118)
Posted 19 hours ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Do you trust your anti-virus?
https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/escan-antivirus-update-mechanism.html

Security is what we allow.
3) Message boards : Politics : When will the West stop pandering the Israeli government? (Message 2135109)
Posted 1 day ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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South Vietnam collapsed because its totally corrupt ruling elites had no credibility among the people, a fact that the U.S. was never able to change.
Not sure Benji is doing all that well either.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-is-unpopular-at-home-but-not-for-the-reasons-us-lawmakers-are-turning-on-him/ wrote:
A January poll by Israel’s Channel 13 found that 55% of Israelis say Netanyahu’s decisions are driven primarily by personal interests

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/only-15-israelis-want-netanyahu-keep-job-after-gaza-war-poll-finds-2024-01-02/ wrote:
Only 15% of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay in office after the war on Hamas in Gaza ends
4) Message boards : Politics : When will the West stop pandering the Israeli government? (Message 2135096)
Posted 1 day ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Everything repeats.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4612618-hawley-cotton-biden-national-guard-gaza-protests-columbia/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PrUU2S_iw

How many years after Kent State did South Vietnam cease to exist?
5) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Word Link #117 (Message 2135094)
Posted 1 day ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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garnish
6) Message boards : Politics : Climate Change, 'Greenhouse' effects: Solutions #3 (Message 2135088)
Posted 2 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/22/california-solar-duck-curve-rooftop/
But now, the state and its grid operator are grappling with a strange reality: There is so much solar on the grid that, on sunny spring days when there’s not as much demand, electricity prices go negative. Gigawatts of solar are “curtailed” — essentially, thrown away.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX2n2-acksw&t=360s
I thought Electric Cars Were the Future. I Changed My Mind
7) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Word Link #117 (Message 2135075)
Posted 2 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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member
8) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Word Link #117 (Message 2135063)
Posted 3 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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gun
9) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Word Link #117 (Message 2135004)
Posted 4 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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line
10) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VIII (Message 2134999)
Posted 4 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Pull ALL the drives magnetic, floppy, optical, SSD, not just the data cable but also the power cable. See if you get beeps or if it drops into a BIOS screen.

Then if nothing, also remove the video card and listen for beeps. (Just bare MB nothing connected)

If nothing, pull the RAM and listen.

If nothing, pull the battery, wait some considerable time and try, without battery.

You are now down to just two things, the power supply or the MB.
11) Message boards : Politics : Computers & Technology 4 (Message 2134987)
Posted 5 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Yep. Subscription, just like software, pay all the time.
12) Message boards : Politics : When will the West stop pandering the Israeli government? (Message 2134969)
Posted 5 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Ah, you presuppose there will be a next time. Perhaps you should look at yourself and see why you are such a strong magnet.
Let's assume the opposite: There won't be a next time. That would mean Iron Dome, David's Sling and Arrow are a pretty stupid waste of money. I doubt it was a stupid investment, but rather one that enabled Israel to procrastinate. Of what? To fix the cause. Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad are only symptoms, but no longer contributory causes. Decades in this conflict, one of the last remaining root causes is a bunch of old, senile men in Tehran; who fear every day they will be thrown into the Orcus of history by the younger, more enlighted generations.

The "strong magnet" will persist as long as there is even one Jew remaining in the Middle East. Only freed of Jews, this magnet would disappear. It's written in the Hamas Charta or the PLO's Charta, taught by theological "authorities" of Palestinians as well as Iran. Alternatively, they could try not to throw bombs, grenades, and missiles in the direction of the "magnet". There could be peace, despite this strong magnet.

Switch sides, use "haredim" instead of Tehran.
13) Message boards : Politics : When will the West stop pandering the Israeli government? (Message 2134936)
Posted 6 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Keep training your reflexes so that you can successfully dodge even more incoming bullets next time?
Ah, you presuppose there will be a next time. Perhaps you should look at yourself and see why you are such a strong magnet.
14) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Word Link #117 (Message 2134922)
Posted 7 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Fosbury
15) Message boards : Politics : Computers & Technology 4 (Message 2134897)
Posted 8 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Ouch again
https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/widely-used-putty-ssh-client-found.html

Security is what we allow.
16) Message boards : Politics : Computers & Technology 4 (Message 2134864)
Posted 9 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Ding ding ding
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/the-65-year-old-computer-system-at-the-heart-of-american-business/
17) Message boards : Politics : When will the West stop pandering the Israeli government? (Message 2134821)
Posted 11 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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It has started.
Next move crazy hot head Benji.
18) Message boards : Politics : Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3) (Message 2134799)
Posted 12 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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I'm not a business economist. But I assume 'revenues' aren't profits.
High costs - labor - is what they will cut, because that is what every company cuts when faced with losses. It is always the single largest non-fixed cost. They offer their best and thus their highest paid generous severance because after all, there is no difference in human production units.
It's only 'Global services' which is profitable; presumably maintenance, parts, repairs.
Software and publications. This is ubiquitous monopoly products in essentially all aircraft from Airbus all the way down to kit built. And they are subscription products, with a 28 day lifecycle. It may also include full motion simulators.

As to parts, you have forgotten the previous CEO declared they don't build, they assemble. Sold off their parts divisions as parts. Suddenly they need to buy back the parts business.

As to maintenance all the airlines have their own maintenance facilities, except the micro who then subcontract the majors or independents for service.

Now Renton may refit cabins when seating layouts are changed because that is more major that the airlines want to do in their service facilities, but there are specialist companies to do that infotainment stuff.
19) Message boards : Politics : Computers & Technology 4 (Message 2134794)
Posted 12 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Security is what we allow

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/highly-capable-hackers-root-corporate-networks-by-exploiting-firewall-0-day/
20) Message boards : Politics : Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3) (Message 2134785)
Posted 12 days ago by Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
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Meanwhile, will any of the previous and existing 'leadership' pick up their responsibilities and be brought to book and imprisoned for their actions or lack of care and lack of concern for life?...
Are you daft? They raked in the money for Wall Street, legally that is their only concern.
Someone should explain to Wall Street that Boeing could sell a lot more airplanes and make a lot more profit if they hadn't screwed up their manufacturing process. Are shareholders daft?
Selling airplanes isn't the only thing they do. https://s2.q4cdn.com/661678649/files/doc_financials/2023/ar/Boeing-2023-Annual-Report.pdf Page 24, more of their revenue comes from anything but commercial airplanes.


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