= Сообщение: 3763 из 12556 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Gerrit Kuehn 2:240/12 27 Apr 16 17:08:00 Кому : BjЎrn Felten 27 Apr 16 17:08:00 Тема : Very odd FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:240/12+570fdfd0 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+571fd6f8 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: LATIN-1 ================================ ============================================================================== Hello BjЎrn!
26 Apr 16 23:00, BjЎrn Felten wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
GK>> You cannot really maintain the OS part anymore as XP is unsupported GK>> by MS for more than two years now.
BF> When they left it I think it was as perfect as any OS could ever BF> be (except maybe for VMS -- that Windows NT was based on). Haven't BF> had a single problem with it since even before 2009 when I upgraded BF> to SP3 -- even if I really found no need to.
I hope noone will hold you liable one day for running unsupported and thus inherently and unnecessarily insecure software.
GK>> of maintenance (maybe apart from de-dusting)
BF> Very important! I at least yearly take my vacuum cleaner and suck BF> the hell out of all the fans in my computer. Oh my god how full of BF> dust and shit they use to be.
Depends on the environment they're operated in. For home use you're certainly right.
BF> Yeah, well, as I explained in another message, in Sweden BF> electricity is dirt cheap.
I heard the price for good sand has been rising lately...
BF> Especially if you like me have a 1000W BF> solar panel to assist it all. :)
Except for the 60+% of the time where it's too dark to gain even the 10W you might need to operate a new machine.
Regards, Gerrit
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