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   Nancy Backus to Maurice Kinal   
   Re: GUI?? was: squirrel and Møøse   
   29 Jul 17 16:06:34   
   
   -=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 28-Jul-2017 03:57 <=-   
      
    NB>> Being as you are the local Wizard   
      
    MK> I get the impression that they think of me as more of a mad scientist   
    MK> with more emphasis on the madness than the science.    
      
   But isn't that part of the definition of Wizard...?  At least in some   
   circles.... ;)   
      
    NB>> Access is appreciated greatly, I'm sure   
      
    MK> For sure.  Without me it would be very expensive and probably not any   
    MK> better as for speed, not that they really care about speed.  The cost   
    MK> is their primary concern as everyone out here isn't what anyone would   
    MK> call finacially well off.    
      
   So you are providing a real service....  ;)    
      
    MK> Anyhow as shown below the new real time clock seems to be working.    
    MK> I've got it up to the second (and better) accuracy to at least one of   
    MK> the well connected machines so I am happy thus far.  We'll see in a   
    MK> week or two what the drift looks like.  So far it looks to be an   
    MK> excellent idea.    
      
   So, you've answered this set from the raspi3....?  And, I presume, the   
   tagline generator requires a real time clock to generate the proper   
   number of days to the next cybertoasts...  Time will tell if the drift   
   will be a problem.... ;)   
      
    MK> ... Future cybertoasts of note:   
    MK> 2018-01-01 is  157 days from now and falls on a Monday.   
    MK> 2024-11-05 is 2657 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
    MK> -!- GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (arm-slackware-linux-gnueabi)   
    MK>  ! Origin: Pointy Stick Society - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001.32)   
      
   Quoted for reference...   
      
   ttyl          neb   
      
   ... Fortune cookie slip:  Learn Chinese: expensive    gui   
      
   --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F   
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