Random Thoughts

[Scott5114]

Since my memory is apparently falling apart lately...  Am I crazy, or didn't the DOS prompt used to be just C:\ before changing to C:\>?

The versions that I used always had the > there. The > is the actual prompt, and everything before that is the working directory (i.e. "where you are" in the filesystem). So it would behave as follows:

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C:\> cd programs
C:\PROGRAMS> _

The bash shell on Unix normally uses $ as its prompt character instead of >. If you are logged in as the administrator, it changes to #.

[ZLoth]

Why would you use a text editor to edit a executable? If you were on a MS-DOS machine, the system startup files were config.sys and autoexec.bat. Like many other people, I also used QEMM to better manage the lower 640k of memory as well as the upper memory above 1 GB.

Aha!  Yes, I misremembered.  It was C:\>edit autoexec.bat.

Since my memory is apparently falling apart lately...  Am I crazy, or didn't the DOS prompt used to be just C:\ before changing to C:\>?

What your prompt looked like is dependent on the MSDOS PROMPT command, and most everyone put PROMPT $P$G as the second line in the autoexec.bat file after @echo off. In fact, if you open up a command prompt and do a SET commend, you will see the line PROMPT=$P$G.

[kphoger]

The versions that I used always had the > there. The > is the actual prompt, and everything before that is the working directory (i.e. "where you are" in the filesystem). So it would behave as follows:

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C:\> cd programs
C:\PROGRAMS> _


Thanks.  Chalk it up to a false memory, I guess.

What your prompt looked like is dependent on the MSDOS PROMPT command, and most everyone put PROMPT $P$G as the second line in the autoexec.bat file after @echo off. In fact, if you open up a command prompt and do a SET commend, you will see the line PROMPT=$P$G.

Ah, thank you for the reminder!  I just opened up the Windows command prompt to give  prompt $P  a try, and it definitely looks very, very wrong that way.  Even  prompt $P\  looks completely wrong.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

I went to the County Fair this weekend, they no longer have tickets, they now have credits, and the rides cost twice as much.

[kphoger]

After two years of marriage:
—  I don't care if you have a cold.  I'm still going to kiss you.  I'd kiss you even if you had the flu.  That's how much I love you.

After twenty years of marriage:
—  Did you seriously just cough in the same bed as me without turning the other way and putting your head under the covers first?  Do you even love me?

[Rothman]

After two years of marriage:
—  I don't care if you have a cold.  I'm still going to kiss you.  I'd kiss you even if you had the flu.  That's how much I love you.

After twenty years of marriage:
—  Did you seriously just cough in the same bed as me without turning the other way and putting your head under the covers first?  Do you even love me?

Nah.  Same in two years as in twenty.  Don't make both of us sick...

[Max Rockatansky]

After two years of marriage:
—  I don't care if you have a cold.  I'm still going to kiss you.  I'd kiss you even if you had the flu.  That's how much I love you.

After twenty years of marriage:
—  Did you seriously just cough in the same bed as me without turning the other way and putting your head under the covers first?  Do you even love me?

Nah.  Same in two years as in twenty.  Don't make both of us sick...

Jessica has made it clear to me that her germs are not avoidable.  Then again, I'm not really in position to argue with over a thousand hours of sick leave.

[Rothman]

After two years of marriage:
—  I don't care if you have a cold.  I'm still going to kiss you.  I'd kiss you even if you had the flu.  That's how much I love you.

After twenty years of marriage:
—  Did you seriously just cough in the same bed as me without turning the other way and putting your head under the covers first?  Do you even love me?

Nah.  Same in two years as in twenty.  Don't make both of us sick...

Jessica has made it clear to me that her germs are not avoidable.  Then again, I'm not really in position to argue with over a thousand hours of sick leave.

Meh.  Being sick means not being able to do the things I want to do.  Don't make me sick.

[Max Rockatansky]

After two years of marriage:
—  I don't care if you have a cold.  I'm still going to kiss you.  I'd kiss you even if you had the flu.  That's how much I love you.

After twenty years of marriage:
—  Did you seriously just cough in the same bed as me without turning the other way and putting your head under the covers first?  Do you even love me?

Nah.  Same in two years as in twenty.  Don't make both of us sick...

Jessica has made it clear to me that her germs are not avoidable.  Then again, I'm not really in position to argue with over a thousand hours of sick leave.

Meh.  Being sick means not being able to do the things I want to do.  Don't make me sick.

The week COVID vacation after Thanksgiving in 2022 was pretty nice.  I would have otherwise been around panicking retail employees playing down to a diminished Black Friday sales weekend.  Tucked up in bed with disease was the superior outcome. 

[kenarmy]

-Do people think of Mississippi the state or river when they count them??
-I never hear people actually count them in Mississippi.
-kphoger's pfp just made me a little more unsettled than usual idky

[kphoger]

-Do people think of Mississippi the state or river when they count them??

Hmmm, good question.  I think it's the state, for me personally.  Also, whenever I think about 'Mississippi' in that context, I immediately also think about how I learned to spell it as a kid:

M, dot, funny letter, funny letter, dot, funny letter, funny letter, dot, humpback, humpback, dot

-I never hear people actually count them in Mississippi.

I do occasionally.  More often, it's 'one-thousand' in between.

-kphoger's pfp just made me a little more unsettled than usual idky

My face can do that to people.  My current avatar is less filter-adjusted than the old one, so you're now getting a more unfiltered version of me.  It it becomes unbearable, then I recommend taking a three-minute break from the screen and walk around outside for a bit before returning.

[The_Ginger]

-kphoger's pfp just made me a little more unsettled than usual idky

My face can do that to people.  My current avatar is less filter-adjusted than the old one, so you're now getting a more unfiltered version of me.  It it becomes unbearable, then I recommend taking a three-minute break from the screen and walk around outside for a bit before returning.

I actually enjoyed seeing your latest avatar. For awhile I couldn't fathom why that thing had a black mass underneath the nose. I actually (no offense, hard feelings or anything similar) thought it was a dog's face.

Your previous avatar helped, but it still wasn't clear. This latest one has it nice and clear.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

1972 was a good year in music.

[Molandfreak]

1972 was a good year in music.

Wasn't there a Simpsons joke about this?

[Big John]

1972 was a good year in music.

Wasn't there a Simpsons joke about this?

Homer said 1974 was the pinnacle year in music:

[kphoger]

My sweet spot is 1985.  If I put on a mix of radio hits from 1985, then I know and like almost every song that comes on.

[vdeane]

My sweet spot is 1985.  If I put on a mix of radio hits from 1985, then I know and like almost every song that comes on.

They have a song about that.

[elsmere241]

My sweet spot is 1985.  If I put on a mix of radio hits from 1985, then I know and like almost every song that comes on.

I'm a little off from that.  I remember thinking in summer 1984, "Music will never get better than this!"  Unfortunately, it looks like I was right.

[NE2]

I'm not sure if you can get YouMail since you use a dumbphone, but if you can, it'll transcribe every voicemail and send you an email.

Please speak clearly. Your message is being transcribed by EweMale.

[Scott5114]

1972 was a good year in music.

[Max Rockatansky]

One of my employees didn't believe me today when I said that Paulie had a robot in Rocky IV.  She had to look it up for herself on YouTube.

[Rothman]

One of my employees didn't believe me today when I said that Paulie had a robot in Rocky IV.  She had to look it up for herself on YouTube.

The single mother in Close Encounters of the Third Kind must have made out in the divorce or with life insurance well given how many electronic toys Barry had.

[D-Dey65]

I can't wait for Streetsblog to write some ridiculous rant blaming the automotive industry for the destruction of some railroad lines in Washington State, when in reality they were destroyed by the 1980 Mount Saint Helens explosion.

[1995hoo]

Last night Cade Cavalli threw eight innings of one-hit ball for the Nationals against the Cubs.

Meanwhile, the Cubs' pitcher for the final three and a third innings was Aaron Civale. Under the circumstances, I was slightly disappointed to learn that his last name is pronounced with a soft "c" sound (si-VAH-lee).

[I-55]

The more often you drop a dookie, the more full of it you must be.  Otherwise, you'd only need to go occasionally.

And Constipation became Occasional Irregularity

No idea how this popped into my head. This is a redundancy. Surprised Carlin didn't follow this up with "Of course it's occasional. If it wasn't, it would be regular"