asciilifeform: ( 11 yr.-vintage wank re asciilifeform's orig warez link )
asciilifeform: 'There were people working behind the scenes trying to get the Symbolics VLM stuff legitimately released in some way to the hobbyist community - and this is likely to throw a wrench into that effort'
asciilifeform: well if it's a trad mouse you generally wouldn't
asciilifeform: in other esoterica, on gentoo 'xinput' dumps list of mice, and then 'xinput --set-prop yermousenumber 269 -1' switches off mouse-acceleration. ( possibly phf already knew this, but gives 9000x moar usable roller )☟︎☟︎
asciilifeform: could say 'golden age over', but i dunthink their goldenage included shotgun bots.
asciilifeform: one might naively expect that the bot would have a belt-fed shooter of some kind, but nope -- it had double barrel '12gauge' , loaded by hand.
asciilifeform: ( these are standard nao, as i understand, even in flyshit ohio )
asciilifeform: a:'where do you put prisoner' cop:'wtf you smoking? chopper takes pictures'
asciilifeform: complete with tiny little chopper, held 1 d00d
asciilifeform: iirc coupla yrs ago i linked to photos i took at a 'police expo' where all of this was proudly exhibited to gawking public
asciilifeform: they carry cheap imported pistol, cuffs, flashlight, and the traditional 'democratizer', and these props havent visibly changed in asciilifeform's living memory
asciilifeform: ( phunphakt -- in ye olde su, handcuff was uncommon, outside of where it was used as an instrument of 'question of the third degree', in a form of old-school 'strappado' . )
asciilifeform: possibly in flyshit, ohio -- zip ties.
asciilifeform: ( or for that matter, whether renesas co. of tokyo was able to swallow usg's intersil co. because jp sent preet his daugher's other ear, or because preet married jp princess and sits on throne there, i also have nfi )
asciilifeform: i suppose could be 'leave my cement factory alone or i send you yer daughter's other ear'
asciilifeform: could be through marriage into nobility for all i know.
asciilifeform: i actually have deeply nfi how they were (or are?) obtained, today or 40y ago
asciilifeform: of course there is also mark twain's addendum to this, 'quit drink, quit smoke, you might not live >100 but it will ~feel~ like 1000' or how did it go
asciilifeform: went away long ago, if existed, i never saw it
asciilifeform: it's what 'vhs 1980s' was shorthand for, neh, 'work on salary and afford 3 houses and boat'
asciilifeform: a:'hey mircea_popescu , i saw kangaroo in a zoo once' m:'yer delusional , there aint no such animal, fuckin' brits lied about it' a:'looked quite like the drawing' m:'destructive fantasy, and at terrible cost, you saw mutilated donkey' a:'...'
asciilifeform: it's impossible to 'win argument' against 'tanana cant hear you', yes
asciilifeform: thought it'd evaporate with the swallowing.
