Don't blindly believe everything you read online, tempting as that is. Do your homework first. This video series will help you do it well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU
Today, I installed 98SE and the Softpaqs. ("98SE and the Softpaqs" is now my Rock-n-Roll tribute band name.)
I also turned on and started updating a MeLE PCG02, a Windows 11 IOT-like fully contained desktop PC. It started downloading and installing KB5089549.
From FDISK through Win98 setup to every Softpaq installed and a fully functional desktop with working graphics and built-in speaker audio took about an hour.
Windows 11 is still installing the one single update.
I got a Compaq Deskpro ENS/P600 (the EN SFF [for "Slim Form Factor"] series) without a hard drive and neglected in a very dusty business environment.
I gambled on a small SSD and a SATA to desktop IDE adapter, cleaned everything inside and out, and installed the SSD. The Windows 98SE install CD recognized it.
I had to spend an entire evening locating the relevant Softpaq files (only four out of a few dozen thousand with cryptic names).
"i mean it was legit, MS copilot is in every MS app"
"shit is legit too, it's in every butthole, but you don't see me playing with it"
CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP
it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form
the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows
GLAAD has a good writeup on it here:
TELL ‘EM NO
direct link to comment form:
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bn
Why am I only just now finding out a weasel rode a woodpecker. This should be a much bigger part of my life.
Weasel Rides Woodpecker in Viral Photo
this isn’t something I made up. this is how leaded gasoline was approved for sale to the public. here’s a Wikipedia hole I recommend falling down:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Kehoe (pay special attention to the Kehoe Rule, you’ve seen it recently)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr. (the inventor of leaded gasoline, who was poisoned by it multiple times before the conference on its safety)
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