Except, of course, that we never do seem to really build anew. But we do change things for no perceptible purpose or benefit, other than just to be different from what came before.
Pardon, I'm off to de-grumpify ... er, get coffee. :-)
I see that you edited your post, Boris. It is what gentlemen do when they post without the salutary effects of the essential Vitamin Caffeine. First thing I do in the morning, after my ablutions of necessity, is to check my email. I never respond before my gulp of hot black coffee. Never. Who needs to lose a friend, alienate a potential friend or have some 1 watt dimwit take offense and pleads to have you banned or SWATed? Never apologize for grumpiness. It is sane people's default mode...at least for those with an IQ above 90 and for those who have taken to heart the Bard's and Orwell's famous lament "O brave new world, That has such people in't".
And Sysadmin, particularly the government ones like military retired pay, TriCare, Social Security, the IRS, and the naval hospital portal by which one can theoretically communicate with one's healthcare provider and make doctor appointments in as soon as 3 weeks, requireth a pass word of an unshorn Samson strength 32 or more sigils in length in an arcane and complex Boolean Algebra formulation of letters both CAPITAL & small, numbers, symbols, Gregg's Shorthand, and an emoji of a rainbow hue. And this password must be renewed every third moon or lockout doth smiteth you a heavy blow. Further, timeout occurs, if thou dithers like an addled Boomer while connected and then you must log-in anew to complete your task within the time constraints on the second try or be locked out until you can beg your way back in. Me? I am dead to a million offers of Golden Opportunities on the Internet because I own no cellphone and cannot scan a QR code. But I am OK with that because I wish to retain my heterosexuality and know that QR is Satan's creation, secretly standing for Q___R. Nope. My loins are girded against such evil perfidy.
Except, of course, that we never do seem to really build anew. But we do change things for no perceptible purpose or benefit, other than just to be different from what came before.
Pardon, I'm off to de-grumpify ... er, get coffee. :-)
I see that you edited your post, Boris. It is what gentlemen do when they post without the salutary effects of the essential Vitamin Caffeine. First thing I do in the morning, after my ablutions of necessity, is to check my email. I never respond before my gulp of hot black coffee. Never. Who needs to lose a friend, alienate a potential friend or have some 1 watt dimwit take offense and pleads to have you banned or SWATed? Never apologize for grumpiness. It is sane people's default mode...at least for those with an IQ above 90 and for those who have taken to heart the Bard's and Orwell's famous lament "O brave new world, That has such people in't".
And Sysadmin, particularly the government ones like military retired pay, TriCare, Social Security, the IRS, and the naval hospital portal by which one can theoretically communicate with one's healthcare provider and make doctor appointments in as soon as 3 weeks, requireth a pass word of an unshorn Samson strength 32 or more sigils in length in an arcane and complex Boolean Algebra formulation of letters both CAPITAL & small, numbers, symbols, Gregg's Shorthand, and an emoji of a rainbow hue. And this password must be renewed every third moon or lockout doth smiteth you a heavy blow. Further, timeout occurs, if thou dithers like an addled Boomer while connected and then you must log-in anew to complete your task within the time constraints on the second try or be locked out until you can beg your way back in. Me? I am dead to a million offers of Golden Opportunities on the Internet because I own no cellphone and cannot scan a QR code. But I am OK with that because I wish to retain my heterosexuality and know that QR is Satan's creation, secretly standing for Q___R. Nope. My loins are girded against such evil perfidy.