Yay! Thanks, more than 50 years old engineers that thought of almost anything for a mission that was not supposed to last this long… and thanks to the current engineers that are carrying the torch!
#OldTimers here might remember the #XRN#Usenet#NetNews reader.
It still works, it's wicked fast, and it takes up ridiculously little RAM (<7MB!).
I'm learning how to maintain Debian packages, and I used XRN to practice on, so now I've got a Debian XRN package mostly ready to go. I'm wondering if there's enough interest to try to get it into Debian. So: if there were a Debian XRN package, would you use it?
Please boost if you have friends here who might care about something like this. Thanks!
"Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day, My wife & I went into town and visited a shop.
When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
We went up to him, and I said, 'Come on, man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him an "a-hole". He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn-out tires.
So my wife called him a "sh!thead." He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
He started writing more tickets. This went on for about 20 minutes.
Just then, our bus arrived, and we got on it & went home.
We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's important at our age."