• Google AI is great

    From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 05, 2026 10:52:17

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 05, 2026 12:42:16
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    Amazing, people like you post clear examples of useless AI waffle
    then say it's great. I don't understand how people find it better
    than reading factual information from a reliable source, when it
    can easily be feeding you BS.

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  • From Ozix@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 05, 2026 15:47:53
    Axel wrote:

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.


    I don't trust it. I found Claude better.

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 05, 2026 19:12:25
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.
    Amazing, people like you post clear examples of useless AI waffle
    then say it's great.

    it's not 'useless waffle' when it gives you the answer(s) you're seeking
    in a matter of seconds, which is exactly what it does

    I don't understand how people find it better
    than reading factual information from a reliable source,

    time is valuable. if I can get information I need just by typing into
    google, why wouldn't I do that, rather than wading thru pages online?

    when it can easily be feeding you BS.


    or not.


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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 05, 2026 19:15:58
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    Yeah, I love it too and always use it

    One minor quirk is that the full AI can give
    a slightly different answer to the automatic
    first one, I got that result today when checking
    the pretzel's claim that 80% of recent new jobs
    were govt related. The automatic one didnt
    say yes or no, but the full one said it is correct

    I usually get the info I want from the first reply, especially since it
    gives the source links. maybe only used the 'in depth' mode once or twice

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  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 05, 2026 20:29:25
    On 5/02/2026 9:52 am, Axel wrote:

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    It is stealing traffic from the web sites who's information it is using. That's reducing the income that the sites need to cover their costs.

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 06, 2026 06:57:42
    On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 10:52:17 +1100, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:


    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    I use the copilot and chatbot, and I'm careful to store all the
    answers. The love letters and sonnet-insults are to die for.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 06, 2026 07:18:44
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.
    Amazing, people like you post clear examples of useless AI waffle
    then say it's great.

    it's not 'useless waffle' when it gives you the answer(s) you're seeking
    in a matter of seconds, which is exactly what it does

    That's what I use web searches for. Except AI is ruining that too
    now since for some topics results are now just get a wall of
    obviously AI-generated slop on fake blogs which rabbit on repeating
    themselves with obvious statements and restatements like some
    salesman guessing answers off the top of his head (and on the
    topic of salesmen - the AI generated descriptions Ebay offers
    sellers now are incredibly bad, it's amazing that some sellers
    actually use that nonsense). The only thing that works to get some
    practical answers is to look for results from web forums, which is
    a shortcut for still getting some concise answers from real humans,
    with actually useful facts that the Artificial Idiots haven't
    picked up, and with the all-important context around them.

    I don't understand how people find it better
    than reading factual information from a reliable source,

    time is valuable. if I can get information I need just by typing into google, why wouldn't I do that, rather than wading thru pages online?

    But it's quicker to type in a few keywords to a search engine than
    to type in a full question anyway, and you get a real answer rather
    than a mash up of answers done by something with no understanding of
    their context. I tried one of these chatbots with questions that
    got irrelevent search results and just got irrelevent waffle that,
    since you no longer see the irrelevence of its source material like
    you do with poor web search results, can be completely misleading.
    Reports from others show the same thing - they're only good when
    search results are good anyway, and then why not read the sources
    yourself and get some measure of their trustworthyness?

    Mind you I'm also suspicious about Wikipedia pages without good
    references, and I actually check the references sometimes
    (sometimes finding the Wikipedia writer has interpreted them
    very differently to me), which nobody else seems to care about
    either. Maybe truth is a niche topic?

    when it can easily be feeding you BS.

    or not.

    The only way to know is to read the AI's source material yourself
    anyway.

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 06, 2026 08:58:26
    On Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:39:59 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    I use the copilot and chatbot, and I'm careful to store all the
    answers. The love letters and sonnet-insults are to die for.

    Then do the decent thing and top yourself, soon

    ......uh?

    cop this...

    Rod, once you cast your barbs with careless glee,
    Your words like pebbles hurled at passing minds;
    They splash, then sink, yet ripple through the sea
    Of days, unsettling the gentler kinds.

    What sport is found in jabs that leave a bruise,
    Or wit that sharpens only to belittle?
    A louder sneer is still a weaker muse;
    True strength speaks firm, yet keeps its compass little.

    Consider paths where quieter hearts roam?
    Where breath is taught to listen, not to fight;
    In Tibet?s heights, contemplative rites call home
    The scattered self to patience, depth, and light.

    So trade the troll?s quick spark for kinder range;
    In tending calm, you may yet find your change.

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 06, 2026 12:07:39
    Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Axel wrote

    ?I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a
    detailed answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product
    websites.

    It is stealing traffic from the web sites who's information it is using.

    That's not theft

    That's reducing the income that the sites need to cover their costs.

    That is very far from clear with any except wikipedia
    which wikipedia keeps telling me that few donate to

    Reduces the income of dinosaur newspapers. stiff shit

    I havent been stupid enough pay newpapers for decades now

    some ppl like to read a newspaper tho, and some don't have internet or
    even a computer

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 06, 2026 12:54:34
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.
    Amazing, people like you post clear examples of useless AI waffle
    then say it's great.
    it's not 'useless waffle' when it gives you the answer(s) you're seeking
    in a matter of seconds, which is exactly what it does
    That's what I use web searches for. Except AI is ruining that too

    AI is wrecking social media since so many videos are AI generated fakes.
    we can't tell what is real or not. so much so there are calls for all AI content to be labeled as such. there's a funny series showing Queen
    Elizabeth running foul of the law, to mention just one.

    now since for some topics results are now just get a wall of
    obviously AI-generated slop on fake blogs which rabbit on repeating themselves with obvious statements and restatements like some
    salesman guessing answers off the top of his head (and on the
    topic of salesmen - the AI generated descriptions Ebay offers
    sellers now are incredibly bad, it's amazing that some sellers
    actually use that nonsense). The only thing that works to get some
    practical answers is to look for results from web forums, which is
    a shortcut for still getting some concise answers from real humans,

    of course humans never give wrong answers, do they..

    with actually useful facts that the Artificial Idiots haven't
    picked up, and with the all-important context around them.

    AI answers provide context

    I don't understand how people find it better
    than reading factual information from a reliable source,
    time is valuable. if I can get information I need just by typing into
    google, why wouldn't I do that, rather than wading thru pages online?
    But it's quicker to type in a few keywords to a search engine

    that's all you do with google AI. sometimes I just type one word, and
    still get all the info I need

    than
    to type in a full question anyway, and you get a real answer rather
    than a mash up of answers done by something with no understanding of
    their context.

    if you get an answer that's correct and provides all the info you need,
    that's all that matters

    I tried one of these chatbots with questions that
    got irrelevent search results and just got irrelevent waffle that,
    since you no longer see the irrelevence of its source material like
    you do with poor web search results, can be completely misleading.
    Reports from others show the same thing - they're only good when
    search results are good anyway, and then why not read the sources
    yourself and get some measure of their trustworthyness?

    because it's time consuming, and unnecessary now that AI does it for you

    Mind you I'm also suspicious about Wikipedia pages without good
    references, and I actually check the references sometimes
    (sometimes finding the Wikipedia writer has interpreted them
    very differently to me), which nobody else seems to care about
    either. Maybe truth is a niche topic?

    when it can easily be feeding you BS.
    or not.
    The only way to know is to read the AI's source material yourself
    anyway.



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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 06, 2026 16:57:54
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed >>>>> answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites. >>>> Amazing, people like you post clear examples of useless AI waffle
    then say it's great.
    it's not 'useless waffle' when it gives you the answer(s) you're seeking >>> in a matter of seconds, which is exactly what it does
    That's what I use web searches for. Except AI is ruining that too

    AI is wrecking social media since so many videos are AI generated fakes.
    we can't tell what is real or not. so much so there are calls for all AI content to be labeled as such. there's a funny series showing Queen Elizabeth running foul of the law, to mention just one.

    I don't really care about that since I don't use social media in
    the first place, but all these fake blogs that flood search results
    now are a real menace.

    now since for some topics results are now just get a wall of
    obviously AI-generated slop on fake blogs which rabbit on repeating
    themselves with obvious statements and restatements like some
    salesman guessing answers off the top of his head (and on the
    topic of salesmen - the AI generated descriptions Ebay offers
    sellers now are incredibly bad, it's amazing that some sellers
    actually use that nonsense). The only thing that works to get some
    practical answers is to look for results from web forums, which is
    a shortcut for still getting some concise answers from real humans,

    of course humans never give wrong answers, do they..

    Rarely when, for example, it's the person who made something
    who'se describing it on their website. Search engines already allow
    you to find that accurate information (when there's not too much AI
    slop in the way of it), AI chatbots are step backwards - adding in
    a third party again.

    with actually useful facts that the Artificial Idiots haven't
    picked up, and with the all-important context around them.

    AI answers provide context

    They make up context, but they don't provide the context of the
    original text they've ripped the facts from, which is what I was
    talking about. Hence you get innaccurate facts wrapped in context
    for something else entirely, which is more misleading than what you
    usually get from a human who doesn't know the answer.

    I don't understand how people find it better
    than reading factual information from a reliable source,
    time is valuable. if I can get information I need just by typing into
    google, why wouldn't I do that, rather than wading thru pages online?
    But it's quicker to type in a few keywords to a search engine

    that's all you do with google AI. sometimes I just type one word, and
    still get all the info I need

    than
    to type in a full question anyway, and you get a real answer rather
    than a mash up of answers done by something with no understanding of
    their context.

    if you get an answer that's correct and provides all the info you need, that's all that matters

    But it might not be correct. OK, seeing as I tried ChatGPT last
    time, I'll try this Google Gemini with an example of a question
    that's difficult to find relevent results for in a search engine:

    Summary (since I doubt anyone will bother reading all its waffle):
    Exactly the same sort of misleading nonsense (except more verbose)
    as when I asked ChatGPT other questions that aren't easy to answer
    with a search engine already.

    Attempt 1 (first question I've ever asked Google Gemini):

    Trying a quick query like I'd type into a search engine:

    QUESTION:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    winter landscape by Joseph Jahn release year

    ANSWER:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    While there isn't a single famous "Winter Landscape" by an artist
    named Joseph Jahn that has a widely cited release date, the details
    depend on which Joseph Jahn you are looking for.

    The most likely candidate is Joseph M. Jahn, a contemporary
    American-Danish painter.

    1. Joseph M. Jahn (Born 1945)

    Joseph M. Jahn is a Postwar & Contemporary artist known for Abstract Expressionist oil paintings.

    Release Year/Timeline: He has been a professional painter since
    1983.

    Winter Themes: While he doesn't have one definitive "Winter
    Landscape," he frequently paints abstract compositions. Many of his
    works have been sold at auction since 2019, but they are often
    titled "Composition" or specific themes like "Viking Raid" (2008).

    Style: Thick oil paint, often applied with palette knives.

    2. Potential Confusion with Similar Names

    It's common for titles like "Winter Landscape" to be
    misattributed or confused with other artists. You might be looking
    for:

    Jan van Goyen (Jan Josephsz. van Goyen): A famous 17th-century
    Dutch painter. His famous Winter Landscape with Figures on Ice was
    released in 1643.

    Joseph Whalen: An American artist who created a notable Winter
    Landscape in the 1970s.

    Joseph Edward Hennah: A British artist whose Winter Landscape with
    Town in the Valley was released around 1963.

    Would you like me to generate an image in the style of Joseph M.
    Jahn's abstract landscapes, or should I look for a specific
    gallery catalog to find a match for the painting you're thinking of? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Not what I wanted. I was asking about a musical work, not a
    painting. However I did misspell the name Josef Jahn as "Joseph
    Jahn". It did provide lots of references for the artists, which are
    useless to me.

    Attempt 2:

    Try again with the correct spelling and more specific details in
    the form of a question:

    QUESTION:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    what year was the tracker module Winter Landscape by Josef Jahn
    released?

    ANSWER:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The tracker module "Winter Landscape" by Josef Jahn was released in
    1996.

    Josef Jahn is a composer known within the "tracker" and demoscene
    community for his work using formats like .IT (Impulse Tracker) and
    .XM (FastTracker II). This specific track is often celebrated for
    its atmospheric, melodic quality, which was a hallmark of the
    mid-90s PC tracking scene.
    Track Details:

    Composer: Josef Jahn

    Release Year: 1996

    Format: Typically found as an .IT (Impulse Tracker) module.

    Genre: Chiptune / Atmospheric / Melodic

    Context in the Demoscene

    During the mid-to-late 90s, Josef Jahn was a productive member of
    the tracking community, contributing to various music disks and
    archives. "Winter Landscape" is frequently included in "best of"
    tracker music compilations because of its ability to create a cold,
    vast, and cinematic atmosphere using very limited sample
    sizes a feat of technical and artistic skill common in that era
    of digital music.

    Would you like me to find a link to a tracker archive where you can
    download or stream the module, or are you looking for other tracks
    by Josef Jahn? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Lots of semi-accurate waffle surrounding a complete stuff up! The
    info in the module file itself says:
    Winter Landscape
    (C) 2001 Josef Jahn
    http://www.playspoon.com

    And if you view the author's long-dead website on the Wayback
    Machine it confirms that it was: "written by Josef Jahn 31 December
    2001":
    http://web.archive.org/web/20060130235039/http://www.playspoon.com/awf/index.php?id=137

    The correct info is also on the modern web at The Mod Archive,
    where their news talks about struggling to keep the site online
    against the waves of AI bots recently scraping it to death. Not
    that it did this AI any good apparantly. Searching "winter
    landscape" there quickly brings it up a single correct result:

    https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=171297

    Where you can see "(C) 2001 Josef Jahn" under "Internal Texts". But
    I guess that's above the intelligence of the Artificial Idiot that
    also got other facts in its waffle wrong, and provided no
    references to check with that response.

    Attempt 3:

    Just for fun I tried the first, search-engine-like, query with the
    correct spelling:

    QUESTION:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    winter landscape by Josef Jahn release year

    ANSWER:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Actually, there appears to be a slight mix-up with the name. The
    famous tracker module titled "Winter Landscape" was actually
    composed by Jogeir Liljedahl, not Josef Jahn.

    It was released in 1995 (specifically around November) as part of
    the Amiga demoscene.
    Track Details:

    Composer: Jogeir Liljedahl

    Release Year: 1995

    Format: .MOD (ProTracker) / .XM (FastTracker II)

    File Name: winter_landscape.mod or winter_landscape.xm

    Why the Confusion?

    The name Josef Jahn is very similar to Jogeir, and in the early
    digital music archives (like The Mod Archive or Aminet), metadata
    could sometimes be misspelled or attributed to "J. Jahn" in error.
    However, Jogeir Liljedahl is the definitive composer he is a
    legend in the scene, known for his incredibly melodic and
    professional-sounding tracker music that pushed the limits of the
    Amiga's hardware.

    "Winter Landscape" is widely considered a masterpiece of the genre
    for its sweeping, cinematic pads and melancholic atmosphere.

    Would you like me to find a link to the original module file or a
    high-quality recording of the track for you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Well now it's gone off the deep end entirely. It's gone the wrong
    way with the date, and it's claiming a different composer (_now_ it
    tries to correct me on that!). Jogeir Liljedahl exists as a Mod
    composer but there's nothing like winter_landscape.mod or
    winter_landscape.xm attributed to him on lists of his modules.
    Again no references at all even though it suggests correctly that
    it's contradicting lists on The Mod Archive and Aminet. What a load
    of BS!

    So exactly like I concluded before, if some information's not easy
    to find using search engines (unless you know a specific site to
    search within like The Mod Archive), the Artificial Idiots will
    only feed you unreferenced, completely misleading, BS to make up
    for the fact. Of course if you're happy with BS, like many people
    seem to be, I guess it's the tool for you!

    And yes I'm sure it would have found the correct year of something
    like Love Me Do by the Beatles. But it's as quick and easy to do
    that with a search engine too, and probably still more reliable.

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, February 07, 2026 15:58:34
    On Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:17:22 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed >>>>> answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    I use the copilot and chatbot, and I'm careful to store all the
    answers. The love letters and sonnet-insults are to die for.

    Then do the decent thing and top yourself, soon

    ......uh?

    cop this...

    Get fucked...

    How rude!

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 08, 2026 08:24:49
    On Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:28:50 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    Interesting

    I just asked the chrome ai what the choppers which
    have be circling over the towns of griffith, leeton
    and narrandara for days have been up to

    Initially got a claim that its power line inspection
    but when I told it that they are circling over the
    towns proper, not power lines, got more waffle

    When I told it that they are actually looking for
    the murderer from Lake Cargelligo, it finally
    agreed with me

    And I know that's what they are doing because
    thats what the chopper people told someone
    who works at the griffith airport, maybe one
    of the refuellers. They have been refuelling there

    They hover over my house at 3am, every night.
    Probably carting trauma victims to the local hospital complex.

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  • From Xeno@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 08, 2026 09:03:50
    On 7/2/2026 3:58 pm, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:17:22 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed >>>>>> answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    I use the copilot and chatbot, and I'm careful to store all the
    answers. The love letters and sonnet-insults are to die for.

    Then do the decent thing and top yourself, soon

    ......uh?

    cop this...

    Get fucked...

    How rude!

    How Rod, especially when he's lost the argument.

    --
    Xeno

    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 08, 2026 23:21:43
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    Interesting

    I just asked the chrome ai what the choppers which
    have been circling over the towns of griffith, leeton
    and narrandara for days have been up to

    Initially got a claim that its power line inspection
    but when I told it that they are circling over the
    towns proper, not power lines, got more waffle

    When I told it that they are actually looking for
    the murderer from Lake Cargelligo, it finally
    agreed with me

    And I know that's what they are doing because
    thats what the chopper people told someone
    who works at the griffith airport, maybe one
    of the refuellers. They have been refuelling there

    yeah, that variation is probably due to that being a contemporary and
    current matter, and media reports may be sparse and/or conflicting. but
    it's usually correct when asked for factual info and has extensive data
    to work with.

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 08, 2026 23:24:46
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

    By the way Rod I found out Amysim have 90 day accounts for $30
    ***************
    Thank you for ordering Unlimited 4GB. Your next renewal date is >>>>>>> April
    15, 2026.

    And it will be interesting to see what they charge on the renewal

    Make sure you have enough funds in your amaysim account on April >>>>>>> 15,
    2026 to pay for it.

    Your amaysim plan:
    Your renewal cycle is 90 days.
    Renew your plan early at any time.
    If you switch to a bigger plan, the switch is immediate as are your >>>>>>> new data inclusions.
    If you switch to a smaller plan, the switch will happen at the
    end of? your current plan cycle.

    No sign of that on their web site, presumably its grandfathered
    for you

    I'll ring them today

    Thanks for that

    I rang them when they were trying to scam me for a $25 28 "deal"

    So they were pulling the plug on your $10/28
    days that you had been on for years now ?

    I wondered how long they would let you keep that for

    ALDI had same deal but for 30 days and with Telstra.
    So I were going to tell them to get knotted
    Thats when they came out wit a deal better tham my $10, 28 day one

    That certainly explains why its not available on their web site

    Good luck

    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now

    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,

    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave
    amaysim

    fair wait though

    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner would not
    get it?

    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 08, 2026 23:38:11
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed >>>>>> answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites. >>>>> Amazing, people like you post clear examples of useless AI waffle
    then say it's great.
    it's not 'useless waffle' when it gives you the answer(s) you're seeking >>>> in a matter of seconds, which is exactly what it does
    That's what I use web searches for. Except AI is ruining that too
    AI is wrecking social media since so many videos are AI generated fakes.
    we can't tell what is real or not. so much so there are calls for all AI
    content to be labeled as such. there's a funny series showing Queen
    Elizabeth running foul of the law, to mention just one.
    I don't really care about that since I don't use social media in
    the first place, but all these fake blogs that flood search results
    now are a real menace.

    now since for some topics results are now just get a wall of
    obviously AI-generated slop on fake blogs which rabbit on repeating
    themselves with obvious statements and restatements like some
    salesman guessing answers off the top of his head (and on the
    topic of salesmen - the AI generated descriptions Ebay offers
    sellers now are incredibly bad, it's amazing that some sellers
    actually use that nonsense). The only thing that works to get some
    practical answers is to look for results from web forums, which is
    a shortcut for still getting some concise answers from real humans,
    of course humans never give wrong answers, do they..
    Rarely when, for example, it's the person who made something
    who'se describing it on their website. Search engines already allow
    you to find that accurate information (when there's not too much AI
    slop in the way of it), AI chatbots are step backwards - adding in
    a third party again.

    with actually useful facts that the Artificial Idiots haven't
    picked up, and with the all-important context around them.
    AI answers provide context
    They make up context, but they don't provide the context of the
    original text they've ripped the facts from, which is what I was
    talking about. Hence you get innaccurate facts wrapped in context
    for something else entirely, which is more misleading than what you
    usually get from a human who doesn't know the answer.

    your experience is different to mine then

    I don't understand how people find it better
    than reading factual information from a reliable source,
    time is valuable. if I can get information I need just by typing into
    google, why wouldn't I do that, rather than wading thru pages online?
    But it's quicker to type in a few keywords to a search engine
    that's all you do with google AI. sometimes I just type one word, and
    still get all the info I need

    than
    to type in a full question anyway, and you get a real answer rather
    than a mash up of answers done by something with no understanding of
    their context.
    if you get an answer that's correct and provides all the info you need,
    that's all that matters
    But it might not be correct. OK, seeing as I tried ChatGPT last
    time, I'll try this Google Gemini with an example of a question
    that's difficult to find relevent results for in a search engine:

    Summary (since I doubt anyone will bother reading all its waffle):
    Exactly the same sort of misleading nonsense (except more verbose)
    as when I asked ChatGPT other questions that aren't easy to answer
    with a search engine already.

    Attempt 1 (first question I've ever asked Google Gemini):

    Trying a quick query like I'd type into a search engine:

    QUESTION:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    winter landscape by Joseph Jahn release year

    ANSWER:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    While there isn't a single famous "Winter Landscape" by an artist
    named Joseph Jahn that has a widely cited release date, the details
    depend on which Joseph Jahn you are looking for.

    The most likely candidate is Joseph M. Jahn, a contemporary
    American-Danish painter.

    1. Joseph M. Jahn (Born 1945)

    Joseph M. Jahn is a Postwar & Contemporary artist known for Abstract Expressionist oil paintings.

    Release Year/Timeline: He has been a professional painter since
    1983.

    Winter Themes: While he doesn't have one definitive "Winter
    Landscape," he frequently paints abstract compositions. Many of his
    works have been sold at auction since 2019, but they are often
    titled "Composition" or specific themes like "Viking Raid" (2008).

    Style: Thick oil paint, often applied with palette knives.

    2. Potential Confusion with Similar Names

    It's common for titles like "Winter Landscape" to be
    misattributed or confused with other artists. You might be looking
    for:

    Jan van Goyen (Jan Josephsz. van Goyen): A famous 17th-century
    Dutch painter. His famous Winter Landscape with Figures on Ice was
    released in 1643.

    Joseph Whalen: An American artist who created a notable Winter
    Landscape in the 1970s.

    Joseph Edward Hennah: A British artist whose Winter Landscape with
    Town in the Valley was released around 1963.

    Would you like me to generate an image in the style of Joseph M.
    Jahn's abstract landscapes, or should I look for a specific
    gallery catalog to find a match for the painting you're thinking of? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Not what I wanted. I was asking about a musical work, not a
    painting. However I did misspell the name Josef Jahn as "Joseph
    Jahn". It did provide lots of references for the artists, which are
    useless to me.

    Attempt 2:

    Try again with the correct spelling and more specific details in
    the form of a question:

    QUESTION:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    what year was the tracker module Winter Landscape by Josef Jahn
    released?

    ANSWER:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The tracker module "Winter Landscape" by Josef Jahn was released in
    1996.

    Josef Jahn is a composer known within the "tracker" and demoscene
    community for his work using formats like .IT (Impulse Tracker) and
    .XM (FastTracker II). This specific track is often celebrated for
    its atmospheric, melodic quality, which was a hallmark of the
    mid-90s PC tracking scene.
    Track Details:

    Composer: Josef Jahn

    Release Year: 1996

    Format: Typically found as an .IT (Impulse Tracker) module.

    Genre: Chiptune / Atmospheric / Melodic

    Context in the Demoscene

    During the mid-to-late 90s, Josef Jahn was a productive member of
    the tracking community, contributing to various music disks and
    archives. "Winter Landscape" is frequently included in "best of"
    tracker music compilations because of its ability to create a cold,
    vast, and cinematic atmosphere using very limited sample
    sizes a feat of technical and artistic skill common in that era
    of digital music.

    Would you like me to find a link to a tracker archive where you can
    download or stream the module, or are you looking for other tracks
    by Josef Jahn? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Lots of semi-accurate waffle surrounding a complete stuff up! The
    info in the module file itself says:
    Winter Landscape
    (C) 2001 Josef Jahn
    http://www.playspoon.com

    And if you view the author's long-dead website on the Wayback
    Machine it confirms that it was: "written by Josef Jahn 31 December
    2001":
    http://web.archive.org/web/20060130235039/http://www.playspoon.com/awf/index.php?id=137

    The correct info is also on the modern web at The Mod Archive,
    where their news talks about struggling to keep the site online
    against the waves of AI bots recently scraping it to death. Not
    that it did this AI any good apparantly. Searching "winter
    landscape" there quickly brings it up a single correct result:

    https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=171297

    Where you can see "(C) 2001 Josef Jahn" under "Internal Texts". But
    I guess that's above the intelligence of the Artificial Idiot that
    also got other facts in its waffle wrong, and provided no
    references to check with that response.

    Attempt 3:

    Just for fun I tried the first, search-engine-like, query with the
    correct spelling:

    QUESTION:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    winter landscape by Josef Jahn release year

    ANSWER:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Actually, there appears to be a slight mix-up with the name. The
    famous tracker module titled "Winter Landscape" was actually
    composed by Jogeir Liljedahl, not Josef Jahn.

    It was released in 1995 (specifically around November) as part of
    the Amiga demoscene.
    Track Details:

    Composer: Jogeir Liljedahl

    Release Year: 1995

    Format: .MOD (ProTracker) / .XM (FastTracker II)

    File Name: winter_landscape.mod or winter_landscape.xm

    Why the Confusion?

    The name Josef Jahn is very similar to Jogeir, and in the early
    digital music archives (like The Mod Archive or Aminet), metadata
    could sometimes be misspelled or attributed to "J. Jahn" in error.
    However, Jogeir Liljedahl is the definitive composer he is a
    legend in the scene, known for his incredibly melodic and professional-sounding tracker music that pushed the limits of the
    Amiga's hardware.

    "Winter Landscape" is widely considered a masterpiece of the genre
    for its sweeping, cinematic pads and melancholic atmosphere.

    Would you like me to find a link to the original module file or a high-quality recording of the track for you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Well now it's gone off the deep end entirely. It's gone the wrong
    way with the date, and it's claiming a different composer (_now_ it
    tries to correct me on that!). Jogeir Liljedahl exists as a Mod
    composer but there's nothing like winter_landscape.mod or
    winter_landscape.xm attributed to him on lists of his modules.
    Again no references at all even though it suggests correctly that
    it's contradicting lists on The Mod Archive and Aminet. What a load
    of BS!

    So exactly like I concluded before, if some information's not easy
    to find using search engines (unless you know a specific site to
    search within like The Mod Archive), the Artificial Idiots will
    only feed you unreferenced, completely misleading, BS to make up
    for the fact. Of course if you're happy with BS, like many people
    seem to be, I guess it's the tool for you!

    And yes I'm sure it would have found the correct year of something
    like Love Me Do by the Beatles. But it's as quick and easy to do
    that with a search engine too, and probably still more reliable.


    I don't use Google gemini. I just type into the browser address bar. and
    for what I ask, I get correct answers. but I can ignore the AI response
    of course, and just look at the search results underneath


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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 08, 2026 23:38:59
    Petzl wrote:
    On Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:05:51 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.
    Amazing, people like you post clear examples of useless AI waffle
    Nothing useless about it with the right question

    then say it's great. I don't understand how people find it better
    than reading factual information from a reliable source,
    Takes a lot more work to find that and that's what the AI is doing

    when it can easily be feeding you BS.
    The pretzel's certainly does that, but the google AI doesnt

    I use more than one AI
    They all agree "Rod Speed usenet troll". So do I

    "The Rod Speed Bot"
    https://www.sensationbot.com/jschat.php?db=rodspeed

    Rod Speed is known in Usenet communities as a notorious argumentative
    figure often labeled a troll. Participants in various newsgroups, particularly UK-based ones like uk.d-i-y, frequently describe him as
    an Australian poster who engages in persistent, provocative debates,
    leading to killfiles and strong backlash.

    Reputation in Usenet
    Rod Speed gained notoriety for posting under multiple names to evade
    filters, sparking endless arguments rather than genuine discussion.
    While some defend him as merely "argumentative" rather than a
    deliberate troll, others call him a "senile sociopath" or "arsehole"
    for derailing threads. This aligns with classic Usenet trolling traits
    like long, miscontextualized replies that drain productive
    conversation.

    Context of Usenet Trolling
    Usenet trolls like those referenced thrive by provoking flames,
    ignoring reason, and forcing off-topic focus, with Speed cited as a
    prime example from the era before modern moderation. His activity
    highlights early internet culture where anonymity fueled such
    behavior, distinct from spammers or flamers. Pages and threads
    debating "Who or what is Rod Speed" emerged due to his persistence.



    LOL.

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 06:48:40
    On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:57:52 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    Interesting

    I just asked the chrome ai what the choppers which
    have be circling over the towns of griffith, leeton
    and narrandara for days have been up to

    Initially got a claim that its power line inspection
    but when I told it that they are circling over the
    towns proper, not power lines, got more waffle

    When I told it that they are actually looking for
    the murderer from Lake Cargelligo, it finally
    agreed with me

    And I know that's what they are doing because
    thats what the chopper people told someone
    who works at the griffith airport, maybe one
    of the refuellers. They have been refuelling there

    They hover over my house at 3am, every night.

    Very understandable
    Why?

    Probably carting trauma victims to the local hospital complex.

    You can see whose chopper it is using flightradar24
    Do you mean the lead sheeting on the roof doesn't work?

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 06:50:03
    On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:59:21 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:03:50 +1100, Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

    On 7/2/2026 3:58 pm, Peter Jason wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:17:22 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a
    detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product
    websites.

    I use the copilot and chatbot, and I'm careful to store all the
    answers. The love letters and sonnet-insults are to die for.

    Then do the decent thing and top yourself, soon

    ......uh?

    cop this...

    Get fucked...
    How rude!

    How Rod, especially when he's lost the argument.

    No argument is ever lost

    Your superiority complex is flaring up again.

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 06:51:16
    On Mon, 09 Feb 2026 02:15:01 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:24:46 +1100, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

    By the way Rod I found out Amysim have 90 day accounts for $30 >>>>>>>>> ***************
    Thank you for ordering Unlimited 4GB. Your next renewal date is >>>>>>>>> April
    15, 2026.

    And it will be interesting to see what they charge on the renewal

    Make sure you have enough funds in your amaysim account on April >>>>>>>>> 15,
    2026 to pay for it.

    Your amaysim plan:
    Your renewal cycle is 90 days.
    Renew your plan early at any time.
    If you switch to a bigger plan, the switch is immediate as are >>>>>>>>> your
    new data inclusions.
    If you switch to a smaller plan, the switch will happen at the >>>>>>>>> end of your current plan cycle.

    No sign of that on their web site, presumably its grandfathered >>>>>>>> for you

    I'll ring them today

    Thanks for that

    I rang them when they were trying to scam me for a $25 28 "deal"

    So they were pulling the plug on your $10/28
    days that you had been on for years now ?

    I wondered how long they would let you keep that for

    ALDI had same deal but for 30 days and with Telstra.
    So I were going to tell them to get knotted
    Thats when they came out wit a deal better tham my $10, 28 day one

    That certainly explains why its not available on their web site

    Good luck

    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now

    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,

    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave
    amaysim

    fair wait though

    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner would not >>>>> get it?

    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 08:21:04
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    AI answers provide context
    They make up context, but they don't provide the context of the
    original text they've ripped the facts from, which is what I was
    talking about. Hence you get innaccurate facts wrapped in context
    for something else entirely, which is more misleading than what you
    usually get from a human who doesn't know the answer.

    your experience is different to mine then

    I doubt it. You probably just don't know/care when it's got things
    wrong because the AI makes it sound good. But that's your problem.

    I don't use Google gemini. I just type into the browser address bar. and
    for what I ask, I get correct answers. but I can ignore the AI response
    of course, and just look at the search results underneath

    So just the function built into Google's web search? I switched to
    Duck Duck Go years ago so I haven't seen that, but Google Gemini
    is supposed to be their dedicated chatbot service so it should be
    as good or better than what they give you in web searches. Anyway
    I've seen for myself that it's as useless as ChatGPT for what I'd
    like it to do to help me dig up obscure information (that's not
    BS). I'd already seen other people's evidence of that for all the
    common AI chatbots anyway.

    Then even if it didn't make things up accidentally like that, with
    advertising companies like Google running the AIs it's inevitable
    that answers will be skewed at some point (if not already) to serve advertisers. So, potentially much more subtly than sponsored search
    results, facts will be bent by the chatbots so they get to mention
    a sponsored topic more often. Maybe even peripherally - eg. mention
    the town where a hotel is paying for "mentions" when talking about
    a historical event, in order to drive more tourism there. The scope
    for subtle, but very effective, manipulation is enormous, and will
    have unintended consequences.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 08:32:33
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.

    Interesting

    I just asked the chrome ai what the choppers which
    have been circling over the towns of griffith, leeton
    and narrandara for days have been up to

    Initially got a claim that its power line inspection
    but when I told it that they are circling over the
    towns proper, not power lines, got more waffle

    When I told it that they are actually looking for
    the murderer from Lake Cargelligo, it finally
    agreed with me

    And I know that's what they are doing because
    thats what the chopper people told someone
    who works at the griffith airport, maybe one
    of the refuellers. They have been refuelling there

    yeah, that variation is probably due to that being a contemporary and current matter, and media reports may be sparse and/or conflicting. but
    it's usually correct when asked for factual info and has extensive data
    to work with.

    Extensive data which you can just read yourself in search results
    and not be mislead by things it's made up or misinterpreted. If
    there are no good search results, it just tells you nonsense
    like that anyway.

    But the fact that Rod Speed likes a bot that agrees with him
    when he corrects it doesn't surprise me at all!

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 09:45:25
    On Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:43:10 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

    By the way Rod I found out Amysim have 90 day accounts for $30 >>>>>>>>>>> ***************
    Thank you for ordering Unlimited 4GB. Your next renewal date is >>>>>>>>>>> April 15, 2026.

    And it will be interesting to see what they charge on the renewal

    Make sure you have enough funds in your amaysim account on April >>>>>>>>>>> 15, 2026 to pay for it.

    Your amaysim plan:
    Your renewal cycle is 90 days.
    Renew your plan early at any time.
    If you switch to a bigger plan, the switch is immediate as are >>>>>>>>>>> your new data inclusions.
    If you switch to a smaller plan, the switch will happen at the >>>>>>>>>>> end of your current plan cycle.

    No sign of that on their web site, presumably its grandfathered >>>>>>>>>> for you

    I'll ring them today

    Thanks for that

    I rang them when they were trying to scam me for a $25 28 "deal"

    So they were pulling the plug on your $10/28
    days that you had been on for years now ?

    I wondered how long they would let you keep that for

    ALDI had same deal but for 30 days and with Telstra.
    So I were going to tell them to get knotted
    Thats when they came out wit a deal better tham my $10, 28 day one

    That certainly explains why its not available on their web site

    Good luck

    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now

    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,

    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave
    amaysim

    fair wait though

    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner would >>>>>>> not get it?

    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

    Nope, dope

    I'll bet.

    Waddabout the gold bricks stacks under the mattress?

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 12:40:13
    Rod Speed wrote:

    I don't use Google gemini. I just type into the browser address bar.

    Me too

    and? for what I ask, I get correct answers.

    I have had a couple of minor glitches where its a
    too general response but that can be due to the
    text you type into the address bar

    yes a lot depends on what and how you ask it. I'm usually asking quite specific questions

    and sometimes
    it doesnt offer any ai response at all in that situation

    yes


    but I can ignore the AI response? of course, and just look at the
    search results underneath

    Yeah very well implemented


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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 12:42:42
    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:24:46 +1100, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

    By the way Rod I found out Amysim have 90 day accounts for $30 >>>>>>>>> ***************
    Thank you for ordering Unlimited 4GB. Your next renewal date >>>>>>>>> is April
    15, 2026.

    And it will be interesting to see what they charge on the renewal

    Make sure you have enough funds in your amaysim account on
    April 15,
    2026 to pay for it.

    Your amaysim plan:
    Your renewal cycle is 90 days.
    Renew your plan early at any time.
    If you switch to a bigger plan, the switch is immediate as are >>>>>>>>> your
    new data inclusions.
    If you switch to a smaller plan, the switch will happen at the >>>>>>>>> end of? your current plan cycle.

    No sign of that on their web site, presumably its grandfathered >>>>>>>> for you

    I'll ring them today

    Thanks for that

    I rang them when they were trying to scam me for a $25 28 "deal"

    So they were pulling the plug on your $10/28
    days that you had been on for years now ?

    I wondered how long they would let you keep that for

    ALDI had same deal but for 30 days and with Telstra.
    So I were going to tell them to get knotted
    Thats when they came out wit a deal better tham my $10, 28 day one

    That certainly explains why its not available on their web site

    Good luck

    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now

    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,

    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave
    amaysim

    fair wait though

    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner would not >>>>> get it?

    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    I wasn't aware. I thought if someone owned a multi million dollar yacht
    (for example) they wouldn't qualify

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 12:48:03
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a
    detailed answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or
    product websites.

    Interesting

    I just asked the chrome ai what the choppers which
    have been circling over the towns of griffith, leeton
    and narrandara for days have been up to

    Initially got a claim that its power line inspection
    but when I told it that they are circling over the
    towns proper, not power lines, got more waffle

    When I told it that they are actually looking for
    the murderer from Lake Cargelligo, it finally
    agreed with me

    And I know that's what they are doing because
    thats what the chopper people told someone
    who works at the griffith airport, maybe one
    of the refuellers. They have been refuelling there

    yeah, that variation is probably due to that being a contemporary and
    current matter, and media reports may be sparse and/or conflicting.

    And the cops have been very tight lipped about what they
    are up to for obvious reasons, even when an ex cop rang
    them and asked they what they are up to. Not clear if the
    individual who fielded the question was made aware that
    he is an ex cop or even if they could be sure about that
    given that they didnt know him personally, likely not
    given that he rang the cop shop, not the individial itself

    I have also found out that they pulled over a mate of mine
    and told him that they are doing that with everyone.
    I havent been driving around myself and another
    mate of mine who is out and about quite a bit hasnt
    said anything about it and no one on facebook has
    said that even tho there has been quite a bit of
    comment and speculation on facebook

    They have also arrested someone else in one of the
    posher areas of griffith using 3 cop cars, which has
    also confused the comments on the local facebook
    community noticeboard

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/julian-ingram-triple-murder-suspect-released-before-shooting/106294472

    Jail the judge!


    but? it's usually correct when asked for factualinfo and has
    extensive data? to work with.

    It isnt actually that easy to include whats on facebook
    and impossible to check the provinance most of the time

    and some websites have bot defences

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 12:49:36
    Peter Jason wrote:
    On Mon, 09 Feb 2026 02:15:01 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:24:46 +1100, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    By the way Rod I found out Amysim have 90 day accounts for $30 >>>>>>>>>> ***************
    Thank you for ordering Unlimited 4GB. Your next renewal date is >>>>>>>>>> April
    15, 2026.
    And it will be interesting to see what they charge on the renewal >>>>>>>>>> Make sure you have enough funds in your amaysim account on April >>>>>>>>>> 15,
    2026 to pay for it.
    Your amaysim plan:
    Your renewal cycle is 90 days.
    Renew your plan early at any time.
    If you switch to a bigger plan, the switch is immediate as are >>>>>>>>>> your
    new data inclusions.
    If you switch to a smaller plan, the switch will happen at the >>>>>>>>>> end of your current plan cycle.
    No sign of that on their web site, presumably its grandfathered >>>>>>>>> for you
    I'll ring them today
    Thanks for that
    I rang them when they were trying to scam me for a $25 28 "deal" >>>>>>> So they were pulling the plug on your $10/28
    days that you had been on for years now ?
    I wondered how long they would let you keep that for
    ALDI had same deal but for 30 days and with Telstra.
    So I were going to tell them to get knotted
    Thats when they came out wit a deal better tham my $10, 28 day one >>>>>>> That certainly explains why its not available on their web site >>>>>>>> Good luck
    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now
    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,
    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave
    amaysim

    fair wait though
    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner would not >>>>>> get it?
    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.
    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension
    Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?

    creative accounting :)

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 12:52:23
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

    By the way Rod I found out Amysim have 90 day accounts for $30 >>>>>>>>>>> ***************
    Thank you for ordering Unlimited 4GB. Your next renewal date is >>>>>>>>>>> April? 15, 2026.

    And it will be interesting to see what they charge on the renewal

    Make sure you have enough funds in your amaysim account on >>>>>>>>>>> April
    15,? 2026 to pay for it.

    Your amaysim plan:
    Your renewal cycle is 90 days.
    Renew your plan early at any time.
    If you switch to a bigger plan, the switch is immediate as are >>>>>>>>>>> your? new data inclusions.
    If you switch to a smaller plan, the switch will happen at the >>>>>>>>>>> end of? your current plan cycle.

    No sign of that on their web site, presumably its grandfathered >>>>>>>>>> for you

    I'll ring them today

    Thanks for that

    I rang them when they were trying to scam me for a $25 28 "deal"

    So they were pulling the plug on your $10/28
    days that you had been on for years now ?

    I wondered how long they would let you keep that for

    ALDI had same deal but for 30 days and with Telstra.
    So I were going to tell them to get knotted
    Thats when they came out wit a deal better tham my $10, 28 day >>>>>>>>> one

    That certainly explains why its not available on their web site

    Good luck

    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now

    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,

    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave
    amaysim

    fair wait though

    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner
    would not? get it?

    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

    Nope, dope

    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope
    stashed away? :)

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 13:03:49
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    AI answers provide context
    They make up context, but they don't provide the context of the
    original text they've ripped the facts from, which is what I was
    talking about. Hence you get innaccurate facts wrapped in context
    for something else entirely, which is more misleading than what you
    usually get from a human who doesn't know the answer.
    your experience is different to mine then
    I doubt it. You probably just don't know/care when it's got things
    wrong because the AI makes it sound good. But that's your problem.

    you assume too much


    I don't use Google gemini. I just type into the browser address bar. and
    for what I ask, I get correct answers. but I can ignore the AI response
    of course, and just look at the search results underneath
    So just the function built into Google's web search? I switched to
    Duck Duck Go years ago so I haven't seen that, but Google Gemini
    is supposed to be their dedicated chatbot service so it should be
    as good or better than what they give you in web searches. Anyway
    I've seen for myself that it's as useless as ChatGPT for what I'd
    like it to do to help me dig up obscure information (that's not
    BS).

    see there's the problem. you're seeking obscure information, and I'm
    asking for facts. like what's the date of xxx event, or the bash code
    for xxx for example. of course the answer will reflect the difficulty of
    the task.

    I'd already seen other people's evidence of that for all the
    common AI chatbots anyway.

    Then even if it didn't make things up accidentally like that, with advertising companies like Google running the AIs it's inevitable
    that answers will be skewed at some point (if not already) to serve advertisers. So, potentially much more subtly than sponsored search
    results, facts will be bent by the chatbots so they get to mention
    a sponsored topic more often. Maybe even peripherally - eg. mention
    the town where a hotel is paying for "mentions" when talking about
    a historical event, in order to drive more tourism there. The scope
    for subtle, but very effective, manipulation is enormous, and will
    have unintended consequences.


    that's just speculation. but you may be right

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 13:12:19
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product websites.
    Interesting

    I just asked the chrome ai what the choppers which
    have been circling over the towns of griffith, leeton
    and narrandara for days have been up to

    Initially got a claim that its power line inspection
    but when I told it that they are circling over the
    towns proper, not power lines, got more waffle

    When I told it that they are actually looking for
    the murderer from Lake Cargelligo, it finally
    agreed with me

    And I know that's what they are doing because
    thats what the chopper people told someone
    who works at the griffith airport, maybe one
    of the refuellers. They have been refuelling there
    yeah, that variation is probably due to that being a contemporary and
    current matter, and media reports may be sparse and/or conflicting. but
    it's usually correct when asked for factual info and has extensive data
    to work with.
    Extensive data which you can just read yourself in search results

    and spend considerable time wading thru 'extensive data' on various
    websites, when you could have the answer in seconds with AI. makes no
    sense to me, and most ppl I would suggest.

    and not be mislead by things it's made up or misinterpreted. If
    there are no good search results, it just tells you nonsense
    like that anyway.

    I don't believe AI 'makes up stuff'.˙ I think it just forms incorrect conclusions from it's sources


    But the fact that Rod Speed likes a bot that agrees with him
    when he corrects it doesn't surprise me at all!


    :)

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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 13:18:41
    Peter Jason wrote:
    On Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:43:10 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    By the way Rod I found out Amysim have 90 day accounts for $30 >>>>>>>>>>>> ***************
    Thank you for ordering Unlimited 4GB. Your next renewal date is >>>>>>>>>>>> April 15, 2026.
    And it will be interesting to see what they charge on the renewal >>>>>>>>>>>> Make sure you have enough funds in your amaysim account on April >>>>>>>>>>>> 15, 2026 to pay for it.
    Your amaysim plan:
    Your renewal cycle is 90 days.
    Renew your plan early at any time.
    If you switch to a bigger plan, the switch is immediate as are >>>>>>>>>>>> your new data inclusions.
    If you switch to a smaller plan, the switch will happen at the >>>>>>>>>>>> end of your current plan cycle.
    No sign of that on their web site, presumably its grandfathered >>>>>>>>>>> for you
    I'll ring them today
    Thanks for that
    I rang them when they were trying to scam me for a $25 28 "deal" >>>>>>>>> So they were pulling the plug on your $10/28
    days that you had been on for years now ?
    I wondered how long they would let you keep that for
    ALDI had same deal but for 30 days and with Telstra.
    So I were going to tell them to get knotted
    Thats when they came out wit a deal better tham my $10, 28 day one >>>>>>>>> That certainly explains why its not available on their web site >>>>>>>>>> Good luck
    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now
    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,
    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave >>>>>> amaysim
    fair wait though
    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner would >>>>>>>> not get it?
    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.
    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension
    Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?
    Nope, dope
    I'll bet.

    Waddabout the gold bricks stacks under the mattress?

    yes, I guess there are ways of hiding wealth from Centrelink. if there's
    no record of the items, like gold bars or cash, or assets not in your
    name, accounting methods, etc .

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  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 09, 2026 15:59:57

    No chance they will offer that to me because I only have
    the free pay as you go for my backup phone and have had
    that for years now

    I suspect were sent to a India run help service,

    Bet it was the group that you get sent to if you threaten to leave >>>>>> amaysim

    fair wait though

    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner
    would not? get it?

    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

    Nope, dope

    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope
    stashed away? :)

    Ah yes, that explains his mental aberrations.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 08:20:19
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    I don't use Google gemini. I just type into the browser address bar. and >>> for what I ask, I get correct answers. but I can ignore the AI response
    of course, and just look at the search results underneath
    So just the function built into Google's web search? I switched to
    Duck Duck Go years ago so I haven't seen that, but Google Gemini
    is supposed to be their dedicated chatbot service so it should be
    as good or better than what they give you in web searches. Anyway
    I've seen for myself that it's as useless as ChatGPT for what I'd
    like it to do to help me dig up obscure information (that's not
    BS).

    see there's the problem. you're seeking obscure information, and I'm
    asking for facts.

    What's that meant to mean? You've never heard of the phrase "obscure
    fact"? As I keep saying, if it's not obscure then it's not hard to
    find a webpage about it in a search engine, which has the facts
    from a real source whose reliability you can judge for yourself.
    Heck I find it harder reading the AI waffle half the time,
    especially while trying to pick out when it might have made
    something up as I go.

    like what's the date of xxx event,

    Yeah like what I just tried asking it.

    Or if it's a major national/world event the date will be in the
    first paragraph of the Wikipedia page, with a reference. Just as
    easy. Indeed probably just what the AI has copied from anyway.

    or the bash code for xxx for example.

    Some of its code can be terrible too. Like with answering questions
    it rips off bits from other projects and leaves in irrelevent
    things (which might be completely counterproductive), or glues
    togther lots of indirect ways to do things instead of doing them
    directly. But again, if you like that then it's your problem.

    of course the answer will reflect the difficulty of the task.

    Argh, but this is exactly my point! The answers _don't_ reflect the
    difficulty of the task. Instead of saying "umm, err, maybe
    something like this..." it presents completely wrong information
    with as much convincing wrapping as possible, so you never have
    even a vague idea whether or not it's just feeding you BS.

    I've given you an example, if you don't care you don't care, but
    it's what these things do. On that basis (and others) I think it's
    dumb to believe anything it says instead of reading the sources
    yourself.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 08:34:11
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    yeah, that variation is probably due to that being a contemporary and
    current matter, and media reports may be sparse and/or conflicting. but
    it's usually correct when asked for factual info and has extensive data
    to work with.
    Extensive data which you can just read yourself in search results

    and spend considerable time wading thru 'extensive data' on various websites, when you could have the answer in seconds with AI. makes no
    sense to me, and most ppl I would suggest.

    That's their problem.

    and not be mislead by things it's made up or misinterpreted. If
    there are no good search results, it just tells you nonsense
    like that anyway.

    I don't believe AI 'makes up stuff'. I think it just forms incorrect conclusions from it's sources

    AI in this form doesn't form conclusions from anything, it just
    shuffles text around in intelligent-sounding sequences. In this
    form people are encouraged to take the shuffled-up text as an
    answer to the question as if from a human, and in that form it's
    equivalent either to a human telling the truth or a human
    skillfully making up nonsense. It's not self-aware such as to know
    what it's doing either way, but it seems conventional for people to
    talk about it as if it were an entity anyway, so it "makes up
    stuff". Alternatively you could say it sometimes produces "bad
    output", in contrast to something reliable like a calculator.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 08:37:10
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

    Nope, dope

    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope
    stashed away :)

    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)

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  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 14:33:51
    On 10/02/2026 8:34 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    yeah, that variation is probably due to that being a contemporary and
    current matter, and media reports may be sparse and/or conflicting. but >>>> it's usually correct when asked for factual info and has extensive data >>>> to work with.
    Extensive data which you can just read yourself in search results

    and spend considerable time wading thru 'extensive data' on various
    websites, when you could have the answer in seconds with AI. makes no
    sense to me, and most ppl I would suggest.

    That's their problem.

    and not be mislead by things it's made up or misinterpreted. If
    there are no good search results, it just tells you nonsense
    like that anyway.

    I don't believe AI 'makes up stuff'. I think it just forms incorrect
    conclusions from it's sources

    AI in this form doesn't form conclusions from anything, it just
    shuffles text around in intelligent-sounding sequences. In this
    form people are encouraged to take the shuffled-up text as an
    answer to the question as if from a human, and in that form it's
    equivalent either to a human telling the truth or a human
    skillfully making up nonsense. It's not self-aware such as to know
    what it's doing either way, but it seems conventional for people to
    talk about it as if it were an entity anyway, so it "makes up
    stuff". Alternatively you could say it sometimes produces "bad
    output", in contrast to something reliable like a calculator.

    It used to be garbage in garbage out, these day it's garbage in (garbage out)**2

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 14:37:40
    On 8/02/2026 10:38 pm, Axel wrote:

    I don't use Google gemini. I just type into the browser address bar. and
    for what I ask, I get correct answers. but I can ignore the AI response
    of course, and just look at the search results underneath

    And where do you think the answers are coming from?

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 14:47:56
    On 7/02/2026 1:38 pm, Rod Speed wrote:

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    You're not trying hard enough, money has no intrinsic value, it's only
    value is in what it can be converted into. Unless you're intending to
    endow some worthy institution, dying rich is a foolish thing.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 17:16:50
    On 10/02/2026 3:40 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    You're not trying hard enough,

    We'll see...

    money has no intrinsic value, it's only value is in what it can be
    converted into.

    I said ASSETS not money

    An asset is something that has value, usually monetary

    Unless you're intending to˙ endow some worthyinstitution, dying rich
    is a foolish thing.

    I never said anything about dying rich,
    I actually said that that is the reason
    I have never bothered to apply for a
    pension even tho I could have done
    that for more than 15 fucking years

    More fool you.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 17:20:58
    On 10/02/2026 7:32 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote

    If you go to Indian help service cannot see why a pensioner would >>>>>>> not get it?

    I'm not a pensioner, have never bothered to do the paperwork
    and get locked into endlessly restating my income and assets
    now that I dont have to do tax returns anymore and dont need
    the money. I have qualified for a part pension for 15 years.

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    I'm in similar situation where I'm a self funded pensioner.

    Still got a "Pensioner Concession Card",

    I havent bothered to do the paperwork

    a NSW Seniors card which come
    in handy with pensioner discounts.

    Yeah, I do have that but hardly ever use it anymore
    given that I buy the absolute vast bulk of my stuff
    from Coles by delivery because they do $2 deliverys
    tho it works out to be $3.50 because you have to pay
    for just one bag regardless of how many they use.

    Woolys charges a minumium of $15, fuck that

    <https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/pensioner-concession-card>

    Like I said, I'm not a pensioner for a reason and my GP now bulk bills everyone

    But with a pension card, it's $7.70 rather than $25 at the chemist.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 16:20:51
    Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    You're not trying hard enough,

    ?We'll see...

    money has no intrinsic value, it's only value is in what it can be
    converted into.

    ?I said ASSETS not money

    An asset is something that has value, usually monetary

    But still isnt necessarily money

    Unless you're intending to? endow some worthy
    institution, dying rich? is a foolish thing.

    ?I never said anything about dying rich,

    I actually said that that is the reason

    I have never bothered to apply for a
    pension even tho I could have done
    that for more than 15 fucking years

    More fool you.

    No poing when I dont need the fucking money, fuckwit

    you obviously have too much money. just kindly paypal to my email addy,
    thanks :)

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 16:21:43
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 7/02/2026 1:38 pm, Rod Speed wrote:

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    You're not trying hard enough, money has no intrinsic value, it's only
    value is in what it can be converted into. Unless you're intending to
    endow some worthy institution, dying rich is a foolish thing.


    that's not a problem i will have

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 16:23:01
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension
    Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?
    Nope, dope
    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope
    stashed away :)
    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)


    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to do
    with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income..

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 16:26:16
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    yeah, that variation is probably due to that being a contemporary and
    current matter, and media reports may be sparse and/or conflicting. but >>>> it's usually correct when asked for factual info and has extensive data >>>> to work with.
    Extensive data which you can just read yourself in search results
    and spend considerable time wading thru 'extensive data' on various
    websites, when you could have the answer in seconds with AI. makes no
    sense to me, and most ppl I would suggest.
    That's their problem.

    and not be mislead by things it's made up or misinterpreted. If
    there are no good search results, it just tells you nonsense
    like that anyway.
    I don't believe AI 'makes up stuff'. I think it just forms incorrect
    conclusions from it's sources
    AI in this form doesn't form conclusions from anything, it just
    shuffles text around in intelligent-sounding sequences. In this
    form people are encouraged to take the shuffled-up text as an
    answer to the question as if from a human, and in that form it's
    equivalent either to a human telling the truth or a human
    skillfully making up nonsense. It's not self-aware such as to know
    what it's doing either way, but it seems conventional for people to
    talk about it as if it were an entity anyway, so it "makes up
    stuff". Alternatively you could say it sometimes produces "bad
    output", in contrast to something reliable like a calculator.


    this will give you some joy.. AI stuffed up a Linux install I was doing.
    see the thread "uh-oh!" in alt.os.linux.mint

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 20:39:17
    On 12/02/2026 3:23 pm, Axel wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension
    Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?
    Nope, dope
    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope
    stashed away˙ :)
    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)


    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to do
    with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income..


    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do
    with. OTOH he used to go around garages sales to get tat to flog on FleaBay.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, February 12, 2026 20:49:12
    On 12/02/2026 3:21 pm, Axel wrote:
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 7/02/2026 1:38 pm, Rod Speed wrote:

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    You're not trying hard enough, money has no intrinsic value, it's only
    value is in what it can be converted into. Unless you're intending to
    endow some worthy institution, dying rich is a foolish thing.


    that's not a problem i will have

    My adviser tells me that my super will run out at age 102. My mother
    lasted that long so it would be a neat ending. OTOH on current trends,
    the house should be worth $2M+ by then

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 00:01:00
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 12/02/2026 3:23 pm, Axel wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension >>>>>>> Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?
    Nope, dope
    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope
    stashed away˙ :)
    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)


    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to
    do with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income. :)


    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do
    with. OTOH he used to go around garages sales to get tat to flog on
    FleaBay.

    he's enigmatic and eccentric. probably I (we?) don't know what he's
    really like. he brews his own beer, grows vegetables, and I believe he's
    a pilot. that's as much as i know about him.

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 00:08:04
    Axel wrote:
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 12/02/2026 3:23 pm, Axel wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension >>>>>>>> Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?
    Nope, dope
    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope >>>>> stashed away˙ :)
    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)


    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to
    do with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income. :)


    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do
    with. OTOH he used to go around garages sales to get tat to flog on
    FleaBay.

    he's enigmatic and eccentric. probably I (we?) don't know what he's
    really like. he brews his own beer, grows vegetables, and I believe
    he's a pilot. that's as much as i know about him.


    p.s. I've always pictured him with long hair and a beard and scruffy.
    but he could be not like that at all.

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 12:15:59
    On 13/02/2026 12:15 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Axel wrote
    keithr0 wrote
    Rod Speed wrote

    I am in the fortunate/skilled situation where I will never be
    able to spend my vast accumated assets even if I live to 120
    which is very unlikely

    You're not trying hard enough, money has no intrinsic value, it's
    only value is in what it can be converted into. Unless you're
    intending to endow some worthy institution, dying rich is a foolish
    thing.

    ˙that's not a problem i will have

    My adviser tells me that my super will run out at age 102.

    Impossible to predict that given that it is impossible to know
    what govt will have done to the super system by then

    And even it fhat turns out to be accurate, you would
    still be entitled to a full pension and that would be fine
    to live on given that you would presumably not have
    a mortage on your house anymore

    My mother˙ lasted that long

    You are much more likely to be close to your
    dad, if he really is your biological dad

    Already beaten him by 7 years, OTOH he was a Yorkshire man, and thus
    lived on a diet of saturated fat.

    so it would be a neat ending.

    Nope given the pension and what you do about a nursing home

    My mother was physically healthy almost to the end, she was doing well
    until she turned 100, but then gradually lost the plot. She ended up not
    in a nursing home but a rather sad place for people who's bodies had
    outlasted their minds.

    OTOH on current trends,˙ the house should be worth $2M+ by then

    Which should be viable for a nursing home


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 12:18:19
    On 13/02/2026 12:08 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Axel wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

    Nope, dope

    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope >>>>> stashed away˙ :)

    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)

    ˙LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to
    do with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income..

    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do˙ with.

    Yes

    OTOH he used to go around garages sales

    Yes

    to get tat to flog on˙ FleaBay.

    There you go again, fuckwit pom

    I have never ever sold anything I have ever bought on ebay or facebook

    So you have a house full of third hand tat.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 12:20:07
    On 12/02/2026 11:01 pm, Axel wrote:
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 12/02/2026 3:23 pm, Axel wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension >>>>>>>> Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?
    Nope, dope
    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope >>>>> stashed away˙ :)
    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)


    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to
    do with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income. :)


    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do
    with. OTOH he used to go around garages sales to get tat to flog on
    FleaBay.

    he's enigmatic and eccentric. probably I (we?) don't know what he's
    really like. he brews his own beer, grows vegetables, and I believe he's
    a pilot. that's as much as i know about him.

    I've known him on and off for over 30 years, he hasn't changed much in
    that time, although his spelling has improved.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 13:58:33
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 12/02/2026 11:01 pm, Axel wrote:
    keithr0 wrote:
    On 12/02/2026 3:23 pm, Axel wrote:
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote:
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension >>>>>>>>> Depends on the form of the assets
    Like phantom ones?
    Nope, dope
    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope >>>>>> stashed away˙ :)
    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)


    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to
    do with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income. :)


    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do
    with. OTOH he used to go around garages sales to get tat to flog on
    FleaBay.

    he's enigmatic and eccentric. probably I (we?) don't know what he's
    really like. he brews his own beer, grows vegetables, and I believe
    he's a pilot. that's as much as i know about him.

    I've known him on and off for over 30 years, he hasn't changed much in
    that time,

    how well can you know him or anyone when you're only judging by what's
    written on usenet, unless you know him in person?

    although his spelling has improved.

    I dunno. he still spells 'bullshit' and 'paper bag' same as always..

    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 15:50:42
    On 13/02/2026 1:40 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Axel wrote
    keithr0 wrote
    Axel wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

    Nope, dope

    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of dope >>>>>>> stashed away˙ :)

    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)

    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what to >>>>> do with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income. :)

    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do
    with. OTOH he used to go around garages sales to get tat to flog on
    FleaBay.

    ˙he's enigmatic and eccentric. probably I (we?) don't know what he's
    really like. he brews his own beer, grows vegetables, and I believe
    he's a pilot. that's as much as i know about him.

    I've known him on and off for over 30 years,

    But know fuck all about what I have done or how I have done it

    he hasn't changed much in˙ that time,

    Neither have you, you keep ending up face
    down in the mud, time after time after time

    ROTFL, same old phrases recycled from aus.avtech. I haven't come across anybody else from there in years.

    although his spelling has improved.

    Nope, just changed


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From keithr0@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 23, 2026 21:57:10
    On 23/02/2026 6:40 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
    Axel wrote
    keithr0 wrote
    Axel wrote
    Computer Nerd Kev wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    if you had 'vast assets' you wouldn't qualify for a part >>>>>>>>>>>>> pension

    Depends on the form of the assets

    Like phantom ones?

    Nope, dope

    ahh.. that's that's the answer. you have millions of dollars of >>>>>>>>> dope˙ stashed away˙ :)

    His "middle name" is probably "on". :)

    LOL. hmmm.. lives in Griffith, has more money than he knows what >>>>>>> to do with. I think we've sussed out the source of his income. :)

    lives in Griffith, says that more money than he knows what to do
    with. OTOH he used to go around garages sales to get tat to flog
    on FleaBay.

    ˙he's enigmatic and eccentric. probably I (we?) don't know what
    he's really like. he brews his own beer, grows vegetables, and I
    believe he's a pilot. that's as much as i know about him.

    I've known him on and off for over 30 years,

    ˙But know fuck all about what I have done or how I have done it

    he hasn't changed much in˙ that time,

    ˙Neither have you, you keep ending up face
    down in the mud, time after time after time

    ROTFL, same old phrases recycled from aus.avtech.

    You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag

    ROTFL, same old phrases recycled from aus.avtech.

    I haven't come across˙ anybody else from there in years.

    I have and still talk to Paul Edwards by email

    How is he these days? Got over his problems?

    And came across another in whirlpool

    although his spelling has improved.

    ˙Nope, just changed


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Peter Jason@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 07:11:53
    On Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:39:33 +1100, "Rod Speed"
    <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote
    Peter Jason wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a >>>>>>>>>> detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product >>>>>>>>>> websites.

    I use the copilot and chatbot, and I'm careful to store all the >>>>>>>>> answers. The love letters and sonnet-insults are to die for.

    Then do the decent thing and top yourself, soon

    ......uh?

    cop this...

    Get fucked...

    How rude!

    How Rod, especially when he's lost the argument.

    No argument is ever lost

    Your superiority complex is flaring up again.

    You dont have a fucking clue about how usenet works

    OK smart boy, tell me how to fix my network scanner lately not working
    after a Win11 upgrade.
    We'll see who has a fugging clue!


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.12
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 15:39:43
    Rod Speed wrote:
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote
    Peter Jason wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote
    Axel <none@not.here> wrote

    I love it. just ask a question, any question, and you get a >>>>>>>>>>>> detailed
    answer. no more searching multiple links, FAQ's, or product >>>>>>>>>>>> websites.

    I use the copilot and chatbot, and I'm careful to store all the >>>>>>>>>>> answers.?? The love letters and sonnet-insults are to die for.

    Then do the decent thing and top yourself, soon

    ......uh?

    cop this...

    Get fucked...

    ?How rude!

    How Rod, especially when he's lost the argument.

    No argument is ever lost

    Your superiority complex is flaring up again.

    You dont have a fucking clue about how usenet works

    OK smart boy,

    Nof ok dumpster diver

    tell me how to fix my network scannerlately not working? after a
    Win11 upgrade.

    Stsrt sgsin with a clean install so it isnt stuck
    with what you fucked up in the previous install

    RS "shoulda gone to specsavers"..


    We'll see who has a fugging clue!

    We have already seen that you don't


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