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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:25:04 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <20241226105710.000038df@gmail.com> <1814d0bcbc9ec299$70911$364562$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <20241226115911.00000558@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:25:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="990f55ceb98e2f4e3723c165b8aba337"; logging-data="346925"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+KZSMCAzA5U0rEL0DbcIGJXUmxVFuryvs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:IjV9Sf8QaW4MM2leOcpyCdWCUxI= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2871 On 12/27/24 11:23 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 27/12/2024 15:42, TJ wrote: >> I'm not a professional logger. I'm just an old farmer who over the >> years has used both, and if well maintained the saw is faster and more >> accurate for putting the tree where you want it instead of on your >> pickup truck. >> >> I've also bucked the tree into pieces with a chainsaw and with a >> crosscut hand saw, both one-man and two-man, and the chainsaw is >> easier, faster, and better. >> >> I've also split many a log into firewood with a hammer and wedges, as >> well as with a gasoline-powered hydraulic log splitter, and the log >> splitter will split tangled logs into usable pieces with ease that a >> hammer and wedges won't touch no matter how long you beat on them. >> >> Perhaps you believe that the exercise from using hand tools is better >> for health. Well, anybody who thinks you don't get a workout when >> using power tools to put up a winter's supply of firewood clearly has >> never actually done the task. > > +1 on all counts. > If God had given us chainsaws we would never have invented the axe. Unfortunately, such objective discussions are beyond old "Farley" here; the appropriate analogy more akin to that he believes that one must only use one's teeth, because that's how a beaver does it. He's in YA cycle of building a new PC, which instead of taking hours to get up & running has already consumed a few weeks... -hh