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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 15:06:18 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <071ikjds6op23p9b1vk6lg4l5379t7mv9l@4ax.com> <0ocikj9ctqn0o3sae3uqe28nnk5hrgg7de@4ax.com> <1geikjdv9poat2tq0hpib2fdsto802s7p3@4ax.com> <6pjikj1icct50cjm21d175uom81957p30l@4ax.com> <3ckukj91bq9p0eosv3h7grn1g83ii8jvmk@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:06:18 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="51601168ad161d599e6a484e6eecc51c"; logging-data="352542"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18f7j6zFiOUbjTLiTXGb3rUmjhjbqJJaew=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:3bEuBBkw1x2/R5j7lzjfTqmyCVg= In-Reply-To: <3ckukj91bq9p0eosv3h7grn1g83ii8jvmk@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2422 On 12/3/24 1:46 PM, Joel wrote: > Alan wrote: > >>> I couldn't >>> anticipate the CPU video so poorly handling 4K, but when it did, I >>> knew the solution. Big F'ing deal. >> >> You could have researched it. > > I wouldn't have anticipated using 4K when I got the main parts. Especially when one is harping about 'future proofing', why wouldn't one be so unprepared in 2021 for supporting 4K monitors? Because 4K wasn't a new standard: it first came out 2001, and was in the consumer market by 2013. So by 2021, 4K displays were pretty commonplace (even Apple had had them in iMacs for 7 years) and 'gamer' ones had already dropped to just $500 ('regular' ones were even less): -hh