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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: 4 Oct 2024 19:44:10 GMT Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <1smdnSjX3YoxgWf7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <851708060.749423067.699188.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net JwI7wMLFExXawRHgiznFXQshsW+X/3RSX6zxTHZUEHsoMH76sb Cancel-Lock: sha1:WvXkKXuHomlijx0fTvFi7COCmIw= sha256:H4UcaHD8rp2qlzfIAE+jaahlEAnKkv96yZmeRN6jfNs= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2251 On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 10:44:11 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Apparently when the Gaulish people were given the option of 40% taxes > and being kept safe by Rome, or paying the people that Rome was keeping > them safe from 15%, strangely they opted for barbarian overlords. Since > Roman civilisation hadn't really done the peasants all that much good > anyway. The Teutons apparently weren't interested. "where are my legions, Varus?". Varus had enough honor to fall on his sword something that hasn't happened recently outside of Japan.