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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:43:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <59CJO.19674$MoU3.15170@fx36.iad> <3hOdnWpQ649QMGr7nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 02:43:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c5355a95aaf967e5c35c649cc5a0b328"; logging-data="4064764"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX195Fzam0Tt3Gnohw5hMZs7U" User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ikn6vCiOfY5OZBb5d2D4nXIx9R0= Bytes: 2373 On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 23:22:48 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2024-10-11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> They’re in my face all the time, so I don’t want them to be “ugly and >> boring”; I want them to be a joy to use. > > ... the last thing I need is pretty pop-ups telling me where I should be > going and what I should be buying. I wouldn’t stand for those, either. I did say “joy to use”, didn’t I? (Of course, some others might get “joy” out of popups ... I don’t.)