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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 05:29:18 +0000 Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <8b262a1f-507f-ef10-e4d3-a981dca5b7d1@example.net> <036dd555-4c8b-1d1f-9a82-7f60087bd457@example.net> <1--dnV8op_QbGOH6nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> From: "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> Organization: wokiesux Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 00:29:18 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <2KecnZZ0vKKzkOP6nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Lines: 40 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.101.150.97 X-Trace: sv3-dKXpOYh0lXrT0DQ6ogP9BmNbaf6wCLXd8i6xDEwRHdsMCBbdSyggJkQcjT8r3FA+Zccj08YnnG2Rg1f!R1uqCkDtMq1T3bK9F5NBmjC8R/3by1GdYqeWVhdiepUPAp4ai8TT8hkjAccHjuNM33uuWS04DDir!enlND+Rqme+o3z7HfVCF X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3203 On 1/6/25 11:58 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-01-07, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote: > >> On 1/6/25 1:35 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> _We_ are the locusts. See my .sig. >> >> Ummmmm ... you don't work in a secret govt bio-war >> lab do you ? > > No, I just do a little basic math. > >> In any case, as I said to another here, we now have >> eight billion people > > ... and counting ... > >> all wanting to live the life >> of a Kardashian ... 1st-world plus. CAN'T happen, >> maybe not even with an extra century of tech. This >> causes all sorts of dissatisfaction and politics >> and chaos. May largely kill ourselves off before >> the 'resources' run out. >> >> It's a problem. >> >> Know how to knap a flint spearhead ? > > I could probably learn. I didn't get that ability > bred out of me. I watched a guy do it once ... archeology prof. Doesn't LOOK too hard, but apparently there's art and eye to striking Just Right. Pressure- flaking makes nicer stuff, but there's great danger in fracture. Anyway, for 100 years or so there'll still be lots of metal bits laying around you can put a point on .....