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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: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:45:20 +0000 Subject: Re: M$ 365 Down, Again Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <2d7ff7c3-5aa6-acff-bf69-8aee193ce9ac@example.net> <38799da0-b66c-ef55-675c-b1b1068c4452@example.net> <20250203103843.0000459e@gmail.com> <9idoP.2208279$FOb4.1325268@fx15.iad> <_-acnVu08PyaDTz6nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@earthlink.com> <31PoP.609495$px2.12770@fx13.iad> From: "WokieSux282@ud0s4.net" Organization: WokieSux Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 00:45:22 -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: <8eSdnYjKeo7t0Tn6nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> Lines: 50 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.101.150.97 X-Trace: sv3-tCkpInmTtLMOQXppXO+rCRCknsMIuLH2eI4/mCBMOQp9NT45oxCQ+fOfFeBX/vuX03FCrn2zrCTHAdU!RSFzWNHi/Z0MFsdT1dJHaznXYc7ldwKnSnltyHXO1ZSdCKuiwWr1mIuaVqGWMoivO5iwFFvzIvYz!iCUw0bxhXaTFrkhTTMSI 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: 3897 On 2/5/25 11:50 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-02-06, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote: > >> On 2/5/25 2:32 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> On 2025-02-04, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote: >>> >>>> On 2/3/25 7:36 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>>> >>>>> The other day we re-watched the movie version of _The Hitchhiker's Guide >>>>> to the Galaxy_ (RIP Alan Rickman) and I picked up a new favourite line. >>>>> As our heroes attempted to negotiate the Vogon bureaucracy to save Trillian >>>>> from being fed to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, Arthur Dent took >>>>> the lead with the words: "I'm British. I know how to queue. >>>> >>>> That WAS a good line, and probably tells us a >>>> lot about Brits :-) >>>> >>>> Still liked the old BBC series better - found >>>> it on a discounted DVD ! Contained more jewels >>>> of wisdom from Adams. >>> >>> I'll have to dig it out again and give it another look. >>> >>> Fun fact: the robot that played Marvin in the old series appears >>> (as an anonymous robot) in the movie, in the scene I mentioned above. >> >> Ah yes, I spotted him in the crowd :-) >> >> The BBC series was fairly low-budget and 'crude', >> but, IMHO, better than the slick movie version. > > Perhaps, but you have to admit that the scene on the Magrathea > factory floor is magnificent in the new version. That WAS magnificent, perhaps the best scene in the movie. BBC didn't have the budget or tech for that I am a bit saddened at how special effects have come to drive film/TV. Even if not as spiffy, good dialogue and plot structure made for a better product. Was watching a Jon Pertwee "Dr. Who" the other day. Very low budget - but it still worked quite well, told a good story.