Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: vallor Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity Subject: [OT] Linux on Windows (was: Re: USA is deeply wrecked) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 01:22:54 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 116 Message-ID: References: <48f5b53cc82a96a65a947ca5e6635399@www.novabbs.org> <0695a0c98a298e31f24e0137beac8eab@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 03:22:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4330f83ca9e88d1df081e7015ffb676b"; logging-data="3135502"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18McoO48ht/3qdBa3ZM6jK8" User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Hmm4; f7d29671; Linux-6.14.0) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/fZRjkNJ5+K2jUD1QCxfty6ZVss= X-Face: \}2`P"_@pS86<'EM:'b.Ml}8IuMK"pV"?FReF$'c.S%u9: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:58:13 +0000, vallor wrote: > >> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:40:24 +0000, bertietaylor@myyahoo.com >> (Bertitaylor) >> wrote in <0695a0c98a298e31f24e0137beac8eab@www.novabbs.org>: >> >>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:35:47 +0000, Physfitfreak wrote: >>> >>>> On 3/21/25 11:50 PM, Bertitaylor wrote: >>>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 0:00:49 +0000, Physfitfreak wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 3/21/25 2:46 PM, Mild Shock wrote: >>>>>>> Today I had the idea to buy the USA dip, >>>>>>> like buying a little NASDAQ stocks or something. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But then I read about the closing of the department of education, >>>>>>> which was distributing 30 billion PELL GRANTS, which is around 150 >>>>>>> USD wealth >>>>>>> >>>>>>> redistribution per capita. So I think USA is fucked, >>>>>>> and it will only get worse and worse. Mostlikely the timeing is >>>>>>> bad taking other seasonal effects >>>>>>> >>>>>>> into account, and 2025 will not recover. Thats my hypothesis, >>>>>>> since month May is too near already. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The university system is itself fucked anyway. It is grossly unfair >>>>>> to the students. As I've repeatedly explained here, "students" must >>>>>> be paid good money to just study. The money should come either from >>>>>> businesses or the government. It must be an _employment. >>>>>> >>>>>> Also the degree system is too old. It is idiotic. Full of defects >>>>>> and features that make no sense. >>>>>> >>>>>> Business or government "students" would study and go through their >>>>>> curricula while getting paid like a good job, and eventually (if >>>>>> they manage it) get fine-tuned clearly understandable certificates >>>>>> showing what that employee can do. >>>>> >>>>> Scholarships are there. University is there for social snob reasons >>>>> and if you pass, a stamp for getting more stamps. Then you can make >>>>> money. The Indian Navy paid the fees for the students they selected. >>>>> Pioneers, >>>>> what. >>>> >>>> >>>> No, you didn't get the gist of what I'm saying (what a surprise). >>> >>> You generally talk senseless crap, Roachie, amusing though in its way. >>> Also exhilarating to Arindam when you talk about bumping him off. Some >>> compliment. >>>> >>>> Scholarships are genera help, like charity. >>> >>> No. Those getting charity get so from empathy. Scholarships are to >>> support the meritorious who are also poor. >>> >>> What I say a "student" must >>>> get is _employment_ payments backed by employment laws. Studying is a >>>> serious EMPLOYMENT. It is crazy that crooks expect students not only >>>> not get paid, but pay for their studies as well!.. That's another >>>> pure Jewish scheme which is still being practiced. >>> >>> You never got any employment, Roachie. So you don't know how much any >>> employee has to study to keep his job if it is worth keeping. With or >>> without company help. Yes if he is employed, part time study is >>> feasible. Arindam did his MTech working full time. >>> >>> If studies are too expensive and your pop ain't rich do cheap >>> correspondence courses. Why pay tons unless you get scholarships or >>> work your way! Anyway internet should make universities and the horrid >>> professors obsolete. >>> >>> Best is mutual self-help, study circles, coaching, employer originated >>> training, apprenticeship, etc. One major effort must be to attack >>> those putting out fake news. >>>> >>>> You first get _employed_, and only then study the material that your >>>> employer (businesses and/or government) provides. There's no other >>>> way around this that does not amount to fraudulent money schemes. >>> >>> Who wants to employ useless roaches like you, Roachie? University >>> degree gives a stamp vital for recruitment. Better than that is for >>> the employer to catch them young and fund them for higher education >>> with a bond, while getting work out if them. >>> >>> Point is that certification from companies have less worth than uni >>> degrees. Which is why the uni market remains hot. >> >> Point is, "Roachie" is probably an unregistered foreign agent. >> >> He's "employed" alright -- by Iran. > > Doubt of they pay him. >> >> (Can you keep your dreck out of cola? This is serious Linux we're >> discussing here!) > > Point. Did not notice it. > > Well if this is a Linux group may I ask about how to install it on > windows 11 and how to use it to access newsgroups using vn and nn as was > done in the 90s A FAQ could help. If you have Windows 11, you can install "Windows Subsystem for Linux", which lets you easily run Linux on Windows in a virtual machine. Give it a google. And the nn(1) newsreader is in Ubuntu, so that's the distribution you'll probably want to install. -- -v