Anita Bryant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Bryant#/media/File:Anita...

It should now be possible to discard my boxes of old Byte - but it is not easy.

Yeah, I've got a complete collection from October 1978 to December 1991 (by which time they had became just another x86 PC rag). I bought a fair few individual copies myself from 78 or 79 until the late 80s, but the bulk of my collection I got for free from an elderly engineer in I think the late 2000s.

Here's a tweet I made packing them up when I was moving overseas in April 2015:

https://x.com/BruceHoult/status/586675607087419394/photo/1

I also have a 1984 Encyclopædia Britannica, all 30 volumes.

Will anyone want them when I can't house them?

Nobody wants those things - but some may need them.

What do I mean? If you posted them for free you might get a taker, but probably not.

But it's possible you might identify the right child at the right time who could appreciate them.

1991 Byte might be too old, but a 1984 Britannica has something even an offline copy of Wikipedia doesn't.

The end came quickly.

https://www.deseret.com/1999/8/20/19461583/iomega-president-...

> It would go on to become Halsman’s most iconic image.

Indeed!

https://arthur.io/img/art/jpg/00017344b99caa17a/philippe-hal...

In order to read their tale about surveillance, Politico tells you to "SIGN IN".

They want you to give them your email, employer's name and your job title.

Is this some kind of joke?

Or are these people actually that stupid?

> Or are these people actually that stupid?

Or simply they judge enough of their readers to be that stupid.

WordPad was good for this on Windows - maybe too good.

AbiWord looked like it might be similar on Linux, but never kept up.

There is a very light weight, free program called "The Guide" which is also good for notes

https://portableapps.com/apps/office/the_guide_portable

https://theguide.sourceforge.net/

It hasn't been updated for about 8 years, but it doesn't require installation and we have found it very useful.

We need to break this pattern of kinetic weapons.

How about some modern, safe bio-weapons.

It has bio in the name - it must be good!

That means they're made from renewable resources, right?

As long as they’re USDA Organic

I just watched an episode of Babylon 5 in which an entire race gets wiped by a virus in that way In a matter of days.

Clincally proven bio-weapons

Side effects may include victory.

How do you test "safe bio-weapons"?

Same way you test regular weapons

This is not a retraction. It is just CYA - Cover your Arse Technica.

They need to enumerate the specific details they fudged.

They need to correct any inaccuracies.

Otherwise, there is little reason to trust Arse Technica in the future.

> We constructed a composite measure reflecting lifetime cognitive enrichment...

and for $39.00 we will tell you about it.

No thanks.