Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

I think they do Bob but there is no way I could afford one now.
The one in the picture is very very old. It has easily been the best computer I've had and I've had a few over the years. These days it just isn't powerful enough.
It's a single core processor with just 512MB of RAM. I stripped Microshite Doors off it years ago and it trundles along on Linux.
The two worst PCs have been Dell and HP.

Single core processor? 512MB ram? That would barely load anything now.

 

[featherhead007]

SMH @ myself this Sunday morning. Woke up @ peace thinking all would be less hectic today. Nope nope and nope again.

Waterer leaked everywhere. Brownie didn't move to a dry spot her underneath is soaked most of the chicks are as well. Got all that cleaned up, I will go get move shaving later today.

Then as I am sitting there watching the chicks for a few moments I noticed one of them has poopy butt. Mama will not take care of this correct??
I will have to remove that chick clean it up and return it, yes?

Yes

 

[notabitail]

It's sad that computers get so out paced by software demands and there is nothing you can do to upgrade the components that do still work. Taking the Microsoft stuff of probably bought you years more usage out of it.

I switched to a tablet from a laptop years ago because of weight. I just was forced to replace one that was 3 years old because the latest operating system upgrade was bigger in size than the core storage on the unit, 32 GB! I could not figure out why it essentially stopped responding to me one day. I identified that something which was "unclassified" was taking up all my storage. I got support on the phone and after 30 minutes I finally got them to admit it was the operating system. The tablet worked perfectly great until that point and then it was trash. Such a waste.

I figure at the price I paid I am spending about $150 a year on just internet equipment. Amazing.

Microsoft is horrible. Forcing updates and all that stuff. I would strongly advise installing Linux on any computers you have before buying any new ones. I can help you .
My iPhone 5s only has 16 GB of storage. And the size of the OS changes a lot. I don't know why.
For those of you who have a compatible Android phone, LineageOS is a alternative that can extend the life of your device a lot.

 

[notabitail]

The OS I'm using atm runs in RAM. It will run with 256KB. It lives on a USB drive.
I plug it in, do my stuff and then unplug it. There is nothing on my hard drive.
It's Linux of course.
Hopefully when my package arrives from the UK there will be a mini PC I bought.
All that pile of crap in the picture will go. The mini PC is about the size of a hard drive. It uses 7Watts of electricity and for day to day stuff it's as fast as the Intel i5 I've got sitting in the box beside me.
I built the large silver PC you may have seen in other pictures to play a particular game on; Unreal Tournament 3. The game is unfortunately tied into Windows XP and thus not really playable these days. There are workarounds which I will investigate another day. Atm it's just get the net running reliably.

I think Tap may have wanted that computer for Beakbook.

 

[featherhead007]

It's raining again....

(hahaha come on you know you all want to sing along!)

but the rest of the week looks amazing - hopefully it dries up all the mud.

Only song on my mind is ”Wastin away again in margaritaville, search for my lost shaker of salt!”

 

[notabitail]

I have an old dinosaur of a sony vaio! Lots of photos from when the kids were little. Doesn’t really run at this point.

Sounds like most of my Vaio computers.

 

[featherhead007]

Derby tax.
Raven dust bathing while Twig and Siri have a private meeting.

And Twiggy!

 

[notabitail]

Derby tax.
Raven dust bathing while Twig and Siri have a private meeting.

You have a chicken named Siri? Nice. Is that after the Apple Siri or just because it's a good name for a chicken?

 

[notabitail]

LozzyR. I have Italian blood, but it doesn't make me crave salami. just saying.

I have some Mexican in me, and I prefer Italian food over Mexican most days.

 

[notabitail]

I know "Exchequer" is one of the leghorn colours. Maybe there are many other colours too.