I really loved Ambermatics. Must have gone through half a dozen pair. Last pair I laid on the ground while changing a tire, forgot and backed over them. I was so disgusted, I gave up sunglasses

Not a clue, but I have some BIG Koi and there lots of trees and shrubs around the pond…

Mac just nomenclate their releases differently. MacOS 10 ran from 2001 (10.0) to 2019 (10.15) for example. They name each patch/rev while Windows names only major releases - revs/patches between major releases are nomenclated like 22H2 rather than named after a location.

Microsoft, unlike Apple, is a SW company, so they have (until Win 10 and 11 which were free upgrades) charged for a major release. Since Apple builds the HW platform as well, the cost of the OS is rolled in to the total price of the system.

My uncle, Lt. Preston Carrington, served on the Forrestal, but no idea if he was aboard when the tragic explosion and fire occurred.

That’s just silly. All boats that have windage (that would be any vessel floating except perhaps a floating board) are moved by the wind due to the force of the wind against the superstructure and cargo. Container vessels, which the Dali was, are the most affected by the wind because of the large flat vertical surfaces - no way to “design around” that fact. The only way to counter that is to drive the boat forward with propulsion, which the Dali didn’t have at the time of the accident.

You clearly know nothing about boats/ships or you’re intentionally being obtuse - either way, just stop.

If a Coracle is your idea of a vessel, I can see why you’re confused and with all due respect. I think some basic understanding of sailboats is in order. Sailboats are only “pushed” by the wind when they’re running before the wind (the wind is directly astern or off your stern quarter). If you change course (or the wind changes direction) such that the wind moves to the other quarter, you don’t tack, you jibe. On all other points of sail (Broad reach, beam reach, close reach or close hauled), the sail isn’t pushed, it’s “lifted” forward, much like a vertical aircraft wing, and the sideways force is resisted by the keel or center board and translated into forward motion. When you are sailing close hauled (at a small angle to the apparent wind) and you cross the wind to being close hauled on the opposite side of the vessel (tack), that is tacking. When sailing to windward, the only time you are “pushed” by the wind is if you are stopped, pointed directly into the wind because you are “in irons” or hove to.

Honestly, when you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the best strategy is to stop digging.

You can, but good luck finding a browser compatible with XP AND security adequate to access https sites (which anlmost all sites are now). You can download old versions of common browsers ( Firefox, IE, Chrome, etc…) that will install and run on XP, BUT XP does not provide the necessary security protocols ro browse modern sites. Already tried it. Built an XP machine specifically to support some legacy ISA cards and loaded Win XP SP3 (latest version) and I tried every XP compatible version of every browser you can think up, and while they would access http sites, they wouldn’t access https sites, which almost all modern sites are.

You can try running Linux IF your MB supports enough memory. Most XP machines had limited HW memory capability.

If you read the link Jerry provided, there’s no cost to continue to use Win 10, just an OPTION to buy extended support which would supposedly be updates to Windows Defender. I doubt there would be new features added or new HW drivers, but I guess it’s possible. Your Win 10 computer will continue to work just fine, but without Defender updates, I’d invest in 3rd party anti- Virus/malware/bot detection SW unless you want to pay MS for support. Nothing new here except the offer to purchase extended support - people have been running old versions of Windows forever.

I’ve recently published on another thread, the method to upgrade a non compliant Win 10 machine to Win 11, and it does work, but Microsoft warns that there will be no updates for updated non compliant machines - it remains to be seen if that’s the case.

You have several choices. Using an HDMI cable, you can hook the HDMI out jack on the R7 to a monitor with an HDMI input. Alternately, download Canon Connect SW and wirelessly connect to any device with wifi (such as a laptop, tablet or phone). You can also use a USB cable with the appropriate connectors, but the WiFi is much more convenient, and no one can trip over the cable pulling the camera and/or computer to the ground. In all cases, you’ll likelyneed to disable the time out on the camera and make sure to get the wifi configured and working well in advance.

You’re right about both the drives and the surge protectors. Most household surge protectors use MOVs, which have a limited life. Every time they take a hit, they are degraded, until they become useless, and if they’re hit with continuous voltage outside their capacity, they’re destroyed.

This!

Exactly.

I hope you are as satisfied as I’ve been.

I wonder if my Koi will eat them

If that’s the question, my answer is Bay Photo. Be sure to download the BayRoes ap and ICC profile if want to do soft proofing and save on color correction.