Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Nobody will bite your head off ... that's nonsense and you know it. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:55, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Nobody will bite your head off ... that's nonsense and you know it. awww just because... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday October 9 2003 01:50 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:55, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Nobody will bite your head off ... that's nonsense and you know it. awww just because...

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 05:37, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday October 9 2003 01:50 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:55, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: to the OT list now I can't post to MdkOT. All my posts

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread JM5379
--- Original Message --- It's a damn shame the only DSL connection I can get is SBC- Yahoo. Yahoo sux, but they handle my mail and I'm stuck with that. I had been meaning to ask you about that SBC DSL connection I inquired at SBC about DSL and when I said Linux ... Well I'm not gonna

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Original Message --- It's a damn shame the only DSL connection I can get is SBC- Yahoo. Yahoo sux, but they handle my mail and I'm stuck with that. I had been meaning to ask you about that SBC DSL connection I inquired at

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday October 9 2003 08:07 am, Aron Smith wrote: It's a damn shame the only DSL connection I can get is SBC- Yahoo. Yahoo sux, but they handle my mail and I'm stuck with that. I had been meaning to ask you about that SBC DSL connection I inquired at SBC about DSL and when I

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread JM5379
i've been using sbc dsl for 3-4 years now (since before pppoe) and have never had any trouble other than the infrequent hardware problems in their network. i've been using linux with it since day 1. i'm not sure what problems tom is having with his and i don't know what they told you about

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Heather/Femme
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 06:07:41 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 05:37, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday October 9 2003 01:50 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:55, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday October 9 2003 01:01 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:37, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday October 9 2003 01:50 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:55, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread ed tharp
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 15:18, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday October 9 2003 01:01 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:37, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday October 9 2003 01:50 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:55, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 09:21, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday October 9 2003 08:07 am, Aron Smith wrote: It's a damn shame the only DSL connection I can get is SBC- Yahoo. Yahoo sux, but they handle my mail and I'm stuck with that. I had been meaning to ask you about that SBC DSL

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread Aron Smith
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 10:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've been using sbc dsl for 3-4 years now (since before pppoe) and have never had any trouble other than the infrequent hardware problems in their network. i've been using linux with it since day 1. i'm not sure what problems tom is

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-09 Thread ed tharp
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:37, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday October 9 2003 01:50 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 22:55, HaywireMac wrote: On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:21:57 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Nobody will bite your head off ... that's nonsense

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-07 Thread Max . Benitz
:07 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:Mandrake Off topic [EMAIL PROTECTED], newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[newbie] have we killed the reason we are here? My patience with newbie is wearing somewhat thin too. I find myself frequently

[newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread ed tharp
First please don't shoot me for posting this in more than one list. I am seeing more and more post like this on newbie. My patience with newbie is wearing somewhat thin too. I find myself frequently just marking all messages as read without reading them because so many are OT of just personal

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 12:51 pm, ed tharp wrote: So any suggestions? Only that I would add that there has been more than one post on the expert list lately, saying that people on the newbie list are so busy with their OTs and political arguments that they do not reply to ordinary requests

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 07:51, ed tharp wrote: First please don't shoot me for posting this in more than one list. I am seeing more and more post like this on newbie. My patience with newbie is wearing somewhat thin too. I find myself frequently just marking all messages as read without

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread ed tharp
and as a note,,, this discussion will continue on the OT list. A good suggestion was already posted by Sir Robin, and I thought it was worth repeating, (and since I was already going to post that this tread should be continued over there) ; I saw a documentary which included footage of research

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread robin
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 12:51 pm, ed tharp wrote: So any suggestions? Only that I would add that there has been more than one post on the expert list lately, saying that people on the newbie list are so busy with their OTs and political arguments that they do not

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread robin
Daryl Johnson wrote: On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 1:59 pm, robin wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 12:51 pm, ed tharp wrote: So any suggestions? How about suggesting that anti-Ms messages are forbidden? They seem to waste a lot of bandwidth wilth posters

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 15:44, robin wrote: Daryl Johnson wrote: On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 1:59 pm, robin wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 05 Oct 2003 12:51 pm, ed tharp wrote: So any suggestions? How about suggesting that anti-Ms messages are

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday October 5 2003 03:08 pm, ed tharp wrote: That's not bad as a general rule, but I still think there is a place for MS-related posts when there is a relevance to Linux/OSS, as in the case of the Phoenix BIOS post. BTW, please delete the reply-to field in your mail client! Sir

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread Miark
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 15:26:13 +0100, Daryl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about suggesting that anti-Ms messages are forbidden? They seem to waste a lot of bandwidth wilth posters aiming to prove their linux credentials by dissing the alpha male. Some, perhaps, but I believe there is

Re: [newbie] have we killed the reason we are here?

2003-10-05 Thread Aron Smith
On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 17:21, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday October 5 2003 03:08 pm, ed tharp wrote: That's not bad as a general rule, but I still think there is a place for MS-related posts when there is a relevance to Linux/OSS, as in the case of the Phoenix BIOS post. BTW, please