Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-29 Thread Michael
So run your email through a filter before downloading it? Combine that with serious bitching at your phone company for being overpriced. clipped to reduce $$$ No it is not that simple. I frequently used to work overseas. I collected my e-mail using a laptop/cellphone, often at 2400bps due

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2000-09-29 Thread elldee
Original Message: From: michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush Date: 09/29/00 16:10:55 So run your email through a filter before downloading it? Combine that with serious bitching at your phone company for being overpriced. All

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2000-09-29 Thread Michael
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush Date: 09/29/00 16:10:55 So run your email through a filter before downloading it? Combine that with serious bitching at your phone company for being overpriced. All this so that people are 'free' to post 200 off-topic

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-29 Thread Vic
BANG!! It died. On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Austin L. Denyer wrote: I frequently used to work overseas. I collected my e-mail using a laptop/cellphone, often at 2400bps due to poor international connectivity, at International roaming rates ($1.60/minute). At that rate, a 10k (with headers)

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2000-09-29 Thread Kelly, Christopher
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 12:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Re: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush ] Original Message: From: michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-29 Thread Mark Weaver
entertaining, isn't it? -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-29 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 29-Sep-00 08:31:50 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No it is not that simple. I frequently used to work overseas. I collected my e-mail using a laptop/cellphone, often at 2400bps due to poor international connectivity, at International roaming rates

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2000-09-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BANG!! It died. === Hitler "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing and dreadful idolatry took place there!" Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Jay
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that this is better left somewhere else...but I can't help it...I'll never vote for a potential president whose agenda includes destroying the 2nd amendment in order to achieve the

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Austin L. Denyer
Okay I have been watching this thread and I just can't resist :-) Let's all join forces (and I do believe that there is a sufficient number of us) and everyone vote (write-in ballot) for the Gov of Minnesota -- Jesse "The Body" Ventura giggle Trust me, no one thought he was going to win

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread F. E. Schaper
CTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 3:02 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that this is better left somewhere else...but I can't help it...I'll never vote for a

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread hugh
al Message - From: Jay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 3:02 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that this is better left

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread hugh
ct: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that this is better left somewhere else...but I can't help it...I'll never vote for a potential president whose agenda includes destroyin

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Ronald J. Hall
"F. E. Schaper" wrote: Ok, I see that every right wing, gun toting, special interest puppet that is on this list is attempting to suck me into a political debate. I refuse to get into such a battle on this list as this forum is not an appropriate area for discussion of such things, however

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Brian King
Would it be too much to ask that this discussion be continued privately? It really has nothing at all to do with the content matter of this list and it think it is a little inconsiderate to the many of us out here who are not Americans and futhermore really couldn't give one hoot about U.S.

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Larry Marshall
I must say I have never heard a line of shit like yours! Did you know your hero claims to have been in combat? Did you know he never was? Did you know that gun owners are not all puppets? But sir you sure do sound like one. rm -rf * will fix this problem.

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread F. E. Schaper
y, September 28, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush I must say I have never heard a line of like yours! Did you know your hero claims to have been in combat? Did you know he never was? Did you know that gun owners are not all puppets? But sir you sure do sound

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Paul R
You don't have to pick a random name, Michael. We do have a viable alternative to throwing our vote away on corporate Republicrat like Bush/Gore! His name's Ralph Nader. And the most important thing if you want him to win as letting him enter the debates. I've been trying to hold myself back

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Philomena
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush I must say I have never heard a line of like yours! Did you know your hero claims to have been in combat? Did you know he never was? Did you know that gun owners are not all

RE: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread webmaster
r another - just got knocked off the fence. Good luck. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul R Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush You don't have to pick a

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Paul
Please. Stop this thread. Or go to egroups and start a mailing list for this. I just pulled mail and deleted over 25 messages about this haggle over politics. I don't care about it. Would you like to have 25 messages per day about the traffic problems in our country? Paul, from the

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Michael
What do I care? If I was bored of OT messages I'd simply sort all OT messages into the trash or maybe even sort them out before downloading them if I was on a slow connection. I get over 1000 messages a day, what do I care about 25. ; *^*^*^* Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Larry Marshall
I don't care about it. Would you like to have 25 messages per day about the traffic problems in our country? It would be far more interesting than the drivel that had dumped into this conference in the past few days :-) Are they using hoping to use Linux to control traffic in your part of

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Austin L. Denyer
snip a whole load of sh!t about politics with zero relevance to the list You guys are fixing to become the latest additions to my draconian kill file. CUT IT OUT ALREADY!! Regards, Ozz.

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Austin L. Denyer
Please. Stop this thread. Or go to egroups and start a mailing list for this. I just pulled mail and deleted over 25 messages about this haggle over politics. I don't care about it. Would you like to have 25 messages per day about the traffic problems in our country? Paul, from

RE: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Mark Weaver
how about DIE thread D-I-E -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Mark Weaver
Sounds like a REAL good idea. Just send this crap to the bit bucket never to be seen or heard from again. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/=

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Larry Marshall
I, for one, enjoy reading the political banter. If you don't like it, you can use the delete button when you see the heading you want to avoid. This is a No, Jay...the reason there are many conferences is that each is subject specific. Neither you or anyone else has the right to carry on

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread lselinger
2cents Why must people inform others when they do something like this? *shrug* Even the people who dont want to read the off topic stuff (who ARE apparently reading it) feel the need to throw in their 2 cents /2cents =o) Lonny Just updated my rules to send these messages where they belong

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread Mwinold
if you dont like it delete it before you read it. ITS THAT SIMPLE!!!

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread R. Edward McCain
On 28 Sep 2000, at 13:40, Austin L. Denyer wrote: I don't care about it. Would you like to have 25 messages per day about the traffic problems in our country? I'll trade your politics AND your traffic for my Ex-wife. -- R. Edward McCain [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://taozen.hypermart.net ICQ:

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-28 Thread R. Edward McCain
On 28 Sep 2000, at 11:06, F. E. Schaper wrote: Do I think you need to have an automatic rifle to defend your home, or to hunt a wild animal? No I do not. 1700's "What do you need that musket fer, Jeb?" "A man's gotta eat and defend hisself, John" "Defend yerself? Wut fer? King George has

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread F. E. Schaper
Hey Y'all, Before I got into using Linux I used various versions of the MAC O/S and I always found it to be somewhat unstable, the one thing I did like about it was the fact that it was not nearly as dumbed down as Windows, it is easy to use, but you still need to have some kind of understanding

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Jon Roig
3:18 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush Hey Y'all, Before I got into using Linux I used various versions of the MAC O/S and I always found it to be somewhat unstable, the one thing I did like about it was the fact that it was not nearly as dumbed down

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
"F. E. Schaper" wrote: I'll leave the Presidential debate open for others to discuss as I think that is too far off topic for this list, but I will ask you this: Do you want a President who, up until this point is most famous for approving the execution of 2 women, and for picking his nose

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Mark Hillary
I think I will just stay in UK, we may Blair, and have no petrol (Got it at the monent, just waiting for november when they are going to start the blockades again) but its a nice country. "F. E. Schaper" wrote: Hey Y'all, Before I got into using Linux I used various versions of the MAC O/S

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Robin Regennitter
-- in this case, a box that only apple makes. -- jon From: "F. E. Schaper" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 09:33:18 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush Hey Y'all, Before I got into u

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread jon roig
0 09:33:18 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush Hey Y'all, Before I got into using Linux I used various versions of the MAC O/S and I always found it to be somewhat unstable, the one thing I did like about it wa

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Patti Wavinak
AIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush: I'd rather pick a random name from the phone book rather than vote for either Bush or Gore. I'll probably end up picking a name from the EFF or something like that. It's better to choose someone I'd really want know

RE: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Richard Garand
[replies below] Richard Garand [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 12190132 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 10:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

RE: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Richard Garand
Of Michael Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush I'd rather pick a random name from the phone book rather than vote for either Bush or Gore. I'll probably end up picking a name from the EFF or something like

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Michael
Dunno. I didn't even look before overwriting the included copy of Win ME (funny name eh?) on the new server with Mandrake. Windows blows cheese. All that'd happen is someone would rewrite lilo/grub a little to fix it and then it'd work again. The OS can't really tell the difference. *^*^*^* Was

Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Michael
D] wrote regarding Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush: I'd rather pick a random name from the phone book rather than vote for either Bush or Gore. I'll probably end up picking a name from the EFF or something like that. It's better to choose someone I'd really want knowi

RE: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
"F. E. Schaper" wrote: I'll leave the Presidential debate open for others to discuss as I think that is too far off topic for this list, but I will ask you this: Do you want a President who, up until this point is most famous for approving the execution of 2 women, and for picking his nose

RE: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush

2000-09-27 Thread Tyler Longren
have one hard drive, just install Mandrake AFTER windows. Tyler -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 5:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Microsoft and George W. Bush Dunno. I didn't