Linux-Advocacy Digest #761, Volume #31 Sat, 27 Jan 01 03:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: A Microsoft exodus! ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
THOLEN IS A MISERABLE PIECE OF SHIT ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Getting first W2K server ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: Microsoft is fired. ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: A salutary lesson about open source ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Win2k vs Linux? Why downgrade to Linux? ("David Shuller")
Re: Getting first W2K server ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: Getting first W2K server ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: More Linux woes ("David Shuller")
Re: Getting first W2K server ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: Getting first W2K server ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: Run for the hills! (Pete Goodwin)
Re: Run for the hills! (Pete Goodwin)
Re: Linux is crude and inconsistant (Pete Goodwin)
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:14:50 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:10:20 -0500, Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Harlan Grove wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <94snje$ekf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (.) wrote:
> >> ...
> >> >Wasnt there something about a government BY the people and FOR the
> >> >people written down somewhere?
> >> ...
> >>
> >> The US is a republic not a democracy. Kindly read the Federalist Papers
> >> for the rationale behind not trusting the populace. It has a government
> >> of laws, and the laws in the state of Florida were fairly clear, and
> >> the polling stations had signs giving instructions that voters should
> >> make sure that their ballots were punched through and to remove hanging
> >> chads. And if they double-punched, they could ask for new ballot papers.
> >>
> >> Maybe there's a good reason for literacy tests after all.
> >
> >Personally, I think that EVERYONE in America should have to apply for
> >citizenship, just like immigrants.
> >
> >How many of the "government owes me a paycheck for my mere existance"
> >ignorami would be prevented from voting until they demonstrated an
> >understanding of our history and Constitution in a Citizenship application.
>
> What makes you think that such people even bother to vote?
Because the Demoncrooks have been repeatedly caught in the act of bribing
them with cigarettes; rounding them up off the streets and packing them
on buses, etc.
Why do you think "motor voter" was so important to the Demoncrooks?
Because they KNOW that most welfare parasites are too lazy to go down to
the voter registration window at the local city hall....but if you make
a law stating that their Welfare Case Worker has to give them a voter
registration, then it swells the Demoncrook voter rolls.
>
> [deletia]
>
> --
>
> >> Yes. And the mailer should never hand off directly to a program
> >> that allows the content to take control.
> >
> >Well most mailers can, so I guess they all suck too.
>
> Yup.
>
> Candy from strangers should be treated as such.
> |||
> / | \
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:15:43 -0500
Charlie Ebert wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Withers wrote:
> >G'day
> >
> >I've been following developments closely on this.
> >
> >It appears that sometime this year all new Microsot software will need
> >to be registered....or it will cease to function.
> >
>
> Interesting.
>
> >This may offer OS alternatives like Linux a huge toe in the desktop
> >door. With more and more homes being networked and having multiple PCs,
> >how many home and small business users are going to be forced to pay up
> >and stop using the "One CD fits all" approach they use today?
> >
> >In my own case.....I would have to upgrade 7 home PCs every year for
> >both Windows and MS Office.....to the tune of lots of dosh per annum. As
> >it is, I now have 3 of those systems on Linux...and quite happily.
> >
> >But some of my family members are reluctant to give up Windows. I may
> >have to suggest to them that they pay for it in future....as I will only
> >be paying for Linux software from 2001 onward.
> >
> >It is intersting that the US produced Windows......the country with
> >one-party (two faction) politics has also given us no choice on the
> >desktop. While politically diverse Europe with multi-party, proportional
> >systems as the politcal norm, has given us Open Software and Linux....
> >
> >Sort of the illusion of freedom (US politics) vs the reality of freedom
> >(European politics - outside Britain).
> >
> >There is an underlying cultural thing operating here somewhere...... :-)
> >
> >Steve
>
> Very true. Our government should have it's ass kicked for allowing
> Microsoft to become a monopoly in the first place.
True.
Well, fortunately, 30 different States' Attorneys are determined to
see that it is undone ASAP.
>
> Charlie
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:25:44 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > In article <94slbl$176$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
> > >In <94si7f$7nq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > >]In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > >] Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >]...
> > >]>This may offer OS alternatives like Linux a huge toe in the desktop
> > >]>door. With more and more homes being networked and having multiple
> > PCs,
> > >]>how many home and small business users are going to be forced to pay
> > up
> > >]>and stop using the "One CD fits all" approach they use today?
> > >
> > >]Don't believe in copyright, do you? The license is pretty clear.Don't
> > >]blame Microsoft for enforcing their legal rights. If you don't like
> > it,
> > >]don't use it. If you oppose copyrights in general, work for changes in
> > >]the law.
> > >
> > >And what do you do when the lawmakers are corrupt? Much of the
> > >copyright policy is being dictated by large corporations with the
> > >money to spend on political activity.
> > >Copyright was originally to protect the maker for the purpose of
> > >encouraging the creation of products. There is not evidence that it
> ...<snip>...
> > I don't disagree as long as those practicing civil disobedience realize
> > that part of its effectiveness stems from accepting the _current_ legal
> > (as opposed to metaphysically just) consequences of such action. As
> > long as principled software pirates don't complain when they're caught
> > and fined, OK. Most, however, know they're breaking the license terms
> ...<snip>...
> > As for corrupt legislators, vote 'em out. "Oh but those nasty evil
> > corporations give so much money for TV ads." Tough. Go door to door if
> ...<snip>...
> > The problem may be that software licenses and copyrights matter to 99%
> > of the readers of this newsgroup, who make up less than 0.0001% of the
> > world's population (with similar percentages for the US contingent).
> > Your average US citizen running Quicken and Math Blaster under Windows
> > 98 just doesn't give a damn.
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
> All good points by the posters. I'll just add a couple of points.
> I'll just add a couple of other points to consider. One, I think that
> in some cases companies like Microsoft want people to pirate their
> work just so they'll get used to it, then hit 'em for the upgrade. I
> know Bill Gates wrote a famous open letter against pirates of his
> software back in the very early days, but I suspect that in places
> like China, they want all those potential customers to pirate MS and
> get used to it rather than go for, say linux.
>
> Second, we've all heard stories about Stephen Foster and Edgar Allan
> Poe, and more recently black musicians, getting ripped off for their
> famous works. Copyright law was written to protect. It used to be
> good for 17 years I think with the possibility of extension. Now it's
> been increased so much that the pendulum has swung the other way.
> Mickey Mouse might have become public domain, or "Rhapsody In Blue".
> There were people who were laboriously typing old encyclopedias into
> machine readable form to become part of a public database who got
Sounds pretty inefficient when you consider that a 300 dpi scanner
and optical character recognition software can be obtained for US $150,
speeding up the process by about 100x.
> stopped by the current laws, mostly fueled by corporate greed.
The ONLY purpose of a corporation is to make money. If the Board of
Directors fails to pursue making money, they can be sued by stockholders.
>
> Ideally, the laws should be changed, but that would require a great
> public perception of injustice and exploitation, or a strong, focussed
> lobbying group (like the corporations have). Maybe it's a problem
> that isn't critical enough to up there on the queue with California's
> energy crisis or global warming so we just have to live with it.
> --
> Replace ragwind.localdomain with rahul for a working email address
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy
Subject: Re: A Microsoft exodus!
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:28:32 -0500
Charlie Ebert wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> [nothing intelligent]
> >
> >THOLEN!
> >JUST GO JUMP IN THE GODDAMNED VOLCANO, YOU MISERABLE PIECE OF SHIT!
> >
>
> tholen is definitely mentally sick.
>
> He's been doing this since the early 90's.
> Perhaps earlier than that.
My first unfortunate experience of reading Tholen's pollution dates back
to 1989.
>
> I do not understand why anybody would waste their
> time with this crap for a decade or more
> when they could just kill themselves and be
> done with their worthless miserable lives?
>
> But then again, I wonder the same of the Windows
> community...
>
> Charlie
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy
Subject: THOLEN IS A MISERABLE PIECE OF SHIT
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:32:58 -0500
THOLEN!
1) Get off your retarded ass...
2) Take your maggot-infested brain to the rim of Muana Loa
3) JUMP IN THE GODDAMNED VOLCANO, ASSHOLE.
4) RIGHT NOW! OXYGEN THIEF!
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting first W2K server
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:36:14 -0600
Perry Pip wrote:
> Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >So it wasn't DDoS as the Windows people have been saying
>
> The real cause is mostly likely random BSOD's without a clue as to
> what is causimg them:(
I wonder if they were previously using Unix and decided to "upgrade" it to W2K this
week? We saw the same thing happen when they started "upgrading" Hotmail.
Does anyone know what they were using for DNS servers previously?
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft is fired.
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:32:37 -0600
Bob Hauck wrote:
> Wouldn't doing that be a smart thing to do? They do have offices all
> over the place. Or they could just contract with someone to provide a
> few secondaries on other networks.
Rumor going around says that they already have. And that the people they
contracted with are using Linux boxes!
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
------------------------------
From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: A salutary lesson about open source
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 02:35:01 -0500
"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
>
> Said Chad Myers in comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:57:28
> [...]
> >Start a new thread, I told you. This thread is talking about Fortune 500.
>
> On Chadder-heads point that the Fortune 500 is worth considering, there
> seems to be somebody with some credentials who sounds like he agrees
> with Chad. Even more to the point, however, wouldn't how the Fortune
> 100 are spending their web dollars be instructive? Apparently, someone
> thinks so.
>
Depends on whether they are Microsoft Partners, or not.
If they are Microsoft Partners, then most likely, they are contractually
obligated to have a LoseDOS box serve up the corporate home page.
> =================================================================
> http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41454,00.html
>
> But most security experts agree that the network configuration problems
> that were revealed by Microsoft's original blackout are far more serious
> than the company's later fall to DoS attacks.
> Microsoft itself seems to agree with those sentiments, and has
> evidently asked for help in managing its DNS records. DNS (domain name
> system) servers are analogous to an Internet business phone book: They
> translate computer names into the numbers that are needed to actually
> access the computer.
> Greg Keefe, the owner and operator of DNS service provider
> HammerNode.com, noted that the company had "frantically off-loaded the
> management of their DNS to another company today."
> "I simply can't respect that move coming from a Fortune 100 company
> that develops and sells DNS software as part of their core business,"
> added Keefe.
>
> --
> T. Max Devlin
> *** The best way to convince another is
> to state your case moderately and
> accurately. - Benjamin Franklin ***
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
------------------------------
From: "David Shuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: Win2k vs Linux? Why downgrade to Linux?
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:38:29 -0600
> > As long as you don't mind using slrnpull to create a local spool and
> > deal with it.
What the he** is "slrnpull?". Look, this is simple: Windows 2K is both
granular and stable. So stop your whining. The simple fact is that Windows
2K is much easier to administer than Red Had or any other Linux Distrib.
ever thought about. It seems to me that Linux adherents *LOVE* obscure
references to programs that are generally included in Linux distributions.
It seems to me that a lot of folk substitute "obscure and obdurate" command
line instructions for intellect. Real intellect comes from making the
obscure crystal clear; an objective Linux has never embraced. Indeed, Linux
seems to substitute simple rote memory for intelligence...don't believe me?
Read any Linux group. There you see people from all over Earth parroting "/
this and .that".
Hahahahahahha!
> > You can't do what I mentioned above though. Every time you want to
> > change a group setting you have to edit the config file. I can change
> > ANY of the properties on a group by group basis on the fly.
> >
> >
> > Flatfish Why do they call it a flatfish? Remove the ++++ to reply.
>
> Change your name to deadfish !
>
> --
> Sign The Linux Driver Petition.
> http://www.libranet.com/petition.html
> SuSE-linux at cc23974-a.hnglo1.ov.nl.home.com :-)
> http://www.geocities.com/evil_tukker
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting first W2K server
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:38:04 -0600
"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> Especially to those with MCSE after their name.
I have a MSCS, and I'm afraid companies will skim my resume and throw it in the rejects
pile.
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
------------------------------
From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting first W2K server
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:41:59 -0600
Perry Pip wrote:
> Joseph T. Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Purchasing in general tends to be like that in the large companies
> >I've worked for or with. :(
>
> And there's one nice thing about free (beer) software...it doesn't
> have to go thru purchasing or need funding approval.:)
Which is why so many big companies have super-strict rules about what their can
hang on their networks. If you bypass normal channels, someone doesn't get their
palms greased in the customary fashion. We can't have that!
I suspect "Who do you sue?" is just a euphemism for "Who's going to grease your
palms?". Middle managers and purchasing agents will understand the code.
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
------------------------------
From: "David Shuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.sux
Subject: Re: More Linux woes
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:46:14 -0600
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > Under Win2k I can select either analog CD output or Digital output and
> > depending upon which one I select, the signal is transferred over one
> > of 2 little cables with berg connectors. The IDE channel is NOT used
> > for data transfer and as a result the system performance is NOT
> > impacted.
> >
> I bet, though, that under win2k your reset switch will break befire mine
> does under Linux (and mine is nearly 3 years old, AND it isn't loose).
>
> Incidentally, sorry to anyone intelligent out there. I am trolling!
Ha! I hit the reset switch more often with Red Hat, SUSE, and Debian than I
ever did with Win2K! Moreover, Windows actually worked (with-out crashing)
something none of the above mentioned distributions of Linux were able to
do.
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting first W2K server
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:50:13 -0600
"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> Which is why, whenever I interview, I make it clear:
>
> I will not take responsibility for the operation of ANY Microsoft product.
>
> And the usual response is: "smart man."
Yeah, the astroturfers like to pretend that it's only Linux fans who despise MS
products. I had some association with the Chemistry Department here last
semester, and heard some rather tart comments about Microsoft over there, too.
I particularly remember one that came out during lecture in response to a "why
doesn't this work right" question, and another from the manager of their
multimedia lab (in response to an identical question, of course).
It's only people hanging on the bottom rung of clubieness who think Microsoft
makes Great Stuff. You can get a laugh in almost any crowd by comparing
something to a MS product. People get the joke. If you want a 90% share of
the desktop, people are going to know how well your stuff works. Or doesn't,
as the case may be.
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
------------------------------
From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting first W2K server
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:54:06 -0600
Pete Goodwin wrote:
> "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it".
Unless a salesman takes you to dinner, gives you a small "gift" out of sheer
friendship, supplies some whores^stewardesses to host one of your employee's
bachelor party, etc., and then suggests an "upgrade" for your company's IT
infrastructure.
Bobby Bryant,
Austin, Texas
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From: Pete Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Run for the hills!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 07:59:25 +0000
Craig Kelley wrote:
> I guess we can look forward to months of new, invigorating posts about
> how difficult it is to install Linux then?
Right on!
--
Pete, running KDE2 on Linux Mandrake 7.2
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From: Pete Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Run for the hills!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:01:14 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Linux generally goes over like a lead balloon on the desktop and I am
> certain you will make more than a few hostile friends.
The plan is not to use it as a desktop machine but purely a box to do
builds for Sony PS2 work.
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Pete, running KDE2 on Linux Mandrake 7.2
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From: Pete Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux is crude and inconsistant
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:04:21 +0000
Kevin Ford wrote:
> How would you know unless you had compared them to IE5 at the same time?
Well, I rarely use IE5, I generally watch Netscape crash instead. Not seen
too many problems with that so far.
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Pete, running KDE2 on Linux Mandrake 7.2
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