Linux-Advocacy Digest #246, Volume #33 Sun, 1 Apr 01 06:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Communism (GreyCloud)
Re: Fun With Parallel Ports. ("green")
Re: Fun With Parallel Ports. ("green")
Re: Linus for a 386???? ("green")
Re: Linus for a 386???? ("green")
Re: ATTN: Outlook Express Users and Virus's ("green")
Re: Doug, Doug, Doug....(was Re: Communism) (LShaping)
Re: US Navy carrier to adopt Win2k infrastructure (GreyCloud)
Re: Communism (Mathew)
Re: Java, the "Dot-Com" Language? ("gbp")
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,us.military.army,soc.singles
Subject: Re: Communism
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 01:14:36 -0800
Roger Perkins wrote:
>
> You've never been, have you?
>
Nope! Came awful close to it tho. Enough adrenaline flowing to make
the kidneys ache.
> Roger
> AIRBORNE!
>
> "GreyCloud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Roger Perkins wrote:
> > >
> > > Ahh, now I haven't ever heard that before! Spoken like a true leg.
> > >
> > > Roger
> > > AIRBORNE!
> > >
> >
> > The drill instructor really loved to joke and intimidate. The whole
> > purpose of basic training then was to make sure you could take it. I'd
> > feel sorry for any current soldiers that would ever get into a major
> > ground war and not be toughened up. I hear that its bad enough to get
> > captured but worse staying in that situation. If they aren't toughened
> > up how are they going to survive or even escape??
> >
> >
> > > "GreyCloud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > >
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > "Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Roger Perkins wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > aaron, aaron, aaron, your ass must be frostbitten hanging out the
> way
> > > it
> > > > > > does. How does someone as stupid as you survive in the modern
> world.
> > > Now,
> > > > > > I know that's now where you mind is, but still! You don't know
> > > history, you
> > > > > > don't know politics, you certainly don't know the military but you
> > > insist on
> > > > > > shooting your mouth off.
> > > > >
> > > > > False premise,
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah yes, Roger's favorite method of debate..
> > > > >
> > > > > Proof by ... assertion.
> > > > >
> > > > > Check out the local university and see if the philosophy department
> has
> > > > > a course on logic and epistomology.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roger
> > > > > > AIRBORNE!
> > > > >
> > > > > What happened....cutoff the oxygen to your brain for too long from
> > > > > getting your head caught in the shroud lines....
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > While in Basic training in the Army, the drill instructor said if you
> > > > want to be an AirBorne Ranger that's up to you... then said "But two
> > > > things fall out of the sky: Bird shit and Fools!"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > > > > Ian Davey wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Aaron R. Kulkis"
> > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >He's gonna use nukes against an invasion force on his own
> > > beaches,
> > > > > > > > >so that the fallout can blow all over the island, making the
> > > entire
> > > > > > > > >place uninhabitable....
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > You're obviously misunderstanding how Nuclear weapons are used
> for
> > > > > > defence.
> > > > > > > > See the Cold War for instance. It's a case of "hit me and I'll
> > > launch my
> > > > > > > > Nuclear arsenals at your cities". I can't believe you thought
> he
> > > meant
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > above... not even Castro would have been that stupid.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >Yeah...right...you're a loony you are.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >Remember...several MILLION Americans took an oath to defend
> the
> > > > > > Constitution
> > > > > > > > >from all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >So...when we line you up against the wall....don't forget
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I TOLD YOU SO.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What, is America a dictatorship now. When did that happen? Or
> are
> > > do you
> > > > > > > > see the US turning into a dictatorship in the future?
> > > Interesting...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > No...but the penalty for treason still includes death by firing
> > > squad.
> > > > > > > And if it's wartime, drawing-and-quartering is ALSO a valid
> penalty.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > ian.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > \ /
> > > > > > > > (@_@) http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/ (dark
> literature)
> > > > > > > > /(&)\ http://www.eclipse.co.uk/sweetdespise/libertycaptions/
> > > (art)
> > > > > > > > | |
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Aaron R. Kulkis
> > > > > > > Unix Systems Engineer
> > > > > The wise man is mocked by fools.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Aaron R. Kulkis
> > > > > Unix Systems Engineer
> > > > > DNRC Minister of all I survey
> > > > > ICQ # 3056642
> > > > >
> > > > > K: Truth in advertising:
> > > > > Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
> > > > > Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
> > > > > Special Interest Sierra Club,
> > > > > Anarchist Members of the ACLU
> > > > > Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
> > > > > The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
> > > > > Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
> > > > >
> > > > > 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....
> > > > >
> > > > > 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
> > > > >
> > > > > 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"
> > > > >
> > > > > G: Knackos...you're a retard.
> > > > >
> > > > > F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues
> against
> > > > > adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
> > > > >
> > > > > E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
> > > > > her behavior improves.
> > > > >
> > > > > D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
> > > > > ...despite (C) above.
> > > > >
> > > > > C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
> > > > >
> > > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > V
> >
> > --
> > V
--
V
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Fun With Parallel Ports.
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:57:47 +1000
how do you read from them though since the kit I got can read in through it
as well e.g. analog to digital voltages?
"Bloody Viking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9a5tm0$qcj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> green ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> : no not lost qbasic it is called visual basic
> : the ability to easily write to p-ports.
>
> No matter, C can do it on Linux. (: Now, hooking up shift registers to a
> printer fitting should be fun.
>
> --
> FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 100 calories are used up in the course of a mile run.
> The USDA guidelines for dietary fibre is equal to one ounce of sawdust.
> The liver makes the vast majority of the cholesterol in your bloodstream.
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Fun With Parallel Ports.
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:23:21 +1000
"Bloody Viking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9a5unk$qps$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> But despite my limited abilities at the time, it shows that on the
Commodore
> it was fully possible to code a TSR becuse the interrupt was documented in
the
> programmer's reference guide. On the PC, the same thing is not so easy.
The
> stuff in DOS's kernel is a secret held by Microshit. TSR coders have to
crack
> the kernel to code one now.
>
> With Linux, however, coding a daemon is easy as everything is documented
in
> some way shape or form. A crude method is to make an account to run it and
> give it sudo root permission to run the device in question. Can't do that
on
> DOS.
>
I would have thought microsoft would have encouraged people to develop so
they could sell more copies of <loud deep voice >THE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM
</loud deep voice >
sorry.
getting back to the point microsort weren't a monopoly then were they?
I remember seeing in Borland turbo c++ 3 how to code a tsr in c including
memory size stuff in a template form.
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linus for a 386????
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:30:20 +1000
slack 4.0 is good to.
<TTK Ciar> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Once upon a time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BoogerT) said:
> > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:09:37 GMT
> >
> >I have a 386 with a 41 meg harddrive and 8 megs of RAM. What would be a
good
> >linux distro for this machine which would allow me to access the
Internet,
> >too? If there is one, where would I get it and do documents come with
it?
> >Thanks in advance,
>
> That is almost exactly the same kind of configuration I was using
> for my home LAN's firewall for a few years (except that my system
> had only 4MB RAM). I'm a slackware user by habit, but I've noticed
> that recent slackware distributions have gotten a bit bloaty for a
> lightweight system like this one.
>
> What I used for my 386 was Slackware v3.0, which is a bit old but
> still quite functional. http://www.slackware.com/
>
> -- TTK
>
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linus for a 386????
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:31:44 +1000
on second thought perhaps TINY linux based on slack that is designed for
older systems?
<TTK Ciar> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Once upon a time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BoogerT) said:
> > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:09:37 GMT
> >
> >I have a 386 with a 41 meg harddrive and 8 megs of RAM. What would be a
good
> >linux distro for this machine which would allow me to access the
Internet,
> >too? If there is one, where would I get it and do documents come with
it?
> >Thanks in advance,
>
> That is almost exactly the same kind of configuration I was using
> for my home LAN's firewall for a few years (except that my system
> had only 4MB RAM). I'm a slackware user by habit, but I've noticed
> that recent slackware distributions have gotten a bit bloaty for a
> lightweight system like this one.
>
> What I used for my 386 was Slackware v3.0, which is a bit old but
> still quite functional. http://www.slackware.com/
>
> -- TTK
>
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATTN: Outlook Express Users and Virus's
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:35:12 +1000
Reality TV crap.
"GreyCloud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Matthew Gardiner wrote:
> >
> > Geeze you yanks have a real problem with a sense of humour.
> >
> > Matthew Gardiner
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 14:16:07 +1200, Matthew Gardiner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >Use a valid email address to make yourselfa accountable for you
posting.
> > > >
> > >
> > > If you have more than 5 brains cells at your disposal, you'd be able
to figure
> > > out how to remove the anti-spam crap and e-mail me.
> > >
> > > If you'd be kind enough to remove all the assholes off the internet,
I've be
> > > happy to post without an alias. In the meantime, I use an alias to
prevent such
> > > assholes from doing stuff like looking my address up in the phone book
and
> > > ordering, fraudulantly, crap that I have to go out of my way to
return.
> > >
> > > Get over it and quit being such a jerk.
>
> Actually, I'm quite fond of British humour. I liked Allo' Allo' and
> "Are you being served?" What is the latest over there currently
> running?
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From: LShaping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,us.military.army
Subject: Re: Doug, Doug, Doug....(was Re: Communism)
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:16:55 GMT
Would whoever is continuously crossposting, please stop. Looks like
it is someone from either this alt.destroy.microsoft group or the
comp.os.linux.advocacy group.
Thank-you,
LShaping
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: US Navy carrier to adopt Win2k infrastructure
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 01:34:49 -0800
"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
>
> Said GreyCloud in comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sat, 31 Mar 2001 01:04:32
> >"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
> >>
> >> Said GreyCloud in comp.os.linux.advocacy on Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:53:39
> >> >"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Said Chad Myers in comp.os.linux.advocacy on Wed, 28 Mar 2001 01:21:09
> >> >> >"Chad Everett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> >> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> >> >> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:58:22 GMT, Chad Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >> >wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >MS also extended Java for java developers who ONLY wanted to
> >> >> >> >develop on the Windows platform. MS didn't force anyone to
> >> >> >> >do anything. They just published tools to help developers
> >> >> >> >who wanted to develop for Java, and only for Windows and
> >> >> >> >wanted to take advantage of Windows features.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> This was in direct violation of their contractual agreements with
> >> >> >> Sun and the Java consortium. Making extensions to Java that were
> >> >> >> platform specific were direct violations. Which is, of course,
> >> >> >> why Sun succeeded in it's lawsuit against Microsoft.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Which basically resulted in MS putting in a compiler switch to
> >> >> >allow you to turn off the JDirect extensions.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Big whoop.
> >> >>
> >> >> Hmmm. Seems to me I recall a very large settlement (judicial seal
> >> >> prevents us from knowing how large), and Microsoft's agreeing never to
> >> >> develop Java. Woop.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> T. Max Devlin
> >> >> *** The best way to convince another is
> >> >> to state your case moderately and
> >> >> accurately. - Benjamin Franklin ***
> >> >
> >> >MickeySoft paid Sun $20,000,000.
> >>
> >> I would expect, as typical, that this is a report of a speculation. The
> >> figure is undisclosed, and is actually undiscoverable, AFAIK, unless you
> >> have an army of accountants and unlimited access to Microsoft's books
> >> (and you'd still need brass balls, because you'd *still* be
> >> speculating.)
> >
> >Its quite simple Max. goto http://www.sun.com ... its where I read it.
> >The sum was disclosed there.
>
> http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-01/sunflash.20010123.1.html
>
> You are correct, apparently, though I still have my doubts. I can't
> really see any sense in the idea of being 'too skeptical' when it comes
> to Microsoft.
>
> --
> T. Max Devlin
> *** The best way to convince another is
> to state your case moderately and
> accurately. - Benjamin Franklin ***
Unfortunately, these days it is getting harder to ferret out the truth
of these things. The problem is the press reports really don't give any
reasons or print any of the nitty-gritty that went on behind locked
doors. Long term analysis of press releases for accuracy and finding
alternate sources for cross checking claims can I come to any
conclusions that may be somewhat near accurate.
Do you find Suns' site a little hard to navigate? I do.
--
V
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Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,misc.survivalism,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,soc.singles
From: Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Communism
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:39:34 +1000
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
> Mathew wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Aaron R. Kulkis wrote:
> >
> > > Brian Turner wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > > Barry Manilow wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Craig Kelley wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Barry Manilow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > > > China is practically a capitalist country right now.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, they are beginning to see the light.
> > > > >
> > > > > However, the brutal ways of their Communist Revolution and
> > > > > subsequent Cultural Revolution are still with them.
> > > >
> > > > Another "way still with them" is that Mao is still a hero to most Chinese.
> > > > A 'National Review' reporter was recently shocked and apalled by this, he
> > > > couldn't explain this bizarre situation. It couldn't possibly be that he
> > > > had his facts wrong...it had to be that they are brainwashed idiots or
> > > > something.
> > >
> > > Actually, brainwashing is much easier to accomplish than you
> > > might think.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Go to Russia and you see the same thing with Lenin. Statues of
> > > Lenin are still quite easy to find. And he's still spoken of as
> > > a hero. As if delivering the peasants from their erstwhile
> > > freedom back into his own slavery cum personality cult was some
> > > sort of heroic deed on his part.
> >
> > >
> > > I think the footage of "statue dismantlings" were for the consumption
> > > of Western policy makers and so on.
> >
> > I know,the U.S. is putting statues of Reagan everywhere,as well as naming
> > airports after him.
> >
>
>
> That's because he was one of the greatest freedom-fighters of
> the 20th Century.
How?
>
> Did you know that in Russia, Ronald Reagan is more popular than
> ANY of their political leaders in the last 20 years...
>
> Do you know why?
His movies sold well on the blackmarket.
>
>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > > I would venture to say that the Cuban system kills few. Certainly, in
> > > > > > the rest of Latin America, capitalism is a killing machine. At least
> > > > >
> > > > > No...that would be socialism.
> > > >
> > > > Who killed the 100,000 Guatemalans (1980-92), the 60,000 El Salvadorans
> > > > (1981-94), 30,000 Nicaraguans (1977-79)? Commies? No, sorry, it was US
> > > > puppet military dictators.
> > > >
> > > > > I can make pronouncements till I'm blue in the face about how I am
> > > > dedicated
> > > > > to providing food, shelter, medical care, and sanitation to all the people
> > > > > I'm locking up as prison labor in a [Cuban] gulag.
> > > >
> > > > yeah, all 200 of them. MAJOR gulag huh?
> > >
> > > That's 200 too many.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Re: your claim that communism cannot exist without totalitarian states,
> > > > please see Israel in the first 30 years or so after their founding
> > > > (kibbutzim, moshavim, urban co-ops). Also read Orwell's 'Homage to
> > > > Catalonia' or any thing else about the Spanish anarcho-syndicalists
> > > > pre-Franco.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Aaron R. Kulkis
> > > Unix Systems Engineer
> > > DNRC Minister of all I survey
> > > ICQ # 3056642
> > >
> > > K: Truth in advertising:
> > > Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
> > > Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
> > > Special Interest Sierra Club,
> > > Anarchist Members of the ACLU
> > > Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
> > > The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
> > > Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
> > >
> > >
> > > 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....
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > 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"
> > >
> > > G: Knackos...you're a retard.
> > >
> > >
> > > F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
> > > adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
> > >
> > > E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
> > > her behavior improves.
> > >
> > > D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
> > > ...despite (C) above.
> > >
> > > C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
> > >
> > >
>
>
> --
> Aaron R. Kulkis
> Unix Systems Engineer
> DNRC Minister of all I survey
> ICQ # 3056642
>
> K: Truth in advertising:
> Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shelala,
> Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakan,
> Special Interest Sierra Club,
> Anarchist Members of the ACLU
> Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
> The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
> Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
>
>
> 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....
>
> 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
>
> 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"
>
> G: Knackos...you're a retard.
>
>
> F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
> adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
>
> E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
> her behavior improves.
>
> D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
> ...despite (C) above.
>
> C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
>
> 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.
>
> A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
>
>
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From: "gbp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,misc.invest.stocks
Subject: Re: Java, the "Dot-Com" Language?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:43:36 GMT
>Really? Which promises does Linux deliver on that Solaris on Sun
>hardware doesn't?
>
Its very good and its cheaper!!
There is NO license fee. This may not be a big deal for your
organization but for many thats a great advantage.
Lets make up an example. Say your a retail chain and you need a
custom point-of-sale program. If you have about 1000 stores and 3
CPUs at each store thats 3000 machines that need licenses. Now if
you save $100 a box thats $ 300,000!! Thats enough to hire a
systems admin for 5 years.
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