Linux-Advocacy Digest #977, Volume #33 Fri, 27 Apr 01 06:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Pete Goodwin is in good company ("Edward Rosten")
Re: Women's rights and responsibilities. ("jet")
Re: Blame it all on Microsoft ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Bye all. Wow the Linux scene has changed. (GreyCloud)
Re: Aaron Kookis: over 340 posts in 6 days! ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Importance, or lack, of Marketshare? (Matthew Gardiner)
Re: Blame it all on Microsoft ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Why left-wing communist assholes hate Reagan. (was Re: ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: Blame it all on Microsoft ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: I Love the BSA (GreyCloud)
Re: Why Linux Is no threat to Windows domination of the desktop (Tomaz Cedilnik)
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From: "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pete Goodwin is in good company
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:20:19 +0100
>> remember that post? Somehow you were comvinced that GIMP having stupid
>> defaults was somehow a fault of Linux. You also made many erroneous
>> claims in that thread before figuring out how the printer system
>> worked.
>
> Yes I remember it.
>
>> There wer lots of untrue and etc there.
>
> There was a lot of discussion. I posted no untruths there at all.
>
> Sorry, but no cigar.
You claimed that the GIMP problem was a Linux problem. Whilst not a lie,
it was definitely an untruth, because it is simply incorrect.
-Ed
--
You can't go wrong with psycho-rats.
u 9 8 e j r (at) e c s . o x . a c . u k
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From: "jet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: soc.singles,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,soc.men
Subject: Re: Women's rights and responsibilities.
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:31:28 -0700
Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >>>>> Aaron R Kulkis writes:
> >
> > Aaron> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Aaron> The mother has custody. And in most states, the mother is
allowed
> > Aaron> to DENY the collection of any DNA sample from the child, so
any
> > Aaron> challenge to paternity becomes significantly more expensive.
> >
> > >> If the mother is claiming paternity, and the alleged father denies
it,
> > >> the mother has to draw the DNA to prove paternity.
> >
> > Aaron> Wrong. All she has to do is pull out the Birth Certificate,
which has
> > Aaron> (surprise, fucking surprise) the name of the man that she told
to the
> > Aaron> doctor in the deliver room.
> >
> > Nope, she has the burden of proof if he disputes the paternity (if
> > he originally signed the birth certificate, you might have a point).
>
>
> In a fair world, that would be the case. In reality, no such burden
exists--
> Your scenario occurs ONLY in those situations where the woman tries to
> change the child's legal father.
>
>
>
> >
> > >> I would like to see a singe cite for the mother being able to
asset disputed
> > >> paternity with no recourse for the alleged father.
> >
> > Aaron> She doesn't need to take any legal action to do it, therefore,
you are
> > Aaron> asking me to prove a negative.
> >
> > I am asking you to back your words. I read about disputed paternity
cases
> > a few times a year in the paper, there is always blood testing,
generally
> > DNA these days.
>
> Only if the mother allows it. Many refuse.
> Why is that?
She may feel it violates the child's privacy.
J
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.theory,comp.arch,comp.object
Subject: Re: Blame it all on Microsoft
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 05:20:28 -0400
Nick Maclaren wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Paul Repacholi wrote:
> >> "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > Can they robuset enough to continue operating during a nuclear war,
> >> > like TCP/IP?
> >>
> >> Huh, IP can seldom cope on a GOOD day. The idea of an IP based network
> >> staying up under severe stress is just too funny to be funny.
> >
> >That's a BANDWIDTH issue, which has nothing to do with robustness.
> >
> >Hope that helps, feeble-minded twit.
>
> Hmm. If the bandwidth limitations of IP were all the problems it
> caused me, I would have a much easier life. If you look into its
> design - I won't say more carefully, because a quick glance will
> do - you will see that it is the antithesis of robust.
>
I said "GET IT UP AND RUNNING" ***NOT*** OPTIMIZE.
For a faculty member at a University in an English speaking country,
you sure have a difficult time understanding the goddamned language.
> The fact that it was designed to work on unreliable transport media
> doesn't mean that it delivers a reliable result, whatever sense
> you apply to reliable. TCP is nominally a 'reliable' channel, but
> is prone to failure saying just "shan't", jamming at several levels,
> and so on.
You are a fucking arrogant piece of shit, who's arguing a point
that NOBODY has claimed.
Get over it, dirtbag.
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren,
> University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
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K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
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: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bye all. Wow the Linux scene has changed.
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:21:40 -0700
Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>
> MH wrote:
> >
> > I thought 'real men' had no reason to use windows anything? Isn't that
> > 90% of COLA?
> > Geez ..make up your minds people. You bash Aaron for weeks over his
> > client header ...
> >
> >
> Well, there are actually people here who either ran wintendo before
> switching, or who have a network even at home. I for example have a
> network consisting of 2 linux-boxes, 1 OS/2-Warp-box, 1 computer with
> winNT4, 1 Laptop with Win98 and the 2 computers of the kids, also running
> windows. There is nothing wrong in running windows also, what is wrong is
> the way Aaron is lying to us, pretending he runs something else.
> I´m willing to believe that he has a linux-box also, but unless he
> *proves* his outlandish claims *and* cares to explain in what way his
> security is enhanced by his childish ploy (if it were true, which I don´t
> believe) Aaron is simply a lying piece of goat-shit to me.
>
Ummm.. Aaron isn't lying about what he has done in his career. The
claims may seem outlandish, but take a closer look at what he has said.
Some tolerance on statements is needed, as if we all are perfect in our
statements. Haven't you seen his post "No headers"??? I don't know how
to do that and he does... and I'm a lot older than he is!
Gruff people aren't what you think they are. Gruff people are your best
friends and a good ally.
> He can run windows as long as he wants, I don´t care. He just should not
> tell us those outlandish claims.
>
> Peter
>
> --
> The social dynamics of the net are a direct consequence of the fact
> that nobody has yet developed a Remote Strangulation Protocol.
> Larry Wall
--
V
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Aaron Kookis: over 340 posts in 6 days!
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 05:21:11 -0400
The, Mudshark wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:18:47 GMT, chrisv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Is there anyone else in the world so full of himself, so sure of
> >himself, so in love with the sound of his own voice, so devoid of a
> >life that on some days he'll post well over 50 obnoxious,
> >argumentative messages into a single newsgroup?
> >
>
> Maybe Aaron administers Linux machines. They run so smoothly and
> efficiently that they require minimal user intervention and he has a
> lot of time on his hands.
Damn straight
>
> No, I am not being flippant.
>
> Mudshark
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
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K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
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: Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Importance, or lack, of Marketshare?
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:24:45 +1200
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> "Matthew Gardiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9c8ve5$t0q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Also take in account that the average salary in New Zealand is $22,000,
> and
>> most people have to prioritise, either by a ligit copy of Windows at $300
>> or pay the rent. Most people would rather pay the rent. Hence Microsoft
>> is the cause of the digital divide. Go into a store, take $300 off the
>> price of the computer and you have the price of the computer without
>> Windows, and in some cases, it could mean the difference of a computer
>> being sold or not.
>
> The OEM does not pay $300 (which I assume to be about $100 US) for
> Windows. They pay about US $45 in most cases.
>
>
>
>
>
BS, I am a reseller and the costs are as follows:
OEM Windows Millennium Edition (3 Pack) $645.00
OEM Windows Millennium Edition (30 Pack) $6,350.00
OEM Windows 98 Second Edition (3 Pack) $660.00
OEM Windows 98 Second Edition (30 Pack) $6,400.00
OEM Windows 2000 Professional (3 Pack) $945.00
OEM Windows 2000 Professional (30 Pack) $8,800.00
OEM Windows 95 (3 Pack) $649.00
OEM Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (3-Pack) $1,150.00
OEM MS-Dos 6.22 (3 Pack) $235.00
Approx $220 per-copy of Windows ME.
Approx $310 per-copy of Windows 2000 Professional
ALso, I didn't specify what version of Windows either, hence, I could
actually be refering to Windows 2000 Pro.
Matthew Gardiner
--
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.theory,comp.arch,comp.object
Subject: Re: Blame it all on Microsoft
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 05:23:41 -0400
Peter da Silva wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > With as much influence as Microsoft already had at the time, and the
> > fact that porting network stacks is trivial, the reason that Mafia$oft
> > never released this "superior" network protocol is ....what, exactly?
>
> What exactly are you talking about? OpenNET was commercially available
> for Xenix, MS-DOS, VMS, RMX, and System V. Lan Manager is still available,
> and the related protocols (CIFS, Windows Networking) are in wide use.
>
And if it's of such high quality, then why is it used .... NOWHERE...
> --
> `-_-' In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva.
> 'U` "A well-rounded geek should be able to geek about anything."
> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Disclaimer: WWFD?
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
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: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why left-wing communist assholes hate Reagan. (was Re:
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 05:24:54 -0400
The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Aaron R. Kulkis
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote
> on Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:09:35 -0400
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> [snip for brevity]
>
> >Are you aware that, according to feminist doctrine, ***ALL*** sex
> >between men and women (including consensual sex between a husband
> >and wife) is rape.
>
> *Some* feminist doctrine. I rather doubt all feminists think this.
The ones who influence legislation are the only ones that matter.
Hope that helps.
>
> (Of course, one might make the case that sex without proper foreplay
> is a form of rape, or at least uncomfortable.)
No...Dworkin is talking about ALL heterosexual sex...even if the
Woman climbed on the guy in his sleep...Dworkin maintains that he
raped her.
>
> [rest snipped]
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- insert random misquote here
> EAC code #191 10d:06h:26m actually running Linux.
> A man and his roomie walked into a bar...."Ouch", they said.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
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: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.theory,comp.arch,comp.object
Subject: Re: Blame it all on Microsoft
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 05:25:44 -0400
Edward Rosten wrote:
>
> > Read Steven Levy's HACKERS, and get back to us.
> >
> > The idea of giving your code away, and letting others USE AND MODIFY IT,
> > with the understanding that the derivative code should be just as
> > available as the baseline code has ALWAYS been foreign to the mainline
> > of the commerical computing industry.
> >
> > It's only really popular with students, academics, and high-end
> > intellectuals
> > (and a few pseudo-intellectuals). Oh well. Hopefully, this is
> > changing.
> > (finally).
> >
> > I don't know why people consider programming to be fundamentally
> > different from, say, any other information regarding procedures, like,
> > say, the rules to the game of Baseball or Hockey.
>
> You're not going back far enough. Origionally, computers were
> fantastically expensive and had hardly any memory or CPU power, so any
> software was very small and simple. As a result, the software was
> worthless compared to the hardware, so noone tried making money out of it
> (no money in it in the firstplace). When computer power increased and it
> became a bigger and bigger job to write software and when the assosciated
> cose rose in relation to the cost of computers, people started seeing
> money in software and then closed source was born.
Ok, that makes sense.
>
> -Ed
>
> --
> You can't go wrong with psycho-rats.
>
> u 9 8 e j r (at) e c s . o x . a c . u k
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Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
L: This seems to have reduced my spam. Maybe if everyone does it we
can defeat the email search bots. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
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.
------------------------------
From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I Love the BSA
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:27:07 -0700
Matthew Gardiner wrote:
>
> Glitch wrote:
>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Don't we all love the BSA. I get great excitement dobbing in
> >> Win-advocates who use pirated software, already dobbed in 4, great fun.
> >> When asked by BSA what I ran, I reply, "Linux of course!".
> >>
> >> As for Linux in the third world, Linux will bridge the gap between the
> >> developing and developed countries. Compare that to Windows that wants
> >> to divide and ensure that those in poor countries don't get ahead. China
> >> are pushing Linux in a big way, imagine if 10% of the population that
> >> have PC's use Linux, that would equate to 120 million end users, not
> >> including government departments that would also use it as well.
> >>
> >> Windows = Keeping countries poor
> >> Linux = Helping countries progress forward
> >>
> >
> > As long as the countries who are already ahead continue to move ahead
> > instead of being equal with the countries that are moving forward then it
> > will be okay, otherwise we start getting into Communism where everyone is
> > equal wrt how much money they have.
> >
>
> I don't mind helping countries/people with a hand-up, but not a hand out,
> like the welfare system. With Linux, it allows countries to empower
> themselves to improve the situation without the undignified need to rush to
> the US for aid. Linux will help countries help themselves. It is also
> quite humorous to see how popular Linux has become in India. Microsoft has
> largely ignored it by not support the various Idian Languages. Linux
> however, can be localised by a local company/volunteers, thus, more people
> are introduced to Linux. If this situation is duplicated around the world,
> the number of developers will steadily increase, and as a result, even more
> software will become available for the masses.
>
> Matthew Gardiner
> --
> Disclaimer:
>
> I am the resident BOFH (Bastard Operator From Hell)
>
> If you don't like it, you can go [# rm -rf /home/luser] yourself
>
> Running SuSE Linux 7.1
>
> The best of German engineering, now in software form
I think you need to clarify 'handouts' vs. the truly needy.
I have several friends that have children in their 40's that are
disabled due to schizophrenia. One was attending college and was a
straight A student. Half way thru his 4 year degree he suffered from
schizophrenia... he started to hear voices that he had absolutely no
control over. Ruined his start... never had a chance to save or even
contribute to an insurance policy. Last I heard, he was living in a
cardboard box behind a major brand store... they complained to the
police and had him put in jail.
He's now in prison for an illness that he could not control.
--
V
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From: Tomaz Cedilnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: soc.singles,alt.linux,alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Why Linux Is no threat to Windows domination of the desktop
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:26:57 +0200
The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
> Your problem, not mine. Personally, I'm not that fond of
> homosexuals (I'm quite het), but I'm not going to go after
> them with a shotgun either, as long as what they do
> doesn't scare off the horses. After all, they're not pigeons,
> clay or otherwise.
>
> As for writing...? I have no idea how homosexuals write.
> I know how you and Nomen Nescio write -- more or less. (That's
> obviously by observation.)
I couldn't care less whether someone is a homosexual or not. As long as
they leave me alone in the sexual way when I don't want it - but this
applies to homosexual men and heterosexual women. As for homosexual
women and heterosexual men - their girlfriends are their private life
and doesn't affect me, same as for boyfriends of homosexual men and
heterosexual women.
In the discussions about computers I don't even care what sex others are
(as we are not talking about anatomy or relationships), like I don't ask
what colour your eyes or hair are or what blood type you are.
> I'm not really sure I care; I want to debate the advantages and
> disadvantages of Linux over Windows (and Windows over Linux; let's
> be fair, here), rather than commeting on someone's prosaic ability.
That's a very good idea :-)
Tom
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