Linux-Advocacy Digest #90, Volume #34 Tue, 1 May 01 12:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Is StarOffice 5.2 "compatible" w/MS Office 97/2000? ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: OT: Treason (was Re: Communism) ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Linux is paralyzed before it even starts ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Bill Hudson admits that he, Dave Casey, V-man and Redc1c4 are liars.
(chrisv)
Re: Distro Recommendation (Ralph Miguel Hansen)
Re: Bill Hudson admits that he, Dave Casey, V-man and Redc1c4 are liars. ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: Help: Bought out by MS geeks... ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Another Windows pc gets Linux (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: Bill Hudson admits that he, Dave Casey, V-man and Redc1c4 ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Windows 2000 - It is a crappy product (Chad Everett)
Re: OEM Windows licenses not transferable to charities (Craig Kelley)
Re: Microsoft and McCartheism (Nils Zonneveld)
Re: OT: Treason (was Re: Communism) (Ian Davey)
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.advocacy,alt.solaris.x86,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Is StarOffice 5.2 "compatible" w/MS Office 97/2000?
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 10:58:11 -0400
Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Floyd) writes:
> > On 1 May 2001 09:00:16 GMT, Chris Croughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>>What's so "weird" about that?
> >>
> >>Er:
> >>
> >>h = move left a character
> >>j = move down a line
> >>k = move up a line
> >>l = move right a character
> >>
> >>Not everything is mnemonic...
> >
> > And pressing "l" to move right seems especially illogical - though I'm
> > using vi to type this!
>
> Wasn't that borrowed from the cursor movement keys in adventure?
>
Actually, they were the traditional cursor movement keys.
When I was in college, a large number of terminals had the
appropriate arrows on hjkl FROM THE FACTORY.
> --
> Stefaan
> --
> How's it supposed to get the respect of management if you've got just
> one guy working on the project? It's much more impressive to have a
> battery of programmers slaving away. -- Jeffrey Hobbs (comp.lang.tcl)
--
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: alt.destroy.microsoft,us.military.army,soc.singles
Subject: Re: OT: Treason (was Re: Communism)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:05:53 -0400
"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
>
> Said Aaron R. Kulkis in alt.destroy.microsoft on Mon, 30 Apr 2001
> >"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
> >>
> >> Said Aaron R. Kulkis in alt.destroy.microsoft on Mon, 30 Apr 2001
> >> >"Joseph T. Adams" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy T. Max Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >> :>
> >> >> :>Who would you trust first, Max, Joseph, or me?
> >> >>
> >> >> : False premise. I don't trust either of you.
> >> >>
> >> >> Gee, I'm both shocked, and disappointed.
> >> >
> >> >Geeeee, and I'm a representative of the very same GOVERNMENT into which
> >> >Mr. Devlin puts all of his trust and hope.
> >>
> >> No, you're not. You're a low-level employee, one step up from the
> >> grunts.
> >
> >Yes...In fact I'm part of the same machinery that would ACTUALLY ENFORCE
>
> Now you're 'machinery', as well as an 'agent' and a 'representative'.
> My, you are pretentious, aren't you?
>
> >the sort of "civilian disarmament" laws that you argue for.
>
> Huh? When have you ever heard me argue for gun control?
>
> >Do you REALLY want people like me coming in and searching your house
> >for contraband?
>
> That would be the police, not the army, nimrod.
Police don't have the manpower. There are only 55,000 law enforcement officers
TOTAL, at all levels (local, county, state, federal) in the entire country.
>
> >Be careful what you ask for...you just might get it.
>
> --
> 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
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.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux is paralyzed before it even starts
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:02:13 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> R+D Gary...
>
> How about the the other 95 percent of the company?
>
> Sales/marketing, Global Services, ICC, the various support centers?
> THCAG group....on and aon.
>
> They are all using Windows in one form or another.
Not for long......
>
> Flatfish
>
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:19:25 +0000, "Gary Hallock"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Obviously you haven't been reading your Lotus Notes lately.
> >>
> >> Nix in no way shape or form is the dominent desktop system in that
> >> company. Maybe the research dept's use it, but everyone else is using
> >> Windows, and most are still using Windows 95. That includes the sales
> >> force, billing, support centers (which just switched to NT4 BTW).
> >>
> >> You need to get out of the cubicle a little more Gary :)
> >>
> >
> >
> >Tell me, flatso, where do you get this info from? I work there.
> >You just like to play pirated mp3 files on Wintendo. If you manage to
> >get through security sometime, take a walk down the isles in Pok,
> >Fishkill, Austin, Rochester, Haifa, Watson, or Boeblingen You will see offcies
> >filled with AIX and Linux boxes. Walk by my office. You'll see 5 boxes
> >there - 3 Linux and 2 AIX.
> >
> >And you haven't supported your original statement - that I am going to
> >have to get use to W2K. Please tell me why.
> >
> >Gary
--
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: chrisv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,us.military.army,soc.singles,soc.men,misc.survivalism,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Bill Hudson admits that he, Dave Casey, V-man and Redc1c4 are
liars.
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 15:08:08 GMT
"Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>billh wrote:
>>
>> "Aaron R. Kulkis"
>>
>> > That which supports strategic goals as opposed to tactical goals.
>>
>> LOL!!! You've out done yourself, wannabe.
>
>
>Then, Bill, I'm sure you can provide us with a better concise
>definition of "strategic," right, asshole.
Once again Kookis resorts to his "I'll make the other guy explain it,
then say 'yep that's right' when he's done" tactic, when his BLUFF has
been CALLED!
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From: Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Distro Recommendation
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 17:12:49 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Mitchum wrote:
> Me : I'm quite a power user of Microsoft operating systems and have been
> for about 8-9 years. I started off in the days of DOS so still have quite
> a good command of the command-line (if you'll forgive the pun) then
> gradually moved along to Windows 3.1, '95 then '98 SE which I have now.
> I've also been playing with BeOS for quite a while which has given me a
> reasonable knowledge of the BASH shell. I don't do any C++ programming -
> just Visual Basic and Java.
>
> My System : I have an AMD Duron 700 with 2 hard disks - a 2 Gb and a 20
> Gb, and i'd like to install Linux on the 2 Gb one, which is currently
> completely blank. I also have a Voodoo 3 3000, Realmagic Hollywood Plus,
> 56k Serial Port Modem, CD-RW drive (but no Floppy Drive :-) , a DVD-ROM
> drive and a 100 Mbit network card.
>
> What i'd like to do : I'd like to get a good O/S up-and-running with
> Internet Browsing (download manager?), preferably DVD playing (don't mind
> DeCSSing) and CD-Writing. Basically, i'm just trying to get to know Linux
> as well as I know Windows now
>
> Can anyone recommend the right distribution for me? Ideally i'd like one
> which will also live happily on the 20 Gb hard drive when that becomes my
> secondary drive when I upgrade next. I'd also like a distribution with a
> BASH shell, but that's not essential...
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
>
Try SuSE, Red Hat or Debian. They are easy to set up, but Debian needs a
bit more know how in configuring. And have a look here for
hardware-support: http://cdb.suse.de/cdb_english.html .
--
Cheers
Ralph Miguel Hansen
Using S.u.S.E. 4.3 and SuSE 7.1
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
us.military.army,alt.destroy.microsoft,soc.singles,soc.ment,alt.military.folklore,misc.survivalism,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Bill Hudson admits that he, Dave Casey, V-man and Redc1c4 are liars.
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:10:48 -0400
"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
>
> Said Aaron R. Kulkis in alt.destroy.microsoft on Mon, 30 Apr 2001
> >rifleman1 wrote:
> >>
> >> > >
> >> > > So your clearly erroneous claim that the C-130 is a strategic platform
> >> > > is now joined by your contention that tanks are construction vehicles?
> >
> >The point, Bill Hudson, is that tanks WERE USED AS "earth movers" because
> >that's what the situation called for...REGARDLESS of what the guys at
> >TACOM headquarters in Warren Michigan, or the various tank plants around
> >Detroit thought.
>
> My point (not Bill Hudson's) was, Aaron, that REGARDLESS of this
> occurrence, a tank is not a construction vehicle, and a C-130 is not a
> strategic platform, it is a tactical platform.
Cargo planes with MUCH shorter range, and MUCH smaller cargo volume
and lift capacity were used for STRATEGIC lift in the China-Burma-India
theater of operations in World War 2.
>
> >A weapon's usefulness is defined NOT by a field manual, nor TRADOC;
> >A weapon's usefulness is defined by whatever the crews and their
> >commanders are willing AND ABLE to do with it.
>
> No, but a weapon expert's knowledge of the weapon starts there, and you
> haven't gotten that far yet, which was Bill Hudson's point.
And most weapons experts will tell you that most weapons are capable
of fulfilling roles which the pentagon paper-pushers have NOT designated
to them.
Look at any war, and, if the people at Training and Doctrine had their
way, a good many SUCCESSFUL commanders would be sent away for employing
equipment in ways not endorsed by TRADOC.
>
> --
> 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
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: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: Bought out by MS geeks...
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:11:34 -0400
Donn Miller wrote:
>
> "Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
>
> > Your company has just sent out a torpedo which is circling back
> > upon you. Time to get yourself in a lifeboat on the opposite side,
> > and send it down to the water NOW....before you get caught in the
> > undertow when it finally goes under.
> >
> > Tons of jobs out there with more enlightened companies.
> > I suggest you get one...PRONTO.
>
> Besides, anytime there's a big buyout, that company could start axing
> employees anyways. Get that resume up to date, and hit the big, red
> EJECT button. Start looking for a new job, now.
>
http://www.dice.com/ and http://www.monster.com/ are your friends.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Subject: Re: Another Windows pc gets Linux
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 15:20:08 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Terry Porter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
on 30 Apr 2001 21:19:09 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:36:43 +1200, jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> "Terry Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>> Soon I will be converting my Wife's Win98 machine to Linux, however
>>> saving all her stuff has been painfully difficult.
>>>
>>
>> Don't worry, accidentally installing a server operating system over a far
>> superior desktop operating system will surely make your wife feel all the
>> better that you know SO MUCH more about computers than she does.
>
>Only a Wintroll, would be so ignorant that they think Linux is a 'server'
>operating system.
Actualy, Linux *is* a server operating system. It's also a desktop
operating system, a super-reliable game platform, an embedded platform
(if not, it can easily be made to be!), fun to develop on,
writes beautiful papers (actually, lyx + LaTeX do that, if one
wants to quibble) with math typesetting, and of course is poised to,
if not take over the world, at least change it.
(I'd say it already has.)
Swiss Army Knife, anyone? :-) (Or perhaps that should be
"Finnish Army Knife"? :-) )
[rest snipped]
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- insert random testimonial here
EAC code #191 1d:06h:26m actually running Linux.
I don't hate Microsoft. Just their products.
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,us.military.army,soc.singles,soc.men,misc.survivalism,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Bill Hudson admits that he, Dave Casey, V-man and Redc1c4
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 11:18:10 -0400
chrisv wrote:
>
> "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >billh wrote:
> >>
> >> "Aaron R. Kulkis"
> >>
> >> > That which supports strategic goals as opposed to tactical goals.
> >>
> >> LOL!!! You've out done yourself, wannabe.
> >
> >
> >Then, Bill, I'm sure you can provide us with a better concise
> >definition of "strategic," right, asshole.
>
> Once again Kookis resorts to his "I'll make the other guy explain it,
> then say 'yep that's right' when he's done" tactic, when his BLUFF has
> been CALLED!
He's claimin my definition is wrong, so the burden of providing a
better defininition is upon him.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chad Everett)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 - It is a crappy product
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1 May 2001 09:53:30 -0500
On Tue, 01 May 2001 01:01:09 -0400, JS PL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>No it isn't. My 90 year old grandma can set up Windows. It requires
>answering some simple questions like your name and time zone. You don't
>even have to get those right. Basicly if you know where the ENTER button
>is you can set up Windows.
>
Of course a two year old could do this too. But any reasonably intelligent
person would not call this "setting up Windows".
------------------------------
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: OEM Windows licenses not transferable to charities
Date: 01 May 2001 09:29:42 -0600
T. Max Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Said Erik Funkenbusch in alt.destroy.microsoft on Mon, 30 Apr 2001
>
> >1) OEM's take on most support issues.
> >2) Licenses are non-transferable.
> >
> >If they were to remove the non-transferable clause, the cost would likely
> >have to go up since MS wouldn't be able to make as much money on a license.
>
> What the funkenbusch does the transferability of the EULA have to do
> with the OEM license? It's not even a "non-transferable" clause; even
> the name is smokescreen. A license you buy for a product isn't
> "transferred" if you continue to use it.
I'll explain it to you:
The contention is that if one were allowed to transfer the license
to another "computer" (which Microsoft has defined as little as
changing the network interface card), Microsoft would need to charge
more for the license because people would purchase fewer of them.
The obvious problem is, people don't know that they can't take their
old licenses and use them on "new" computers (new meaning you
replaced at least a bit of the hardware); so people use the old
license on the less-than-fully-dressed machine (even if it isn't one
of the infamous "naked" machines we hear so much about). In turn,
Microsoft must "educate" OEMs, end-users, and corporations that they
must re-purchase the license for Windows even though they already have
said license.
Funny, eh?
They could avoid this entire problem by charging the real "fair"
market value of Windows up-front and allow ulimited use on any one
machine at any given time. They don't want to do this, however,
because they are afraid of the reprecussions involved. People would
panic when they saw the pricetag, but the dumb lemmings will go ahead
and pay a small amount every time instead.
The obvious alternative, for someone who's had a tie around their neck
for too many years, is to:
o insult your customers by calling them pirates (a murderous bunch
of people with no regard for law)
o bribe the middleman like a drug dealer to rat out thier clients
o send expensive audiors to harass people they don't like (again,
when has any major media publication ever had a visit from the
BSA? Never you say? Why not?)
Then Eric comes in and says that nothing is wrong, which is very silly
because otherwise he seems like a reasonable person. There are many
faults with Linux/BSD that I will discuss, but it seems that any time
Microsoft is mentioned to Eric, he must defend them to the hilt
regardless the issue.
PS - You may want to lose the childish vernacular (funkenbusch?), it
does nothing but detract from your arguments.
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Nils Zonneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsoft and McCartheism
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 17:29:39 +0200
"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
>
> Edward Rosten wrote:
> >
> > > Personally, if I owned a business, and the BSA showed up to inspect
> > > *my* equipment, then I would have ARMED security personnel detain
> > > them until the police arrive to have them booked for tresspassing.
> >
> > Don't you have illegal detainment laws in your country?
>
> It's legel to detain tresspassers in the US.
>
LOL so you can lock up Jehovah witnesses yourself too in the US? What a
country, completely insane.
On the other hand the insanity is completely the other way round over
here. If you try to detain a burglar over here it's very likely that you
are the one who ends up in prison, and not the burglar.
Nils
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Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,us.military.army,soc.singles
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Davey)
Subject: Re: OT: Treason (was Re: Communism)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 15:30:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Police don't have the manpower. There are only 55,000 law enforcement officers
>TOTAL, at all levels (local, county, state, federal) in the entire country.
Are you sure about that? There's over 125,000 police officers in the UK, and
we're a lot smaller than the US... so it sounds like a surprisingly small
number.
ian.
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