Linux-Advocacy Digest #410, Volume #34 Fri, 11 May 01 00:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: Microsoft standards... (was Re: Windows 2000 - It is a crappy product) ("Chad
Myers")
Re: Linux still not ready for home use. ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Justice Department LOVES Microsoft! ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: Caldera CEO agrees with MS (.)
Re: No More Linux! (.)
Re: Linux and MP3s (.)
Re: Linux in college & high school ("mmnnoo")
Re: My plan worked! (Ray Chason)
Re: Justice Department LOVES Microsoft! ("JS PL")
Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS (rob@rob)
Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS (rob@rob)
Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS (rob@rob)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Subject: Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:13:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Donn Miller
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
on Thu, 10 May 2001 08:34:46 -0400
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Edward Rosten wrote:
>
>> You are nothing more than an idiotic 14 year old with an immature sig, a
>> feeble understanding of computers (hell, you still use Win98 LOL)
>
>You forgot to add the part about the "basement dweller". I've got my
>computer in my bedroom, but I think it would be nice to relocate it down
>in the basement. It's so nice and quiet down there.
That might depend on how near one lives to a major waterway... :-)
[.sigsnip]
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- insert random glub blub glug here
EAC code #191 10d:12h:46m actually running Linux.
Linux. When Microsoft isn't enough anymore.
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From: "Chad Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsoft standards... (was Re: Windows 2000 - It is a crappy product)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:14:31 GMT
"Bob Hauck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On 9 May 2001 23:15:13 -0500, Jan Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Bob Hauck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > > > WHY on earth would you penalize yourself with some crappy text based
> > > > interface when a beautiful set of antialiased fonts of any size you can
> > > > imagine are right there on your desktop?
> > >
> > > Maybe because I'm using the new telnet server that MS provided with
> > > their new OS. Or does it not understand window resizing either?
>
> > Perhaps when you graduate from the hell that telnet is - I mean, how
> > limiting! - into the year 2000 and beyond you'll realize how silly your
> > hanging on to the past is.
>
> So why, oh great swami, did MS _add_ a telnet server to their product?
> If it is so worthless and all?
It's a handy tool. You're not limited to it, though. That's his point.
-c
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux still not ready for home use.
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:44:55 -0400
Bob H wrote:
>
> Gotta agree. My dad at age 75 took up computing last summer, using Win98.
> He's getting pretty darn good at it too. But if he had to look at a
> command
> prompt (boy do I like helping people at work by using a Dos box-the looks of
> fear are astounding), he would have dropped it right away. Much less a
> Linux command prompt.
1. Most 75-year old men are befuddled by typewriter keyboards, so
like, what's your point?
2. The linux command prompt is SIMPLER than the DOS command prompt
>
> "Chaparral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9daq5c$9bs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > We can all say what we want about how Windows sucks and that Linux is the
> > end-all-be-all, but after trying almost every Linux version to date, the
> > bottom line folks is that Mr Gates has made operating a home computer easy
> > enough for my great uncle to run. The Penguin still doesnt come close!
> >
> > What Linux is VERY good at is the handling of servers... this is stuff
> that
> > you are expected to fiddle with and fine tune. Home users don't want to
> > fart around all day trying to figure out what to click and then having
> > barely predictable responses.
> >
> > So, Linux sucks hard for the home user but beats the hell out of WinBlows
> on
> > the server farm... especially when you can tell a client that full-blown
> > server software will only cost him $75 compared to $2000 plus for
> > 2000Server!
> >
> > Microsoft will rule the home front for many years I think, but their
> > exorbitant pricing and draconian licensing policies will soon cause the
> > server market to dry up.
> >
> > Im done now.
> >
> >
--
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]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Justice Department LOVES Microsoft!
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:48:25 -0400
Daniel Johnson wrote:
>
> "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > You're not on very solid ground here. As I recall, Linux syscalls are
> > > called via int 80h. The DOS interrupt may be very low level and
> primitive
> > > in comparison, but both are still APIs by definition.
> >
> > Go take a universeity-level systems programming course, and get back to
> > us.
>
> Have you taken such a course, Aaron?
Two of them, in fact.
Purdue University, School of Electrical Engineering (Grade: 6.0/6.0)
Purdue University, School of Computer Science (Grade: 6.0/6.0
>
> If so, please let us know what that course had
> to say on this subject.
Interrupt service routines are NOT part of an API.
>
> I'd love to know, myself.
--
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] (.)
Subject: Re: Caldera CEO agrees with MS
Date: 11 May 2001 02:51:46 GMT
Erik Funkenbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9des3m$6pi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Erik Funkenbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2717264,00.html
>>
>> > Ransom Love (his real name, ISYN) says he agrees with MS that the GPL is
> not
>> > appropriate for Commerical software, and is considering alternate
> licenses
>> > such as the BSDL.
>>
>> Yes. The GPL makes it too hard for lazy corporate fatcats to get even
> fatter.
>>
>> LETS GET RID OF IT!!!
> I love it. As soon as Caldera starts to question the GPL, suddenly they're
> a lazy corporate fatcat.
Actually, funkybreath, if youd been paying attention at all, you would
realize that I always thought that caldera was full of lazy corporate
fatcats, as is mandrake, redhat, and a handful of other distribution houses.
=====.
--
"George Dubya Bush---the best presidency money can buy"
---obviously some Godless commie heathen faggot bastard
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (.)
Subject: Re: No More Linux!
Date: 11 May 2001 02:53:46 GMT
Erik Funkenbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9des77$6pi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Erik Funkenbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Congratulations. As a supposed Wintroll, I think you'll be quite happy
> with
>> > FreeBSD so long as you don't have any needs for unsupported hardware.
>>
>> > I myself use FreeBSD on my primary server, and have been using it off
> and on
>> > for years. It is indeed quite easy to setup and install (in some ways
> it's
>> > more difficult than, say, the Mandrake setup, but it gives you a lot
> more
>> > power over what you install without making it as difficult as many of
> the
>> > other Linux installs).
>>
>> > I don't know of any people that have used FreeBSD and Windows that would
>> > complain too much about it, unlike Linux. Things like standardized
>> > directory trees, standardized installation packages, etc, make it really
>> > nice.
>>
>> Yes, debian has that, but wintrolls like you seem to conveniently forget
>> it.
> No, debian doesn't have it. Not all Linux packages work with apt-get, such
> as rpm packages. FreeBSD has a single package system.
Ok, youre officially a fucking idiot.
Every, single, last item that has an 'official' rpm distribution ALSO has
a debian distribution.
And every, single, last one of these items are represented in the freebsd
ports collection.
And then some.
> The problem is that there are hundreds of Linux distros, but only a single
> FreeBSD distro.
You've obviously never used either in any serious capacity.
=====.
--
"George Dubya Bush---the best presidency money can buy"
---obviously some Godless commie heathen faggot bastard
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (.)
Subject: Re: Linux and MP3s
Date: 11 May 2001 02:55:00 GMT
Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "." wrote:
>>
>> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > "." wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > "." wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >> > Mark Styles wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Fellow advocates,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I currently have my entire CD collection stored in MP3 format on a
>> >> >> >> 30Gb hard drive in a Windows PC.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Because I use that PC for other things, which sometimes interfere with
>> >> >> >> the music, I've been busy building a new PC to be a dedicated
>> >> >> >> 'jukebox' on our LAN.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I've decided as an experiment to install Linux on the new PC to see
>> >> >> >> how well it handles my musical needs.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> My question is, what applications should I use to emulate XingMP3
>> >> >> >> Player functionality?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > There are several. When you do the install, they'll be available
>> >> >> > on the appliations menu.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Uhh...wrong. The default xmms install (assuming that you do not have
>> >> >> gnome installed) drops everything in /usr/local/bin, but not into any
>> >> >> "applications menu".
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Unless you are *specifically* using mandrake, you fucking moron.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > If you put the drive with the MP3's in during installation, and
>> >> >> > leave it alone (with it's current formatting, etc.), then it will
>> >> >> > be mounted into the filesystem on your first boot-up.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Are you insane? What the hell is the matter with you? It very much
>> >> >> depends on which distribution youre using, cocksmack.
>> >>
>> >> > Worked for my Linux-illiterate friend on his first install.
>> >>
>> >> You dont even actually know what a 'distribution' is, do you.
>>
>> > I own several, you fool.
>>
>> You dont OWN any of them, you damnable moron. You own the MEDIA.
>>
>> Idiot.
>>
>> Fool.
>>
>> Asshole.
>>
>> Liar.
>>
>> Poser.
> Under the GPL, if you own the media, then you own the contents.
> Hope that helps, FOOL
Oh yeah? Why dont you try repackaging the linux kernel and subsequent
filesystems and architectures under 'kulkisos' and see what happens.
You're inbred, arent you.
=====.
--
"George Dubya Bush---the best presidency money can buy"
---obviously some Godless commie heathen faggot bastard
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From: "mmnnoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux in college & high school
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 03:03:47 GMT
Here's a list of the machines in the computer science dept
at the University of New Mexico:
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~ssg/SSG_Hardware/byos
any questions?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Christopher Corbell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking for leads to information, statistics, or just individual
> testimonials about the use of Linux in educational settings,
> particularly in high school, community college, university, and grad
> school settings. Does anyone out there know of any general sources of
> information on the use of Linux in these settings? I would especially
> be interested in the use of Linux in math & science education. Also,
> I'd like to know about any advocacy groups, PC 'salvage' groups or
> similar organizations that are active in getting Linux used in schools.
>
> Thanks for any info.
> - Christopher
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From: Ray Chason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My plan worked!
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 03:28:59 -0000
"Public <Anonymous_Account>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Now that I know who all the fags are in this group, I have you kill filed, and you
>don't know who I am!
Killfiles plonk the little wankers,
All the wankers of the world.
White and yellow, black and red,
Killfiles plonk the wankers dead.
Killfiles plonk the little wankers of the world!
Yet another anonymous posting "service" to *PLONK*
--
--------------===============<[ Ray Chason ]>===============--------------
PGP public key at http://www.smart.net/~rchason/pubkey.asc
Delenda est Windoze
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From: "JS PL" <hi everybody!>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Justice Department LOVES Microsoft!
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 23:33:21 -0400
"Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > You don't want to admit that
> > your favorite platform- MacOS for you, isn't it?-
> > is not up to par.
> >
>
> Compared to what? I use both Mac and Linux (PPC and Intel) becasue i
> want to. If had the choice at work, I'd wipe the HD of every Windows
> machine at work.
Why would you want to wipe other peoples hard drives of Windows at work?
Don't they have the right to run Windows? You dream of forcing others to use
a certain OS? That's_not_right...
------------------------------
From: rob@rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS
Date: 10 May 2001 20:03:41 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Aaron says...
>
>James Philips wrote:
>>
>> Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <3af47ba7_2@newsfeeds>:
>>
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >> Linux was/is and will continue to be a miserable failure as a consumer
>> >> desktop OS until it wakes up and starts offering an end result that is
>> >> superior instead of an inferior result based upon theoretical superior
>> >> technologies.
>> >
>> >Actually, Linux isn't necessarily for instant gratification. If you
>> >want that, go to se a whore. The computing equivalent of that whore is
>> >MS Windows. Linux is a great platform. The only advantage Windows has
>> >over it is application availability. That's it. The ease-of-use
>> >arguments are bogus.
>>
>> Linux is a great OS in a lot of ways, but it's hard to see how you can
>> really claim that it's as easy to learn as Windows. Even most Linux
>> advocates realise that a total beginner can't use Linux without learning
>> quite a lot.
>>
>> >The fact is that Windows is NOT easy to use, but rather, people have
>> >already learned it and are familiar with it, so that gives a false
>> >impression that it is easy to use.
>>
>> That's true to a certain extent, but I know quite a few Windows users who
>> know next to nothing about Windows and don't want to learn, they know how
>> to install and launch apps and that's about it. If they had any problems
>> with Windows, such as hardware not plugging and playing correctly they
>> would call tech support before even reading the manual.
>>
>> Most Windows users do have to learn a fair amount, because sooner or later
>> they will run into problems when upgrading hardware or installing new apps.
>> But in my experience there's a lot less in Windows that needs to be learned.
>
>It's quite obvious that your experience is rather deficient.
>
why do you say that?
>
>> Even with the most easy to use Linux distributions most people
>> are going to have to learn about the system before they can successfully
>> set it up with all their hardware and software working.
>>
>> James
>
>
>--
>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: rob@rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS
Date: 10 May 2001 20:05:55 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Aaron says...
>
>James Philips wrote:
>>
>> "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>>
>> > James Philips wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> >>
>> >> Maybe Linux would be a more successful and easy to use OS if so many
>> >> fans weren't in denial about it's flaws.
>> >
>> > Basing your argument on some release from 1994 doesn't get you any
>> > credibility.
>>
>> Actually I base that argument on Mandrake 8, which is the distribution I'm
>> using at the moment, I upgraded from Mandrake 7.2 last week. It's true
>> that it installs very smoothly, but installing software and adding new
>> hardware is still significantly more involved in Linux than it is in
>> Windows.
>
>liar.
why?
>
>
>
>
>> Windows has plenty of faults, but 99% of the time when installing
>> an app or new bit of hardware all the user needs to do is follow on screen
>> instructions, the hardware is autodetected and the app CD autoplays when
>> they put it in. That certainly isn't true of any version of Linux, the
>> user needs to learn much more before they can do many quite basic tasks
>> IME.
>>
>> James
>
>
>--
>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: rob@rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux a Miserable Consumer OS
Date: 10 May 2001 20:07:08 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Aaron says...
>
>Tom Wilson wrote:
>>
>> "Roberto Alsina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > On Mon, 07 May 2001 15:02:17 GMT, Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >"Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > >> Tom Wilson wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> > >> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > >> >
>> > >> > <snip>
>> > >> >
>> > >> > > > > I was hoping someday that the official linux mascot would be
>> the
>> > >> > > > > Seagull.
>> > >> > > > > Visualize this: BG running hard for cover as a flock of
>> Seagulls
>> > >go
>> > >> > on
>> > >> > > > > a straffing run!
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > > > The avian mammals or the 80's new wave group with the funny hair?
>> > >> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > >> > > You mean: "The aqautic avians or the 80's new wave gropu with the
>> > >funny
>> > >> > hair?
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > answer: yes
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Aquatic or no, they're still mammals...
>> > >>
>> > >> birds are mammals????
>> > >
>> > >They are warm-blooded and the feathers are just modified hairs.
>> >
>> > Actually, festhers are modified scales, just like hairs are modified
>> > scales. I have seen no argument ever for feathers being modified
>> > hairs.
>>
>> I've actually heard of one such argument before. I remember reading about it
>> around the same time the dinosaur connection (which I think is true) was
>> being loudly debated. The next time I head back home for a visit, I'll try
>> and dig through the old periodicals to find it again.
>>
>> >
>> > > As far as
>> > >the egg laying thing goes, Platypuses lay eggs and THEY are considered
>> > >mammals. Birds are kind of a big question mark. Especially when you throw
>> in
>> > >the dinosaur thing.
>> >
>> > Well, there is this problem about birds being mammals. You know,
>> > the mammary issue (and yes, I know the platypus have no nipples).
>>
>> Frankly, I think birds are a bridge between reptile and mammal. A pre-mammal
>> or post-reptile as it were. I don't know what the hell to think about the
>> platypus other than its' being an evolutionary fluke that somehow survived.
>
>correct. They are a seperate forking.
do you have proof of this?
>
>--
>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]
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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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