Linux-Advocacy Digest #171, Volume #35 Tue, 12 Jun 01 19:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags (GreyCloud)
Re: So what software is the NYSE running ? ("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags (GreyCloud)
Re: So what software is the NYSE running ? ("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags (GreyCloud)
Re: So what software is the NYSE running ? ("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Redhat video problems. (Nigel Feltham)
Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags (Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hlmann?=)
Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags (Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hlmann?=)
Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hlmann?=)
Re: which OS is better to learn for an entry level job? (GreyCloud)
Re: So what software is the NYSE running ? ("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Redhat video problems. (Mark)
Re: Redhat video problems. (Mark)
Re: Microsoft - WE DELETE YOU! (Mark)
Re: Redhat video problems. (GreyCloud)
Re: Redhat video problems. (GreyCloud)
Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags ("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Redhat video problems. (GreyCloud)
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:36:48 -0700
Jon Johansan wrote:
>
> "GreyCloud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Jon Johansan wrote:
> > >
> > > "Ayende Rahien" <don'[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:9fvkht$a69$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > >
> > > > "Matthew Gardiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > > news:9fvju8$k1u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > > Regarding Microsoft's networth, at one stage, it was at the same
> amount
> > > at
> > > > > General Electric, however, if you wanted the REAL networth, it would
> be
> > > > > substantially less. I would say, $200B, maybe a few more, but not
> much
> > > > > more. General Electic, prior to the buyout of Honeywell, is valued
> at
> > > > around
> > > > > $500B-$600B. Many tech stocks are way, way, way overvalued due to
> naive
> > > > > idiots buying into buzz word orientated business's that have no real
> > > long
> > > > > term business plan or goals.
> > > >
> > > > Actually, the reason I want net worth is to find things out about
> other
> > > > companies.
> > > > I sometimes post stuff that would be much more interesting if I could
> add
> > > > small tidbits like, "X could buy Y for pocket change".
> > >
> > > Well - consider that Microsoft has more hard cash in the bank than any
> other
> > > US company. It has $30 billion dollars in cold hard currency in the
> bank.
> > > Don't know it's networth off the top of my head but I remember that
> factoid.
> > > So, it could fling $30 billion in any direction it'd like in a
> heartbeat, no
> > > bankers, no dealers, no negotiation - just *plonk* we own it - I love
> that
> > > :)
> >
> > They don't have hard cash in the bank. Most of its tied up in stocks and
> > investments.
>
> You are completely wrong. They have $30 billion in cold hard currency in the
> bank. The most of any US corporation. They ALSO have billions in soft
> currency and other investments.
>
> Here is the first quick link I could find in a hurry from way back in 1999
> when they ONLY had $21 billion in cold hard cash
> (http://www.informationweek.com/736/36fncsh.htm)
>
> Go to google and search for Microsoft cash on hand and you'll find wher that
> figure is up and above $30 billion today. That's cash, not soft money. Cash.
> As in buy a few third world countries over lunch cash.
That's a lot of money! (And to think I live just a few blocks from his
summer home too.)
--
V
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: So what software is the NYSE running ?
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:38:03 +1200
> How would you know what's in the kernel? It's closed source. All
> you can repeat here is marketing mumbo, not fact.
>
> Linux's kernel is open and visible. You know what you get, you
> know what you buy.
btw, you can also get the source code to SUN Solaris, and modify it. You
have no obligation to submit the changes, however, just because the source
is open, it doesn't give you the right to create your own distro. You need
to obtain a special license to do that. Thus, Solaris could be considered,
in theory, "open source".
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:38:23 -0700
Jon Johansan wrote:
>
> "Norman D. Megill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:J%6V6.849$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <3b24ecd2$0$2600$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Jon Johansan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >"Norman D. Megill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > >news:OR4V6.812$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >> In article <9g2bl8$eq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > >> Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> >Encarta, If I remember correctly, is Funk and Wagnels Encyclopedia,
> > >thrown
> > >> >onto CD by Microsoft.
> > >>
> > >> With content added, deleted, and modified per Microsoft's marketing
> > >> agenda.
> > >
> > >Untrue - prove your claim!
> >
> > See the links I supplied. Here's another example:
> >
> > http://www.ddj.com/articles/1998/9803/9803v/9803v.htm
> >
> > "According to The New Yorker, 'after Microsoft bought the Funk &
> > Wagnalls encyclopedia and turned it into...Encarta...the entry on Bill
> > Gates changed.' The clause 'known as a tough competitor who seems to
> > value winning in a competitive environment over money' was changed to
> > read, 'known for his personal and corporate contributions to charity and
> > educational organizations.'"
>
> Gee, you don't think that perhaps after the purchase that Bill began to make
> huge contributions to charity and education organizations and hence gained
> some of his reputation (outside of computer geeks) for this?
>
> AND so what? If YOU bought the encyclopedia britannica and it had your
> picture next to "Wanker" you wouldn't _suggest_ they change it in a way that
> doesn't actually alert some historical fact as opposed to some opinion? I
> mean, what right does Funk & Wagnall have to publish their OPINION on Gates
> in an Encyclopedia which is supposed to impart unbiased and true facts.
>
> Then again - I don't see anything wrong with what was there originall. I
> would LOVE to be known as a tough competitor who seems to value winning in a
> competitive environment (anything bad with that? I think not) over money
> (and that makes it even better - a guy who cares more for competition
> instead of personal gain?). Damn, they should have left the original in
> there, made him sound cooler than just another rich guy giving away tons of
> cash money to the needy...
I'm needy. :-) I need a new computer! Think Bill will give me a brand
new SunBlade?
;-)
--
V
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: So what software is the NYSE running ?
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:42:06 +1200
> What a load of BS! Provide proof and a reference for such idiotic
> claims.
> I have Solaris 8 on my box and I've never had any trouble using it in
> over a year now.
> What piece of junk are you using?... an old Packard-Bell?
>
> Yep,... you are the one that blowing smoke up everyones ass. All of
> your claims sound like one that doesn't know what he is doing.
Just as a follow up the Chad's claims regarding the patching process. What
error message is being output'ed? because, there is an error code which
corresponds to a meaning, and in most cases, when the error does occur, it
is simply saying that, that particular patch has already been applied.
As for Solaris, it is an awsome OS, however, if they added SoundBlaster
Live! support, and Real Player was ported, Solaris would be my default
desktop on the PeeCee.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:43:25 -0700
Jon Johansan wrote:
>
> "GreyCloud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Jon Johansan wrote:
> > >
> > > "Norman D. Megill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:OR4V6.812$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > In article <9g2bl8$eq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > > Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >Encarta, If I remember correctly, is Funk and Wagnels Encyclopedia,
> > > thrown
> > > > >onto CD by Microsoft.
> > > >
> > > > With content added, deleted, and modified per Microsoft's marketing
> > > > agenda.
> > >
> > > Untrue - prove your claim!
> >
> > Are you on Microsofts payroll?
> > Do they owe you something?
>
> No - are you Linus' lapdog? Does ESR do your laundry?
>
Nope.
> I spot something I don't believe true and I say something about it. What's
> wrong with that? How does that make me on MS's side necessarily? I say his
> claim is untrue and ask him to prove it - what's wrong with that?
And I spot something I don't believe is true and I say something about
it.
What's wrong with that? How does that make me on Linux side necessarily?
Check my header.. you'll see I don't use Linux. It's just a preference I
enjoy.
But I'd like to see a claim from you that may question some of MS stuff
once in a while to balance out your arguments. Ayende does and I like
the balance that he has.
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: So what software is the NYSE running ?
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:46:16 +1200
> Please refrain from speaking out of your ass.
>
> Every Unix system I've used so far (which is Solaris, AIX, IRIX,
> Linux, and BSD) (yes, I know Linux isn't Unix, but you get my drift)
> every single one of them seems to be teetering on the edge of failure.
> I've had to reinstall this Solaris box on my desk 3 times now because
> the fscking pkgadd and patchadd BS fails constantly while installing
> patches. If you call that "structured" and a "good design" then you're
> smoking crack.
First of all Chad, give up Solaris, because obviously you donot have the
intellectual capacity to use an OS that is so easy a 10 year old can use.
What error message is being output'ed? because, there is an error code which
corresponds to a meaning, and in most cases, when the error does occur, it
is simply saying that, that particular patch has already been applied.
Compared to Microsoft's msgbox-a-thon. Also, did you take the time to look
at the patch log in the /var directory?
Also, you failed to tell what release? Solaris 2.6? Solaris 7? Solaris 8?
what release date? 10/00? 06/00? what? you have absolutely no SUN experience
what so ever. Stick to Windows machines, designed for people like you, with
the intellectual capacity of a fish.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
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From: Nigel Feltham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 00:03:49 -0400
> Poor accuracy due to sloppy and el cheapo drive system for one.
fair enough - my father's BJC2000 only cost 10ukpounds and it is used
mostly for text printing anyway - until recently he was using an HP 500C so
the canon was only bought to save money on ink ( canon compatible carts
cost as little as a tenth of the price of HP ones). It's nowhere near as
good as my epson 640 for photos (it's only 600dpi compared with the epson's
1440dpi ) but it does what he wants it for and it easily beats the hp's
300dpi.
>
> Hahaha, honestly I feel so sorry for the English re internet access, not
> that its a lot different here in Australia :(
>
It is good in many parts of england now but I have things like the mortgage
to pay for.
> I was reading on the net that if you live in the USA, that you can
> now get fibre (in some places) for $40 per month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
I could get a cable modem with unlimited broadband access for about
30ukpounds per month but can't really justify the cost right now ( my
current ISP cost 20ukpunds for a year's unlimited use but I only have a
couple of months left).
My home is not in the right area to get ADSL yet though - annoyingly it is
available a couple of streets away but it costs around 40 to 50 ukpounds
per month.
My previous employer had ISDN - with call costs they were paying about 250
ukpounds per month ( far higher than it could have cost for ADSL but we
weren't in the right area to get it).
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From: Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hlmann?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 23:00:16 +0200
Jon Johansan wrote:
>
> "GreyCloud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Jon Johansan wrote:
>> >
>> > "Norman D. Megill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> > news:OR4V6.812$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > > In article <9g2bl8$eq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> > > Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > >Encarta, If I remember correctly, is Funk and Wagnels Encyclopedia,
>> > thrown
>> > > >onto CD by Microsoft.
>> > >
>> > > With content added, deleted, and modified per Microsoft's marketing
>> > > agenda.
>> >
>> > Untrue - prove your claim!
>>
>> Are you on Microsofts payroll?
>> Do they owe you something?
>
> No - are you Linus' lapdog? Does ESR do your laundry?
>
> I spot something I don't believe true and I say something about it. What's
> wrong with that? How does that make me on MS's side necessarily? I say his
> claim is untrue and ask him to prove it - what's wrong with that?
>
Everything.
If *you* say something is untrue, *you* have to prove your claim, because
you are that MS-shill trying to sell us BS. We simply donīt believe you.
Peter
--
Everyone is entitled to my opinion
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From: Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hlmann?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 22:56:49 +0200
Jon Johansan wrote:
>
> "drsquare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> On 11 Jun 2001 11:10:02 -0500, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
>> ("Jon Johansan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>>
>> >"Norman D. Megill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> >news:OR4V6.812$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> >> In article <9g2bl8$eq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> >> Matthew Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >Encarta, If I remember correctly, is Funk and Wagnels Encyclopedia,
>> >thrown
>> >> >onto CD by Microsoft.
>> >>
>> >> With content added, deleted, and modified per Microsoft's marketing
>> >> agenda.
>> >
>> >Untrue - prove your claim!
>>
>> Prove they haven't.
>
> that is an impossible request.
>
> Person1: "The government is hiding UFO information."
> Person2: "Untrue - prove your claim!"
> Person1: "Prove they aren't."
> Person2: "Um, how? How can you prove they aren't? Impossible."
>
> Person 2 kills person1 to prevent stupidity from breeding.
>
Well, thats your problem. You still have to prove it.
Peter
--
Microsoft is not the the answer.
Microsoft is the question.
The answer is NO
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From: Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hlmann?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: European arrogance and ignorance...
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 23:06:16 +0200
Chad Myers wrote:
>
> "Rotten168" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> "T. Max Devlin" wrote:
>> >
>> > Said drsquare in alt.destroy.microsoft on Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:17:23
>> > >On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 06:11:22 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
>> > > (T. Max Devlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>> > >>Said drsquare in alt.destroy.microsoft on Sat, 09 Jun 2001 21:02:10
>> > >>>On Sat, 09 Jun 2001 17:34:24 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
>> > >
>> > >>>>AFAIK, you are the only one to mention saluting anything.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>You knew what he meant.
>> > >>
>> > >>Yes, I did. Did you know what I meant? That seems more doubtful.
>> > >
>> > >Not if you continue to word things so badly.
>> >
>> > I'm sorry if you're insulted, but I have to point out that the problem
>> > is on your end. You are confused and muddle-headed. That is not my
>> > fault. It is, however, my problem, and I will try to help. Ask
>> > questions, and stop avoiding logical fallacies.
>> >
>> > Here, this might help: http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/toc.htm
>> >
>> > [...]
>> > >In Holland they get personal freedom. Unlike the US.
>> >
>> > Please explain.
>>
>> Drugs, alcohol, sex; things are MUCH more libertarian (freedom) in
>> Denmark than in the US. It's all about personal responsibility.
>
> And pedophilia.
>
Yep.
There was a pedophile ring dismantled some month ago.
Most of the top persons were in the US.
Peter
--
It's sweet to be remembered, but it's often cheaper to be forgotten
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which OS is better to learn for an entry level job?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:50:11 -0700
pip wrote:
>
> Matthew Gardiner wrote:
> > I am learning on the
> > side, Java, which looks like a pretty interesting language.
>
> It is a very nice language.
>
> http://java.sun.com/tutorial - the Java tutorial
> http://www.afu.com - the Java FAQ
> http://mindprod.com/gloss.html - java glossary
>
> Also download "Thinking In Java" and buy:
> http://www.bruceeckel.com
>
> And "Just Java" by Peter van der Linden is very good and the books from
> Sun ("From The Source" series).
>
> comp.lang.java.programmer - is full of helpful people and the big IRC
> servers are also very good for a quick answer (rather surprisingly).
Last time I looked at the tutorial site it wasn't finished. So I went
out and purchased the book "CORE JAVA 2" Volume 1 - Fundamentals by Cay
S. Horstmann & Gary Cornell.
ISBN 0-13-089468-0
Comes with the Windows version of jdk 1.3 and Forte Community edition of
Suns IDE.
Plenty of other 3rd party tools are on the cd-rom as well.
--
V
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: So what software is the NYSE running ?
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:50:05 +1200
> Exactly the reason that Microsoft would not attempt a fool hardy project
> like converting NASDAQ to losedos. They still have not proven that Hotmail
> is running 100% on losedos. Speaking of Hotmail, I have abandoned my
> Hotmail account because it was unavailable too many times. If converting
> Hotmail, which is simply web enabled email, was such a difficult task; how
> could they possibly convert NASDAQ to losedos? In a 6 1/2 hour trading day
> with 2 billion trades (a real busy day), the system has to process 85,470
> trades per second. Of course, trading is done with mainframe, not
> losedos.
>
I gave up because of the same situation, and also, because when I selected
multiple messages for deletion (when accessing via Outlook), the server
reponds saying "invalid command". Maybe Microsoft should get their act
together and concerntrate at the task at hand instead of going off on
tangents such as dot.net and other rectum plucked ideas.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark)
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 23:46:50 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, flatfish+++ wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:45:05 +0200, "Mart van de Wege"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>www.linux-laptops.net
>
>
>Something wrong with that link at least at the moment?
>
>It depends on the distribution installed whether it works or not.
>
>I just installed RedHat 7.1 and it worked fine, but yet Mandrake 7.2,
>SuSE 7.1 and Caldera 2.4 screw up the video and I have yet to find a
>way out of it.
>
>With older versions of SuSE I can use XF86Setup and select 50-90hz and
>monitor that will do 1024x768 at 72hz and it will work fine.
>Even on those distros using xconfig (what ever the other program name
>is) using the exact same choices results in a dead screen.
>
>SuSE 7.1 complains of font paths missing and other cryptic messages.
>I forget what the others do, but no matter what selection I choose it
>is dead.
>
>It appears that Gary is correct about Redhat and IBM because RedHat
>worked right out of the box with the Thinkpad.
>
>BTW as far as the other distros are concerned, X was the only problem
>I had. Even sound worked fine.
>
>
>flatfish+++
>"Why do they call it a flatfish?"
Why do Microsoft astroturfers spend so much time doing installs?
I only ever install linux once, and it stays installed. I appreciate
that in windows you need to reinstall and reboot for all manner of
reasons, but that's just not necessary in linux. Can someone explain
this to the turfers?
--
Mark Kent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark)
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 23:47:28 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, flatfish+++ wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:52:07 +1000, "Interconnect"
><mark###@logichip.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>To "paraphrase" I (flatfish) know absolutely nothing about computers.
>
>Hon, chances are pretty decent I was involved with computers while you
>were still playing with Barbie dolls.
>
Sitting on them whilst reading literature, perhaps?
--
Mark Kent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark)
Subject: Re: Microsoft - WE DELETE YOU!
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 23:44:36 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <3b263ea1$0$94314$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chad Myers wrote:
>
>"Mart van de Wege" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> In article <3b2612aa$0$94313$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Chad Myers"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> >
>> > It's not quite the same. You don't have rabid moronic Windows guerillas
>> > who set up web sites to flame Linux....<rest snipped for comic effect>
>>
>> Oh no?
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp
>
>Exactly what I'm talking about. Penguinistas are so far removed
>with the truth, that when smacked by it, they think it's flaming.
>
This kind of sums up the Microsoft position. Why tell the truth
when a lie will do.
I like linux because it's rarely lied about by anyone other
than Microsoft.
--
Mark Kent
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:52:19 -0700
flatfish+++ wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:18:35 -0700, GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >It's kinda funny that on Fox News channel they are advertising "Windows
> >Professor" to learn how to operate windows.
>
> I HATE that commercial!!!
>
> But, that "professor" is making a fortune selling that crap.
>
> He has to be to have that spot run 100 times a day or more.
It must mean the end of Win98 product lifecycle when they start pushing
that hard.
Everytime I see that commercial my eyes roll upwards.... "I thought
windows was supposed to be intuitive,... why do I need his course or
anyone else for that matter".
:-))
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:52:49 -0700
flatfish+++ wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:52:07 +1000, "Interconnect"
> <mark###@logichip.com.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >To "paraphrase" I (flatfish) know absolutely nothing about computers.
>
> Hon, chances are pretty decent I was involved with computers while you
> were still playing with Barbie dolls.
>
> flatfish+++
> "Why do they call it a flatfish?"
I still had a hard time with magnetic amplifiers... damn things.
--
V
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Microsft IE6 smart tags
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:54:04 +1200
> > Gee, you don't think that perhaps after the purchase that Bill began to
make
> > huge contributions to charity and education organizations and hence
gained
> > some of his reputation (outside of computer geeks) for this?
> >
> > AND so what? If YOU bought the encyclopedia britannica and it had your
> > picture next to "Wanker" you wouldn't _suggest_ they change it in a way
that
> > doesn't actually alert some historical fact as opposed to some opinion?
I
> > mean, what right does Funk & Wagnall have to publish their OPINION on
Gates
> > in an Encyclopedia which is supposed to impart unbiased and true facts.
> >
> > Then again - I don't see anything wrong with what was there originall. I
> > would LOVE to be known as a tough competitor who seems to value winning
in a
> > competitive environment (anything bad with that? I think not) over money
> > (and that makes it even better - a guy who cares more for competition
> > instead of personal gain?). Damn, they should have left the original in
> > there, made him sound cooler than just another rich guy giving away tons
of
> > cash money to the needy...
>
>
> I'm needy. :-) I need a new computer! Think Bill will give me a brand
> new SunBlade?
goto www.xsnet.com and have a look at the ref. UNIX machines. The O2 w/ the
video option is awsome, esp when capturing video w/ mpg compression on the
fly. Something a Wintel b0x would choke over. Probably one of the best
investments I have made.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
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From: GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:57:02 -0700
flatfish+++ wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:45:05 +0200, "Mart van de Wege"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >www.linux-laptops.net
>
> Something wrong with that link at least at the moment?
>
> It depends on the distribution installed whether it works or not.
>
> I just installed RedHat 7.1 and it worked fine, but yet Mandrake 7.2,
> SuSE 7.1 and Caldera 2.4 screw up the video and I have yet to find a
> way out of it.
>
> With older versions of SuSE I can use XF86Setup and select 50-90hz and
> monitor that will do 1024x768 at 72hz and it will work fine.
> Even on those distros using xconfig (what ever the other program name
> is) using the exact same choices results in a dead screen.
>
> SuSE 7.1 complains of font paths missing and other cryptic messages.
> I forget what the others do, but no matter what selection I choose it
> is dead.
>
> It appears that Gary is correct about Redhat and IBM because RedHat
> worked right out of the box with the Thinkpad.
>
> BTW as far as the other distros are concerned, X was the only problem
> I had. Even sound worked fine.
>
I wonder what ever happened to using ctrl-alt-+ or - to change the
screen resolutions on the fly??
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