Linux-Advocacy Digest #225, Volume #35 Thu, 14 Jun 01 09:13:02 EDT
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Re: OT: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
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Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux (Burkhard
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Re: Redhat video problems. (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux (Burkhard
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Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux (Burkhard
=?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
forgotten link posted here (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (JamesW)
Re: forgotten link posted here ("Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)")
Re: The beginning of the end for microsoft (drsquare)
Re: IBM Goes Gay (drsquare)
Re: Debian 2.2r2, I *love* you! (longish) (drsquare)
Re: The beginning of the end for microsoft (drsquare)
Re: IBM Goes Gay (drsquare)
Re: Debian 2.2r2, I *love* you! (longish) (drsquare)
Re: Getting used to Linux (drsquare)
Re: Getting used to Linux (drsquare)
Re: Getting used to Linux (drsquare)
Re: LINUX PRINTING SUCKS!!!!!!!! (drsquare)
Re: Redhat video problems. (drsquare)
Re: Linux penetration MUCH lower than previously claimed (drsquare)
Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals (drsquare)
Re: LINUX PRINTING SUCKS!!!!!!!! (drsquare)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (drsquare)
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Subject: Re: OT: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and
ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:40:42 GMT
"Stephen S. Edwards II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3bWV6.682$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "~¿~" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:V0JV6.10802$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > "Stephen S. Edwards II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:OXDV6.1682$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > "Rotten168" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > > > "Stephen S. Edwards II" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, let me throw this one at you, how do you feel about the fact
> that
> > > > here in America, somebody under 21 can buy a gun and serve his
> country,
> > > > but he/she can't even walk into a friggin' bar and order a beer?
> Where's
> > > > the American freedom there?
> > >
> > > It is preposterous, and such laws are a result
> > > of the liberal mindset. That law was as recent
> > > as the 70's, IIRC. The reason why laws like
> > > that one get put into place is because of
> > > a lack of patriotism, and pride. People just
> > > apathetically allow these idiotic politicians
> > > to do their own bidding, without saying a damn
> > > word.
> >
> > How many democratic presidents were there in the 70's?
>
> What the hell does that have to do with anything?
You're the one who said the law was created in the 70's, not me.
Under which president was the law created?
Asking how many democratic presidents there were during the 70's seems like
a reasonable question to me.
> > I've never heard such ass-backwards logic in my life.
> > You MUST be a republican. Only people AFRAID of freedom inact such laws.
>
> You Democrats are the ones who keep wanting more
> government to "protect" people. You're the ones
> who want socialism, and for everyone to have the
> same amount of finances. You're the one who is
> afraid to let people be free.
This is where people of your mind set end up talking to the commode.
You have no idea what "I favor". Go talk to the commode.
> > What about pot for medical purposes? Nope, can't have that. Somebody
> might
>
> Did you know that marijuana was discovered to cause
> brain tumors, Einstein?
Really? What is tobacco smoke known to cause?
Who goes after tobacco companies year in and year out.
It ain't the conservatives Einstein.
> > actually feel good while their Glaucoma is relieved. You think that it
is
> a
> > liberal view that keeps this illegal?
>
> If you Dems are so "free" oriented, please explain
> why Tipper made policy to force recording companies
> to label their CDs? Why does she continue to fight
> to censor them on top of that?
Tipper's not my cup of tea. Never was. But most conservatives would agree
with her assesment of music labelling. Ever heard some of those rap lyrics?
I couldn't care less. I don't live in a midwest mindset.
> Read some news on what DefJam records is going
> through, and you'll see how "free" Dems want
> things.
There you go again, believing everything you read.
You'll learn one day.
> > Do al little research and take a history course, please. It sounds as if
> you
> > watch cable Fox and MSNBC wayyyy toooo much.
>
> I don't watch much T.V. at all, hippie.
Hippie! Ha. That's a laugh. Have me all figured out, don't you.
You're a joke.
> > > > So while I do have a certain amount of pride in this country, part
of
> me
> > > > is pissed off as hell about the apathy people display when they tout
> the
> > > > "freedom" of America when that's not entirely the case.
> > >
> > > That is EXACTLY the kind of viewpoint
> > > that I wish more people had.
> > >
> > > People in this country are apathetic, because
> > > that is how the liberals want them to be.
> >
> > People are apathetic in this country because they are stupid and
placted,
> > just as the conservatives want them to be.You think the expression about
>
> Now, just as you liberal freaks want to force them
> to be.
Oh yeah, it's the liberals who want to cut education spending.
We're you born this dumb? Or do you work at it?
> I loved the ad campaign where children were asking
> their mothers for more "arsenic", and "salmonella".
>
> That was rich. And it was a liberal campaign.
>
> > women ..
> > "keep them barefoot and pregnant" is a liberal point of view?
> > Hell no. Yet it is this same logic that dictates conservative policy.
> > "keep them placted and busy while we raid the kitchen and up our
profits"
> >
> > You think conservatives want people to become educated?
> > Look at their education bills. They don't want you to have a clue about
> the
> > true history of this country. Because if you did, you'd realize what
true
> > scoundrels they are. You sound as if you are their poster boy.
> >
> > You need to hit the books pal, and open your mind.
>
> You need to stop relying on LSD to open your mind,
> liberal freak.
Good answer. It proves without a doubt that you really don't know sh%t about
what you're talking.
Go talk to the commode.
> > > Liberals in this country want you to think
> > > that you cannot make it without them. They
> > > want people to think that more govt. == more
> > > freedom. The reason for this is simple: they
> > > want job security, and they want control,
> > > because that leads to... you guessed it, more
> > > money in their pockets. After all, it's our
> > > money... why the hell should we have it?
> >
> > See my reasons for American apathy above.
> > You are a prime example.
>
> No, people like you are the problem. You brains
> are so fucked up on dope, you can think straight.
I don't do drugs. You might want to look into though.
The kind that require a prescription.
> > > For example, have you noticed that Daschle and
> > > Gephart have STILL been going on and on about
> > > "Global Warming"? Have you heard that it was
> > > discovered that the temperature measurements
> > > around the globe were highly flawed when that
> > > "conclusion" was reached?
> >
> > Oh yeah. There is no such thing as global warming.
>
> There isn't. And it was also recently discovered
> that the "hole" in the ozone layer has mysteriously
> "fixed itself".
That commode is getting full, huh?
> The fact of the matter is, all of the liberal
> Dems like you are full of BS (Barbara Streisand)
> bullshit.
I don't really like Barbara S.
> > No such thing as unsafe working conditions.
>
> Life is a risk. You can't save everyone. If
> you're stupid enough to drink bugspray, then
> Darwin's principle kicks in.
You're typical to a fault.
--and don't deserve a second thought, as yours have no basis in fact.
> > No such thing <insert endless list of facts that conservatives deny
here>
[snipped for the sake of sanity]
I don't do battles of wits with unarmed men.
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:40:42 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GreyCloud wrote:
> Now that you mention it, I read somewhere in a newspaper after the
> collapse of the Berlin Wall, that most of the light bulbs in Russia were
> hard wired in and have been lit for over 40 years. Does that mean our
> light bulbs are planned obsolesence?
I would do if I'd sell bulbs, wouldn't you too?
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:51:29 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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.
Crap that's used to learn to use crap bought before. meta-crap.
>
> He has to be to have that spot run 100 times a day or more.
>
> flatfish+++
> "Why do they call it a flatfish?"
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:39:02 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"T. Max Devlin" wrote:
>
> Said Chad Myers in alt.destroy.microsoft on Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:45:29
> [...]
> >I've heard the term "Sleeping Bear" to describe Russia on several occasions.
>
> I've never heard it. [snip]
I did, not only once, but don't ask me where.
http://www.google.com/search?q=sleeping+bear+russia&hl=en&meta=
if you need it (12700 results)
> >I think it's quite fitting. From what I've heard and seen, it seems
> >her people are hard working and not very excitable. Given the current
> >conditions over there, they're still not rising up demanding a revolution
> >or some type of change.
>
> Neither are we. ;-)
>
> >During the Cold War, I don't remember Russia
> >as being very aggressive.
ack, Chad. That whole game was give and take, wasn't it?
>
> Tell that to the people who lost great-uncles in Korea and the fathers
> in Vietnam.
Dying is a common risk among soldiers. I guess the main purposes of
soldiers are killing and dying.
>
> >They started out quite bold, but as the days
> >wore on, late in the game, they seemed very timid. They competed heavily
> >in the space race and in the arms race, but they never threatened us,
> >they never pulled another Cuban-missle-crisis-type move, even though we
> >had missles in Europe and Turkey pointed at them.
The dogma of the "russian" threat is essential basis for all those
races, be it true or not.
Maybe it can only be stated by someone who doesn't know their cars and
planes;-)
I think the soviets acted out of fear mostly, whereas US motivation
seemed to mix fear with economic reasons.
[Max is snipped here]
Coming back to arrogance:
I always thought it to be arrogant that CCCP and the US played their
games on the back of Europe, especially my home country Germany: Without
that confrontation our relatives in the GDR would have been nothing more
than some miles away.
Now the CCCP is dead, Russia is - hmm - anything and i see a new dipole
conflict been set up:
US and friends versus a block of mostly islamic developing countries.
I wonder what OSs they're gonna be sold and what influence that will
have on the game.
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:44:42 +0200
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Quantum Leaper wrote:
>
> "drsquare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:48:49 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> > ("Quantum Leaper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> >
> > >"Ayende Rahien" <don'[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > >news:9g3e80$bj6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > >> > The internet isn't significant?
> > >>
> > >> I was talking about significant in space exploration terms.
> > >>
> > >Viking, Pioneer, Voyager, International Space Station, and all the
> > >other probes, nothing significant, your must be right.... (sarcasm)
> > >The US switched from very expansive maned space program to an unmaned
> > >program, which was cheaper. Also the budget for NASA has been cut and
> cut
> > >and cut over the years, so they have to make due on alot less money.
> Even
> > >though the technology that has come out of the space program, could have
> > >paid for it 10 fold.
> > >If it was so easy to send men into space, why has anyone but USSR
> (Russia)
> > >and the USA sent men into space?
> >
> > What's the point? Other countries realise there are more important
> > things to spend money on.
>
> Spend a $1 now and get $10 back in the future, and thats the low estimate
> of the return from NASA. I guess the Dutch would rather spend money on
> tulips....
Or pot, perhaps.
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: forgotten link posted here
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:53:43 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Burkhard Wölfel wrote:
>
> "Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" wrote:
> >
> > "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > Not to mention the most successful (longest running) spacestation.
> > >
> > > -Ed
> >
> > From what I heard, It was actually running DIGITAL UNIX as their main OS.
> >
> > Matthew Gardiner
>
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp1/ex1logs.html
> Logs of ISS's expedition 1 tell about OSs on board the new station.
> ( case sensitive find "OS" for those in hurry)
>
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From: JamesW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:58:22 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "JS \\ PL"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says...
>
> "drsquare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > >put the file up on an internet server so we can all see this mythical
> 200mhz
> > >system with 16 mb RAM you claim to have.
> >
> > You want a picture of my desktop?
> >
> > >While your at it, lets see how small the HD is. You claim it's 1gb which
> > >doesn't jive with system sold during the 200mhz era.
> > >right click on your c: in explorer, hit alt-print screen paste into
> > >paint.....
> >
> > OK, I admit I lied. It's 1.26GB. Are you happy now?
>
> I knew you were lying. But I also know your still lying. That's pretty sad.
> Saying you have a SMALLER system than you actually have. Pathetic.
>
Hmmm, I have a 200MHz machine that came with a 1.2GB HD and would have
come with 16MB of RAM too but I ordered it with a mighty 32! It's been
upgraded over time so I no longer have the original configuration but
such machines did exist - BTW it wasn't an x86/Doze box - maybe that
explains drsquare's machine too?
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From: "Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: forgotten link posted here
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:16:20 +1200
Burkhard Wölfel wrote:
>
> Burkhard Wölfel wrote:
>
>>"Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" wrote:
>>
>>>"Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>Not to mention the most successful (longest running) spacestation.
>>>>
>>>>-Ed
>>>>
>>>From what I heard, It was actually running DIGITAL UNIX as their main OS.
>>>
>>>Matthew Gardiner
>>>
>
> http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp1/ex1logs.html
>
>
I was actually talking about MIR and Salyut seriues, which there were 7
of them.The Salyut series were used as trial runs before launching MIR,
which is Russian for "peace".
The Soviet Union Space programme is a very interesting topic, esp. with
the release of information over the last 10 years, one can appreciate
how advanced they were in terms of its capabilities, not only in the
field of science but in defence as well.
Matthew Gardiner
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,misc.invest.stocks
Subject: Re: The beginning of the end for microsoft
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:20 +0100
On 13 Jun 2001 16:39:18 -0700, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Fox)) wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Pop) writes:
>
>> Well, on Linux you DON'T have to spend large amounts of time doing that.
>> The areas that need to be moved are quite well defined and the whole
>> thing takes only a few commands. No need to spend hours pointing and
>> clicking :-)
>
>This is quite true, but only if you know a lot about Linux. There
>should be a reduction of this task to terms understandable by people
>who don't know as much.
How do you propose to do that?
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM Goes Gay
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:23 +0100
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:02:08 +0100, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
("Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>In article <9g9o70$q0o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>> Ah, yet another .uk address that doesnt know the difference between
>> nationality and race.
>>
>> How surprising.
>
>there is little, bordering on no difference between the 2. Different
>nationalities have different customs, etc. Where do you draw the line
>between different races and different nationalities? Please don't be as
>small minded as claiming skin colour is a suitabl difference.
Ignore him, he's just trolling for attention.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debian 2.2r2, I *love* you! (longish)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:21 +0100
On 13 Jun 2001 23:58:07 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)) wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:51:42 +0200,
>Mart van de Wege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> very simple, open /etc/apt/sources.list in a text editor,
>> change all uncommented lines that mention stable to either 'testing' or
>> 'unstable', save and issue 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'. BANG!
>> you're box is immediately up to date with the latest in Free Software.
>> Debian's great innit?
>
>Oh yeah, Debian is very smooth!
>apt-get is so easy to use, and so far, no conflicts etc!
No conflicts? You obviously haven't tried installing xlibs, which
conflicts with xlib6g, and there's nothing you can do about it.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.arch,misc.invest.stocks
Subject: Re: The beginning of the end for microsoft
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:20 +0100
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:13:13 -0600, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
(Ben Franchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>Mark wrote:
>> Welcome to the real, adult world, where we can't all have exactly what
>> we want. Father Christmas is not going to wave his magic reindeer and
>> pull a replacement machine which is magically exactly the same as the
>> one you have out of his sack.
>
>Another problem is all that software that uses the HD's hex serial number
>for ID. You have to wait a few days until we can send you a new license
>for that piece of software sir.
>Ben.
You're using some DODGY software.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM Goes Gay
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:23 +0100
On 14 Jun 2001 07:12:57 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (.)) wrote:
>Edward Rosten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Hating the english isnt racism, its nationalism.
>
>> Hating someone based on a steroetype of their race is racism.
>
>So "english" is a race now?
Erm, yes.
>You fucking moron. I'll bet youre engilsh.
>
>I dont hate *caucasians*, you ignorant swine. I hate people from
>england, no matter what fucking color they are, bitch.
Therefore you are a racist. Goodbye: *plonk*
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debian 2.2r2, I *love* you! (longish)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:22 +0100
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:28:53 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Ebert)) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Terry Porter wrote:
<snip>
>Yip me too.
>
>Debian is the ONLY way anybody should go if your going to
>use Linux for anything other than a novelty.
Fucking hell, talk about bad quoting.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting used to Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:26 +0100
On 14 Jun 2001 06:35:41 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)) wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:04:07 -0700, Paolo Ciambotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <9g76m2$s75$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ha! Shows how much *you* know.
>>>
>>> FVWM is the ONE TRUE WINDOW MAGAGER anything else is the spawn of satan,
>>> pure and simple, much like vi nd emacs.
>>
>> Vi? Emacs? Real programmers use PICO! Everything else is just lame.
>No they don't ... *real GNU* programmers use Nano, as Pico !=GPl :)
>
>Btw Nano looks just like Pico, works just like Pico, but has enhancements:)
Like not being shit?
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting used to Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:25 +0100
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:41:46 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine))
wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Edward Rosten
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> It was very crude (fvwm sucks rocks compared to NeXT Step or Workbench),
>>
>>Ha! Shows how much *you* know.
>>
>>FVWM is the ONE TRUE WINDOW MAGAGER anything else is the spawn of satan,
>>pure and simple, much like vi nd emacs.
>
>Oh brooooooooooooother. :-)
>
>While I happen to like fvwm, I wouldn't call everything else
>"the spawn of Satan". After all, Satan doesn't exist....
And especially as Icewm is the ONE TRUE WINDOW MANAGER.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting used to Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:27 +0100
On 13 Jun 2001 20:35:46 -0700, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
(F/@- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mlw says...
>>I will never go back to Windows.
>
>I am afraid I had to go back to windows, becuase the software
>I need to use is only on windows.
I have to use windows because of my winmodem. This would never have
happened if it wasn't for Microsoft.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX PRINTING SUCKS!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:29 +0100
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 02:45:46 +0100, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark)) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, flatfish+++ wrote:
>>On Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:08:42 -0400, Nigel Feltham
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Problem is that they (the pubs) are not cleaning the taps properly and
>>that is what leads to the bitter/sour taste of tap beer.
>>
>>
>
>Lager pipes don't generally get flushed anyway.
It wouldn't make a difference. Lager is shit anyway.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat video problems.
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:28 +0100
On 14 Jun 2001 01:05:58 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)) wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:49:52 -0700, GreyCloud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My old copy of slackware 3.5 allowed for many different resolutions and
>> worked nice.
>> The later versions of Linux seem to have omitted this feature.
>
>The latest (stable) Debian allows for it, but I only use one
>resolution, and thats 1024*768.
>
>Ive set up X in Debian (a trivial affair) to display only
>this resolution.
I only use 800x600, as 1024x768 makes everything too small. However,
it's a bit of an arse to have to press Ctrl+Alt+plus to increase the
resolution from 640x480 every time it starts up.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux penetration MUCH lower than previously claimed
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:28 +0100
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:23:59 +1200, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
("Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>I'm now using Mozilla 0.9.1, and I have removed Aaron off my killfile.
Why the hell have you done that?
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: soc.men,soc.singles,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:24 +0100
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:15:43 -0400, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
(Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>"Aaron R. Kulkis" wrote:
>> U.S. AIDS CASES BY EXPOSURE CATEGORY
>
>Are theses AIDS statistics or HIV disease statistics?
>Do you know the difference?
No, he doesn't.
>> EXPOSURE CATEGORY Sub-totals # of AIDS CASES
>> Men who have sex with men - 326,051
>
>What kind of sex is this? Oral, anal, what.
>Are these new or old cases?
He doesn't know. The people who came up with the statistics don't
know. That is why the statistics are worthless.
>> Injecting drug use - -
>> MALE 126,889 -
>> FEMALE 46,804 -
>> TOTAL - 173,693
>
>Can you tell us why the number for men is higher for men Here?
No, he can't. Neither can the people who came up with the statistics.
>> Men who have sex w/men and inject drugs - 43,640
>> Hemophilia/coagulation disorder - -
>> MALE 4,663 -
>> FEMALE 248 -
>> TOTAL - 4,911
>
>.. these people have AIDS?
It doesn't say. The statistics are worthless.
>> Risk not reported or identified - -
>> MALE 41,037 -
>> FEMALE 15,533 -
>> TOTAL - 56,572
>>
>> - center for disease control, 1999
>
>Without some more information thee numbers are useless, and really dont
>say anything.
Looks like Kuntis loses again. Unfortuanetly, I had to killfile him
after he pasted all those pointless statistics over and over again...
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX PRINTING SUCKS!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:30 +0100
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:40:02 +0100, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
("Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>> thus making it unpleasant to drink, causing the stomach to bloat, and
>> giving a
>> 'full' feeling.
>
>Lager is good for one thing. It goes well with hot curries. It seems to
>be rather better than water at calming the heat, but other than that, I'd
>prefer a bitter or ale any day.
What? NO beer goes well with curries. The flavours completely clash.
ANY beer drunk with curry tastes like shit. Especially lager.
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From: drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:27:30 +0100
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:16:37 -0600, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
(Dave Martel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>It's amazing what these companies will do to get out of paying for
>properly skilled people. An employer once tried pressuring me into
>becoming a sysadmin when theirs quit, figuring that since I worked on
>microcontrollers I knew all about operating systems and networking.
>When I explained that I knew *nothing* of either and certainly didn't
>know how to run their unix system, the boss expressed confidence that
>I could pick it all up in a couple of weeks.
Well, you probably COULD pick it all up in a couple of weeks. It's not
that difficult if you read up on it.
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