Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Wednesday 09 Jun 2004 1:45 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:27 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: snip www.sysinternals.com give away a screensaver that gives authentic blue screens (with the right modules and other data listed) and then shows the reboot followed by a checkdisk with massive hard disk errors and another blue screen and so on. Great fun. Unfortunately it only runs on Windows. Let's see if I have this straight. A guy writes a program that actually runs on Windows, but all it does is simulate a Windows crash. My mind is boggled. I have to lay down in a dark room for a while. As a final joke, moving the mouse doesn't exit the screensaver, you have to hit a key. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 00:43, Lanman wrote: /snip Finally! I think someone has finally hit the nail on the head! IMNSHO, that's exactly what Linux is missing! Can someone here write a quick and nasty little applet that will emulate a Microsoft Crash Panel? One of those Windows has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down type of pop-ups? We could certainly change the text to whatever we wanted, and in the spirit of Open-Source we could give users the ability to change the text! /snip Something like this : (see attachment) ? Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * attachment: blue-screen-of-death.gif Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 19:07, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 08 June 2004 00:43, Lanman wrote: /snip Finally! I think someone has finally hit the nail on the head! IMNSHO, that's exactly what Linux is missing! Can someone here write a quick and nasty little applet that will emulate a Microsoft Crash Panel? One of those Windows has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down type of pop-ups? We could certainly change the text to whatever we wanted, and in the spirit of Open-Source we could give users the ability to change the text! /snip Something like this : (see attachment) ? Kaj Haulrich. Good one, Kaj. Very cruel, I might add ;-) Did you make it ? Congrats ! -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Um bom jornalista um sujeito que esvazia totalmente a cabea para o dono do jornal encher nababescamente a barriga. Baro de Itarar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Tuesday 08 Jun 2004 11:07 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 08 June 2004 00:43, Lanman wrote: /snip Finally! I think someone has finally hit the nail on the head! IMNSHO, that's exactly what Linux is missing! Can someone here write a quick and nasty little applet that will emulate a Microsoft Crash Panel? One of those Windows has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down type of pop-ups? We could certainly change the text to whatever we wanted, and in the spirit of Open-Source we could give users the ability to change the text! /snip Something like this : (see attachment) ? www.sysinternals.com give away a screensaver that gives authentic blue screens (with the right modules and other data listed) and then shows the reboot followed by a checkdisk with massive hard disk errors and another blue screen and so on. Great fun. Unfortunately it only runs on Windows. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:27 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: snip www.sysinternals.com give away a screensaver that gives authentic blue screens (with the right modules and other data listed) and then shows the reboot followed by a checkdisk with massive hard disk errors and another blue screen and so on. Great fun. Unfortunately it only runs on Windows. Let's see if I have this straight. A guy writes a program that actually runs on Windows, but all it does is simulate a Windows crash. My mind is boggled. I have to lay down in a dark room for a while. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:07, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 08 June 2004 00:43, Lanman wrote: /snip Finally! I think someone has finally hit the nail on the head! IMNSHO, that's exactly what Linux is missing! Can someone here write a quick and nasty little applet that will emulate a Microsoft Crash Panel? One of those Windows has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down type of pop-ups? We could certainly change the text to whatever we wanted, and in the spirit of Open-Source we could give users the ability to change the text! /snip Something like this : (see attachment) ? Kaj Haulrich. I almost wee'd me jeans on that. stephen kuhn - proprietor == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com mobile: 0410.728.389 -- 11:12:49 up 3 days, 17:40, 2 users, load average: 0.47, 0.56, 0.50 -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- This email is virus-free because we don't use Microsoft products When the government bureau's remedies don't match your problem, you modify the problem, not the remedy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 00:32, John Wilson wrote: On June 4, 2004 04:19 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 06:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hello! I'm laughing my head off here... Here's why: Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332 By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on Wednesday, the 2nd. And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil, launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil. This got a bit of play on the well known independant voice of personal computing ZDNet. It all seems like a large whinge from someone afraid of competition. :-) ttfn John That's absolutely right ! By the way, there's a new distro around and it's called Freedows. http://www.freedows.com.br/index.php?page=freedows_lt_resumo.php The free version will be available soon. For more info, see http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNewsstoryID=5354383 TTFN -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. Aristotle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 00:49, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 00:32, John Wilson wrote: On June 4, 2004 04:19 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 06:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hello! I'm laughing my head off here... Here's why: Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332 By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on Wednesday, the 2nd. And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil, launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil. This got a bit of play on the well known independant voice of personal computing ZDNet. It all seems like a large whinge from someone afraid of competition. :-) ttfn John That's absolutely right ! By the way, there's a new distro around and it's called Freedows. http://www.freedows.com.br/index.php?page=freedows_lt_resumo.php The free version will be available soon. For more info, see http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNewsstoryID=5354383 TTFN Er, Jose, what about those of us that don't speak Portuguese?? I can manage fairly well with Spanish, but Portuguese? Mate... stephen kuhn - proprietor == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com mobile: 0410.728.389 -- 01:10:38 up 2 days, 7:38, 2 users, load average: 0.20, 0.21, 0.16 -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- To write good code is a worthy challenge, and a source of civilized delight. -- stolen and paraphrased from William Safire Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 12:11, Stephen Kuhn wrote: That's absolutely right ! By the way, there's a new distro around and it's called Freedows. http://www.freedows.com.br/index.php?page=freedows_lt_resumo.php The free version will be available soon. For more info, see http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNewsstoryID=5354383 TTFN Er, Jose, what about those of us that don't speak Portuguese?? I can manage fairly well with Spanish, but Portuguese? Mate... stephen kuhn - proprietor Hi, Mr Proprietor ! Yeah, I think they should've translated it already...I've read they plan to have versions in English, Spanish and...guess what?...Chinese. From what I understand, it's a kind of Lindows. Yes, it's advertised it can run Windows apps like Photoshop, etc. And poor Gnome was disfigured to look like Windows XP. The drives are A, B, C...One, two, three...No partitions... The Wine they have must be pretty good... Well, maybe it'll help shy users to migrate... Cheers ! -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Quero para mim o esprito desta frase, transformada a forma para a casar com o que eu sou: Viver no necessrio; o que necessrio criar. Fernando Pessoa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 05:13, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hi, Mr Proprietor ! Yeah, I think they should've translated it already...I've read they plan to have versions in English, Spanish and...guess what?...Chinese. From what I understand, it's a kind of Lindows. Yes, it's advertised it can run Windows apps like Photoshop, etc. And poor Gnome was disfigured to look like Windows XP. The drives are A, B, C...One, two, three...No partitions... The Wine they have must be pretty good... Well, maybe it'll help shy users to migrate... Cheers ! Muy bien; when it's finished I'll have to find a way to get the ISO's so I can spring it on my customers...getting tired of Xandros and Lindows... stephen kuhn - proprietor == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com mobile: 0410.728.389 -- 07:35:05 up 2 days, 14:02, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.17, 0.15 -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- This email is virus-free because we don't use Microsoft products Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. -- Miyamoto Musashi, 1645 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Monday 07 June 2004 21:13, Josenildo Marques wrote: The Wine they have must be pretty good... Well, maybe it'll help shy users to migrate... Only and ONLY if it emulates the bugs and viruses will it give those poor suckers a nice and fuzzy feeling. Something like: Hey, look what I didn't get this time!;) The only good WIne will have to BSOD me at least twice a day to be credible. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Monday 07 June 2004 21:13, Josenildo Marques wrote: The Wine they have must be pretty good... Well, maybe it'll help shy users to migrate... Only and ONLY if it emulates the bugs and viruses will it give those poor suckers a nice and fuzzy feeling. Something like: Hey, look what I didn't get this time!;) The only good WIne will have to BSOD me at least twice a day to be credible. Good luck, HarM Finally! I think someone has finally hit the nail on the head! IMNSHO, that's exactly what Linux is missing! Can someone here write a quick and nasty little applet that will emulate a Microsoft Crash Panel? One of those Windows has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down type of pop-ups? We could certainly change the text to whatever we wanted, and in the spirit of Open-Source we could give users the ability to change the text! For instance, it could say something like; Oops! I did it again! ( But that might sound too much like a Britney Spears song ), Or how's about,... Patches? We don't need no steenking Patches!, Or, It's about time I crashed! It's only been about 3 years since you bothered to reboot me, Idiot! We could also try something different - we could have Linux tell the truth! How about these warnings? Linux hasn't crashed yet, but in order to make you feel more comfortable, would you please reboot me once in a while? My Personal favourite; An almost irrelevant application has finally decided to take a break for a few seconds, and stopped working. Not to worry though, the application will now work as reliably as it has in the past. Please don't reboot unless you need a coffee break! And finally, if this was Windows, you'd be cursing about the data you just lost as a result of an untimely crash, so in order to help you vent some pent up hostilities, Linux will now delete an important file from your system. Please press OK to continue! Have I missed anything? Maybe after someone adds this kind of functionality to Linux, it will finally be accepted as a World-Class Desktop O/S?? Who knows! It might come down to something as silly as that to give Linux credibility through-out the world? (Man, I seriously hope not, but you never know!) Grin! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On June 4, 2004 04:19 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 06:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hello! I'm laughing my head off here... Here's why: Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332 By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on Wednesday, the 2nd. And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil, launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil. This got a bit of play on the well known independant voice of personal computing ZDNet. It all seems like a large whinge from someone afraid of competition. :-) ttfn John *** Composed on a 100% Microsoft Free Computer Guaranteed Virus Free Mandrake Linux 10.0 OE *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
Hello! I'm laughing my head off here... Here's why: Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332 By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on Wednesday, the 2nd. And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil, launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 06:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Hello! I'm laughing my head off here... Here's why: Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers. http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332 By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on Wednesday, the 2nd. And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil, launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil. Something in that story smells like a M$ paid whinge... stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- This was music that had not only escaped but had robbed a bank on the way out. It was music with its sleeves rolled up and its top button undone, raising its hat and grinning and stealing the silver. It was music that went down to the feet by way of the pelvis without paying a call on Mr. Brain. (Soul Music) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
