Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Tuesday 06 Apr 2004 7:44 am, Job Evers wrote: On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:23:38 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. I especially love the 'IQ tests' online. They range from answer 12 stupid questions (after a couple of tries its pretty easy to get all 12 right :-)) to the really long super hard pattern recognition tests. The one I liked the most just kept asking questions until you gave up, and then reported your IQ based on how long it took you to realise that it wasn't going to stop. (Sorry, I don't have a link.) This one's a bit of fun (doesn't measure IQ though) http://www.soronlin.org.uk/geekquiz.html I learnt a lot of Javascript doing it too. Mine's 136 :-D hmm... 136D I hope that's metric. Never taken a real one. I've scored anywhere between 110 on some stupid british test (cultural bias) to 180 on one of those 12 question tests :-) Mine's 148 = 2 standard deviations, as measured by Mensa. (ie I squeeked in). It's 110 as measured by a stupid British TV show. -- 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] back to the good old Windows
On Wednesday 07 April 2004 01:20 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 06 Apr 2004 7:44 am, Job Evers wrote: On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:23:38 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. I especially love the 'IQ tests' online. They range from answer 12 stupid questions (after a couple of tries its pretty easy to get all 12 right :-)) to the really long super hard pattern recognition tests. The one I liked the most just kept asking questions until you gave up, and then reported your IQ based on how long it took you to realise that it wasn't going to stop. (Sorry, I don't have a link.) This one's a bit of fun (doesn't measure IQ though) http://www.soronlin.org.uk/geekquiz.html I learnt a lot of Javascript doing it too. Mine's 136 :-D hmm... 136D I hope that's metric. Never taken a real one. I've scored anywhere between 110 on some stupid british test (cultural bias) to 180 on one of those 12 question tests :-) Mine's 148 = 2 standard deviations, as measured by Mensa. (ie I squeeked in). has it ever occuored to your mensa group, that if you are smart enough to be in Mensa, you rerally ought to be smart enough to consider anything eliteist to be morally wrong? It's 110 as measured by a stupid British TV show. -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Wednesday 07 April 2004 05:20 pm, et wrote: On Wednesday 07 April 2004 01:20 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 06 Apr 2004 7:44 am, Job Evers wrote: On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:23:38 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. I especially love the 'IQ tests' online. They range from answer 12 stupid questions (after a couple of tries its pretty easy to get all 12 right :-)) to the really long super hard pattern recognition tests. The one I liked the most just kept asking questions until you gave up, and then reported your IQ based on how long it took you to realise that it wasn't going to stop. (Sorry, I don't have a link.) This one's a bit of fun (doesn't measure IQ though) http://www.soronlin.org.uk/geekquiz.html I learnt a lot of Javascript doing it too. Mine's 136 :-D hmm... 136D I hope that's metric. Never taken a real one. I've scored anywhere between 110 on some stupid british test (cultural bias) to 180 on one of those 12 question tests :-) Mine's 148 = 2 standard deviations, as measured by Mensa. (ie I squeeked in). has it ever occurred to your Mensa group, that if you are smart enough to be in Mensa, you really ought to be smart enough to consider anything elitist to be morally wrong? and it occurs to me if I am stupid enough to post, shouldn't I be at least bright enough to use the speell checker It's 110 as measured by a stupid British TV show. -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Wednesday 07 April 2004 12:20, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 06 Apr 2004 7:44 am, Job Evers wrote: On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:23:38 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. I especially love the 'IQ tests' online. They range from answer 12 stupid questions (after a couple of tries its pretty easy to get all 12 right :-)) to the really long super hard pattern recognition tests. The one I liked the most just kept asking questions until you gave up, and then reported your IQ based on how long it took you to realise that it wasn't going to stop. (Sorry, I don't have a link.) This one's a bit of fun (doesn't measure IQ though) http://www.soronlin.org.uk/geekquiz.html I learnt a lot of Javascript doing it too. Mine's 136 :-D hmm... 136D I hope that's metric. Never taken a real one. I've scored anywhere between 110 on some stupid british test (cultural bias) to 180 on one of those 12 question tests :-) Mine's 148 = 2 standard deviations, as measured by Mensa. (ie I squeeked in). It's 110 as measured by a stupid British TV show. geez I thought TV lowered IQ by at least 50. -- Regards; Hoyt Ignore the past and you will fail! Ignore the future and you have already failed! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 16:17:24 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: you realize that you do have to have a double digit IQ to use Linux? ;-) Oy - ya better be nice to JoeHill mate... SINGLE. ...just hit me, a double-digit IQ is nothing to be proud of, means yer *below* average. Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. Mine's 136 :-D -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Monday 05 April 2004 12:23 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 16:17:24 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: you realize that you do have to have a double digit IQ to use Linux? ;-) Oy - ya better be nice to JoeHill mate... SINGLE. ...just hit me, a double-digit IQ is nothing to be proud of, means yer *below* average. Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. Mine's 136 :-D I wondered how long it would take to parse it ;-D Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Monday 05 April 2004 03:23 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 16:17:24 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: you realize that you do have to have a double digit IQ to use Linux? ;-) Oy - ya better be nice to JoeHill mate... SINGLE. ...just hit me, a double-digit IQ is nothing to be proud of, means yer *below* average. Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. Mine's 136 :-D I assume that is in millimeters and not inches. (Sorry Joe, but it seems to be International Pick on a Canadian Day, and you're It.) -- 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] back to the good old Windows
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 10:44, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Mine's 136 :-D I assume that is in millimeters and not inches. (Sorry Joe, but it seems to be International Pick on a Canadian Day, and you're It.) -- cmg Bloody beat me to the punch, Grigs - I'll have to drink more coffee. 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 -- Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. - Fyodor Dostoevski Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 10:44, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Mine's 136 :-D I assume that is in millimeters and not inches. (Sorry Joe, but it seems to be International Pick on a Canadian Day, and you're It.) -- cmg Bloody beat me to the punch, Grigs - I'll have to drink more coffee. stephen kuhn - owner Yeah, I think certain men would be very happy about the switch to metric from imperial. After all, 4 inches would become 120 !! Just ask Darl McBride or Bill Gates ! They'd love having genitalia as large as their ego's ! 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] back to the good old Windows
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 16:23, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 16:17:24 +1000 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: you realize that you do have to have a double digit IQ to use Linux? ;-) Oy - ya better be nice to JoeHill mate... SINGLE. ...just hit me, a double-digit IQ is nothing to be proud of, means yer *below* average. Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. Right ! I don't know if I have a double-digit IQ, but I do have LI - linguistic intelligence. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Para ser grande, sê inteiro. Nada teu exagera ou exclui. Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto és no mínimo que fazes. Assim em cada lago a lua toda brilha, porque alta vive. 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] back to the good old Windows
On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:23:38 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Anyhow, IQ tests are unreliable, culturally and socio-economically biased, and not necessarily an indication of true intelligence. I especially love the 'IQ tests' online. They range from answer 12 stupid questions (after a couple of tries its pretty easy to get all 12 right :-)) to the really long super hard pattern recognition tests. Mine's 136 :-D Never taken a real one. I've scored anywhere between 110 on some stupid british test (cultural bias) to 180 on one of those 12 question tests :-) -- Job Evers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 6:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 08:48 am, Ronald wrote: Op vrijdag 2 april 2004 09:37, schreef Aron Smith: On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Do it in Hex from time to time I fire up my old ZX81.. real nostalgia still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Not so fast. I still have my Science of Cambridge MK14. It's got 256 bytes of (static) memory. -- 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] back to the good old Windows
Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 6:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 08:48 am, Ronald wrote: Op vrijdag 2 april 2004 09:37, schreef Aron Smith: On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Do it in Hex from time to time I fire up my old ZX81.. real nostalgia still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Not so fast. I still have my Science of Cambridge MK14. It's got 256 bytes of (static) memory. WoW! You ARE old! 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] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 15:35, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. I've got a dos box here, my friend; I still do memory management with the config.sys and autoexec.bat to keep in practice. I enjoy it. One reason I do keep it is so that I can try to find the latest sound hardware that's also backwardly compatible. The challenge is to try to keep everything as up to date as possible while at the same time not breaking any of the old dos games I used to play. Case in point is Elder Scrolls Arena, the first edition (Daggerfall was next, and then Morrowind). Here is a game that requires a contiguous 620k dos conventional memory area because of a memory leak that crashes it after about 5 hours or so. Daggerfall, another dos game, has a similar problem. Both games need contiguous areas of conventional memory in order to work at maximum. This requires that all dos drivers be loaded high, if possible. I found out the hard way that in recent years, the behavior of the upper memory area on new mobos has changed. With some mobos it is difficult to make efficient use of the upper memory area for loading dos device drivers. Some sound cards cannot be used unless they are at particular interrupts and use specific DMA channels. This is not a functional problem with the sound cards, it is a problem with the flexibility and adaptability of old dos games. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 17:08, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Better yet, go back to the days of Captain Crunch and use assembler to do your own OS. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Saturday 03 April 2004 05:35 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 6:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 08:48 am, Ronald wrote: Op vrijdag 2 april 2004 09:37, schreef Aron Smith: On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Do it in Hex from time to time I fire up my old ZX81.. real nostalgia still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Not so fast. I still have my Science of Cambridge MK14. It's got 256 bytes of (static) memory. I walked around with a TI logo burned on my thumb from trying to reseat one of thos chips ...those suckers ran hot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Saturday 03 April 2004 08:35 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 6:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: whack still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Not so fast. I still have my Science of Cambridge MK14. It's got 256 bytes of (static) memory. Richard: According to Google, the KIM-1 came out in 1976, two years prior to the MK14, so the UPA is still Aron's pending an appeal based on date of acquisition. -- 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] back to the good old Windows
On Saturday 03 April 2004 08:02 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 03 April 2004 08:35 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 6:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: whack still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Not so fast. I still have my Science of Cambridge MK14. It's got 256 bytes of (static) memory. Richard: According to Google, the KIM-1 came out in 1976, two years prior to the MK14, so the UPA is still Aron's pending an appeal based on date of acquisition. -- cmg 216.00 as an engineering evaluation kit came with 12 lb of documentation Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 5:02 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 03 April 2004 08:35 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 6:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: whack still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Not so fast. I still have my Science of Cambridge MK14. It's got 256 bytes of (static) memory. Richard: According to Google, the KIM-1 came out in 1976, two years prior to the MK14, so the UPA is still Aron's pending an appeal based on date of acquisition. -- cmg I found a date of 1977, which accords with my memory better than 1978, but I couldn't claim 1976 with any honesty. -- 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] back to the good old Windows
On Saturday 03 April 2004 05:38 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 5:02 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 03 April 2004 08:35 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Saturday 03 Apr 2004 6:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: whack still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Not so fast. I still have my Science of Cambridge MK14. It's got 256 bytes of (static) memory. Richard: According to Google, the KIM-1 came out in 1976, two years prior to the MK14, so the UPA is still Aron's pending an appeal based on date of acquisition. -- cmg I found a date of 1977, which accords with my memory better than 1978, but I couldn't claim 1976 with any honesty. As noted earlier, my dates were based on quick googles for KIM-1 and MK14. Since it is commonly known that not everything on the web is absolutely dead accurate, I'd say that we call it even. Aron will be the North American Ultimate Packrat and Richard will be the European Ultimate Packrat. (Drum roll and fanfare.) I was somewhat astounded to get 73,500 hits on KIM-1, and 13,500 on MK14, since their heyday was long before the web came on the scene. My first computer was an Exidy Sorcerer (circa 1978) -- Z80, 16 Kb RAM, cassette I/O, Microsoft Basic, word processor, development package. A year or two later, I added another 16 Kb at a cost of $140. It got tossed about 10 years ago when my wife began to enforce her rule that all of my really neat stuff had to be kept in this one (very crowded) room. Those of you who have suffered similar losses can get a glimpse of your first loves here: http://www.tonh.net/museum/homecomputers.html -- 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] back to the good old Windows
On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 20:40:23 -0500 Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My first computer was an Exidy Sorcerer (circa 1978) -- Z80, 16 Kb RAM, cassette I/O, Microsoft Basic, word processor, development package. A year or two later, I added another 16 Kb at a cost of $140. It got tossed about 10 years ago when my wife began to enforce her rule that all of my really neat stuff had to be kept in this one (very crowded) room. Those of you who have suffered similar losses can get a glimpse of your first loves here: http://www.tonh.net/museum/homecomputers.html -- cmg http://www.tonh.net/museum/pdp8.html Aah, a PDP 8. That was my first hands on computer (1969) as opposed to handing in jobs to the IBM Big Iron. Actually the photo is of a PDP 8i, whereas ours was an 8e which should be a bit older. You set that row of rocker switches in octal in order to boot it. The basic model had 4 k memory but ours was jazzed up with an extra 4k. Iron core memory and programs stored on punched paper tapes. Cheers John Montgomery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:52:07 -0500 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. Why stop there? With DOS 6.22, combined with 256 megabytes of EMS memory, you can build some really killer sized spreadsheets with Lotus 123. Imagine a 256+ megabyte RAM disk running 3.1 all in RAM sometime :). Actually, now I have 768 - just popped in another stick of 512 this afternoon. LX -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:08:17 -0500 Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could do that. I've still got an old cp/m machine here, but I tossed the terminal (ADM3A) out a while back. I guess I could teach this box to handle that job... This would be a definite twist. A modern system with big gobs of memory used as a dumb terminal to connect to a CP/M machine. :) Doesn't Bochs have CP/M support? (Bochs is an emulator). -- cmg -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Hello Carroll, Saturday, April 3, 2004, 5:40:23 PM, you wrote: Richard: According to Google, the KIM-1 came out in 1976, two years prior to the MK14, so the UPA is still Aron's pending an appeal based on date of acquisition. -- cmg I found a date of 1977, which accords with my memory better than 1978, but I couldn't claim 1976 with any honesty. CG As noted earlier, my dates were based on quick googles for KIM-1 and MK14. CG Since it is commonly known that not everything on the web is absolutely dead CG accurate, I'd say that we call it even. Aron will be the North American CG Ultimate Packrat and Richard will be the European Ultimate Packrat. (Drum CG roll and fanfare.) I think CP/M might predate these by a few years. The first versions were diskless, and were taken from PL/M which ran on an IBM mainframe, I believe. I think the very first code in this development ran on a 4004 or 8008, predating even the 8080. About 1971-73 I think. Might check a bit more before the fanfare. :-) -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:58:45 -0500 Marv Boyes disseminated the following: Good on you. See to it that you erase this list from your address book, as well. ROFL! How does that fish hook feel in your cheek, Marv? -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ This isn't America; the government did not invent intelligence material nor exaggerate the description of the threat to justify their attack. -- Israeli newspaper Haaretz, regarding the killing of Sheik Ahmed Yassin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:58:45 -0500 Marv Boyes disseminated the following: Good on you. See to it that you erase this list from your address book, as well. ROFL! How does that fish hook feel in your cheek, Marv? Well, nice to know I wasn't the only one taken in on this one! L Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:39 pm, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:08, Lanman wrote: Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. You have obviously forgotten the reason you came here in the first place. I guess you stayed long enough to forget all the problems you had with Windows. It's your choice, of course, but I think you'll be back. Personally, I wouldn't give up this quickly, but to each his own. We'll be seeing you soon enough. Lanman Lanman ___ April Fool !! Geez Jose, You've almost made me to consider windows back! Stop that!! :)) - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 22:43:05 up 1:41, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAbYpskp5CsIXuxqURApNSAJ0QpiWvcKobbJLrcOrdAe7sV8jNkwCgxlp6 FeWMYgD/2dsYC6WTvHRuQlQ= =bxH5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 08:09, et wrote: note to self (cc. Aron) ... don't feed the trolls Pity you have to bring this up again and pity you yourself seem to endorse it. I had silently ignored it, as you might have noticed. I will not respond to hatred with hatred, or prejudice with prejudice. It is all people have done so far, and that's why we all live in such a happy world. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * A diferença entre a literatura e o jornalismo é que o jornalismo é ilegível e a literatura não é lida. Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Op vrijdag 2 april 2004 09:37, schreef Aron Smith: On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Do it in Hex from time to time I fire up my old ZX81.. real nostalgia ronald - -- Registered Linux User 163597 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAbZlSoPgG5kUDwJIRAqOOAKCn8AUsTcG/dDFbx2G/ZhzN3OewXQCffnpf GlzPsh8AoR7Nj7GoGSJH4LM= =PUng -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 09:40 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:09, Larry Varney wrote: Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Am I the only one to suspect the intent of your post, seeing as how it's April 1st? BINGO ! I'm disappointed Jose I figured you let it go on a LOT longer. But thanks, it was amusing -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Friday 02 April 2004 08:48 am, Ronald wrote: Op vrijdag 2 april 2004 09:37, schreef Aron Smith: On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Do it in Hex from time to time I fire up my old ZX81.. real nostalgia still got my old KIM-1 ;-) ronald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 12:40:07 -0300 Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:09, Larry Varney wrote: Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Am I the only one to suspect the intent of your post, seeing as how it's April 1st? BINGO ! That is excellent!A most outstanding use of the April Fool phenomena. I must admit I fell for it as well. Regards, Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:09, Larry Varney wrote: Am I the only one to suspect the intent of your post, seeing as how it's April 1st? Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BINGO ! Charles Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is excellent!A most outstanding use of the April Fool phenomena. I must admit I fell for it as well. Yes :) I must admit, though, that the part about Linux being frustrating isn't entirely ludicrous to me. Linux is clearly an amazing operating system, and more powerful and secure than the competitors... but it is also not yet the most user-friendly operating system, and still requires above average technical capacities to get it running smoothly, and to solve problems. I *yearn* for the time when those things are overcome and Linux is usable for more people... Asa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Friday 02 April 2004 05:13 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 02:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Friday 02 April 2004 08:48 am, Ronald wrote: Op vrijdag 2 april 2004 09:37, schreef Aron Smith: On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Do it in Hex from time to time I fire up my old ZX81.. real nostalgia still got my old KIM-1 ;-) It is modified got 4k of Static Ram (rembember static ram?) And the winner of the 2004 Ultimate Packrat Award is (fanfare, please) Aron Smith! -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] back to the good old Windows
I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance.
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
If that's what you want to do, it's your right to do so. As far as your advice goes, I'll take your advice, and toss it out the window. Jim On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 06:15, Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 04:15 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. you realize that you do have to have a double digit IQ to use Linux? ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Thats your choice. I love OpenSouce and I run 3 pcs at home with Linux installed on all of them at work 2. Im the only linux guy here and love to be different. Linux is my desktop and Windows just cracks me up! Btw. His is a Technical list, not a flaming one. Please keep you opinion to yourself ~Jargon -Original Message- From: Josenildo Marques [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 April 2004 02:16 PM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] back to the good old Windows I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance.
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. You have obviously forgotten the reason you came here in the first place. I guess you stayed long enough to forget all the problems you had with Windows. It's your choice, of course, but I think you'll be back. Personally, I wouldn't give up this quickly, but to each his own. We'll be seeing you soon enough. 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] back to the good old Windows
Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Am I the only one to suspect the intent of your post, seeing as how it's April 1st? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you On Thursday 01 Apr 2004 H:32, Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 04:15 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. you realize that you do have to have a double digit IQ to use Linux? ;-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
LtCdData wrote: as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you Hmmm, I wonder if we could make that a standard aptitude test for ALL lawyers? Hey! Wait a minute! Aren't most politicans also lawyers? H ! You just might have something there! 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] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 06:09, Larry Varney wrote: Am I the only one to suspect the intent of your post, seeing as how it's April 1st? I'd like to think that this is the case. I don't remember Josenildo making preliminary noises of moving back to the BGOS, so I think he's pulling our legs. -- 06:22:27 up 4 days, 22:56, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Community) for i586, kernel 2.6.3-4mdk Registered Linux user #324360 The three biggest software lies: (1) *Of course* we'll give you a copy of the source. (2) *Of course* the third party vendor we bought that from will fix the microcode. (3) Beta test site? No, *of course* you're not a beta test site. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 07:15 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. ___ /| /| | | ||__|| | Please don't| / O O\__ feed | / \ the trolls | / \ \ - Management | / _\ \ -- /|\\ \ || / | | | |\/ || / \|_|_|/ |__|| / / \|| || / | | /|| --| | | |// | --| * _| |_|_|_| | \-/ *-- _--\ _ \ // | / _ \\ _ // |/ * / \_ /- | - | | * ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:15:47 -0300 Josenildo Marques disseminated the following: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Okay, where is the *real* Mr. Marques, and what have you done to him?! This has got to be a joke... -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. -- Howard Zinn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:26 am, Lanman wrote: LtCdData wrote: as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you Hmmm, I wonder if we could make that a standard aptitude test for ALL lawyers? Hey! Wait a minute! Aren't most politicans also lawyers? H ! You just might have something there! Grin! Naw some of them are too dense for the light to shine thru ;-) 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] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 12:09, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:15:47 -0300 Josenildo Marques disseminated the following: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Okay, where is the *real* Mr. Marques, and what have you done to him?! This has got to be a joke... Yeah, YOU got it ! It's April the first, right ? So, according to tradition, I just had to tell a lie :-) -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:08, Lanman wrote: Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. You have obviously forgotten the reason you came here in the first place. I guess you stayed long enough to forget all the problems you had with Windows. It's your choice, of course, but I think you'll be back. Personally, I wouldn't give up this quickly, but to each his own. We'll be seeing you soon enough. Lanman Lanman ___ April Fool !! __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. Noam Chomsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:09, Larry Varney wrote: Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Am I the only one to suspect the intent of your post, seeing as how it's April 1st? BINGO ! __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * A burguesia transmudou toda a honra e dignidade pessoais em valor de troca; e em lugar de todas as liberdades pelas quais os homens têm lutado colocou uma liberdade sem princípios - a livre troca. Karl Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 09:32, Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 04:15 am, Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. you realize that you do have to have a double digit IQ to use Linux? ;-) wOW, MAN, that was cruel. It even reminded me of Shakespeare. I have to be cruel only to be kind. APRIL FOOL !! :-) __ -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * Study the past if you would define the future. Confucius Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 07:15, Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. LX -- ° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Howard Dean is convincing evidence that the Lord supports George W. Bush. ---Dick Morris *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 12:38:38 -0300 Josenildo Marques disseminated the following: Okay, where is the *real* Mr. Marques, and what have you done to him?! This has got to be a joke... Yeah, YOU got it ! It's April the first, right ? So, according to tradition, I just had to tell a lie :-) ...actually, Larry gets the prize, he saw through it first. Does show how bloody easy it is to get people goin' though, eh? I have definitely got to cut back on the caffeine ! 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] back to the good old Windows
Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:26 am, Lanman wrote: LtCdData wrote: as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you Hmmm, I wonder if we could make that a standard aptitude test for ALL lawyers? Hey! Wait a minute! Aren't most politicans also lawyers? H ! You just might have something there! Grin! Naw some of them are too dense for the light to shine thru ;-) Lanman Dude, When you're right, You're right ! I seem to have misunderstood something though. When LtCdData used the word torch, I didn't realize that he meant flashlight, instead of a Device that emits flame under pressure for the purpose of,... kind of torch ! That's what I thought he meant ! OOps! Good idea, but I like my torch better than his. LOL! 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] back to the good old Windows
Josenildo Marques wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:08, Lanman wrote: Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. You have obviously forgotten the reason you came here in the first place. I guess you stayed long enough to forget all the problems you had with Windows. It's your choice, of course, but I think you'll be back. Personally, I wouldn't give up this quickly, but to each his own. We'll be seeing you soon enough. Lanman Lanman ___ April Fool !! DoH ! Busted ! You sneaky bugger ! I was wondering why you - Of All People - would be leaving ! I haven't been fooled that good for a long time ! Just wait until next year ! Grin ! I hate it when that happens ! LOL! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
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Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 07:15, Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. LX See what I mean ? Coming from Lyvim, I would have known it was a prank ! You got me good on that one! As for you, Lyvim, Give it up Buddy! There's no way you'd give up on Linux unless it meant losing a delicate part of your anatomy ! Lanman They can have my Linux when they pry it from my cold dead hard drive Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
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On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 03:08 am, many eyes viewed Lyvim Xaphir's words:- On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 11:10, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 13:08, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 10:38, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 12:09, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:15:47 -0300 Josenildo Marques disseminated the following: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. Okay, where is the *real* Mr. Marques, and what have you done to him?! This has got to be a joke... Yeah, YOU got it ! It's April the first, right ? So, according to tradition, I just had to tell a lie :-) Well, I wish you'd waited before you blew your cover. This was so good I wanted to piggyback in on this deal. You messed up my fun. :) LX Sorry, Lyvim. I had some fun, but, to tell you the truth, I also thought things could get 'out of control'. But there are other lists, right ?!! :-) Hmyeah, that's a good point. ;) LX In my case I have an excuse, here it is April 2 but it does certainly suggest that we are too protective and maybe even defensive? Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 + The definition of stupid is doing something the same way twice and expecting different results. ---Albert Einstein This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Lanman wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:26 am, Lanman wrote: LtCdData wrote: as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you Hmmm, I wonder if we could make that a standard aptitude test for ALL lawyers? Hey! Wait a minute! Aren't most politicans also lawyers? H ! You just might have something there! Grin! Naw some of them are too dense for the light to shine thru ;-) Lanman Dude, When you're right, You're right ! I seem to have misunderstood something though. When LtCdData used the word torch, I didn't realize that he meant flashlight, instead of a Device that emits flame under pressure for the purpose of,... kind of torch ! That's what I thought he meant ! OOps! Good idea, but I like my torch better than his. LOL! Lanman Josenildo, I showed your e-mail to a friend and fellow OS X/Linux user. He's asked kindly for you never to do that again. He almost had a heart attack. As for you Lanman, yes, please do cut down on the caffeine, you just did like a dodecatuple post. Thanks for clearing up the torch issue, I haven't spoken to a European since the summer, haha. --Marc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 04:50 am, many eyes viewed Lanman's words:- Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:26 am, Lanman wrote: LtCdData wrote: as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you Hmmm, I wonder if we could make that a standard aptitude test for ALL lawyers? Hey! Wait a minute! Aren't most politicans also lawyers? H ! You just might have something there! Grin! Naw some of them are too dense for the light to shine thru ;-) Lanman Dude, When you're right, You're right ! I seem to have misunderstood something though. When LtCdData used the word torch, I didn't realize that he meant flashlight, instead of a Device that emits flame under pressure for the purpose of,... kind of torch ! That's what I thought he meant ! OOps! Good idea, but I like my torch better than his. LOL! Lanman You can't use the torch you describe, because it melts the wax and blocks up the passage. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 + The quest for certainty blocks the quest for meaning. ---Erich Fromm This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:15 pm, many eyes viewed Josenildo Marques's words:- I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. You're welcome to your opinion of course, however incorrect, and if you don't wish to be considered touched, by this view and the action of posting it on this list, it would be best to desist. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 + He has trained his body to resemble that of a crane. Beneath a thousand old pine trees are two boxes of sutras. I came to ask about Tao; there were only these words: The clouds are in the heaven, the water is in the jar. -Ri Ko This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Marc Resnick wrote: As for you Lanman, yes, please do cut down on the caffeine, you just did like a dodecatuple post. Thanks for clearing up the torch issue, I haven't spoken to a European since the summer, haha. --Marc Um, Uh, Okay Marc. Thanks for setting me straight. L Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Charlie wrote: When LtCdData used the word torch, I didn't realize that he meant flashlight, instead of a Device that emits flame under pressure for the purpose of,... kind of torch ! That's what I thought he meant ! OOps! Good idea, but I like my torch better than his. LOL! Lanman You can't use the torch you describe, because it melts the wax and blocks up the passage. I knew about the wax thing Charlie. It would leave a mess of drippings on the poor SOB's shoulder, but your point is By the time it was all done, he wouldn't really be concerned about the wax, or his hair, or ,.! So, What Passage ?? It would be a tubular cinder at that point ! Sorry if that's a bit too graphic. I just don't like ''em all that much. Or did I give you a different impression? g L Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? I could do that. I've still got an old cp/m machine here, but I tossed the terminal (ADM3A) out a while back. I guess I could teach this box to handle that job... -- 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] back to the good old Windows
Sounds like an April Fools Joke to me. On Thursday 01 April 2004 07:48 am, Tobias Cloete wrote: That's your choice. I love OpenSouce and I run 3 pc's at home with Linux installed on all of them at work 2. I'm the only linux guy here and love to be different. Linux is my desktop and Windows just cracks me up! Btw. His is a Technical list, not a flaming one. Please keep you opinion to yourself ~Jargon -Original Message- From: Josenildo Marques [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 April 2004 02:16 PM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] back to the good old Windows I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
Josenildo Marques wrote: I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer, but I've also come back to Windows, the best operating system ever ! Linux experience is, to say the least, disappointing and frustrating. I'm feeling so much better that I can't avoid giving you this piece of advice: do the same. Uninstall Linux and give Windows a second chance. How many chances do you propose a sane person give Windows? My own precious computer was rendered _inoperative_ by Windows; no number of clean reinstalls would fix it. Look at the enourmous after-market industry which has sprung up to produce software which serves no other purpose than to make Windows work the way it should, or to provide simple, common-sense functionality for which no informed person would ever pay extra-- who, for example, would buy a new car knowing full well that the entire exhaust system would have to be replaced within a month? Windows won't even properly defragment its own filesystem, for crying out loud-- and very few affordable third-party applications do a much better job. You know, in the midst of trying to get Windows to work again, I picked up a troubleshooting guide published by Microsoft themselves. In this book, it was clearly stated that Windows is inherently unstable and will, over time, deterriorate to the point that a clean reinstall is inevitable. Nobody should have to lose or even interrupt their work for this kind of shoddy workmanship. It came down to simple mathematics for me-- US$69.00 for a complete, stable OS accompanied by the functional equivalent of thousands of dollars' worth of commercial software, versus US$100.00 for an UPGRADE to the most bloated, dumbed-down, shambling, sluggardly heap of bloatware ever foisted upon the computing public. The choice was clear. Sorry your experience was so negative. Linux isn't for everybody. But calling upon others who've had the patience and commitment to both make Linux work and to contribute to the system's rapidly-growing user base to simply give up because of your disappointing and frustrating experience is in poor taste. I'd be curious to know how many of us, when we finally left Microsoft behind, stormed the Windows e-mail lists and posted flamebait there? Whatever. Have fun downloading your service packs (i.e., patches for alpha-level bugs and stupid oversights) and paying to protect yourself from the next round of e-mail malware. I have not only erased Linux from my precious computer... Good on you. See to it that you erase this list from your address book, as well. Marv Boyes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 22:58, Marv Boyes wrote: How many chances do you propose a sane person give Windows? My own precious computer was rendered _inoperative_ by Windows; no number of clean reinstalls would fix it. No, I wouldn't propose it seriously, Marv. That's why I installed 9.2 for a friend some weeks ago. I have just talked to him over the phone because he needed some help to do some things. He is not the computer type and is enjoying everything: robustness, stability, no viruses, no programmes performing illegal operations, etc, etc, etc. If you read the whole thread you'll see I was joking because it's April the 1st (it still is here where I live). Be in peace ! -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net registered linux user #341648 * I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again. Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:50 am, Lanman wrote: Aron Smith wrote: On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:26 am, Lanman wrote: LtCdData wrote: as i emailed my lawyer just the day about how easy linux is try this simple test... point a torch at one ear and switch on. if the light shines straight through then linux is not for you Hmmm, I wonder if we could make that a standard aptitude test for ALL lawyers? Hey! Wait a minute! Aren't most politicans also lawyers? H ! You just might have something there! Grin! Naw some of them are too dense for the light to shine thru ;-) Lanman Dude, When you're right, You're right ! I seem to have misunderstood something though. When LtCdData used the word torch, I didn't realize that he meant flashlight, instead of a Device that emits flame under pressure for the purpose of,... kind of torch ! That's what I thought he meant ! OOps! Good idea, but I like my torch better than his. LOL! Oh Oxy-Acyteleyne that works:-D 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] back to the good old Windows
On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:08 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Bryan, Thursday, April 1, 2004, 12:35:45 PM, you wrote: BP On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:52 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I agree completely, Jose. I'm in the process of doing the same thing as you are; formatting the drive for FAT32 and installing 98 again. After all, there's alot of nostalgia involved with Windows. BP Nostalgia. Try going back to DOS. How about cp/m? Do it in Hex Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
