Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Friday 01 August 2003 01:26 am, Robin Turner wrote: snip OK, but the Roman empire wasn't especially evil, was it ? As empires go, pretty average, I suppose. Certainly it's unfair to compare them to Microsoft ;-) And : I thought the Goths lived in Gothland ? People got around more in those days. I live in a county named after a bunch of people from Central Asia. Sir Robin /snip Those Goths seems to be great hands for bringing down empires. They whacked the Roman Empire a while ago and now another Goth (Linus Thorvalds, although from Finland, belongs to the Swedish minority there. They came from the island of Gothland) splashes the Evil Empire of Borg. KajHaulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Friday 01 Aug 2003 11:14 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 01 August 2003 01:26 am, Robin Turner wrote: snip OK, but the Roman empire wasn't especially evil, was it ? As empires go, pretty average, I suppose. Certainly it's unfair to compare them to Microsoft ;-) And : I thought the Goths lived in Gothland ? People got around more in those days. I live in a county named after a bunch of people from Central Asia. Sir Robin /snip Those Goths seems to be great hands for bringing down empires. They whacked the Roman Empire a while ago and now another Goth (Linus Thorvalds, although from Finland, belongs to the Swedish minority there. They came from the island of Gothland) splashes the Evil Empire of Borg. The Empire Never Ended. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
Haywiremac wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:27:26 +0300 Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Bring on the Visigoths! Was it the Visigoths that brought Rome down? I thought they lived in France...got wiped out by the Church in Medieval times... Either way, I like being on the side that's gonna kick some arrogant MS/Rome butt comin up real soon. :-D By the time the Roman Empire was in serious decline, everyone was having a go - Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Huns, plus the Persians in the East and a mishmash of minor German tribes who had to be content with the lean pickings in Britain. But it was Alaric the Visigoth who has the dubious distinction of being the first to sack Rome, after a long siege in 410. After his death, the Visigoths moved to France where, IIRC, they combined forces with the Romans to fight Atilla the Hun to a standstill in 453. Incidentally, when I was checking the date of Alaric's sack of Rome, I happened on a page where every instance of goth had been replaced by goblin. Is this the result of too much playing DD, or has the dreaded MS spellchecker been at work again? Sir Robin the Goblin -- There are other rules, but you'll find out what those are when you break them. - Blake's 7 Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Thursday 31 July 2003 10:41 pm, Robin Turner wrote: Haywiremac wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:27:26 +0300 Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Bring on the Visigoths! Was it the Visigoths that brought Rome down? I thought they lived in France...got wiped out by the Church in Medieval times... Either way, I like being on the side that's gonna kick some arrogant MS/Rome butt comin up real soon. :-D By the time the Roman Empire was in serious decline, everyone was having a go - Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Huns, plus the Persians in the East and a mishmash of minor German tribes who had to be content with the lean pickings in Britain. But it was Alaric the Visigoth who has the dubious distinction of being the first to sack Rome, after a long siege in 410. After his death, the Visigoths moved to France where, IIRC, they combined forces with the Romans to fight Atilla the Hun to a standstill in 453. Incidentally, when I was checking the date of Alaric's sack of Rome, I happened on a page where every instance of goth had been replaced by goblin. Is this the result of too much playing DD, or has the dreaded MS spellchecker been at work again? Sir Robin the Goblin OK, but the Roman empire wasn't especially evil, was it ? And : I thought the Goths lived in Gothland ? Kaj Haulrich Living in the land of Teutons and Cambrians. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:14:27 -0400 Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-14-linux-tech_x.htm zat happened quite awhile ago, herr Viggers, it is olt news but nonetheless quite a hopeful sign for your little...band of rebels. Heh. We shall see... -- Steve Ballmer Homepage: Microsoft.com Registered Microsoft User # 0002 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:35:08 +0800 Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Its this bit that gets me: an illusion of support and accountability and exactly how much support does one get from Microsoft, and what does it cost? Heh. It was a simple decision for Munich: money talks, bullshit walks. -- HaywireMac If voting could change the system, it would be illegal. If not voting could change the system, it would be illegal. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 16:14, Lee Wiggers wrote: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-14-linux-tech_x.htm Rome wasn't built in a day, and certainly didn't fall in a day; but we can hope for a quicker demise to the monopoly of dem guys! -- Wed Jul 30 20:25:01 EST 2003 20:25:01 up 23:17, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.20, 0.11 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved. -- R.A. Heinlein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 16:14, Lee Wiggers wrote: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-14-linux-tech_x.htm Rome wasn't built in a day, and certainly didn't fall in a day; but we can hope for a quicker demise to the monopoly of dem guys! Bring on the Visigoths! Sir Robin -- There are other rules, but you'll find out what those are when you break them. - Blake's 7 Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 11:27 am, Robin Turner wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 16:14, Lee Wiggers wrote: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-14-linux-tech_x.htm Rome wasn't built in a day, and certainly didn't fall in a day; but we can hope for a quicker demise to the monopoly of dem guys! Bring on the Visigoths! **nah they use Visual Goth (BASIC) :-)) Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT M$ Loses again
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:27:26 +0300 Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Bring on the Visigoths! Was it the Visigoths that brought Rome down? I thought they lived in France...got wiped out by the Church in Medieval times... Either way, I like being on the side that's gonna kick some arrogant MS/Rome butt comin up real soon. :-D -- HaywireMac America: born free and taxed to death. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
