Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
On 9/21/12 3:06 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: If one cannot respond with civility and respect, one shouldn't respond at all. How would that help OSS? I wasn't aware I had an obligation to help OSS in order to use it. The list exists to help people use the software, and not primarily to help the so

Re: Filezilla a security risk

2012-06-29 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:00:33 -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > >> On 6/29/12 6:56 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> Should my Debian system becomes cracked or infected by any kind of >>> treat I would worry more about my usual files and not the settings for >

Re: Filezilla a security risk

2012-06-29 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
On 6/29/12 6:56 AM, Camaleón wrote: Should my Debian system becomes cracked or infected by any kind of treat I would worry more about my usual files and not the settings for Filezilla. I mean, nothing new here, security is a "multi-edged" sword. Really? I'm far more concerned about my credent

Re: posting (was: Threading)

2011-06-22 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
On Jun 22, 2011, at 7:01 AM, lee wrote: > Hm, I wonder why anyone is going to the lengths of replying to digest > messages rather than just subscribing to the list ... So they don't need to get hundreds of separate messages?! Most people don't treat a digest as separate from a list, just an al

Re: Q: List Policy

2008-11-16 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
François Cerbelle wrote: A list should *NEVER* alter the contents of a message and the reply-to field *DOES BELONGS TO THE CONTENTS* of the message. What happens if one of the subscribers does want to have a reply on a specific address ? It is its right and the ListMaster do not have to impo

Re: How to use Mutt?

2008-01-19 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Pantor wrote: ---Mutt: (no mailbox) [Msgs:0]---(date/date)-%>-(all)--- No mailbox is open. Why it is? Because you have it configured to look for mail in a different place from where you have your MTA configured to put incoming mail. Fix it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Debian may lose a user

2007-09-25 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Kent West wrote: Like he said, he's not complaining, or asking for help, or asking for information; he's just saying that we have room for improvement. Well, yes, but it remains to be seen whether everyone considers this "room for improvement." A lot of projects and products spend a lot of

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

2007-07-28 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Michael Fothergill wrote: I suspect the web doesn't say much about it other than Acrobat exists and where you download it. You might consider reading instead of "suspecting" -- that's not the case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: why do iceweasel et al have more frequent security issues?

2007-07-27 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
And, obviously, if security is your only standard, my pet schnauzer is a better browser than either of these. Functionality must come into play as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-21 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: So, let me see if I understand this. The things for which Michelle, Ron, Michael, Johannes, Judd, Florian and I were criticized, because they were supposedly offensive, would be OK as long as they were in a sig? If they also honored the four-line sig netiquette, y

Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

2007-03-29 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Ron Johnson wrote: IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas? Um, Veritas IS Symantec. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-03-27 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Michelle Konzack wrote: 2) The white asses of Jews which have very late adopted the judaeism for arround a half century. I was sympathetic to some of your arguments until this nonsense. A little math indicates that you think there has been some huge upswing in white conversion to Jud

Re: Top posting (a different point of view)

2005-06-10 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Joe Potter wrote: You want to see the context. You want to see the flow of the discussion --- like we did years ago before you had to cave due to all the suites who can do no better. Sorry, but I'm not too slow to remember the substance of 95% of the conversations I have with my co-workers.

Re: Top posting

2005-06-10 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: However, given the that majority of people invloved in the actual *discussion* are reading it a mail or news reader, it is better to cater to that group. The fact these discussion are archived on the web is really a side effect. - The majority of people involved i

Re: Top posting (a different point of view)

2005-06-10 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Joe Potter wrote: That, of course, is the main point you made. I put all this in the lap of Bill Gates --- the miserable ass. He is never happy unless he is destroying some standard and replacing it with crap of some kind. Outlook does it this way not to be contrary, but for an obvious re

Re: Top posting

2005-06-10 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Paul Johnson wrote: It's preserved for posterity and not everybody wants to read a whole thread to figure out what solved some random printing problem. But, in fact, most people use web-based archives in which that's exactly how they access the messages after the original discussion. -

Re: Top posting

2005-06-10 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
Alex Malinovich wrote: Bottom-posting makes reading easier for those who haven't followed an entire thread. True. But that's the point: making it easier for those who *are* following a thread ahould be the priority. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns