Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That's right.
> I had a Dodge 245 HD. Just a little one and a half tonner, but I
> remember thinking that everybody that gets a licence should go through
> a probationary period driving something like that, before they are
> permitted to drive one of those litt
Steve Lamb wrote:
Pigeon wrote:
Indeed. Passing bike test should be a necessary condition for taking
car test.
Nah, I'd be content with people having 6 mo. over the road
experience in an
18-wheeler. That taught me more about driving than my years on my
various bikes ever did. First bei
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 04:24:31PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Pigeon writes:
> > Passing bike test should be a necessary condition for taking car test.
>
> Bike test?
As in motorbike.
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Pigeon writes:
> Passing bike test should be a necessary condition for taking car test.
Bike test?
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Pigeon wrote:
Indeed. Passing bike test should be a necessary condition for taking car test.
Nah, I'd be content with people having 6 mo. over the road experience in an
18-wheeler. That taught me more about driving than my years on my various
bikes ever did. First being that the idiots are e
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 06:23:46PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Erik Steffl wrote:
> > what about us who learned how to drive outside of california? would
> >there be a possiblility to get a not-a-moron certificate?
>
> Nope. And it isn't California, it's everywhere. If you've only driven
>
Number Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hopefully this restores a teensy bit of European pride to regulate
> America's "big bad" and they'll get their subconscious inferiority
> complex stroked.
I think America's the one with the inferiority complex. Among the
worst access to health care, few
> The headline was "War on Windows"!
As a sociological phenomenon, the whole "let's sue Microsoft" gestalt
smacks of petulance: far and away the Internet primarily serves humanity
as a provider of jerk-off material. Oh! Myrtle! Save us! We simply
*must* fix this horror of horrors! The big b
Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Erik Steffl wrote:
>> what about us who learned how to drive outside of california?
>> would there be a possiblility to get a not-a-moron certificate?
>
> Nope. And it isn't California, it's everywhere. If you've only
> driven vehicles w/4 wheels t
Erik Steffl wrote:
what about us who learned how to drive outside of california? would
there be a possiblility to get a not-a-moron certificate?
Nope. And it isn't California, it's everywhere. If you've only driven
vehicles w/4 wheels then the moron clause applies.
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Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> what about us who learned how to drive outside of california? would
> there be a possiblility to get a not-a-moron certificate?
Yeah, it's called a non-Californian driver's license. Even the guys
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Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:28:31PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:37:10AM -0800, Number Six wrote:
>> > Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux lover now, so
>> > I cheer
Paul Johnson wrote:
"Simmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LOL I like that one! But both of you forget one thing! repeat offenders get
higher fines! So next time MS isn't watching their "speed" and they get
caught, the fine will get bigger, everytime that is.. Me think, Me likes
that :-)
actu
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:28:31PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:37:10AM -0800, Number Six wrote:
> > Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux lover now, so
> > I cheer if it goes up and I cheer if it goes down, I was expecting
> > Europe to really nail Mi
Christian Schnobrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So what remains? Licensing. If the licenses are too expensive, or in any
> other way not acceptable, the competition commision may stage an encore.
> That's slow and cumbersome, but I don't think this step may be omitted.
They should have done th
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 10:30:00AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Christian Schnobrich wrote:
> >Forcing MS to simply make it public would effectively nationalize some
> >of MS' assets -- I doubt that such a step would be legally possible in
> >the EU.
>
> Then what, exactly, does one call nationa
"Simmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> LOL I like that one! But both of you forget one thing! repeat offenders get
> higher fines! So next time MS isn't watching their "speed" and they get
> caught, the fine will get bigger, everytime that is.. Me think, Me likes
> that :-)
I wish it worked l
Christian Schnobrich wrote:
Forcing MS to simply make it public would effectively nationalize some
of MS' assets -- I doubt that such a step would be legally possible in
the EU.
Then what, exactly, does one call nationalizing a few hundred million be
called? Money is somehow less of an asset
Apparently, _Katipo_, on 03/23/04 17:41,typed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i dont really know but while we are on the topic of microsoft vs linux
i heard that lots of computers are being sold in asia with linux
installed on them instead of winblows
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Schnobs writes:
> Forcing MS to simply make it public would effectively nationalize some of
> MS' assets
Interface specifications are not protected by patent or copyright, and
publication is not nationalization. They could retain their copyrights on
the specification documents.
> I doubt that su
On Mit, 2004-03-24 at 02:16, John Hasler wrote:
> The only part that matters is the part about interfaces and formats. If
> they are allowed to "license" those rather than publish them the whole
> thing is nearly meaningless.
Somehow you're right, but then again... what could they do?
Forcing M
Lou writes:
> They may not like it, however, with over $50 billion in cash reserves
> paying a $600 million fine is sort of like a normal person paying a
> speeding ticket.
I wrote:
> A $5000 speeding ticket.
> Don't understand how you figure that...
I'm relating it to average net profit.
> Per
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* John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-23 23:25]:
> Lou writes:
> >
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:23:24PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Lou writes:
> > They may not like it, however, with over $50 billion in cash reserves
> > paying a $600 million fine is sort of like a normal person paying a
> > speeding ticket.
>
> A $5000 speeding ticket.
I had an unusual experienc
* John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-23 23:25]:
> Lou writes:
> > They may not like it, however, with over $50 billion in cash reserves
> > paying a $600 million fine is sort of like a normal person paying a
> > speeding ticket.
>
> A $5000 speeding ticket.
Don't understand how you figure t
Lou writes:
> They may not like it, however, with over $50 billion in cash reserves
> paying a $600 million fine is sort of like a normal person paying a
> speeding ticket.
A $5000 speeding ticket.
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* Matthew Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-23 19:39]:
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> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 2:37 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [OT] Microsoft's teeny puni
ScruLoose writes:
> My understanding is that the main point of the ruling was not so much the
> dollar amount of the fine, but the ruling that MS must unbundle Media
> Player AND open up all the undocumented 'features' and 'standards' in
> Windows so that competitors' apps get a level playing field
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 2:37 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [OT] Microsoft's teeny punishment by the EU
>
>
> Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:37:10AM -0800, Number Six wrote:
> Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux lover now, so
> I cheer if it goes up and I cheer if it goes down, I was expecting
> Europe to really nail Microsoft to the wall. I dunno, I expected some
> surrogate America
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i dont really know but while we are on the topic of microsoft vs linux
i heard that lots of computers are being sold in asia with linux
installed on them instead of winblows
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Yes, H.P. are installing Turbolinux into Asia.
Reg
On March 23, 2004 14:14, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Number Six wrote:
> > Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux lover
> > now, so I cheer if it goes up and I cheer if it goes down, I was
> > expecting Europe to really nail Microsoft to the wall. I dunno, I
> > expected some surr
Number Six wrote:
Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux lover now, so
I cheer if it goes up and I cheer if it goes down, I was expecting
Europe to really nail Microsoft to the wall. I dunno, I expected some
surrogate America-bashing, or just a really f-you to an American
c
i dont really know but while we are on the topic of microsoft vs linux
i heard that lots of computers are being sold in asia with linux
installed on them instead of winblows
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Even though I still have a bunch of stock, and I'm a linux lover now, so
I cheer if it goes up and I cheer if it goes down, I was expecting
Europe to really nail Microsoft to the wall. I dunno, I expected some
surrogate America-bashing, or just a really f-you to an American
company. Even thou
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