Re: rant on pathetic example of Microsoft FUD

2004-08-14 Thread Hewitt Tech
- Original Message - From: "Greg Rundlett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 1:07 AM Subject: rant on pathetic example of Microsoft FUD > I was developing a CD-ROM product which contains multiple Microsoft > PowerPointless (tm) present

Re: Site defaced - what next?

2004-08-14 Thread Fred
On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 23:49, Greg Rundlett wrote: ... > In the past, I tended to throw a lot of stuff up on my website, to play > with it, and experiment to see what other people liked. I had over > 20,000 files on my site. The next version won't be so unweildly, or > vulnerable. Yep, those a

Rockingham Park and the Northern Computer Shows: Sept. 28th

2004-08-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Hello, As you know, twice a year we go to Hosstraders to camp out, drink beverages, and otherwise create havoc. Well, the next Hosstraders is not until October 1st and second, so I thought we might get some practice in convincing people that Linux is great if we went to the Northern Computer Show

Re: rant on pathetic example of Microsoft FUD

2004-08-14 Thread Derek Martin
Please take the time to trim quoted material from your posts. We already read Greg's rant... We didn't need to see the whole thing again in your response. Thanks! :) On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 10:24:16AM -0400, Hewitt Tech wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Greg Rundlett" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: rant on pathetic example of Microsoft FUD

2004-08-14 Thread Fred
On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 10:24, Hewitt Tech wrote: ... > You bring up an interesting observation about Microsoft's application > products. Microsoft seems to specialize in making applications that are > incompatible or difficult to mimic. One product that I found rather > obnoxious is their "Picture I

Re: rant on pathetic example of Microsoft FUD

2004-08-14 Thread Fred
On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 11:19, Derek Martin wrote: ... > And these experiences taught you not to ever use another Microsoft > product, right? ;-) You get what you deserve when you choose Microsoft. (yes, you may quote me on this) -- Fred -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- place "[hey]" in your subject. The

Re: Is there a Knoppix equivelent for PowerPC (Mac)?

2004-08-14 Thread Bill Freeman
Bill McGonigle writes: > On Aug 12, 2004, at 14:43, Bill Freeman wrote: > > >Just for grins I tried holding C while it booted. No > > difference. (I get a chord played rather than what I'd call a ding or > > dong.) Might you know how to ask the OS whether it believes that it > > has a

For Sale: New Epson Stylus Photo R300M printer - $175 down from $229+shipping

2004-08-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Hi, Right after Christmas we had a big discussion about printers, and about that time my loyal, six-year old Cannon gave out on me. I decided to buy an Epson Photo printer because: o it could print to printable CDs and DVDs o it seemed to be supported by Linux o it had the capability of printing

Re: Rockingham Park and the Northern Computer Shows: Sept. 28th (sic)

2004-08-14 Thread Greg Rundlett
Sounds interesting. I do not have anything to sell, but I might go just to check it out. I'd be happy to extoll the virtues with you :-) btw, I think you meant Sept. 18th -- that is the date they list for Rockingham Park Track in Salem, NH http://www.ncshows.com/showcoupon.htm - Greg

Re: Rockingham Park and the Northern Computer Shows: Sept. 28th (sic)

2004-08-14 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > btw, I think you meant Sept. 18th -- that is the date they list for > Rockingham Park Track in Salem, NH http://www.ncshows.com/showcoupon.htm You are right, it is September 18th, not the 28th. But how could it be a GNHLUG event without at least one wrong date be