On Tuesday June 10 2003 07:22 pm, JoeHill wrote:
So I kind'a believe the problem is on your end ;
Anyhow, M$RTF doesn't bother me, as long as winsux users don't
use it's M$ only gimmicks.
heeey, waitaminnit, it shows up in yer sent folder that way cuz
it doesn't have the list
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:49:31 -0700
rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
In the big picture, true. :-)
oh sure, rain on my i was right parade... :D
hee hee...
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Registered Linux user #282046
Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net
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On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 18:26, FemmeFatale wrote:
shrugs. Oh if my sigs too big say so! :D Don't wanna run ppl poor :)
-
FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt
Good Decisions Your boss Made:
We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that
character from Peanuts.
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On Monday June 9 2003 04:33 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
Hows this?
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9
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boundary=--=_1055194127-2727-823
Which means it Windoze RTF, and not plain text.
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On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 19:05:07 -0300 Cody Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can set it to plain. Why do people not use HTML stuff anyways?
See http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil_still.shtml
What would websites look like without HTML? Crap.
On lists, content is everything, not
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:20:01 -0500
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9
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boundary=--=_1055194127-2727-823
Which means it Windoze RTF, and not plain text.
ah, not necessarily, that
At 09:08 AM 6/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 18:26, FemmeFatale wrote:
shrugs. Oh if my sigs too big say so! :D Don't wanna run ppl poor :)
Your sig is small, plain text, not bragging and always interesting
enough to pay to download. The list is a lot more fun since you've
On Tuesday June 10 2003 02:26 pm, JoeHill wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:20:01 -0500
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9
Content-type: multipart/mixed;
boundary=--=_1055194127-2727-823
Which means it Windoze RTF,
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:33:30 -0500
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
So I kind'a believe the problem is on your end ; Anyhow,
M$RTF doesn't bother me, as long as winsux users don't use it's M$
only gimmicks.
but Sylpheed ain't even capable of anything other than plain
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:33:30 -0500
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
So I kind'a believe the problem is on your end ; Anyhow,
M$RTF doesn't bother me, as long as winsux users don't use it's M$
only gimmicks.
heeey, waitaminnit, it shows up in yer sent folder that way cuz it
Hello Tom,
Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 3:33:30 PM, you wrote:
TB Content-type: multipart/mixed;
TB boundary=--=_1055272903-2727-1132
TBSo I kind'a believe the problem is on your end
Not necessarily - there is no HTML or RTF inside any part; it is all
plain text. The 'mixed' does not
On Monday 09 June 2003 05:33 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
Hows this?
(To HTML Ranter)
Thank you.
-- cmg (one of several HTML Ranters)
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
I've been using Linux and Windows side-by-side (work/home) for a couple of
years now. I've moved on from Mandrake 8.0 to 9.1, but I've never moved on
to WinXP. So I was curious to see what it looks like when my father-in-law
got it. Guess what! WinXP is for dummies! At least, that's what it looks
At 02:49 PM 6/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Hello Cody,
Sunday, June 8, 2003, 1:10:05 PM, you wrote:
CH It took 4 hours to install MDK 8.1, and 60 mins for
Windoze.
Perhaps 9.1 is faster. Also, I included the time to install apps as
well, not just the OS (even though linux installed faster than
At 05:50 PM 6/8/2003 -0600, you wrote:
quoting Cody Harris's missive of
Sunday 08 June 2003 02:10 pm:
snip
It took 4 hours to install MDK 8.1, and 60 mins for
Windoze.
That must have included the time required to figure out what the hell all
of
those packages were in the individual package
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 11:30 am, Cody Harris wrote:
At 05:50 PM 6/8/2003 -0600, you wrote:
quoting Cody Harris's missive of Sunday 08 June 2003 02:10 pm:
snip
It took 4 hours to install MDK 8.1, and 60 mins for Windoze.
That must have included the time required to figure out what the
On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 21:01:48 -0600
FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
yes i call that sacriledge! Appropriating lesbian themes/icons/etc
will be penalized by death!!! or castration... whichever comes first
I enjoy more. :D
I'll take the death, thank you...but can I see the Lesbian pr0n
quoting Anne Wilson's missive of Monday 09 June 2003 04:41 am:
whack
Installing Linux. The biggest % was installing the packages. It
took A LONG time. 200 MHz 32 MB. I used the CDs.
Cody;
If I recall correctly that machine is your server? How much more than 'just
server' packages did you
At 12:10 PM 6/9/2003 -0600, you wrote:
quoting Anne Wilson's missive of
Monday 09 June 2003 04:41 am:
whack
Installing Linux. The biggest % was installing the packages.
It
took A LONG time. 200 MHz 32 MB. I used the CDs.
Cody;
If I recall correctly that machine is your server? How much more
At 07:05 PM 6/9/2003 +0300, you wrote:
snip
I install Linux a lot because:
1. I like to break things.
2. It's often quicker to reinstall the system than work out how to fix it.
When our department bought us a CD-Writer, I spent a while trying to
configure it, then thought This is boring and did a
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 13:56, Cody Harris wrote:
Hack away all the HTML crap
Cody, if you're going to quote _all_ of several messages and include a
one sentence reply, please stop the HTML or get another mailer or start
using linux or at least snip some of it. On the weekends I'm on pay by
the
Hello Cody,
Monday, June 9, 2003, 3:24:51 AM, you wrote:
Linux is clearly better in installing new apps.
CH I don't restart after every install. Most of the time it runs anyways
CH without a problem and restarting is unneeded. But if i do have to restart,
CH i only restart AFTER i'm done.
At 03:04 PM 6/9/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Hello N.,
Monday, June 9, 2003, 1:51:38 PM, you wrote:
NBD Cody, if you're going to quote _all_ of several messages and
NBD include a one sentence reply, please stop the HTML
It would seem as though he does not know how to do this, and what
non-M$ email
Hello Cody,
Monday, June 9, 2003, 2:33:41 PM, you wrote:
CH Hows this?
Better. Thanks. It is sent as plain text.
rikona - not an HTML Ranter, but an appreciator of good email
etiquette.
--
Thank you,
rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Want to buy your Pack or
g
Installing Linux. The biggest % was installing the packages. It took A
LONG time. 200 MHz 32 MB. I used the CDs.
so Cody, on that same box, how long did it take to install windows XP?
(and include office XP)
I would bet... lets see.,...,,, 4ever? as XP, ME, and 2kpro ain't
installing
I can set it to plain. Why do people not use HTML stuff anyways? What would
websites look like without HTML? Crap.
html belong on websites
text belongs on mail lists
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
At 03:49 PM 6/9/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Hello Cody,
snip
There are quite a few people who can't read very well, though.
Pictures are better for these people. And, some just like the flashing
ads, endless popups, etc. Style over substance, I guess.
--
Thank you,
rikona
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 11:13, Aron Smith wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 15:53, JoeHill wrote:
On 08 Jun 2003 08:15:25 +1000
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
1.) Cost
2.) Support
3.) Security
4.) Control
5.) Stability
6.) Features
7.) Multifunctionality without
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 15:57, Michael Viron wrote:
Just a thought, but keep in mind how much easier things have become. I'm
not sure how many old-timers are on the list, but it used to be that in
order to do just about anything, you had to compile it yourself.
Slackware's FIRST release.
On 08 Jun 2003 15:15:44 +1000
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The ONLY OS that's brainlessly installed is MacOS.
Wait, sorry, I used to so Solaris setups on Sparcs, and that was
BRAINLESS as well - I only had to know how to configure the networking
- which I had to say yes to DHCP and
At 03:21 PM 6/8/2003 +1000, you wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 11:13, Aron
Smith wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 15:53, JoeHill wrote:
On 08 Jun 2003 08:15:25 +1000
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
1.) Cost
2.) Support
3.) Security
4.) Control
5.) Stability
6.)
At 03:15 PM 6/8/2003 +1000, you wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 10:56, Cody
Harris wrote:
I think that's where someone should step in and make it usable to
the
average non-computer literate person. It took my awhile to learn
how
to do things. I think that could be solved with a little more
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 01:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 10:56, Cody Harris wrote:
I think that's where someone should step in and make it usable to the
average non-computer literate person. It took my awhile to learn how
to do things. I think that could be solved with a
At 04:13 PM 6/8/2003 +1000, you wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 15:57,
Michael Viron wrote:
Just a thought, but keep in mind how much easier things have
become. I'm
not sure how many old-timers are on the list, but it
used to be that in
order to do just about anything, you had to compile it
The Other wrote:
On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:07 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP to
Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he should
switch.
-Cody Harris
06/07/03
1. My current system was designed from components I selected
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 21:47, Adolfo Bello wrote:
Excellent, Stephen. It is going to be part of my arsenal when speaking
about Linux.
Very nice!
Muchas gracias, amigo. Appreciated greatly.
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Sun Jun 8 22:10:00 EST 2003
22:10:00 up 1 day, 8:01, 3 users, load average: 0.10, 0.12, 0.04
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 21:48, Cody Harris wrote:
What's slackware?
SLACKWARE is yet another distribution. Actually, one of the first.
Now, in the true sense of having humour, there should be Bludgeware,
RedNeck Linux, Susie LINUX, Mandracula, Debbie does LINUX,
UnUnited LINUX, Spindows, One
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 11:13, Aron Smith wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 15:53, JoeHill wrote:
On 08 Jun 2003 08:15:25 +1000
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
1.) Cost
2.) Support
3.) Security
4.) Control
5.) Stability
6.) Features
7.) Multifunctionality without overhead
Not XPSpecific but
Nope, it's not about money. I could drone on about all of the GREAT
things about Linux and OSS (Open Source Software) in general but that
has been covered by the list already. All I can say is he should try it,
I mean really try it. Try it for 6 months. He should try to
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:57, Robin Turner wrote:
Hey, how did my name get in there?
Sir Robin
ROTFLMAO
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Sunday June 8 2003 12:15 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
Look, 90% of the world DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS - they
buy a computer with Windows already installed. IF they had to
install it themselves, it's a tough go - especially on a machine
that requires all kinda special drivers and
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 10:43:04 -0500
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Alright you, where's the real Stephen an what did you do to
'em? You can't post logical stuff to this list an try'n pretend
you're Stephen. I'm wise to ya bub ;
I was gonna say, he did sound
Hello Cody,
Sunday, June 8, 2003, 4:45:30 AM, you wrote:
CH I can install windoze in my sleep. But i spend hours with Linux.
CH Maybe that's just me.
There is a learning curve, as with anything new. The first time I
installed Mandrake, I was at a loss, even though the installation went
without
Linux has made great strides to become useable for the average user, and
it will continue to do so. Regardless, for virtually every windows
program, there is some piece of equivalent software in some phase of
development that is free.
It has made great strides, for sure.
One area where there
At 12:29 PM 6/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Hello Cody,
Sunday, June 8, 2003, 4:45:30 AM, you wrote:
CH I can install windoze in my sleep. But i spend hours with
Linux.
CH Maybe that's just me.
There is a learning curve, as with anything new. The first time I
installed Mandrake, I was at a loss, even
quoting Cody Harris's missive of Saturday 07 June 2003 06:56 pm:
whack
Mild rant alert! Please excuse.
On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:07 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP to
Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he should
On Sunday 08 June 2003 03:10 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
At 12:29 PM 6/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Hello Cody,
Sunday, June 8, 2003, 4:45:30 AM, you wrote:
CH I can install windoze in my sleep. But i spend hours with Linux.
CH Maybe that's just me.
There is a learning curve, as with anything
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 22:57, Robin Turner wrote:
Hey, how did my name get in there?
Sir Robin
I needed a scapegoat (g)
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On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 01:43, Tom Brinkman wrote:
Alright you, where's the real Stephen an what did you do to
'em? You can't post logical stuff to this list an try'n pretend
you're Stephen. I'm wise to ya bub ;
Sorry, I was suffering from a slight bout of philanthropy.
--
Mon Jun
At 03:21 PM 6/8/2003 +1000, you wrote:
Sir Robin and I are going to market this new distro. From the beginning
of the installation all through it's casual usage, it's aimed at being
totally pr0n centred - even the themes are pr0n based. Not only does it
come with all the normal bells and
On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 17:17:28 -0600
FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I hope you make a lesbian friendly one too! :D
I think that version might be just as popular with the straight males!
--
Joehill
Registered Linux user #282046
Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net
19:31:08 up 5 days,
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 06:10, Cody Harris wrote:
My friends all have Windoze. They send me windoze programs and we play
Windoze games and run Windoze stuff.
So if this is the consensus of this thread - that you're not just asking
people's opinions about why they're running linux - then what is
quoting Cody Harris's missive of Sunday 08 June 2003 02:10 pm:
snip
It took 4 hours to install MDK 8.1, and 60 mins for Windoze.
That must have included the time required to figure out what the hell all of
those packages were in the individual package selection type install, then
deciding
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 09:17, FemmeFatale wrote:
I hope you make a lesbian friendly one too! :D
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FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt
...and one dedicated to Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
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Mon Jun 9 10:05:00 EST 2003
10:05:00 up 1 day, 19:56, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.12, 0.09
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 20:50, rikona wrote:
Hello Steven,
Saturday, June 7, 2003, 3:21:48 PM, you wrote:
SB Windows is ordinar and almost everybody uses it, Linux is a
SB challenge ;-)
It is getting easier, and I think that is good. Best would be a very
easy GUI - BUT, with the same
At 07:32 PM 6/8/2003 -0400, you wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 17:17:28 -0600
FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I hope you make a lesbian friendly one too! :D
I think that version might be just as popular with the straight males!
--
Joehill
yes i call that sacriledge! Appropriating lesbian
At 05:50 PM 6/8/2003 -0600, you wrote:
quoting Cody Harris's missive of Sunday 08 June 2003 02:10 pm:
snip
Usually. Unless the user screwed something up at the summary screen.
We all know who we are, don't we? :-)
OK now you're just pointing fingers Don't blame me! So i reinstall
linux
At 10:10 AM 6/9/2003 +1000, you wrote:
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 09:17, FemmeFatale wrote:
I hope you make a lesbian friendly one too! :D
-
FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt
...and one dedicated to Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
damn rights! my g/f would buy that in 30 seconds. :D
1) runs faster
2) takes up less hard drive space
3) takes less time to load on to your computer and you practically
have everything you need without loading a lot of other programs on it
4) dont need to keep rebooting
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
That's a very personal matter... But I'll give you my quick top-5:
(didn't think of it for a long time, so please don't take it too
serious)
First of all, M$ is about money, Linux is about quality and
consumer/user-needs. Linux distro's and most of the applications are
FREE!
Windows is kinda
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 15:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:07, Cody Harris wrote:
Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP to
Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he should
switch.
-Cody Harris
1.) Cost
2.) Support
3.) Security
At 03:32 PM 6/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 15:15,
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:07, Cody Harris wrote:
Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP
to
Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he
should
switch.
-Cody Harris
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 00:18, walt wrote:
1) runs faster
2) takes up less hard drive space
3) takes less time to load on to your computer and you
practically have everything you need without loading a lot of other
programs on it
4) dont need to keep rebooting
I
Steven Broos wrote:
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 00:18, walt wrote:
1) runs faster
Questionable.Depending on how your Linux system is set up (services, wm
etc.), XP may well run faster.
2) takes up less hard drive space
Again, that depends on your system.
3) takes less time to load on
On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:07 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP to
Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he should
switch.
-Cody Harris
06/07/03
1. My current system was designed from components I selected in the
Spring
At 07:44 PM 6/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:07 pm,
Cody Harris wrote:
Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP
to
Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he
should
switch.
-Cody Harris
06/07/03
1. My current system was designed from
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 15:53, JoeHill wrote:
On 08 Jun 2003 08:15:25 +1000
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
1.) Cost
2.) Support
3.) Security
4.) Control
5.) Stability
6.) Features
7.) Multifunctionality without overhead cost
8.) Performance
9.) Installation time
10.)
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:33, Cody Harris wrote:
True, but sometimes in the morning you don't want to excersize. lol.
I have several different logins to my system. I have a desktop/window
manager environment for JUST DOING. It works, it's already setup and
tweaked to my liking, I think of
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:53, JoeHill wrote:
On 08 Jun 2003 08:15:25 +1000
Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
1.) Cost
2.) Support
3.) Security
4.) Control
5.) Stability
6.) Features
7.) Multifunctionality without overhead cost
8.) Performance
9.) Installation time
10.)
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 19:44:49 -0500
The Other [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Saturday 07 June 2003 05:07 pm, Cody Harris wrote:
Can someone come up with a few good reasons to switch from XP to
Linux? Someone wants to know the pros and cons and why he should
switch.
-Cody Harris
06/07/03
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 10:56, Cody Harris wrote:
I think that's where someone should step in and make it usable to the
average non-computer literate person. It took my awhile to learn how
to do things. I think that could be solved with a little more
automation and not painstakingly doing
Just a thought, but keep in mind how much easier things have become. I'm
not sure how many old-timers are on the list, but it used to be that in
order to do just about anything, you had to compile it yourself. My first
experience was with Slackware 3.x, and believe me, it was many times more
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