Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-29 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:29:36 +0200 Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] was inspired to comment: whats Apples Aqua? Is it Mac OS X? It's the user interface for OSX. Mike -- You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-29 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
- From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:40, Robert MacLean wrote: heres my personal stand on M$. If you think

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-28 Thread rand
From: Matt Greer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:45:18 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID This article is pre OS X. I've also never used OS X. I do know from reading about OS X, Apple took a few steps

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-28 Thread paul rodríguez
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Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Robert MacLean
$ comes out with some of the best ideas in GUI's and ways of doing things. Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:14:43

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:40, Robert MacLean wrote: heres my personal stand on M$. If you think of every one of M$ products with the exception of the OS's, and imagine all the products ran on a decent OS's (eg Linux :) then think how good M$ really is. There downfall is that they have a 2 bit

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Matt Greer
- Original Message - From: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] heres my personal stand on M$. If you think of every one of M$ products with the exception of the OS's, and imagine all the products ran on a decent OS's (eg Linux :) then think how good M$ really is. There downfall is that

RE: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Mark Johnson
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID - Original Message - From: Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] heres my personal stand on M$. If you think of every one of M$ products with the exception of the OS's, and imagine all the products ran on a decent OS's (eg

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Matt Greer
on 8/27/01 7:58 AM, Mark Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This isn't really on topic here, but does anyone know of any sites the compare what UI aspects of Microsoft are poor in relation to Mac (and for that matter KDE and GNOME). I always hear the Mac's UI is superior than MS, but to

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Charles Punch
Robert MacLean wrote: heres my personal stand on M$. If you think of every one of M$ products with the exception of the OS's, and imagine all the products ran on a decent OS's (eg Linux :) then think how good M$ really is. There downfall is that they have a 2 bit OS and they charge too

RE: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Mark Johnson
] Subject: Re: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID That must be a popular title. I've seen more crappy prgorammers writing in VB than in any other language. ;-) Too many pepole seem to think that just because a language such as VB makes it easy to program, real programming skills

Re: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-27 Thread Jim Dawson
DeKing [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 19:56:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID and today I bought a book on (cringe) VBscript, aka VB for crappy programmers, so I can customize (i.e. make functional) some new software my department at work just

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-26 Thread Pascal Goguey
Hello, 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes. 16:10 "The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also

[newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-24 Thread chris swain
If linux has many christian influences. What religion is microsoft? Jehova's witnesses? Satanists? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-24 Thread Robert MacLean
MICROSOFT IS THE EVIL!! MICROSOFT IS THE DARK SIDE! MICROSOFT IS YOUR MOTHER IN LAW! Robert MacLean - Original Message - From: chris swain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 1:59 PM Subject: [newbie] religion in linux If linux has many

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:12:00 +0200 Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] was inspired to comment: MICROSOFT IS THE EVIL!! MICROSOFT IS THE DARK SIDE! == I absolutely agree! === MICROSOFT IS YOUR MOTHER IN LAW! Get

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread Robert MacLean
:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:12:00 +0200 Robert MacLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] was inspired to comment: MICROSOFT IS THE EVIL!! MICROSOFT IS THE DARK SIDE! == I absolutely agree! === MICROSOFT

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-24 Thread Charles Punch
chris swain wrote: If linux has many christian influences. What religion is microsoft? I think Linux is diverse in it's religious influences, not specifically Christian. MS is probably in danger of worshipping the false God, Mamon (Money). 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread Matt Greer
on 8/24/01 9:14 AM, Robert MacLean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: isn't mac os x, based on unix? Yup, it's based on BSD. and doesn't that mean with a but of modifying (a very small bit) the stuff written for it should work on linux? Some unix apps out now that run on Linux also have an

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread steve
On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 04:14:07PM +0200, Robert MacLean wrote: isn't mac os x, based on unix? and doesn't that mean with a but of modifying (a very small bit) the stuff written for it should work on linux? or atleast the mac os x gui should work, and thus apps for the gui should work. or

Re: [newbie] religion in linux and RE: [newbie] Re: Modem Busy/Support

2001-08-24 Thread d
LURKER here, These two subjects are NOT what I would call appropoe for this Mail List. ONE, slamming others is NOT very NICE even though you may have thingys correct or NOT. TWO, the subject is NOT correct for what is placed in each message. I do thank you for responding but if the subject

Re: [newbie] religion in linux

2001-08-24 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 22:26, Charles Punch wrote: chris swain wrote: If linux has many christian influences. What religion is microsoft? I think Linux is diverse in it's religious influences, not specifically Christian. MS is probably in danger of worshipping the false God, Mamon (Money).

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Friday 24 August 2001 16:14, Robert MacLean wrote: isn't mac os x, based on unix? and doesn't that mean with a but of modifying (a very small bit) the stuff written for it should work on linux? OS X uses a proprietary display system. I imagine that rewriting apps that use it for X Window

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread Matt Greer
on 8/24/01 8:14 AM, Robert MacLean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay okay I appologise, maybe a bit excessive.but you don't have to work with internet explorer all day every day, after a while you start losing it. Heh heh. I have to admit I wish IE was available for Linux :) But don't

Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread Robert MacLean
Message - From: Matt Greer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID on 8/24/01 8:14 AM, Robert MacLean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay okay I appologise, maybe a bit excessive.but you don't have to work

RE: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID

2001-08-24 Thread Adams, Jamie
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 August 2001 14:46 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in linux OT TID File: message.txt on 8/24/01 8:14 AM, Robert MacLean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay okay I appologise, maybe a bit excessive.but you don't have to work

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-18 Thread Robert Fargher
On August 14, 2001 10:31 pm, Paul wrote: I assume the 'daemon' is because of the fact that it is a program/process that is running in memory without a fixed terminal. Daemon = Disk And Environment MONitor -- Cheers, Robert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-16 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
The web site for this book (http://www.hackerethic.org/) has both the Preface (http://www.hackerethic.org/preface.html) and Chapter 1 (http://www.hackerethic.org/chapter01.html) available for free. Also of interest is the Writings section (http://www.hackerethic.org/writings/). One of these

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
Thanx (err, I mean thanks). I stand corrected. However, I think you may have missed my point. With all due respect to Mr. Bourne and Mr. Webster, my point was not about the history of Linux, nor about the technical aspects of spelling in regard to that noble end. Even though this is a newbie

RE: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Mark Johnson
-Original Message- From: Charles Punch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 4:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?! manuels would have aquired. It would seem to me, that if someone

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:42, A V Flinsch wrote: On Wednesday 15 August 2001 01:31, Paul wrote: For that we have Jesux, a linux for Christians: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/  That is onbe of the funniest pages that I have seen in a long time -- Alex Steve

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Jim Kempton
On Wednesday 15 August 2001 10:04, Mark Johnson wrote: FWIW, the original meaning of daemon means strong spiritual/natural force and it was used in big snip AMEN Here endeth the lesson? -- MJK Systems-IT Consultants Training

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread John Rye
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:04:48 -0500 Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snip (ps: this thread could go south really fast, we should be careful not to translate religion to mean Catholicism or Protestantism or etc... religio means to link back and there is a reason why the word religion is

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
Punch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 4:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?! manuels would have aquired. It would seem to me, that if someone were looking into whether there is a poss

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-15 Thread Charles Punch
One more thing and then I'll hold my peace, (true) Christianity should not be confused with religion. I did not for one minute mean anything like that. Yeah, we could quibble with words, but I think I understand what you are a getting at. My whole point was "don't read too much

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-14 Thread Paul
Call me curious, or call my plain stupid. But I cannot but help notice stuff such as the names daemons or ncurses or the FreeBSD logo with a little devil on it. Could anyone explain why this is so? Is there some historical reason for this, or is this just a coencidence, or just as in

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-14 Thread Charles A. Punch
As long as were digging deep into the spiritual side, BASH stands for born again shell. It seems to me that these kind of things are just a result of people naming things from the vernacular. If you want to seriously look into the spiritual side of Open Source, check out The Hacker Ethic and the

Re: [newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-14 Thread Paul
As long as were digging deep into the spiritual side, BASH stands for born again shell. It seems to me that these kind of things are just a result of people naming things from the vernacular. Beg to differ... It is Bourne Again SHell. The original Bourne shell had some strange things in it,

[newbie] religion in Linux?!

2001-08-14 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Call me curious, or call my plain stupid. But I cannot but help notice stuff such as the names daemons or ncurses or the FreeBSD logo with a little devil on it. Could anyone explain why this is so? Is there some historical reason for this, or is this just a coencidence, or just as in rock