On Thu, 9 May 2002, civileme wrote:
> Brian Parish wrote:
>
> >
> >OK - apologies for casting aspersions in my dark colleague's direction.
> >My blood temperature tends to rise too fast for my brain to cope with
> >sometimes. But what can I say - I'm Australian - we live to piss people
> >off!
On Sat, 11 May 2002 03:52:15 +0100, Derek Byram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 11 May 2002 03:28, you wrote:
> > On Friday 10 May 2002 17:05, Derek Byram opened a general hailing frequency
> >
> > and transmitted to all open stations:
> > > > i won't argue the "dumb" part, but i will poi
On Saturday 11 May 2002 03:28, you wrote:
> On Friday 10 May 2002 17:05, Derek Byram opened a general hailing frequency
>
> and transmitted to all open stations:
> > > i won't argue the "dumb" part, but i will point out that in his book
> > > billyg says that the next big advancement in computers
On Friday 10 May 2002 17:05, Derek Byram opened a general hailing frequency
and transmitted to all open stations:
> > i won't argue the "dumb" part, but i will point out that in his book
> > billyg says that the next big advancement in computers will come when
> > we find a fast easy way to fact
On Friday 10 May 2002 12:20 am, you wrote:
> T'was indeed a humorous jab, but then my sense of humor may be a little
> different ;-)
Thought so! ;-)
> And I'm sure you are indeed a nice guy - but then - you have a gun, so
> I'd just better say that eh? :-)))
;-) (just for the record tho
On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 02:13, darklord wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 May 2002 02:25 am, you wrote:
>
> > Hey, (in-the-)Dark, if you are going to rely on the NRA for unbiased
> > info on guns and the law in Australia, why not go all the way and go
> > read the Microsoft site for unbiased data on Windows
Brian Parish wrote:
>
>OK - apologies for casting aspersions in my dark colleague's direction.
>My blood temperature tends to rise too fast for my brain to cope with
>sometimes. But what can I say - I'm Australian - we live to piss people
>off! ;-)
>
>I'll try to play nice from here on - but do
On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 01:09, shane wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 May 2002 00:42, Miark opened a general hailing frequency and
> transmitted to all open stations:
>
> > > Hey, (in-the-)Dark, if you are going to rely on the NRA for unbiased
> > > info on guns and the law in Australia, why not go all th
Read the book "More Guns, Less Crime" There was a LOT of research put
into that book and it shows, quite well, that what you just claimed is
not true. I submit to you the case of Switzerland. Every male in
Switzerland is REQUIRED to own a gun - yet they have incredibely low
crime there too.
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 00:26, David opened a general hailing frequency and
transmitted to all open stations:
> Come on now..Don't get me wrong, I support that guy in NO way. But
> if there are two things in this world he is not they are: _poor_ or
> _dumb_.
i won't argue the "dumb" part,
daRcmaTTeR said onto me:
--
|On Tue, 7 May 2002, David wrote:
|
|>
|>
|> daRcmaTTeR said onto me:
|> --
|>
|> |
|> |Brian,
|> |
|> |Thats a terrible t
On Tue, 7 May 2002, David wrote:
>
>
> daRcmaTTeR said onto me:
> --
>
> |
> |Brian,
> |
> |Thats a terrible thing to say. even for Billy-bob. sure the guy is evil
> |but geeZ. That's rather harsh. Maybe the poor bugger simply
Title: RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
-Original Message-From: Myers, Dennis R NWO
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, May
01, 2002 2:46 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject:
RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows
On 7 May 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 03:16, FemmeFatale wrote:
>
> > Gun restriction laws in canada mean we have fewer crimes per capita than
> > the US & Our murder rates are far lower by city/per capita too.
> >
> > Simple fact: Guns kill ppl. Access to them does same.
EhI forgot to include this in the last post.
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/guns/gun-ethics.html
LX
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 04:43, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> How do you know that? Have you lived in Australia or Britain? Have you actually
> looked at the official statistics or simply some bia
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 04:43, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> How do you know that? Have you lived in Australia or Britain? Have you actually
> looked at the official statistics or simply some biased interpretation by the
> National Redneck Association [sorry, couldn't resist ;)]? The Australian Burea
On Mon, 6 May 2002 22:32:21 -0400, darklord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 06 May 2002 06:53 pm, you wrote:
>
> > A interisting point to ponder is that from what I have heard the crime
> > rate in Kenasaw Georga before passing that local ordance was extremely high
> > compared to the r
> Gun restriction laws in canada mean we have fewer crimes per capita than
> the US & Our murder rates are far lower by city/per capita too.
That's not true. The murder rate in Canada was tiny compared to the States'
_before_ the restrictive laws came into effect. Canada has less violent
crime be
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 03:16, FemmeFatale wrote:
> Gun restriction laws in canada mean we have fewer crimes per capita than
> the US & Our murder rates are far lower by city/per capita too.
>
> Simple fact: Guns kill ppl. Access to them does same. End of story
> here in Canada.
>
> *dons the
Marc wrote:
> A interisting point to ponder is that from what I have heard the crime rate in
> Kenasaw Georga before passing that local ordance was extremely high compared
> to the rest of the state of georgia but after that law was in place for 3 months the
> crime rate had droped to way belo
daRcmaTTeR said onto me:
--
|
|Brian,
|
|Thats a terrible thing to say. even for Billy-bob. sure the guy is evil
|but geeZ. That's rather harsh. Maybe the poor bugger simply doesn't know
|any different. poor dumb bugger.
|
On Monday 06 May 2002 06:53 pm, you wrote:
> A interisting point to ponder is that from what I have heard the crime
> rate in Kenasaw Georga before passing that local ordance was extremely high
> compared to the rest of the state of georgia but after that law was in
> place for 3 months the cr
On Monday 06 May 2002 05:19 pm, you wrote:
> Ummm, actually you don't have to hunt that far for a maillist for this
> purpose.
>
> Fire up Google and find
>
> "Geeks with Guns"
>
> The leader is Eric S. Raymond, last I looked.
>
> Civileme
Haha - thats funny! I had the privelage of meeting Mr. R
On Monday 06 May 2002 17:35, daRcmaTTeR opened a general hailing frequency
and transmitted to all open stations:
> > As long as you reserve one of them for use on Bill Gates, who could
> > argue? ;-)
> >
> > I must say I don't follow the logic of guns buying freedom of sexual
> > expression - no
On 7 May 2002, Brian Parish wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 01:49, shane wrote:
> > On Monday 06 May 2002 08:35, Brian Parish opened a general hailing frequency
> > and transmitted to all open stations:
> >
> > > I guess being forced to own a weapon to live in a certain town just made
> > > me so
Brian Parish wrote:
>
> How about we save the pro-gun shit for the IamaHickWhoLikesToKill mail
> list. This list is about linux - or it was.
>
So agree Brian. :) I'm all for freedom of speech but the politicizing
on this issue can go on forever. Quit now while you're all behind. :)
--
Femm
5/6/02 5:29:49 PM, Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 01:49, shane wrote:
>> On Monday 06 May 2002 08:35, Brian Parish opened a general hailing
frequency
>> and transmitted to all open stations:
>>
>> > I guess being forced to own a weapon to live in a certain town
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 01:49, shane wrote:
> On Monday 06 May 2002 08:35, Brian Parish opened a general hailing frequency
> and transmitted to all open stations:
>
> > I guess being forced to own a weapon to live in a certain town just made
> > me so incredulous that...well I'm just blown away th
Tommy Eaton wrote:
>"Sounds like someone has a bad case of the Mondays..."
>
>-Source: Office Space
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Brian Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:47 AM
>>To: newbie
>>Subject: RE:
On Sun, 2002-05-05 at 12:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> Oh, come on Richard ! - On my screen I see no foam at all. Lyvim was merely
> answering a naive question concerning the fact that I'm now a criminal,
> because I eradicated windows from my laptop. Furthermore, it seems that I'm a
> communist,
On Monday 06 May 2002 08:35, Brian Parish opened a general hailing frequency
and transmitted to all open stations:
> I guess being forced to own a weapon to live in a certain town just made
> me so incredulous that...well I'm just blown away that any society could
> think that was normal or OK.
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 23:48, darklord wrote:
> Really. I own a gun... I've never killed anyone with it yet... ;-)
>
>
Look, I know that the attitude to guns is "a little different" in the
USA and I make no comment as to whether that's right, wrong, or
whatever. I just can't understand why i
On Monday 06 May 2002 09:07 am, you wrote:
> On 6 May 2002, Brian Parish wrote:
> > How about we save the pro-gun shit for the IamaHickWhoLikesToKill mail
> > list. This list is about linux - or it was.
>
> wow! someone isn't very happy this morning .hope your day gets better as
> it goes along B
"Sounds like someone has a bad case of the Mondays..."
-Source: Office Space
> -Original Message-
> From: Brian Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:47 AM
> To: newbie
> Subject: RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illeg
On Mon, 6 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Other states have
> > better gun laws than this state (read: less restrictive on law abiding
> > tax paying citizens), such as Texas, Tennessee, and a few others I can't
> > remember.
>
> Here in Georgia, in the city I live in Kennesaw, GA there is
How about we save the pro-gun shit for the IamaHickWhoLikesToKill mail
list. This list is about linux - or it was.
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 22:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Other states have
> > better gun laws than this state (read: less restrictive on law abiding
> > tax paying citizens), su
Other states have
> better gun laws than this state (read: less restrictive on law abiding
> tax paying citizens), such as Texas, Tennessee, and a few others I can't
> remember.
Here in Georgia, in the city I live in Kennesaw, GA there is a city
ordinance that you cannot live inside the city wi
On Saturdayen den 4 May 2002 09.21, you wrote:
> daRcmaTTeR wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > > Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to "the land of the free" ?
> > >
> > > We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United
> > > States of America. Mostly becau
On Saturdayen den 4 May 2002 05.41, you wrote:
> On Sat, 4 May 2002 03:46:15 +0200, Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to "the land of the free" ?
> >
> > We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United
> > States of America. Mostly
On Saturday 04 May 2002 12:38 pm, RichardA wrote:
> What a load of crap. I don't subscribe to this list to see pro gun zealots
> foaming at the mouth about murdering petty criminals. I dare say some of my
> political views would upset you. You'll notice I don't subject you to them.
>
> RichardA
>
On Saturday 04 May 2002 07:39, you wrote:
> Derek Byram wrote:
> > a 147 break in snooker always starts with a pot on a single red ;-)
> >
> > --
> > derek the lurker - essex england - linux user 264346
>
> very true for a 149 break. An extremely rare event I've heard. :)
>
> now keep on posting L
On 4 May 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 18:46, David wrote:
>
> >
> > Well, this has worked sometimes (for a friend, of course--I would
> > never do something like this)...
> >
> > When making your copies of some microshit, instead of just copying
> > disk-to-disk, copy
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Alastair Scott wrote:
> On Saturday 04 May 2002 11:38 am, RichardA wrote:
>
> > What a load of crap. I don't subscribe to this list to see pro gun
> > zealots foaming at the mouth about murdering petty criminals. I dare
> > say some of my political views would upset you. You'l
On Sat, 4 May 2002, RichardA wrote:
> What a load of crap. I don't subscribe to this list to see pro gun zealots
> foaming at the mouth about murdering petty criminals. I dare say some of my
> political views would upset you. You'll notice I don't subject you to them.
>
> RichardA
>
foaming at t
On Sat, 4 May 2002 03:46:15 +0200
Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
>
> > Since they now control the Department of Justice via bribe money,
> > payoffs, and "soft money" (legal bribe money) I would assume then that
> > they have already
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 03:52, Henry B. Wangle Jr. wrote:
> On Friday 03 May 2002 23:53, you wrote:
> Normally I lurk but this time I have to Say a "" Well Said " along with a
> "Amen to that" .
>
> "I Bend but I do not break to eventually spring back with much force "
> Unidentified French Unde
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
>
> On Sat, 4 May 2002, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
>
> > Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to "the land of the free" ?
> >
> > We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United States
> > of America. Mostly because you kicked the oppressors out, wrote a brand new
>
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 16:13, ed Tharp wrote:
> what ever happened to the concept of "average and reasonable" as in; "if the
> average and reasonable person believes they have purchased a CD when they pay
> their money and leave the store, and does not find out until after having
> broke the shr
On Friday 03 May 2002 23:53, you wrote:
Normally I lurk but this time I have to Say a "" Well Said " along with a
"Amen to that" .
"I Bend but I do not break to eventually spring back with much force "
Unidentified French Underground Fighter.
> There is a war going on to "deemphasize" the in
Derek Byram wrote:
>
> a 147 break in snooker always starts with a pot on a single red ;-)
>
> --
> derek the lurker - essex england - linux user 264346
very true for a 149 break. An extremely rare event I've heard. :)
now keep on posting Lurker-wannabe!
--
Femme
Good Decisions You boss Mad
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 21:46, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
>
> > Since they now control the Department of Justice via bribe money,
> > payoffs, and "soft money" (legal bribe money) I would assume then that
> > they have already merged. Both them and s
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 18:46, David wrote:
>
> Well, this has worked sometimes (for a friend, of course--I would
> never do something like this)...
>
> When making your copies of some microshit, instead of just copying
> disk-to-disk, copy all files to your HD. Then find the file name
On Sat, 4 May 2002 03:46:15 +0200, Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to "the land of the free" ?
>
> We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United States
> of America. Mostly because you kicked the oppressors out, wrote a brand n
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> Makes me sad, Lyvim. What happened to "the land of the free" ?
>
> We europeans (well, most of us) have great admiration for the United States
> of America. Mostly because you kicked the oppressors out, wrote a brand new
> Constitution - and took it serio
On Saturday 04 May 2002 03:33, you wrote:
> On Saturday 04 May 2002 04:16 am, Derek Byram wrote:
> > On Saturday 04 May 2002 02:46, you wrote:
> > > On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Question : "What do you call 50 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean" ?
> > > An
On Saturday 04 May 2002 03:33, you wrote:
> On Saturday 04 May 2002 04:16 am, Derek Byram wrote:
> > On Saturday 04 May 2002 02:46, you wrote:
> > > On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Question : "What do you call 50 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean" ?
> > > An
On Saturday 04 May 2002 04:16 am, Derek Byram wrote:
> On Saturday 04 May 2002 02:46, you wrote:
> > On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
>
>
>
> > Question : "What do you call 50 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean" ?
> > Answer : " A brilliant start"
> >
> > Kaj Haulrich
> > Denma
On Saturday 04 May 2002 02:46, you wrote:
> On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
>
> Question : "What do you call 50 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean" ?
> Answer : " A brilliant start"
>
> Kaj Haulrich
> Denmark
not enough lawyers :(
--
derek the lurker
Want to buy you
On Friday 03 May 2002 08:17 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> Since they now control the Department of Justice via bribe money,
> payoffs, and "soft money" (legal bribe money) I would assume then that
> they have already merged. Both them and susceptible members of
> congress. MSUSA is already a realit
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said onto me:
--
|I hear that...
|
|If it does go Enron then they also have to prove I have that on my systems,
|at which time will have nothing but Mandrake, Redhat, SuSe, or anyone of the
|other flavors ou
what ever happened to the concept of "average and reasonable" as in; "if the
average and reasonable person believes they have purchased a CD when they pay
their money and leave the store, and does not find out until after having
broke the shrinkwrap that the did NOT purchase a CD but instead bo
On Fri, 3 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I hear that...
>
> If it does go Enron then they also have to prove I have that on my systems,
> at which time will have nothing but Mandrake, Redhat, SuSe, or anyone of the
> other flavors out there. Believe me I am not paying a dime to that co, no
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Femme wrote:
> On Fri, 3 May 2002 10:56:50 -0400 (EDT)
> daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > The bottom line is that no matter what you or I consider ethically
> > > right with respect to what we bought, we both are legally bound by
> > > the terms of use of the auth
On Fri, 3 May 2002 10:56:50 -0400 (EDT)
daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The bottom line is that no matter what you or I consider ethically
> > right with respect to what we bought, we both are legally bound by
> > the terms of use of the authors (copyrighters) wether we like that
> > or
Damian G wrote:
> i'll hunt down the links later, if i find it, i'll post the link where i found
> a snip of that judge's resolution..
Here is a link to a page with links to other pages (sorry about that ;-)
that deal with rulings oveturning the validity of at least some claims
in an EULA. (Note
I hear that...
If it does go Enron then they also have to prove I have that on my systems,
at which time will have nothing but Mandrake, Redhat, SuSe, or anyone of the
other flavors out there. Believe me I am not paying a dime to that co, nor
am I going to jail for them either.
But, none t
Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
>On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 02:12, Damian G wrote:
>
>>>Well, someone who cannot post to the list because his ISP is out picking
>>>daisies and not supplying reverse resolution sent me a missive pointing
>>>out that no one buys Windows. It is a license one buys, nothing more.
>
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 09:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> M$ can only screw you if you let them. Personally I don't give a rats A$$
> about M$ or their products. The only reason I still have M$ is to play the
> couple of games I like to play.
>
> Oh I don't even read the licensee agreement that M
> Civ does have a point. According to the EULA, you do NOT own the
> software; you are only granted a license to use the software at
> MicroShaft's behest. When you buy the CD, you are indeed buying a
> license. Now wether you decide to USE that license or not at whatever
> time in the future i
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 14:01, Miark wrote:
> > What ms considers to be illegal is the following:
> >
> > I buy a machine with preinstalled windows
> >
> > I uninstall windows and install a real os
> >
> > I sell/give the version of windows that came with the machine to someone
> > else
> >
>
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 04:35, Mcleod, Ian wrote:
> I would like to send some 'pirated' software to Micro$oft to prove that I am
> not an evil civilisation destroying Linux geek. Unopened or 'off the press'
> pirated software is best - as it shows how little we want this junk that we
> won't even t
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 02:12, Damian G wrote:
> > Well, someone who cannot post to the list because his ISP is out picking
> > daisies and not supplying reverse resolution sent me a missive pointing
> > out that no one buys Windows. It is a license one buys, nothing more.
>
>
>
> hi Civilem
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 12:26, daRcmaTTeR wrote:
> Damian,
>
> sadly, historically americans haven't taken notice to something about to
> eat them for lunch until "it" has them on it's dinner plate and us about
> to start cutting. _thats_ usually when the "thing" is taken seriously and
> action is
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 17:52, Robin Turner wrote:
> Not quite. Back in the 18th and 19th centuries there was the East India
> Company, which successfully colonised most of the Indian subcontinent, and
> was only absorbed into the British Empire after a mutiny of its native
> soldiers resutled
On Thu, 02 May 2002 21:36:36 -0800
civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> daRcmaTTeR wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 2 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote:
> >
> >>On Wednesday 01 May 2002 21:45, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
> >>[snip]
> >>
> >>>I too agree. If I buy a car and drive it till it is rust, I can remove
>
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
>On Thu, 2 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday 01 May 2002 21:45, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
>>[snip]
>>
>>>I too agree. If I buy a car and drive it till it is rust, I can remove
>>>engine transmission, seats and what ever else is salvageable and sell them
>>>individu
not only in yurkey my friend , not only there :) !!!
swiss aren't the legalest too ... and you can install every version of
XP you want , there are thousands of good tools out there , to keep your
XP in your box and don't let it send anything out you don't want to be
sent ... !
at least i hate m
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 05:57, Robin Turner wrote:
> Here in Turkey you normally get a computer installed with a pirate copy of
> Windows!
>
> Sir Robin
Here in the US, there's a version of XP running around that has all M&
internet contact ability ripped out of the core. It installs without
c
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote:
> Here in Turkey you normally get a computer installed with a pirate copy of
> Windows!
>
> Sir Robin
ROFLMAO... ha! i hope they're listening...Robin, that was great!
--
daRcmaTTeR
--
Registered Linux User 182496
Want to buy your Pack or Serv
On Thu, 2 May 2002 12:57:13 +0300
Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 02 May 2002 10:13, FemmeFatale wrote:
> > civileme wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > *Hugs ya* HI :)
> >
> > > And Yes you do have power. Build your own systems. Let the
> > > manufacturers who ship Windows and suppor
On Wed, 1 May 2002, FemmeFatale wrote:
> What M$ wants isn't fair still IMO. That means that you don't own that
> OS. Your example is *considering this is M$'s logic & if it is true*
> flawed.
>
> Basically taht means my Pre-loaded OS isn't mine to sell, keep or give
> away with my hardware or
On Wed, 1 May 2002, civileme wrote:
> That's right. You do not own your computer if you use windows because
> you can do only what is permitted by the EULA. Some versions of the
> EULA that you click to agree to allow Microsoft to modify the EULA
> without notice. This happened to many folks w
> Here is a thought. Why don't people uninstall Windows, then email the whole
> package in little files back to M$. That should screw up their mail-servers
> for a few months, and suggest that they should spend the next 3 or more
> years quietly working on a way to email "their" hardware back to t
civileme wrote:
*Hugs ya* HI :)
> And Yes you do have power. Build your own systems. Let the
> manufacturers who ship Windows and support Microsoft so steadfastly
> twist in the wind. Buy from their competitiors if they offer
> pre-installed linux.
I do. Believe me. Refuse to let my partn
FemmeFatale wrote:
>A V Flinsch wrote:
>
>>On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:13 pm, you wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:43:37 -0700
>>>
>
>>What ms considers to be illegal is the following:
>>
>>I buy a machine with preinstalled windows
>>
>>I uninstall windows and install a real os
>>
>>I sell/giv
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
>
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Femme wrote:
> >
>
> Femme,
>
> I smell what yer steppin. Sadly though there is a down side to that
> otherwise happy thought. All those poor drones that have been slaving away
> for MS all these years would be out of jobs. can you imagine what that
>
A V Flinsch wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:13 pm, you wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:43:37 -0700
> What ms considers to be illegal is the following:
>
> I buy a machine with preinstalled windows
>
> I uninstall windows and install a real os
>
> I sell/give the version of windows th
magnet wrote:
>
> Here is a thought. Why don't people uninstall Windows, then email the whole
> package in little files back to M$. That should screw up their mail-servers
> for a few months, and suggest that they should spend the next 3 or more
> years quietly working on a way to email "their" h
PERSONAL EMAIL ONLY
I live in Australia - same rubbish here except Australia seems to be used as
a non-critical (i.e. small) market testing ground for new ways of
controlling customers.
Ian McLeod
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.c
On Wed, 1 May 2002 22:35:24 -0500
Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 May 2002 06:35 pm, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 May 2002 00:52:47 +0300
> >
> > Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 01 May 2002 21:45, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > >
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 06:35 pm, you wrote:
> On Thu, 2 May 2002 00:52:47 +0300
>
> Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 01 May 2002 21:45, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > I too agree. If I buy a car and drive it till it is rust, I can remove
> > > engine tran
I am getting a 'naked' laptop soon - what a drama to get it!
Dell have been quite good though.
Does anyone have any stories to share regarding purchasing naked laptops?
Ian McLeod
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Thu, 2 May 2002 00:52:47 +0300
Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 May 2002 21:45, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
> [snip]
> > I too agree. If I buy a car and drive it till it is rust, I can remove
> > engine transmission, seats and what ever else is salvageable and sell them
I agree with these too, Windows is to expensive for final consumers, More in
countries like Colombia, or other third world countries.
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Miark wrote:
>
> > > What ms considers to be illegal is the following:
> > >
> > > I buy a machine with preinstalled windo
Title: RE: [newbie] The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove?
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On Wed, 1 May 2002, Miark wrote:
> > What ms considers to be illegal is the following:
> >
> > I buy a machine with preinstalled windows
> >
> > I uninstall windows and install a real os
> >
> > I sell/give the version of windows that came with the machine to someone
> > else
> >
> > What ms want
> What ms considers to be illegal is the following:
>
> I buy a machine with preinstalled windows
>
> I uninstall windows and install a real os
>
> I sell/give the version of windows that came with the machine to someone
> else
>
> What ms wants is that when I sell or give away the machine,
On Wed, 1 May 2002, A V Flinsch wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:13 pm, you wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:43:37 -0700
> >
> > Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Check out this article.
> > >
> > > Linux Today:
> > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-04-30-018-26-PS-MS-
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Femme wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:43:37 -0700
> Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Check out this article.
> >
> > Linux Today:
> > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-04-30-018-26-PS-MS-LL
> >
> > Complete story:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content
On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:13 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:43:37 -0700
>
> Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Check out this article.
> >
> > Linux Today:
> > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-04-30-018-26-PS-MS-LL
> >
> > Complete story:
> > http://www.theregister.co
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