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Anyone using Mephis 835
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:55:34 +0000, Al. C I'm discovering this! I never heard of Mephis before and the last thing I wanted was to invest time in a...
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I go the the Doctor, I see Mac OSX systems. I go to the library, I see Windows systems soon to be replaced by Mac OSX. I...
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snips On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:07:55 -0500, flatfish+++ What makes you think they do...
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I use it constantly, I don't "need to convince people that this control is workable, even on a Mac". A typically useless Linux advocate response. Did...
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George Graves poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: No software for...
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I don't think that anybody is characterizing Linux as "poo" here. It's the misleading idea that Linux can replace Windows and the Mac as THE...
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:20:20 +0000, George Graves The OP did. In exactly those terms. I asked politely why he needed that particular functionality that badly, but he hasn't bothered to reply. I...
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begin George Graves ------------- That's easy. Linux offers no solution for speech control of the computer. And yes, I mean a solution that contains command, control, and dictation. Otherwise, Linux is just an unusable piece...
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begin Error log for Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:05:14 -0500 - ZnU caused a page follows... From experience, I can tell you...
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:56:20 -0500, rapskat Pretty much so especially if loading Windows from scratch and having to load drivers for...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:09:15 -0500, Funny, 95%+ of the drivers "installed" on my Linux systems, are done so...
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When it comes to hardware, Linux does seem to work more like OS X than like Windows, at a fundamental level. By this, I...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 02:27:11 -0500, Like I said, 95%+ of the drivers...
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:43:08 +0000, Timberwoof The problem is, it's a very subjective thing, in the end. I'm a Mandrake user (I also have Kanotix on my laptop...
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begin Error log for Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:53:18 -0600 - TravelinMan caused a page fault at address Maybe bullpoo logic may fly...
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There is nothing really wrong with it, other than the interface annoyances that have previously...
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Outline View in Word. This is very useful during the creative part of writing a document. Open Office doesn't really have an outline view. It just has...
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I think it is more than that. I've seen people who have not used either try both, and...
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:49:54 -0500, buzz off In your original post, you claimed it was poo because it didn't do voice control. Period. If you...
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It's fine to play with and to manipulate your digital photos with, but it can't be used for serious publication work because one can work in the CYMK space. one...
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buzz off poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Actually, although I can really be a moron at times...
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begin ZnU Yeah, right. You couldn't stand that part where your precious OSX can't be *installed* by blind people, whereas...
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Poor Peter, you really are having trouble accepting this, aren't you? I would invite you over and show you what a well designed computer system is capable of, but I think you are too...
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You are only half right. It was designed by geniuses to be operated by morons. And just what is wrong with a computer being more appliance-like? A computer is a TOOL. Tools...
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On OSX, you just run the OS installer, and it's done. You buy or download software, double click on the install file, and it installs and runs perfectly. Want more software? Go...
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I find him embarrbutting, actually. My German relatives are all much nicer than this Köhlmann type. He reminds me in...
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Well, is Jobs schizophrenic or what? The article below is from just a few years ago. The rest of Hollywood seems to still be dedicated to standardizing on Linux. Is Jobs taking...
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I'm pretty confident that Steve Jobs uses Macs for his "serious work". Long before OSX ever existed. Obviously, since his annual salary from Apple is $1. I don't know, ask him? If...
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Apparently not. Looks like thinks he can make more Hollywood bucks using Linux, not OSX. Either that or OSX is just not a capable...
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I can butture you that Steve Jobs isn't personally involved in the creative process at Pixar. You're asking the wrong guy. This changes my comment, how? The guy makes money - good for...
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But you are obviously quite versed in Linux. I see something like this: Configuration ============= Copy gar.conf.mk.in to gar.conf.mk and change...
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, TravelinMan wrote on Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:50:29 -0600 Ah, of course. Everyone merely wants to click on the dog...
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, TravelinMan wrote on Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:48:31 GMT Yes, well, there is that; ideally kernel rebuilds would be about as necessary as...
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begin Error log for Sat, 19 Feb 2005 04:11:39 +0000 - Mike caused a page Where did you pull those numbers from? Do you, or *anyone* really...
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flatfish+++ poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: I've never seen Mac. Sometimes...
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Snit poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: Actually, the receptionist at the dental school I go to (they...
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Linønut BUT -- and this is the key -- neither has windows. In the sense that it is the rare Consumer Debt who goes out and buys "a Windows". People buy...
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, El Camino Linuxa wrote on Fri, 18 Feb 2005 03:53:20 GMT Ah, but they *do*. That's the insidiousness...
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Steffan Hayter poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: I've noticed that. Even some technical people have come to me with claims much like the ones certain Wintrolls here try to propagate...
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of You are right. They do. It is from months to years ago, when it was just hard to...
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Andre Majorel poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: It is awful. Worse, you cannot edit it with an ordinary editor. And...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:32:52 +0100, I have considered this. But tools that edit the files inetc automagically, would have to be written to...
Spoke with my Rep. about Win2k3 64Bit. 877
Mike Cox Why? And what would this stunning blow be? Yup, sure you are. Really? Years of...
Spoke with my Rep. about Win2k3 64Bit. 878
Actually, I run Windows 2003 Server on my desktop since I'm a power user and...
I wish I could afford a one megabit upstream pipe to give it all away
Hi Shawn, You joked to Spooky ( The Ghost ), But seriously, I'm an mp3 sharrerorist by virtue of the RIAA, I'm sure RobbieRobertson would rather that I paid for his...
Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged. " __ Christ
Hi Rick, Re: The ridiculous nature of civil law, where money is allocated strangely by strangers, " Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged. " Christ. The most hideous thing about civil law is...
Who owns your computer again
The issue at hand concerns Section 5, paragraph b, subsection 2, under the heading of limitations. The law does not apply to: "(2) a discrete interaction with a protected computer by a...
Who owns your computer again
Philip Callan this article appeared over at the EFF the other day... highly relevant and illuminating. --------------------------------------------------------------- 2. "Using...
can you get a virus with linux
begin Error log for Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:32:10 -0800 - nero caused a page details as follows... It's possible, but not an easy thing at all. You have...
Windows' Root kits GIF Files
mlw Notice we have some ".GIF" files and a couple DLL's that were dropped around the same time . . . which brings me...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:19:59 -0500, Why? When I had XP on this laptop...
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:05:17 -0500, mlw So what happens when a user has to install a program? How does said user know it is not infected? Setting up "John's Suse...
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:32:02 -0500, mlw I do every single day. Do you? Are...
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:23:18 +0000, Mark Kent Who actually checks all of these...
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Steffan Hayter The QA departments of the various distros. SO? You are STILL changing the subject from code injected into your system without your knowledge with root...
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:59:12 +0100, Peter Köhlmann So? Someone hosts a site called packmann and his md5's match his tainted files. End of story unless the user goes hunting for the real...
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begin Steffan Hayter Ah yes. Someone host *another* "packman" site? Interesting. Mind to tell us *how* anyone gets there? You still have to explain...
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I sure hope you are right, but I don't think so personally. For a couple of reasons...
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Running a file on unix doesn't need it to be executable: $ ls -la foo -rw-r--r-- 1 me me...
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snip But the result is the same: arbitrary code can be run from files that teirself aren't executable. snip some more examples Bad setup either...
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BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21 Feb 2005 03:44:57 GMT, not automatically. Which is the whole point. Of course you can run data through...
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Steffan Hayter I use one very often as I develop software for Linux, Windows, and Macintosh. Yes, and root...
Tired of supporting friends' computers Migrate them to GNULinux 898
Heather Locklearjet Pupils 'do worse with computers' Robert Booth Monday March 21, 2005 The Guardian Academics will today argue that the growing use of computers in secondary school clbuttrooms and for homework...
Tired of supporting friends' computers Migrate them to GNULinux 899
ray What annoys me is that our local education authority, since moving to PCs from Archimedes networks, have time and again stated that they'll be embracing...
Tired of supporting friends' computers Migrate them to GNULinux 900
On Sun, 01 May 2005 15:44:20 -0600, ray Great in theory, terrible in practice. I have 3 kids in college and every single one of them, 3 different Universities BTW, have been...
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