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About Linux for a change 1168
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:51:36 +0000, billwg I never have, on the current Windows machine I use. Why? Because it was not supplied with a proper...
About Linux for a change 1168 plus 1
How many letters are published there versus how many people in the UK use Windows...
About Linux for a change 1170
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:39:22 +0000, billwg Nor did i so infer. i was countering your clam...
About Linux for a change 1171
I am a student of this phenomenon, Kier, you must recognize that by now! If you don't recognize the name, Sams Club is a membership discount store run by WalMart ( Sam as in Sam...
About Linux for a change 1172
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:27:43 -0500, DFS Well I have a an Asus P4P800 with a 3.0g Intel P4HT, WD 7200 RPM...
About Linux for a change 1173
Steve Karlson I like NewEgg as well. I bought most of my current system from them. I seem to recall someone claiming 7 minutes...
This atbreastude of yours
For some reason, Moives are just expensive cartoons, where the laws of physics, for example, are routinely broken. Many times I've...
What does Buckeroo care about
Hi Buckeroo, Re: Your attempt to become less of a loser, ditching your blog ( ¿ and Cola ) and your desire to ingore my posts, I give away free...
About Linux for a change 1176
I've had fairly good luck with gentoo. When I tried it in december, I experienced what you did with poor mirrors, but that seems to have been fixed. I now never experience download...
Where's the Wow 1177
snips On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:16:46 -0800, Jensen Carpenter, Astronaut Right here on my desktop, almost every day. I often fix peoples' Windows boxes. No...
Where's the Wow 1178
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Jensen Carpenter, Astronaut wrote on Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:16:46 -0800 Well, we could include a little doggy...
Help for newbies
As there seems to be a lot of beginners on this newsgroup, I've taken the liberty of cutting & pasting an old...
Help for newbies
Dave JEggleston the opinion of a troll is meaningless. I am not a "humorless blob" and I resent the fact that you are trying to pbutt your...
Does Kerio support Microsoft L2TP VPN 1181
delinquent, and employee who makes mechanical pumps from dried cow stomachs, repeated: No. Got any ideas? Straks vind ik je nog een in egelvet gebraden turbo...
Why linux is better as a server OS
Fellow advocates, In the case of my work place, this is why Linux made a huge difference to our business: 1) TCO, the TCO...
Does GPL cover any kind of documentation
Hi ! On my web site I wrote some material to help people with the SCJP exam from Sun (SCJP 1.4 code 310-035): 0. This License applies to...
USB and CUPS kicking my butt
In the interests of full disclosure (after all, we get accused hourly of claiming that "Linux is...
Microsoft AntiSpyware is a FUD vehicle 1186
In a controlled bet, MS tested a detector that asked the beta testers to report a code encountered during the install. If you were...
Microsoft AntiSpyware is a FUD vehicle 1187
That is just an application, though, and, from all the objections, it is likely to be denied by...
Microsoft AntiSpyware is a FUD vehicle 1188
Linønut You weren't misled. Your hatred of MS warps your mind, and what little critical...
Disappointed with the linux community
snips On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:16:36 -0700, ray It is and it isn't. There's only about 8 or...
COLA Stats 27 Feb 2005
ngstats.pl version 1.8 This report covers 3082 articles received by this system to newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- begin Toplist of Posters Pos...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1192
begin Error log for Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:20:08 -0800 - Mike Cox caused a follows... As a layman, I would say...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1193
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:47:00 +0100, OK Yea, I thought that comment was a little obtuse...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1194
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:35:42 -0600, Liam Slider Exactly where does Jafar make that statement? You are just trying to trap Jafar so you can drop this link on him: Take notice that Linux...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1195
begin Error log for Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:40:02 -0500 - flatfish caused a follows... BLAH BLAH BLAH...on and on...yadda yadda yadda. No doubt in my mind you are a woman now. I've...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1196
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:48:32 +0100, Jafar Ease of use and Linux used in the same sentence is...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1197
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:35:42 -0600, Liam Slider Exactly where does Jafar make that statement? You are just trying to trap Jafar so you can drop this link on him: Take notice that...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1198
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:26:54 +0000, Kier Yea I'll bet you have. So how well does...
Linux For Musicians and Artists 1199
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:40:20 -0500, flatfish Are you, one of the worst, most despised liars in COLA, calling *me* a liar? Oh, please, don't make me laugh, I...
openoffice 1.9.79 still rocks your data to shreds! 1200
DFS Load speed greatly improved - in the Windows version at least. About 2 seconds on...
openoffice 1.9.79 still rocks your data to shreds! 1201
On Monday 28 February 2005 01:21 DFS With all due respect, you seem to be missing the point. I'll try to ask the question as simply as possible:- If MS...
openoffice 1.9.79 still rocks your data to shreds! 1202
On Monday 28 February 2005 17:47 DFS I couldn't have put it better myself - thank you:-) There are some people who have...
openoffice 1.9.79 still rocks your data to shreds! 1203
B Gruff You don't say :-) For the most part I'm closer to the "MS can do no wrong" userspace...
openoffice 1.9.79 still rocks your data to shreds! 1204
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 03:50 DFS Well, I'm sure that you are aware that there are differing opinions on that. Business...
openoffice 1.9.79 still rocks your data to shreds! 1205
B Gruff Windows is merely a format, is it not? Compebreastion and choice remain in the PC operating system market as well. There are dozens of OS's...
LinuxElectrons: Daily Digest 1206
This is the daily digest from LinuxElectrons for 02-26-05 Stop by the forums and say Hi at: ------------------------------ breastle: Cluster File Systems Releases Lustre Version 1.2.4...
DELL Sux. Read On
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, ray wrote on Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:04:37 -0700 They may not have a choice. Does...
Flaw In OSS Logic
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:39:27 +0100, OK True. Microsoft hasn't improved at all in two years...
Too many wow's
1. Installing SLS from floppies on a 486DX-33Mhz with 8MB ram. No GUI, no X, no networking, just the CLI. Way more fun to use than W3.1 already...
Too many wow's 1210
Roy Culley GUI, Reconfigured running can dual screen Lol... having a monopoly isn't illegal under both US and EU law. MS certainly hasn't "maintained" there...
Too many wow's 1211
my 'wow' for this day: Backup'ed my personal files on a loop fs using aes...
Too many wow's 1213
at having to Pay through the nose? It is a commercial product and one of the best out there for development work. You can pick up...
The MS 'begin' bug 1214
For your info, since you are probably unaware and might otherwise be misled by your peers, Outlook...
The MS 'begin' bug 1215
Well, in the first place the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (as amended Oct. 3, 1996) defines criminal acts regarding malicious transmission of viruses. They don't care about what "virus" means as much...
The MS 'begin' bug 1216
Ah, even the billygoats have their perceptive moments! Without the spice, the taste would be far too bland even...
The MS 'begin' bug 1217
begin response.vbs If you simply use the "begin " part, it shows as an attachment. They have to...
The MS 'begin' bug 1218
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:17:03 -0500, DFS Don't troll, then. Your posts are provocative - deliberately so. Don't call posters 'cola morons, 'bozoz', 'Linux liars'. If you do so, don't be surprised when you...
The MS 'begin' bug 1219
Roy Culley So is the Linux OS. And will be around for quite a few more. Who starts a Usenet post with...
The MS 'begin' bug 1220
Buford Then go ahead and start one with a word other than 'begin' and show me. But you won't even provide one reason. So submit a wish report, though...
The MS 'begin' bug 1221
DFS Poor DooFuS, you do realize thatyouare the child here, wailing like a baby, constantly filling his diaper and stinking the place up, pulling a tantrum because he isn't allowed to...
The MS 'begin' bug 1223
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:32:09 -0500, DFS The truth is that you don't know if you've seen it...
The MS 'begin' bug 1224
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:00:37 -0500, DFS Then you haven't spent very much time on...
The MS 'begin' bug 1225
DFS That is because it is always an attachment. Search though google, if you are smart enough to do such...
The MS 'begin' bug Discussion, linux
piggybacking to respond to DFS It happened here on COLA once. Here's a paragraph from an earlier post of mine. Lee uses an emacs package that introduces extra spaces as necessary to make lines...
The MS 'begin' bug 1227
snips On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:47:39 -0500, DFS The first of the 2 "Important" bugs reveals the following... Package: pan Version: 0.14.0-3 0.14.0-3. Hmm. Current version is 0.14.2.91. Let's see... Aug 27, 2003, 0.14.1...
The MS 'begin' bug 1228
begin Error log for Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:57:06 -0500 - DFS caused a page OE is an insecure piece of hand-me-down crap that MS gives away and doesn't even support. UTF-8 support...
The MS 'begin' bug 1229
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 06:06:26 +0000, Kelsey Bjarnason Sure you do. It misbehaves the same for you as it does for me. Bad spin, to try and shift the...
The MS 'begin' bug 1230
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:00:27 -0500, DFS Really? I don't recall it. That's very strange. Since my text...
My new HTML to TXT converter
Hi Spooky, You might be interested in my new HTML to TXT converter, I wrapped it in a main() so I think you could compile it: If, for example, you pbutt it...
My new HTML to TXT converter. 1232
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, JeffRelf wrote on 14 Mar 2005 09:45:07 GMT Hm. Looks like a solution looking for a problem to me. As it is, it's been done: 'html2text' is...
PlainText is still king
Hi Spooky, Re: What I had-have to do to break out of NoCharge.COM's strick fire wall ( e.g. add the POP3SSL protocol to X.CPP ), Any particular reason you can't use...
My new HTML to TXT converter. 1234
snips On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:45:07 +0000, JeffRelf Not a one of these is a standard header. Given that, it's impossible to even...
My new HTML to TXT converter. 1235
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote on Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:42:38 GMT ?? (Could be worse; he could be using conio.h, which is IIRC a very old header handling such...
My new HTML to TXT converter. 1236
snips The Ghost In The Machine buttuming C++; given the code, it would be a lot simpler to convert it to...
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