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Where Firefox, Opera etc fall short Windows.. 5217
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-05-22, Ted Landry spake thusly: Ted, I'm not sure where you are getting all of this. The apps mentioned were...
Where Firefox, Opera etc fall short Windows.. 5218
flatfish+++ In this case it looks like the developers went out of their way to insist on IE. You mention that you're a non-programmer. I'll buttume...
SUSE 10.1 bummer
This is a bit of a bummer.... 1. Installation very straightforward 2. "Non-OSS stuff" provided 3. Found video card and...
SUSE 10.1 bummer! 5220
B Gruff Hmmm... sorry Mr. Gruff, but a couple months ago I installed Linux (Slackware 10.2) and...
SUSE 10.1 bummer! 5221
On Tuesday 23 May 2006 04:53 DFS Not at all. If you want a Windows Experience, stick to Windows. Myself, I've had quite enough Windows "experiences", thank you! Use whatever you wish, DFS - noshould-, nomust...
SUSE 10.1 bummer! 5222
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, B Gruff wrote on Tue, 23 May 2006 12:11:59 +0100 Windows is a somewhat open standard. It's undocumented, of course, proprietary...
SUSE 10.1 bummer! 5223
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent wrote on Wed, 24 May 2006 19:00:12 +0100 I prefer "de facto", which is probably more a reflection on those who like Word's...
SUSE 10.1 bummer! 5224
B Gruff on Monday 22 May 2006 20:52 Why wouldn't it work? *smile* especially in comparison with that piece of Mickey Mouse software HP supplied in the accompanying CD...
SUSE 10.1 bummer! 5225
June, actually. Ubuntu version numbers are the year and the month. My parents are running 5.04 (April, 2005) and I'm running 5.10 (October 2005). Dapper Drake is going to be 6.06...
Linux is Capitalism
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Fri, 19 May 2006 17:48:55 +0100 Maybe, maybe not. Communism, after all, *is* an economic system; its main problem is that socialism, the political system that usually implements...
Linux is Capitalism
I found it amusing that Steve Ballmer, working for a company that had just been found guilty of violation of the Sherman Act, who had personally...
Verizon DSL and Windows
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: Last night, sometime before lunch and dinner, my...
Verizon DSL and Windows
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-05-23, Tim Smith spake thusly: I understand what you mean. However, even with Linux, I consider a direct...
New Software License idea: "The Freedom License
Hello. I have been thinking about all the problems the GPL causes. My solution is a new license called the "Freedom License". Here it is: THE FREEDOM LICENSE...
New Software License idea: "The Freedom License." 5231
Hi from Munich! Hey, I know you're trolling, but heck! After Alexander Terekhov for month after month, a...
New Software License idea: "The Freedom License." 5232
Alan Mackenzie I'd just like to add that Alan's beliefs are inspired by maniac Moglen's beliefs. Eben calls it "interpenetration". Uh, maniac. ----- LWN: So, if...
New Software License idea: "The Freedom License." 5233
Let me first point to the real problems: - Backshlash handling is completely broken in the gmake makefile...
New Software License idea: "The Freedom License." 5234
I am sorry to see that you are obviously a not interested in a reply as you...
New Software License idea: "The Freedom License." 5235
Um, I'm not psychic, and did not know what newsgroup you were reading. If I were not interested in a reply, I would not have posted to the other groups. (And, indeed, I don't...
New Software License idea: "The Freedom License." MailCopiesTo: never
Karen Hill There is nothing wrong with extending, provided that you don't break the interoperability with the standard. (And sometimes even that can be justified. Rarely, but it happens.) And Solaris (just like Linux, just...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws by Don Hull Go see "United 93," the movie, quickly, while it...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5238
posting the following on 23 May 2006 13:16:15 GMT iin alt.atheism? I'm a former soldier and current truck driver. It's not a matter of learning...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5239
Deuteros THEN all four persons could have brought their own guns on board the plane, and taken control of it even...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5240
jabadoodle No, an errant bullet need not bring down the whole plane. First, it depends on the type of bullet. For years, Israeli sky-marshals...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5241
Ray Fischer Nope. YOU aren't keeping up with Europe, are you? Hint: France? Riots? Hint 2: Sweden, that peaceful home of fine furniture and really good cars to drive on ice. Really...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5242
Ray Fischer No, you are. Sorry 'bout that. Nope. You are not. Hint three: you said "correlates to violence," not "correlates to people died." You are a known Goal Post shifter, Ray. Nice to...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5243
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Deuteros wrote on 23 May 2006 21:14:24 GMT And a very liberal one, as governments cannot possibly intrude. (Kill, yes -- e.g. sniper fire. Intrude...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5244
Suuuuure. "The liquidate last week of one of Switzerland's most famous skiers has forced the Swiss to look long and hard at a crime that is worryingly common...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5245
Ray Fischer Since he's posted here. And that's for ages. You just can't find any data to support your claim and are...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5246
Jim Naw, just one of his standard dodges. It's supposed to end the exchange, but you see, I don't offend easily. I've worked with his kind (don't ask) He knows I'm on his...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5247
Ray Fischer Yep, because that information has been abundantly cited in this ng, tpg, for many years. Pointless to post it yet again. The one receding over the horizon is you...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5248
Ray Fischer Mmm...do you really wish to deny that, as I said, and why I refused to cite the common known data by all in this newsgroup, we do indeed have...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5249
Ray Fischer You appear to be reduced to lying as your prime debating method. Why is that I wonder? Ah, but I have, many times in the past, as have others. We aren't your servants...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5250
Ray Fischer Yep, and you carefully snipped where I defined clearly your misquote based on his statement. I'll restate it again. And...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5251
Scout It's always amusing to watch Ray lie. And the absolutely stupid way he does so. Hoping...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5252
Ray Fischer I can do that. I cannot do it legally from a dealer. And YOU, Ray, as usual, lied by snipping...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5253
Deuteros of course it is. If Jack Robber thinks for one second that Granny over...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5254
Ray Fischer The FBI disagrees with you, and we've posted that many times in this ng, Ray. Whether the...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5255
Ray Fischer Oh, sorry. I was corresponding with two jackbuttes on this issue, and posted to the other and forget the less significant. Here YOU go: " "An example of what the Tennessee Handgun Permit Holders...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5256
Ray Fischer No they don't. They earn their living from responding to crime by others. Which is exactly what this discussion was about. The perpetration of violent crime on innocent, but...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5257
Ray Fischer Thanks for the clarification. Try putting them out of work. Violence against whom, and weapons wielded...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5258
Ray Fischer Nope. Simple question that would, if you answered honestly, establish that the correlation must include, as I've claimed, the actors...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5259
Ray Fischer Nope. My opinions and biases are freely expressed, and in this 'debate' I...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5260
Ray Fischer Only by stopping at that point and avoiding what followed. Nope. It's right there. I asked...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5261
Ray Fischer Nope. You cut the post. There was no change of subject. You yourself went ONE to make the same point I made by my question. Anyone can read it in this post...
United 93 Brought Down by Gun Control Laws 5262
steve Of course not, and that is why one of the VERY FEW gun OWNERSHIP control laws I favor and support is that one which makes it illegal for...
Differences Between Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Explained
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-05-23, William Poaster spake thusly: And yet, I am not a developer, and I...
as if the industry wasn't being decimated by offshoring already
give me your tired, your poor, your huddled mbuttes yearning to work off the books for not a lot of money…” Probably one of the most controversial provisions...
Can we help this Guy 5265
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Au79 wrote on Tue, 16 May 2006 22:26:43 -0700 We? I see only one individual below: ^ Of course...
Can we help this Guy 5266
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Au79 wrote on Tue, 16 May 2006 22:26:43 -0700 We? I see only one individual below: ^ Of course, one might make a case for two individuals: Mr. Golden...
Can we help this Guy 5267
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, arachnid wrote on Wed, 17 May 2006 19:26:26 -0000 The history in the wikipedia is a bit confused, but it appears version 6 (that would be X6, not X11R6) was released...
The MS Office Plugin
B Gruff on Thursday 18 May 2006 15:02 The blog post states: ,---- Snippet There are two important things the Plugin accomplishes for large & small organizations that are already entrenched in...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach
This morning my girlfriend was attempting to play a video on the Windows-Gaming computer. I could hear her sputter in frustration. It seems a software update had caused...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5270
Op Tue, 23 May 2006 14:19:43 +0000, schreef thad01: This is one of the major pains...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5271
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Tue, 23 May 2006 15:29:38 +0100 Routinely, in Gentoo, if one's...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5272
On Tue, 23 May 2006 11:30:19 -0700, shanejoel The things is, Windows is not "dumbed down" or easy to use at all. In many...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5273
On Wed, 24 May 2006 19:10:20 +0100, Mark Kent To lend credence to your last comment here is...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5274
On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:34:37 +0100, Mark Kent Don't have to ask me twice! :-) One thing, in order to understand how the script(s) work, you first have to have...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5275
I've experienced basically the same thing. I built a basic net surfing station for a starving student friend using Linux on cast-off hardware, something so old that Windows had no chance of running on...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5276
Tell me about it. I hate when I am typing up a latex document and the editor suddenly starts sprayingitem's all over the place, and then spontaneously wraps the whole...
The 'Microsoft Knows Best' Approach 5277
Interesting since I just finished updating (this) SuSE machine. It's been a while (47 days?) so it updated the kernel and a bunch of other things. But then it...
Are 73% of all Britons Using GNULinux
Apparently not, due to OEM's that pre-install Windows. Call to target UK software piracy ,---- Quote Software piracy in some countries such as Vietnam top 90% More than a quarter of the computer software used...
Guess the O.S... 5279
Gustavo Vasquez wrote in 16:28: Wait a minute -- are you telling me that there are fundamental differences between XP Home and...
Guess the O.S... 5280
snips On Sun, 21 May 2006 13:28:43 -0700, Gustavo Vasquez About running a mail server? Many, many thousands of people do this, for ISPs, for their companies, even for their home...
Business Sinking Get More Towels! Microsoft Resumes Perks. 5281
On Sat, 20 May 2006 12:26:34 -0500, flatfish+++ Except that you see nothing. Just because a man dresses differently from...
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