On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:25:06 +0000, ANC babbled:

>> Run along and troll the Kanotix (Kan'tuseLinux) newsgroup, if there is
>> one, dickweed.

> No newsgroup but a fairly active forum at kanotix.com as well as
> #kanotix on freenode. I don't think either would tolerate the foul mouth
> of Dan and disagreeable attitude of Eric H.

They wouldn't "tolerate" it, huh? What would they do about it?

> It's far more of a support community than a 'gotcha' venue as this one
> is for anyone who dares to disagree about anything Slackware.

Whatever.

>> Nobody gives a fuck about your silly religious bullshit,

> Curious, Dan. What faith are you? You claim to be a military man. I've
> never known a military person who didn't have a strong faith in one
> religion or another. Is it true there are no atheists in foxholes?

I don't do foxholes, and I'm agnostic.

>> or your lame references to Vietnam.

> My generation's Vietnam is your generation's Iraq. Like Vietnam it
> started with a lie, and it's going to end just as badly.

You may be right on this one. Not sure why you think that it's my fault,
though.

>> We already know you're a yellow pussy
>> coward, and so does your "god", whatever it's name.

> So you know what "god' knows? Why am I not surprised!

I'm sure "he" knows things like that. Aren't you? How else would you be
judged, if he didn't?

>> Bugger off.

> I don't think so... at least not until you and I are best friends!

Could you hold your breath until then?

--
"Kanotix" - A German word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

A. Canton wrote:

> This is the time of year when Jews ask a pardon to all those they have
> maligned... and for me that's about most of the world and probably
> everyone here! But seriously, do forgive me of whatever grief I've
> caused. We are not allowed to ask God for a pardon until/unless we have
> asked our fellow men and women. I guess it's to teach us a bit of
> humility.

If your request for pardon is sincere (can't imagine why I doubt that),
maybe you'll accept a suggestion that you undertake an appropriate act of
contrition, like say, leaving everyone here in peace for six months; and
that upon your return, you swear off name calling, personal attacks,
condescending sermons, the giving of unsolicited advice, and inciting
others to bad behavior.

--
Old Man

In article <FtCdnVdsWL-Wx43YnZ2dnUVZ_rGdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Old Man <bill@witch.lan> wrote:

> If your request for pardon is sincere (can't imagine why I doubt that),
> maybe you'll accept a suggestion that you undertake an appropriate act of
> contrition, like say, leaving everyone here in peace for six months; and
> that upon your return, you swear off name calling, personal attacks,
> condescending sermons, the giving of unsolicited advice, and inciting
> others to bad behavior.

OK, sounds good.

See you in the Spring of '07 .... if I'm still running Linux. Bought a
Mac Mini two weeks ago to give it a look-see. OS-X as a WM (Aqua?) is
lame compared to KDE and the OS-X file manager (called Finder) is from
hell. But the basic apps (email, etc.) are comparable to KDE apps. KDE
is far, far, far more configurable in colors, fonts, etc.

Under all the lipstick and makeup of OS-X is some incarnation of BSD and
you get full use of the command line via a terminal window... just like
Linux. You can find binaries of most of the Linux utilities... and the
install method is basic drag/drop. I got wget the other day. OS-X comes
with curl which is good but a PITA compared to wget.

Every piece of hardware I've plugged in works out of the box. So far
that is the one clear advantage I've seen over Linux. I also like the
integration that my brand new HP printer/scanner has via the Mac
software it comes with (HP also includes a WinXP CD, but nothing for
Linux). Beats hell out of SANE.

The newsreader I found (MT-NewsWatcher) is ancient compared to what
Linux has, but it's free. Not much else in Mac-land is free, but you can
find some freeware and shareware on www.versiontracker.com.

I can run all of the Adobe/Macromedia publishing/graphic stuff we need.
GIMP is good, but not enough for some of our needs.

We need some new hardware... a bunch of our machines are getting long in
the tooth and making noises. Maybe we'll replace them with Minis. I like
the small foot-print, quiet design, and the inexpensive phone support we
can buy ($149 for three years). We can keep our monitors, keyboards and
mice... although I bought a Bluetooth wireless Mighty Mouse since BT is
built into the Mini (as is Airporter). The BT mouse is nice but way
overpriced IMO.... but I'm a sucker for good design and innovation.

We'll try out the Mac stuff, then maybe take a look at Vista when it
comes out and decide whether to change or stick with Linux (except for
one or two ancient lappies that 'need' Slack.)

Personally, I don't see that big a change going from Linux to Mac (or
Mac to Linux.) I bought a new MacBook and Nano iPod for my wife who was
running Kanotix on a Toshiba. She picked up OS-X in about 15 minutes...
no harder nor much different than KDE... and OpenOffice on Linux is
NeoOffice on the Mac (although the OO folks say they will come out with
their own native suite for Mac in January.) Apple Mail is like Kmail and
Safari is like FF (I've not tried the Mac version of FF yet.) Like the
old chicken commercial stated: "parts are parts."

Her new iPod of course is totally integrated into the OS via iTunes...
and she will bankrupt me if she keeps buying songs at a buck a piece.
She was also able to get a commercial version of Scrabble and Risk for
her laptop...$19 at CompUSA. Both have killer graphics and run off of
(on in conjunction with) a DVD. A happy wife is a good thing to have...
consider the alternative!

Seems to me after two weeks with this Mac that you get all the safety
and security of Linux with the ease-of-use and hardware compatibility of
the Mac. Yeah, you pay through the nose for it... but maybe the hardware
is better made, etc. We'll find out in due time, I'm sure.

OK, that's it for me. Back in six.

ANC

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:16:02 +0000, ANC wrote:

> See you in the Spring of '07 .... if I'm still running Linux. Bought a
<snip>
> OK, that's it for me. Back in six.

....."And the peasants rejoiced".....

--
"OS-X" - An American word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

"Old Man" typed:
> A. Canton wrote:
>
>> This is the time of year when Jews ask a pardon to all those they have
>> maligned... and for me that's about most of the world and probably
>> everyone here! But seriously, do forgive me of whatever grief I've
>> caused. We are not allowed to ask God for a pardon until/unless we have
>> asked our fellow men and women. I guess it's to teach us a bit of
>> humility.

<MODQUOTE>
> If your request for pardon is sincere (can't imagine why I doubt that),
> maybe you'll accept a suggestion that you undertake an appropriate act of
> contrition, like say, leaving everyone here in peace for six months; and
> that upon your return, you swear off name calling, personal attacks,
> condescending sermons, the giving of unsolicited advice, and inciting
> others to bad behavior.
</MODQUOTE>

Reading that made my Friday morning!

--
Ayaz Ahmed Khan

Then, gently touching my face, she hesitated for a moment as her
incredible eyes poured forth into mine love, joy, pain, tragedy,
acceptance, and peace. "'Bye for now," she said warmly.
-- Thea Alexander, "2150 A.D."