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  • T Todd Smith

    Lin$uks? Todd Smith

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    Jeremy Falcon
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    :laugh: Jeremy Falcon Imputek "Oh no there was a knife in that kitchen drawer and I cut myself - please remove the kitchen." - David Wulff

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    • T Tomasz Sowinski

      Whinux? Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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      Brian Delahunty
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      lindows[^].. ? Regards, Brian Dela :-)

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      • T Tomasz Sowinski

        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Linux zealots don't want to charge anything. But these bastards want all other software to be free of charge. X| X| Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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        Screw them. They won't get a thing from me unless I give it away because I want to. Neither should you or anyone else :) It's funny how many Linux Zelots and/or GNU-wannabes have distorted the principle of freedom. The true spirit of GNU is to produce free stuff (with the exception that the stuff cannot be unfree) and the stuff should be free as in free speech - not free beer. I don't know how many times Stallman has repeated this goal - but still the Linux zealots and the GNU-wannabes still think about free beer. I've got news for them - beer isn't free until you're offered one. And isn't it also very bizarre that Linux Zealots - the main defenders of GNU/GPL - utterly hate the father of GNU/GPL? :) It's friday evening and it's time for :beer: -- Please state the nature of your medical emergency.

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        • H Henry Jacobs

          I was thinking, since many Linux zealots use a dollar sign to spell Microsoft why not use a Lira sign to spell Linux?

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          Daniel Turini
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          Because they could not use kbdconfig --xpto -h 1504 -v 1312 for configuring the keyboard. You can read it in KDB-HOWTO-RTFM.ps available online on http://www.kbdgnu.org/~rtfm/KDB-HOWTO-RTFM.ps (case sensitive link) "In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence." Peter's Principle

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          • H Henry Jacobs

            I was thinking, since many Linux zealots use a dollar sign to spell Microsoft why not use a Lira sign to spell Linux?

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            Mauricio Ritter
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            Linuç ;P :rolleyes: Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:

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            • H Henry Jacobs

              I was thinking, since many Linux zealots use a dollar sign to spell Microsoft why not use a Lira sign to spell Linux?

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              Because most Linux zealots are too busy trying to figure the latest distro's "new and improved" directory structure to figure out how to type stupid foreign characters on their freakin keyboards (that is, if their keyboard works at all). ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

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              • H Henry Jacobs

                I was thinking, since many Linux zealots use a dollar sign to spell Microsoft why not use a Lira sign to spell Linux?

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                Christopher Duncan
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                Henry Jacobs wrote: I was thinking, since many Linux zealots use a dollar sign to spell Microsoft why not use a Lira sign to spell Linux? Why on earth would we want to do that? Linux guys work for free! I'm thinking that Linux must have originally been owned by P.T. Barnum. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                • H Henry Jacobs

                  I was thinking, since many Linux zealots use a dollar sign to spell Microsoft why not use a Lira sign to spell Linux?

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                  Bruce Duncan
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                  I think intentionally misspelling Micro$oft, Microsloth, Windoze etc... shows the immaturity of the majority of Linux 'zealots'. Come on... If they're so desperate to 'insult' MS, can't they come up with something a little more original ?

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                  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                    Screw them. They won't get a thing from me unless I give it away because I want to. Neither should you or anyone else :) It's funny how many Linux Zelots and/or GNU-wannabes have distorted the principle of freedom. The true spirit of GNU is to produce free stuff (with the exception that the stuff cannot be unfree) and the stuff should be free as in free speech - not free beer. I don't know how many times Stallman has repeated this goal - but still the Linux zealots and the GNU-wannabes still think about free beer. I've got news for them - beer isn't free until you're offered one. And isn't it also very bizarre that Linux Zealots - the main defenders of GNU/GPL - utterly hate the father of GNU/GPL? :) It's friday evening and it's time for :beer: -- Please state the nature of your medical emergency.

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                    Tomasz Sowinski
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                    Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: don't know how many times Stallman has repeated this goal He repeats this every time I'm reading Bison docs (thanks God we've switched to XML-based file format already): We didn't change the terms because of sympathy for people who want to make software proprietary. Software should be free. I guess he's referring to free beer style of software. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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                      I think intentionally misspelling Micro$oft, Microsloth, Windoze etc... shows the immaturity of the majority of Linux 'zealots'. Come on... If they're so desperate to 'insult' MS, can't they come up with something a little more original ?

                      Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
                      I can levitate birds...

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                      Some of them show more knowledge of Windows and call it Micros~1. "In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence." Peter's Principle

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                      • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                        Screw them. They won't get a thing from me unless I give it away because I want to. Neither should you or anyone else :) It's funny how many Linux Zelots and/or GNU-wannabes have distorted the principle of freedom. The true spirit of GNU is to produce free stuff (with the exception that the stuff cannot be unfree) and the stuff should be free as in free speech - not free beer. I don't know how many times Stallman has repeated this goal - but still the Linux zealots and the GNU-wannabes still think about free beer. I've got news for them - beer isn't free until you're offered one. And isn't it also very bizarre that Linux Zealots - the main defenders of GNU/GPL - utterly hate the father of GNU/GPL? :) It's friday evening and it's time for :beer: -- Please state the nature of your medical emergency.

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                        Joe Woodbury
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                        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: ...the stuff should be free as in free speech - not free beer This phrase has never made sense to me and contrdicts both the GNU movement and Stallman's own position. "Free" in "free speech" means uncensored by government. It means people are able to express what they want and charge what they will for that expression and the government can't do a damn thing about it (though they try.) The founders of the United States also recognized that speech could, and should, be owned by the originator for a time and mandated that copyright and patent laws be created (though both have been abused beyond belief.)

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                        • D Daniel Turini

                          Some of them show more knowledge of Windows and call it Micros~1. "In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence." Peter's Principle

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                          Shog9 0
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                          Now that's clever... :) Shog9 ------ Crazy lady with the shiny shoes, where are you? Kick your feet and calm the space that makes you hollow

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                          • T Tomasz Sowinski

                            Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: don't know how many times Stallman has repeated this goal He repeats this every time I'm reading Bison docs (thanks God we've switched to XML-based file format already): We didn't change the terms because of sympathy for people who want to make software proprietary. Software should be free. I guess he's referring to free beer style of software. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

                            *** Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere. ***

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                            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                            Aah.. as the Swedish1 saying goes: even the sun has dark spots. :) 1 It may be an international saying, I dunno. -- Please state the nature of your medical emergency.

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                            • J Joe Woodbury

                              Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: ...the stuff should be free as in free speech - not free beer This phrase has never made sense to me and contrdicts both the GNU movement and Stallman's own position. "Free" in "free speech" means uncensored by government. It means people are able to express what they want and charge what they will for that expression and the government can't do a damn thing about it (though they try.) The founders of the United States also recognized that speech could, and should, be owned by the originator for a time and mandated that copyright and patent laws be created (though both have been abused beyond belief.)

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                              Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                              Joe Woodbury wrote: It means people are able to express what they want and charge what they will for that expression and the government can't do a damn thing about it (though they try.) Well, of course you can charge whatever you want for whatever you do :) But I don't think that's what Stallman refers to. I think it's the fact that you are free to speak, and no one can take your spoken word from you and censor it. At least that's how I interprets that phrase. -- Please state the nature of your medical emergency.

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                                Some of them show more knowledge of Windows and call it Micros~1. "In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence." Peter's Principle

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                                Bruce Duncan
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                                LOL :laugh:

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                                  Henry Jacobs wrote: I was thinking, since many Linux zealots use a dollar sign to spell Microsoft why not use a Lira sign to spell Linux? Why on earth would we want to do that? Linux guys work for free! I'm thinking that Linux must have originally been owned by P.T. Barnum. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                                  Joe Herbert
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                                  What's with you guys and your hatred towards Linux? Did linux kill your children or something? Jees guys, grow up and use the tools that suit your needs. I bet some Linux programmers could write code circles around some of you any day.:mad: :mad: I use both for development, and I'll tell something right now, there are times where I wish i was doing certain projects on/for linux clients/systems. I'm new here, pardon the n00bing

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                                    What's with you guys and your hatred towards Linux? Did linux kill your children or something? Jees guys, grow up and use the tools that suit your needs. I bet some Linux programmers could write code circles around some of you any day.:mad: :mad: I use both for development, and I'll tell something right now, there are times where I wish i was doing certain projects on/for linux clients/systems. I'm new here, pardon the n00bing

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                                    Christopher Duncan
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                                    Hi, Joe. There's no hatred of Linux, at least on my part. In fact, my first professional gig ages ago was in QNX, a real time PC UNIX clone. Many is the day I worked in DOS and missed the horsepower of a good operating system. However, there's definately a pissing contest between Microsoft and Linux, given that MS is the huge, successful company people love to hate and the Linux camp is full of young, idealistic people who think that programming is all about art, money is evil and technology should be free. The reason I poke the Linux guys in the ribs here & there is because of that notion, hence my joke about them working for free. I'm a mercenary and as such have no brand loyalty. I don't care nearly as much about which operating system I'm working in as I do about my hourly rate! In general we're just having a little fun with it all. Try not to take it too seriously. The stress will only shave years off your life. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                                      Hi, Joe. There's no hatred of Linux, at least on my part. In fact, my first professional gig ages ago was in QNX, a real time PC UNIX clone. Many is the day I worked in DOS and missed the horsepower of a good operating system. However, there's definately a pissing contest between Microsoft and Linux, given that MS is the huge, successful company people love to hate and the Linux camp is full of young, idealistic people who think that programming is all about art, money is evil and technology should be free. The reason I poke the Linux guys in the ribs here & there is because of that notion, hence my joke about them working for free. I'm a mercenary and as such have no brand loyalty. I don't care nearly as much about which operating system I'm working in as I do about my hourly rate! In general we're just having a little fun with it all. Try not to take it too seriously. The stress will only shave years off your life. :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                                      Joe Herbert
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                                      By the way, and I'm speaking as a part-time linux user. I couldn't give a rats-bum (:-O) whether software or anything I wanted for my linux box was free or not. The whole point of linux is open-source, not free software. I understand a lot of people around here like to use linux is some situations, but those who don't need to show some respect for the other half of coders on this planet I'm new here, pardon the n00bing

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                                        By the way, and I'm speaking as a part-time linux user. I couldn't give a rats-bum (:-O) whether software or anything I wanted for my linux box was free or not. The whole point of linux is open-source, not free software. I understand a lot of people around here like to use linux is some situations, but those who don't need to show some respect for the other half of coders on this planet I'm new here, pardon the n00bing

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                                        Joe Herbert wrote: The whole point of linux is open-source, not free software. I don't doubt your sincerity, though some of your comrades would take exception with that. Joe Herbert wrote: but those who don't need to show some respect Oh, my. :omg: He's expecting respect in the lounge. Anybody wanna clue him in? :-) Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                                          By the way, and I'm speaking as a part-time linux user. I couldn't give a rats-bum (:-O) whether software or anything I wanted for my linux box was free or not. The whole point of linux is open-source, not free software. I understand a lot of people around here like to use linux is some situations, but those who don't need to show some respect for the other half of coders on this planet I'm new here, pardon the n00bing

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                                          Chris Maunder
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                                          Joe Herbert wrote: I'm new here, pardon the n00bing Quick rundown of the rules then: - No cussin' - No fightin' - No porn Asking stupid questions is encouraged. Debates about creationism vs Darwinism are scheduled for the third Monday of each month. Debates on Linux vs Windows are held the first Friday each month. cheers, Chris Maunder Q172653: Sometimes Barney Starts Playing Peekaboo on His Own

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