Re: whew

2004-02-13 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 06:03:01PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:28:05PM -0800, Paul Johnson said Also, please learn to quote. http://learn.to/quote Huh? If you read it, odds are you will find your mistake. - -- .''`.

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Pedro M.
Matthias Hentges wrote: And the website? Has NO STEP BY STEP FOR FIRST TIME MS WINDOWS BEGINNERS! Why should it? If you want this kind of stuff go and buy SuSE or Mandrake. There is some HOWTOS about it in http://www.tldp.org http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html You

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/02/04 16:29), Pedro M. wrote: That's a good news. In any case, I would like to see Debian-Newbie email list. In view of recent discussion, this is unlikely to happen. I first installed Debian as a complete novice having used mainly Macs and some Windows PC's. It was hard because

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Dave's List Addy
On 2/12/04 10:17 AM, Clive Menzies wrote: A newbie list wouldn't be of interest to me and given the volume of mail already, I wouldn't subscribe. So who would provide the knowledge for a newbie list? Whilst Debian people a very generous with their time and patience, they have their own

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/02/04 16:17), Clive Menzies wrote: On (12/02/04 16:29), Pedro M. wrote: That's a good news. In any case, I would like to see Debian-Newbie email list. In view of recent discussion, this is unlikely to happen. I first installed Debian as a complete novice having used mainly

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:28:05PM -0800, Paul Johnson said Also, please learn to quote. http://learn.to/quote Huh? -- Rob Weir [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: quiche benelux Bellcore Soviet ASO e-bomb Forte NATO Crowell signature.asc

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Matthias Hentges
Am Mi, den 11.02.2004 schrieb ~Honorable Dr Lou Who um 09:51: [lots of rants against Debian] Dude, that's why Debian is the worst choice for Linux beginners. Your friend should have told you that. Go get a SuSE, Mandrake or another distribution. But that'll cost ya a few bucks. Or if you

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Katipo
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 ~Honorable Dr Lou Who [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What a mess! If this is an attempt at self-analysis, you are a master of understatement. I would respectfully suggest that you come back after about eight hours, when the speed has worn off. The personalities

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Ken Gilmour
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 08:51, ~Honorable Dr Lou Who wrote: What a mess! Blah blah blah snip puerile crap Are you smoking crack? You know there are special places for people like yourself to get help. It's called a Psychiatric hospital. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 12:34:25PM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: Am Mi, den 11.02.2004 schrieb ~Honorable Dr Lou Who um 09:51: [lots of rants against Debian] Dude, that's why Debian is the worst choice for Linux beginners. No, Linux is the

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/ Obviously, after clicking the link there, it has 3 more, all with 3 more sub links, which you claimed earlier IMAGE file, (The only way I could have know is you mentioned it was an IMAGE file somewhere on the opening page! Whew, rocket scientist again

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Rob Weir
/ Obviously, after clicking the link there, it has 3 more, all with 3 more sub links, which you claimed earlier IMAGE file, (The only way I could have know is you mentioned it was an IMAGE file somewhere on the opening page! Whew, rocket scientist again, first time windows users WOULD NEVER PIECE

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-02-11, ~Honorable Dr Lou Who penned: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=_NextPart_000_0136_01C3F052.59484980 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary==_NextPart_001_0137_01C3F052.59484980 --=_NextPart_001_0137_01C3F052.59484980 Content-Type:

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread David
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 ~Honorable Dr Lou Who [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What a mess! [snip miles of babble] Uhhh... this guy's _gotta_ be trolling, hasn't he? No one could be this clueless.. could they However, this could be a prime example of the class of people who

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 18:07, David wrote: On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 ~Honorable Dr Lou Who [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What a mess! [snip miles of babble] Uhhh... this guy's _gotta_ be trolling, hasn't he? Yup. No one could be this clueless.. could they Well,

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Kjetil Kjernsmo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040211 09:35]: On Wednesday 11 February 2004 18:07, David wrote: However, this could be a prime example of the class of people who definitely _should_ stick with windows.. And finance MS' robbery of our rights, including our right to receive and

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:34:39 +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wednesday 11 February 2004 18:07, David wrote: On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 ~Honorable Dr Lou Who [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What a mess! [snip miles of babble]

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 02:58:54AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: | On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 03:51:37AM -0500, ~Honorable Dr Lou Who said | What a mess! [snipped almost all of the initial ranting] | Dang, nevermind, I'll download the IMAGE FILE AGAIN! | | Why do you have to download it again?

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread No Spam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 No one could be this clueless.. could they Well, 1500 partner websites... Where have I seen that before...? I actually went to this guys site and looked around. His pages are full of the same broken english; that in and of itself

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Adam Aube
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 05:26 pm, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: Whoa, wait a minute, how can Lou provide FTP hosting when earlier he said he and 90% of the world doesn't know how to FTP? Go figure. Another go figure - a Linux server running Apache hosts his site:

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 02:58:54AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: Why are you trying to use Debian at all? It's not intended for newbies Actually, it is. It's just not intended for morons. There's a difference. 8:o) Also, please learn to quote.