Linux-Advocacy Digest #888, Volume #34 Fri, 1 Jun 01 07:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the ("Aaron R.
Kulkis")
Re: Why should an OS cost money? (Nick Condon)
Re: IBM to let Linux fans use mainframe--for free ("Aaron R. Kulkis")
Re: aaron kulkis steals his brother ian turdboy's crack pipe (Burkhard
=?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Microsoft Helps Turn Britain's E-Government Vision Into Reality (Burkhard
=?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the (Burkhard
=?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the dust!
("Edward Rosten")
Re: Linux beats Win2K (again) ("Edward Rosten")
Re: aaron kulkis steals his brother ian turdboy's crack pipe (John Fereira)
Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the (Burkhard
=?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: Linux dead on the desktop. (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 06:25:31 -0400
green wrote:
>
> > No, the software should be flexible to allow devices to function in
> > their own form for whatever purpose they serve. Defaults are fine,
> > but there should be no assumption anywhere that "middle button =
> copy/paste".
>
> but in windows the middle button can be used (with the right driver) to
> scroll around the screen.
not all 3-button mice have scroll-wheels.
that's a rather LATE invention.
> It would still be bloody hard to do that with his mouse.
>
> here you thinking/typing but it wasn't a problem in windows, didn't want it
> to do that in windows.
>
> well why does he/she need to cut and paste in x using the middle mouse
> button.
> there must be other ways as in windows, just less common.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
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K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Condon)
Subject: Re: Why should an OS cost money?
Date: 1 Jun 2001 10:31:32 GMT
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>"Nick Condon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> Tech support does and should cost money, so does media. However, the
>> question is why should an *OS* cost money? You can get an OS without
>> incurring media or tech support costs. They are three seperate things.
>
>In a model where you can download the OS for free and only recieve
>support if you pay per incident or boxed set you get people that buy one
>copy, then install 100, then use the single paid-for copies support for
>the other issues they run into in the other copies. People simply
>aren't honest enough for such a model to work.
Selling boxed sets is a way of covering the cost of the media. The retail
price of box-plus-manual covers the costs of making them.
So how do you sell support? Well, first you consider where your costs are.
Your costs are keeping support geeks on staff to answer support calls. i.e.
*salary*. They are only indirectly related to how many boxes you sell, or
how many incidents you deal with. If both of those values are zero, you
still have pay your staff, so the obvious model is subscription based,
which is how most support contracts are sold. It also has the added
advantage of encouraging the vendor to make their stuff as reliable as
possible, which the incident model doesn't.
--
Nick
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IBM to let Linux fans use mainframe--for free
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 06:29:21 -0400
Peter K�hlmann wrote:
>
> drsquare wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 May 2001 20:19:46 -0400, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> > ("Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> >
> >>drsquare wrote:
> >
> >>> >killfiling is conceding defeat.
> >>>
> >>> Defeat in what?
> >>
> >>in the debate.
> >
> > Debating how much of an idiot you are?
> >
> There is no debate of that. It�s a fact that he is an idiot.
> So, simply killfiling him just saves a lot of bandwidth and the BS that
> Aaron is spewing. He should stop thinking with his ass and grow at
> least half a brain.
>
That's something a loser would say.
> Peter
>
> --
> The last good thing written in C was Schubert's Symphony No. 9.
--
Aaron R. Kulkis
Unix Systems Engineer
DNRC Minister of all I survey
ICQ # 3056642
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K: Truth in advertising:
Left Wing Extremists Charles Schumer and Donna Shalala,
Black Seperatist Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan,
Special Interest Sierra Club,
Anarchist Members of the ACLU
Left Wing Corporate Extremist Ted Turner
The Drunken Woman Killer Ted Kennedy
Grass Roots Pro-Gun movement,
J: Other knee_jerk reactionaries: billh, david casey, redc1c4,
The retarded sisters: Raunchy (rauni) and Anencephielle (Enielle),
also known as old hags who've hit the wall....
I: Loren Petrich's 2-week stubborn refusal to respond to the
challenge to describe even one philosophical difference
between himself and the communists demonstrates that, in fact,
Loren Petrich is a COMMUNIST ***hole
H: "Having found not one single carbon monoxide leak on the entire
premises, it is my belief, and Willard concurs, that the reason
you folks feel listless and disoriented is simply because
you are lazy, stupid people"
G: Knackos...you're a retard.
F: Unit_4's "Kook hunt" reminds me of "Jimmy Baker's" harangues against
adultery while concurrently committing adultery with Tammy Hahn.
E: Jet is not worthy of the time to compose a response until
her behavior improves.
D: Jet Silverman now follows me from newgroup to newsgroup
...despite (C) above.
C: Jet Silverman claims to have killfiled me.
B: Jet Silverman plays the fool and spews out nonsense as a
method of sidetracking discussions which are headed in a
direction that she doesn't like.
A: The wise man is mocked by fools.
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To: soc.men,soc.singles,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: aaron kulkis steals his brother ian turdboy's crack pipe
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:07:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
jet wrote:
>
> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > "Vallely's Dirt in Boss King's Ditch.." wrote:
> > >
> > > Also, there's the fact that you ARE a proven right wing fuckhead..
> >
> > Bzzzzzzzzzt! Wrong.
> >
> > I opposed fascism and nazism just as much as i oppose communism
>
> OK, there's the fact that you are a proven fuckhead.
A proven fuck.
>
> J
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Subject: Re: Microsoft Helps Turn Britain's E-Government Vision Into Reality
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:17:18 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fred K Ollinger wrote:
>
> : Government Gateway, due to issues with the support for digital
> : certificates in this new version. You can find out which version of the
> : browser version you are currently using, by clicking on Help, then
> : About�, in the menu bar of your browser. The name and version number of
> : your browser is displayed."
>
> Where is the menu bar of my browser? I'm using lynx. Or are these people so
> braindead that they haven't heard of this?
They leave thinking to people they buy from.
This whole thing is a phenomenon we will be dealing with in _every_
field soon.
All media.
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Subject: Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:26:21 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Philip Nicholls wrote:
>
> Burkhard W�lfel wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Philip Nicholls wrote:
> >> snipsnipsnip>
> >> Can the average Joe or Jane off the street do this with your free
> >> software? Would the average Joe or Jane off the street even WANT to
> >> do any of this?
> >
> > I know many Joes n Janes, esp. older People, who are convinced that
> > computers are unpredictable and crashing. A Linux outta the box,
> > configuring automatically or preconfigured would be a threat to
> > Windoughs. I am sure of that.
> > But anyway, I see it going into that direction and I am looking forward
> > to it.
> > I don't know how long it will take. I guess it won't be _that_ long.
> > Windoughs will still be unpredictable and crashing for those people by
> > then.
> >
> > Let's see.
>
> I have used Windows 98 ( not SE, not ME) for two years and I rarely have
> problems. We I do, it is usually something I did. Now, I maintain my
> system -- defrag, delete useless files, run Nortin Windoctor, etc., on a
> regular basis.
>
> Here is what I am afraid of . I have just started using Linux and I think
> that the more you automate installation you lose flexibility. Why play
> microsoft's game? Let those who want to know more use Linux. Let those
> who don't car sick with Windows.
Right, that should be OK for us. I see the automation stuff as a door
for beginners, see?
BTW, I don't maintain my Windoze anymore: I reload an image and install
the game I want to play.
>
> To ask a question, you must know most of the answer."
> -- Robert Sheckley
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From: "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the dust!
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:35:39 +0100
> once a long time ago (386 days)...
>
> mice has a switch underneath pc or ms. pc made 3 buttons work , ms made
> 2 buttons work and a different protocol.
>
> Reasoning being that if you / I switched it after the mouse driver
> loaded it would go all funny and jump all over the screen.
That `switch' still exists in one form or another. The Linux 3-button
mouse HOWTO is chock full of wonderful trivia on 3 button mice.
Some of the mics have a solder contact (or in rare cases jumper) inside
to serve the purpose of this switch.
Others also will go in to this mode if you hold the middle button down
during a power on, and often during when a reset code is sent to the
mouse.
The very cheap 3 button mice will often work flawlessly when put in to
the proper mode, but in standard MS mode, they do broken things like not
sending button up events when the middle button is released.
These are the kind of really cheap mice one has hanging around, with no
idea where they came from and certainly naver had a driver disk mfor the
3rd button in Windows.
-Ed
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From: "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux beats Win2K (again)
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:36:58 +0100
>> It would be useful if you could post one/send it to me since I don't
>> have the time to find one myself to get Pete to shut up.
>
> It was a while ago Ed, and I'm tired of Pete's tirades. I'm happy to
> just leave it and debate with more reasonable posters.
Same here. It seems to happen about every 6-8 months with Pete. Every
time he asks people to prove the same thing they did last time, feigning
ignorance. It wears a little thin after a while.
-Ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Fereira)
Crossposted-To: soc.men,soc.singles,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: aaron kulkis steals his brother ian turdboy's crack pipe
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 11:05:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>jet wrote:
>>
>> Aaron R. Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > chrisv wrote:
>> > >
>> > > "Aaron R. Kulkis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >> >Hope that helps.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> It didn't. Your anal, literal interpretation of what I wrote just
>> > > >> made you look like an idiot bent on ignoring my point.
>> > > >
>> > > >Are you saying that I should interpret your words in some way
>> > > >other than what you wrote?
>> > > >
>> > > >Do what you say. Say what you mean. One thing leads to another.
>> > >
>> > > Sorry, but there's many non-literal forms of effective communication.
>> > > Morons who simply pretend not to understand are not helpful.
>> >
>> > Translation: I, chrisv, am unable to communicate in a clear, effective
>> manner.
>>
>> So, when you said you were going to sue Steve Chaney, what did you mean?
>>
>
>....IF he continued to spread rumors.
>
>Since he destroyed his credibility, he could no longer spread rumors
>in an effective manner.
That arguement might have some merit if he any any credibility before he
started spreading rumors.
John Fereira
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Subject: Re: Just when Linux starts getting good, Microsoft buries it in the
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:31:32 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Terry Porter wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2001 21:26:06 GMT,
> Philip Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I have used Windows 98 ( not SE, not ME) for two years and I rarely have
> > problems. We I do, it is usually something I did. Now, I maintain my
> > system -- defrag, delete useless files, run Nortin Windoctor, etc., on a
> > regular basis.
>
> This is I suppose one difference between Windows and Linux ... maintenance!
>
> I used Linux (RedHat4.2), from 1997 till 2000, thats 3 years, and during that
> time I did not have more than 2% free on my hard disk.
>
> I never de-fragged, or checked for a single virus, I had up to several users
> and the box was on 24/24. There were 4 crashes in total, 2 due to nukes, and
> 2 due to the irc server crashing.
>
> I would submit that Linux needs zero 'tending' compared to Windows.
>
> >
> > Here is what I am afraid of . I have just started using Linux and I think
> > that the more you automate installation you lose flexibility.
>
> Absolutely!
>
> > Why play
> > microsoft's game? Let those who want to know more use Linux. Let those
> > who don't car sick with Windows.
>
> Well said.
But is there a political aspect if the problem?
Should more and more people use Linux?
There was this article http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19239.html
"MS-built UK 'Government Gateway' locks out non-MS browsers", etc etc
etc.
But for me and you, I agree.
>
> --
> Kind Regards
> Terry
> --
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> My Desktop is powered by GNU/Linux.
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:45:35 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stuart Fox wrote:
> I read somewhere that Linux is free for those whose time is worth nothing.
That's a good one. This was true for a long time.
With MSWin you recognize the value of your time mostly in panic.
>
> Of course if they fork out for NT, they'll still be able to run the majority
> of their apps, they won't have to learn to use a completely different OS -
> ie the GUI will still look the same (roughly), and apps will still
> functionthe same.
>
> Or they could just get Linux and struggle to find a decent web browser, have
> to download a new Office suite,
Compared to MSoffice, Star Office suits my needs quite well.
> be unable to play many games,
That's true, games is Windoze's last resort, I guess. It's the only
thing I still use it for, besides on university machines.
I am glad that my favorite game (Descent3) is available for Linux.
> and basically
> drop their productivity, which is after all what using computers is all
> about.
Know the story from the Bible, where Jesus compares building on Sand
with building on rock?
Building on sand is what Windoze is all about, fast, easy and like that
tower in Pisa, Italy.
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:35:17 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chad Myers wrote:
> Microsoft have already announced the termination of support for Win9x,
> something they never did before.
They will stop registration services for XP one day.
No hardware upgrade anymore, upgrade your MSWin...
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:48:39 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Terry Porter wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2001 04:49:31 +0200, Ayende Rahien <don'[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > "Terry Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> On Thu, 31 May 2001 07:56:07 +1200,
> >
> >
> >> > Or they could just get Linux and struggle to find a decent web browser,
> >> Thats true at the moment, but not for much longer. Mozilla is shaping up
> >> to be a very useful browser.
> >
> > Mozilla is shaping out to be a very useful browser for two or three years
> > now, isn't it?
>
> Yes your right, but Mozilla has reached version 0.9 now and is correspondingly
> more capable, and reliable.
>
> >
> >> > have
> >> > to download a new Office suite,
> >> If they upgrade to XP, they'll need to upgrade too, and at a cost of
> >> $1150 (from my local newspaper) per seat!
> >
> > Who told you that?
>
> No one,but an ad I saw in the newspaper said 'XP enabled Office, and the
> non upgrade was about $1500.
>
> > I'm not aware of any technical or license reason that will force you to
> > upgrade to OfficeXP if you are using Windows XP.
>
> I have no user knowledge of XP, I'm only repeating the ad I saw.
> Perhaps 'XP enabled' is just a sales gimmic ?
>
> >
> > BTW, please leave a blank line between your posting and the posting you
> > reply to.
>
> Sure.
>
> > The way you do it now makes it hard to seperate what you says and what you
> > reply to.
> >
> >
>
> Why does it make it hard ?
>
> My newsreader (Slrn) shows no such spaces in your reply to me, but your
> lines are easy to see due to to an ">" being inserted by my newsreader
> and each posters followups are colored differently.
Other people's don't, so do.
>
> --
> Kind Regards
> Terry
> --
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:52:45 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
drsquare wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2001 07:56:07 +1200, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> ("Stuart Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>
> >"drsquare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> >> Which will cost them how much? They'll have to fork out for: NT, a
> >> bigger hard disk probably, more RAM, a faster processor just to make
> >> it all work. Or, they could just get linux, spending absolutely
> >> NOTHING.
>
> >I read somewhere that Linux is free for those whose time is worth nothing.
> >
> >Of course if they fork out for NT, they'll still be able to run the majority
> >of their apps, they won't have to learn to use a completely different OS -
> >ie the GUI will still look the same (roughly), and apps will still
> >functionthe same.
>
> Presuming they are already used to Windows.
>
> >Or they could just get Linux and struggle to find a decent web browser,
>
> There are plenty of web browsers available: Opera, Netscape, lynx,
> Mozilla. The only extra one for Windows is the laughably awful IE.
>
> > have
> >to download a new Office suite,
>
> Which they would have to do on Windows.
>
> >be unable to play many games, and basically
> >drop their productivity,
>
> Please explain how being unable to play many games will cause a lack
> in productivity.
LOL, that's good. Productivity.
>
> >which is after all what using computers is all
> >about.
>
> What, playing games?
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Subject: Re: Linux dead on the desktop.
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:50:59 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Terry Porter wrote:
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2001 22:02:32 +0100, drsquare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 31 May 2001 05:14:39 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)) wrote:
> >
> >>> The way you do it now makes it hard to seperate what you says and what you
> >>> reply to.
> >
> >>Why does it make it hard ?
> >
> > It just does.
> >
> >>My newsreader (Slrn) shows no such spaces in your reply to me, but your
> >>lines are easy to see due to to an ">" being inserted by my newsreader
> >>and each posters followups are colored differently.
> >
> > It's still difficult to read.
> Perhaps it's Agent that makes my posts hard to read ?
>
> Who here Does NOT have trouble reading my posts (poor spelling
> and style excluded :)
> ???????????????
Who here does have trpuble TOO writing his or her posts in a way
EVERYONE can read them properly?
It's a question of good will, not of necessity.
Be kind, Terry. Please. :-)
>
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> Terry
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