Re: Hardware (was Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux)

2007-01-28 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Jan 28 12:28 -0600]: > What a time to have missed the "open box" and "as is" AMD and Intel > dual core machines. Oh well, not like I _need_ another machine. Quite possibly, that was no accident. Either Microsoft or the manufacturers or both probably didn

Hardware (was Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux)

2007-01-28 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 27 January 2007 21:52, "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > That's great, isn't it?  My latest box is a PIII-733 that I picked > up for C$69.00.  I paid C$3500.00 for the same thing new in a > laptop five years ago.  With

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-27 Thread s. keeling
Rob Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 01:08:20AM +, s. keeling wrote: > > > > He's suggesting a nickel would get him a better computer than what he's > > using. That's a pretty damning indictment. A nickel can't buy a > > computer in any way, shape or form. > > Are you k

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-27 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 16:20 -0500, Stephen wrote: > OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the > evil > empire (as we know it); For even more linux-in-mainstream-comics I found this archive, http://folk.uio.no/hpv/linuxtoons/index.html Supposedly it was on Digg n

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-27 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 27 January 2007 09:38, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Check out userfriendly.org(?) for, IMO, LOL humour. UserFriendly also has a handy search function with which you can look for particular words in the text of

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:20:59PM -0500, Stephen wrote: > OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the > evil > empire (as we know it); > > Check out userfriendly.org(?) for, IMO, LOL humour. -- Chris. ==

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-26 Thread Rob Sims
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 01:08:20AM +, s. keeling wrote: > Max Hyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 11:16 -0700, ChadDavis wrote: > > >> Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up= > > > > >> to dilbert, flips him a dime,

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-26 Thread s. keeling
Max Hyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 11:16 -0700, ChadDavis wrote: > >> Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up= > > >> to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a > >> real computer." > > > > http:

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-26 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
On Friday 26 January 2007 04:20, Max Hyre wrote: > Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 11:16 -0700, ChadDavis wrote: > >> Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up > >> to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a > >> real computer."

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-26 Thread Max Hyre
Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 11:16 -0700, ChadDavis wrote: >> Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up >> to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a >> real computer." > > http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/2005-11-11--Dilbert_Unix.j

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 11:16 -0700, ChadDavis wrote: Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a real computer." http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/2005-11-11--Dilbert_Unix.jpg :-) I

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ChadDavis wrote: >> > > > Can someone explain the last frame? Who are those people? You gotta think like Dogbert: who cares who they are? They serve the purpose :=) - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/25/07 17:25, Glenn Becker wrote: > >>> Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up >>> to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a >>> real computer." > > yes. > > but i think it was a /nickel

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/25/07 12:16, ChadDavis wrote: >> > > Can someone explain the last frame? Who are those people? > > Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up > to dilbert, flips

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Glenn Becker
Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a real computer." yes. but i think it was a /nickel/. :D gb +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF P

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread ChadDavis
Can someone explain the last frame? Who are those people? Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a real computer." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 11:16 -0700, ChadDavis wrote: > Has anyone seen the Unix dilbert where a crusty old, Unix guy comes up > to dilbert, flips him a dime, and says,"Here kid, go buy yourself a > real computer." http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/2005-11-11--Dilbert_Unix.jpg :-) -- Cheers, Sven Arvidss

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread Stephen
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 08:22:44AM +0100 or thereabouts, Michael Dominok wrote: > Well, Scott Adams must have read your post. Todays Dilbert "features" > Linux too > > http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20070125.html Thanks -- I like the new one, kinda makes the point a l

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-25 Thread cassiano
Michael Dominok wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 24.01.2007, 16:20 -0500 schrieb Stephen: OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the evil empire (as we know it); Well, Scott Adams must have read your post. Todays Di

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-24 Thread Michael Dominok
Am Mittwoch, den 24.01.2007, 16:20 -0500 schrieb Stephen: > OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the > evil > empire (as we know it); > > > Well, Scott Adams must have read your post. Todays Dilbert "feature

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-24 Thread Evan
nice. On 1/24/07, Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the evil empire (as we know it); -- Regards Stephen A. Encrypted/Signed e-mail accepted (GPG or PGP) -- Key ID: 978

[OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

2007-01-24 Thread Stephen
OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the evil empire (as we know it); -- Regards Stephen A. Encrypted/Signed e-mail accepted (GPG or PGP) -- Key ID: 978BA04