[EUG-LUG:1281] China Says War Games Are Routine

2001-06-05 Thread Dexter Graphic
It's time to stock up on memory chips and cheap computer parts while we still can. Although without power what good will they be? Dexter Graphic China Says War Games Are Routine http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010605/06/int-china-war-games Updated: Tue, Jun 05 6:23 AM EDT BEIJING (AP) -

[EUG-LUG:1282] Re: China Says War Games Are Routine

2001-06-05 Thread Michael Smith
Yeah, yeah, we used to do the same shit to the Russians (Reforger) and the Koreans (Team Spirit). And besides, 10,000 guys is hardly an invasion force... it's only a division's worth. Our major exercises were using corps and higher. Dexter Graphic wrote: China Says War Games Are Routine

[EUG-LUG:1283] Re: China Says War Games Are Routine

2001-06-05 Thread larry a price
Besides we'd still have Hynix, heck, shutting down trade w/ china might be good for the local economy .02 wink Of course these days even our supposed allies are annoyed with U.S. so getting into it (with anybody) might not be the smartest thing. What does this have to do with linux anyway?

[EUG-LUG:1284] Re: China Says War Games Are Routine

2001-06-05 Thread Jim Darrough
At 10:58 AM 6/5/2001 -0700, you wrote: Yeah, yeah, we used to do the same shit to the Russians (Reforger) and the Koreans (Team Spirit). And besides, 10,000 guys is hardly an invasion force... it's only a division's worth. Our major exercises were using corps and higher. Dexter Graphic wrote:

[EUG-LUG:1285] Re: China Says War Games Are Routine

2001-06-05 Thread Michael Smith
Precisely. Jim Darrough wrote: And those were the ones you knew about... Smile... Jim -- I do what the voices on my console tell me to do.

[EUG-LUG:1286] ANNOUNCEMENT: June PLUG Meeting

2001-06-05 Thread David Mandel
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The Portland Linux/Unix Group will meet 7 PM Thursday June 7, 2001 at Portland State University

[EUG-LUG:1287] Re: China Says War Games Are Routine

2001-06-05 Thread Patrick R. Wade
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 11:08:36AM -0700, larry a price wrote: Frankly I think I'd be rather ill if the Linux Journal came out with an issue covering Linux for Military Contractors. Actually, ISTR an early LJ article on exactly this, as well as Linux use within the military (including a Red Hat

[EUG-LUG:1288] Fw: Monday's Office XP presentation

2001-06-05 Thread John Morrison
Hi, Can I post this here for any of your members that might be interested? Thanks, John Morrison Monday, Jun 11th, 2001 Microsoft will be doing a presentation of their new MS Office XP software suite at the June 11th Meeting of the Eugene PC Users Group (EPCUG). Meetings are in

[EUG-LUG:1289] Re: Fw: Monday's Office XP presentation

2001-06-05 Thread Edward Craig
I can't see the harm. I don't know that Microsoft will appreciate rabid Linux partisans underfoot, and hey, we might have backsliders who'll find XP just what they need. On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, John Morrison wrote: Hi, Can I post this here for any of your members that might be

[EUG-LUG:1290] Re: Fw: Monday's Office XP presentation

2001-06-05 Thread Timothy Bolz
John, I'm not interested. I support Linux and that's why this list is here; to support Linux and other UNIX's. I'm not interested in going down Microsoft's road again. I guess I could go to the meeting place and get a bunch of Linux distro's to hand out. I think this might not be a bad idea.

[EUG-LUG:1291] Re: Fw: Monday's Office XP presentation

2001-06-05 Thread Dennis Soper
On 5 Jun 2001, at 17:04, Edward Craig wrote: I can't see the harm. I don't know that Microsoft will appreciate rabid Linux partisans underfoot, and hey, we might have backsliders who'll find XP just what they need. I dunno-- that Office XP box would be a mighty expensive doorstop