Fwd: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-27 Thread Jeff Rollin
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 23-Dec-2006 17:21 Subject: Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems To: Simon Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Simon If you are located anywhere close to Grover Beach, California, please feel fre

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-22 Thread Kevin Kinsey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and when you stop by: bring him a "windows 95 for dummies" book as well. regards, usleep Actually, I have vintage discounted copies of "UNIX for dummies", which might be invaluable in this case, and "Windows 3.11 for dummies", which would serve the rest of us quit

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-22 Thread usleepless
Simon, On 12/22/06, Simon Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <> <> If you are located anywhere close to Grover Beach, California, please feel free to drop by his office and let him know how much we appreciate his pseudo-intellectual "analyses" of operating systems. His office is just off the 101

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-22 Thread Simon Chang
<> <> Folks, I too had a recent epiphany about something that I wish to share with you. It's not about operating systems; it's about terabyte_pete, the original poster who initiated this "message". Terabyte_pete, or Peter Daigle as some know him, has been trolling several other mailing lists

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-21 Thread Juha Saarinen
On 12/21/06, Terabyte Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The OpenBSD Flaming List is down the hall, fourth door to the left. -- Juha http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-21 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Dec 20, 2006, at 6:39 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 03:06:34PM -0800, Terabyte Pete wrote: It's all true & U know it. What's your title - head 'driver instal complicator'??? HAHAHAHAHAHA Enjoy your peddling I.T. services. Would all B so unnecessary if U actually g

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-21 Thread Jerry McAllister
d pay $300 a pop for an OS that was fast & stable > like BSD, but also FLEXIBLE & EASY 2 use. Oh yeah, & supported the fucking > HARDWARE! > > What U got - a few nic cards! HAHAHAHAHAHA > > > >From: Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Terabyte P

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-21 Thread Lane
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 09:38, Terabyte Pete wrote (Nothing of value): > 7:04 AM, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 > > > U know, opposite of those oil companies - buying up the rail & mass transit, > so they could DESTROY it, & rip everybody off with cars & gas they don't > need.  It would be

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 20/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/20/06, Terabyte Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > U know, opposite of those oil companies - buying up the rail & mass transit, > so they could DESTROY it, & rip everybody off with cars & gas they don't > need. It would be nice if mo

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-21 Thread usleepless
On 12/20/06, Terabyte Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 7:04 AM, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 <> man, what are you smoking? U know, opposite of those oil companies - buying up the rail & mass transit, so they could DESTROY it, & rip everybody off with cars & gas they don't need. It would be

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-20 Thread Mario Lobo
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 16:52, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > Guess what...that's the price you pay for freedom and flexibility. > You have to learn to use it. Don't want to do that? Pay someone to > configure an interface with big shiny buttons marked "INTERNET > BROWSER", "EMAIL", "WRITE LETTE

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-20 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Dec 20, 2006, at 11:20 AM, Andy Greenwood wrote: On 12/20/06, Terabyte Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 7:04 AM, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 In Winblow$, the release & bundling of IE was purposely as crippleware, virus, & bug delivery system 2 trap people into constantly 'upgrading'.

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-20 Thread Bill Moran
If you read the original post, you're probably going to read this as well. I want to ask everyone on this list for a Christmas present. If you can't give me peace on Earth, good will toward men, or a supermodel trophy-wife for Christmas, please give me something that I know each of you are capab

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 07:38:30AM -0800, Terabyte Pete wrote: > 7:04 AM, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Goes to show you that not all Epiphanies are about revealing reality. Some are merely false lights leading one down a darkened path. jerry > > In Winblow$, the release & bundling of IE wa

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-20 Thread Andy Greenwood
On 12/20/06, Terabyte Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 7:04 AM, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 In Winblow$, the release & bundling of IE was purposely as crippleware, virus, & bug delivery system 2 trap people into constantly 'upgrading'. A simple comparisson of Windows 95 side-by-side with the fi

My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-20 Thread Terabyte Pete
7:04 AM, Wednesday, December 20, 2006 In Winblow$, the release & bundling of IE was purposely as crippleware, virus, & bug delivery system 2 trap people into constantly 'upgrading'. A simple comparisson of Windows 95 side-by-side with the final Windows ME & various IE 'upgrades' illustrates h