Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-02 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: I think the USA needs an alliance/treaty with Israel that make it clear that aggression against Israel would be the same as aggression against the USA. I think Obama is a believer in Israel's sovereignty and a believer in the Israeli people. He would

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-02 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Are you suggesting we take a neo-conservative approach to these kinds of potential problems, and begin per-emptive war against the public school system to eliminate all possible future threats? As Senator John McCain put it in rhyme and rhythm; Bomb, Bomb,

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-02 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: You could try to succeed form union and form your own government. Is it against the USA constitution for states to succeed form the union, but perhaps an individual can. Regards, LelandJ Is it against our constitution for states to /succeed from the

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-02 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Madigan, Why should I pay for some deadbeat kid's lunch? Why should I pay someone to go to college? Where did you go to college? I went to the University of Minnesota, which is a public college. Unless you went to a private university and paid your own way,

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Yes, that is definitely a contridiction of terms. LOL Regards, LelandJ Helio Wakasugui wrote: Wow. A conservative right-wing creationist speaking about intellectual honesty. Which is the operative word? intellectual or honesty? HW On Mon, Nov 3,

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Helio Wakasugui wrote: Pete is such a loser. He'll die alone and in poverty. He didn't have what it takes to be a jesuit, he didn't have what it takes to be a physician, he didn't have what it takes to be a democrat... And still a virgin. HW (using MadandGay style) On Mon, Nov 3, 2008

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
- Original Message - From: Leland F. Jackson, CPA To: ProFox Email List Sent: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:21:21 + (UTC) Subject: Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work I don't think using the word robbery in the context of funding public education is the right word, regardless

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Larry, The hostility you've been showing lately is not becoming. Are things not going well... or at least worse than usual? Since when am I required to be becoming??? Kristyne Hey!!! Nobody ever asked me that! And I'm rey not becoming. I feel

[NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ted Roche wrote: On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:57 PM, KAM.covad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a lot of our clients would go to Linux, but we would have to support everything. I wish someone would come out with a fully loaded machine that has Linux, email, office, etc. You mean, like

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Ricardo, Hey!!! Nobody ever asked me that! And I'm rey not becoming. I feel discriminated. ;c) Nobody ever tells a man that their behavior is not becoming... I know. I remember back when I was a young engineer and one particular man kept telling

Re: [OT] Show Time

2008-11-04 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Tomorrow, November, 4 2008 is show time, so everybody get out and exercise your right to vote, if you haven't already. Naaahhh! Go fishing lads! Enjoy! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [OT] Obama's redistribution plan at work

2008-11-04 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Ricardo, I remember back when I was a young engineer and one particular man kept telling me to smile. You should have answered you'd give him a smile in exchange for 50 push ups. LOL... Back then it never occurred to me to make a joke out of it. I was

Re: [NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-04 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ted Roche wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've always had problems with these kind of statements. Web apps are NOT OS independent, only the CLIENT part may be OS independent (though you have to be careful that you comply with FireFox, Safari

Re: [NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-04 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Alan Bourke wrote: On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:15:08 +1030, geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I understand how you feel. What is there about a webapp that you cant do better faster and easier in a desktop custom app? Vastly reduced deployment issues and reduced client requirements.

Re: [NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-04 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Stephen Russell wrote: On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:45 AM, geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bottom line, I can't bring myself to learn that messy shit. ;-) I understand how you feel. What is there about a webapp that you cant do better faster and easier in a desktop custom app? As a database

Re: [NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-04 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ted Roche wrote: On 11/4/08, Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you have to learn XHTML, CSS, Javascript, how they integrate, plus some php (?). Add to that the lovely little traps Billy has set in IE. You can choose to learn nothing new. At least nothing new that I dislike

Re: [NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-04 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ted Roche wrote: On 11/4/08, geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in a business model deploying a well written database app isnt hard. in fact if well done it should be pretty easy. Geoff: What do you mean by in a business model? I had a client with 28,000 desktops. Deploying (through

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John wrote: Yep, and it will be there for your Marxist president too! Sorry, isn't he YOUR president too? I thought that was the concept of DEMOCRACY which you swore to defend? John Harvey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John wrote: How long before we get attacked? I'm saying within 6 months, and the response won't seem correct. I think it will probably be we need to show restraint. Who is 'we'? Are you israeli? I thought you were US'arian (pun intended). John Harvey -Original Message- From:

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John wrote: You are forgetting that 40% of the 95% don't pay taxes, so you and I, and a bunch of other people who work for a living, will be sending Joe the non-hacking, alcoholic, crack smoking, democrat a check. JH Speaking of Joe. What was his name? Bill the electrician or

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John wrote: And it two years, there will be a mass exodus of Democrats from both houses, after they really screw things up. I just hope we can put it back together. Obama will put us in a dangerous position. I hope we don't get nuked by his associates. LOL A strange concept. Why would your

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Ed, Wow, I thought you would realize how lame you sound with this crap by now. There are a lot of people that just don't want to believe what just happened tonight. I look forward to the massive change this election result will have not only here but all

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Ricardo, No Kristyne. We, the rest of the world, are not so gullible. It just wont do by just changing a president. I'm aware of that. But we have to start somewhere. True. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Of Ricardo Araoz Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:59 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] President Obama John wrote: How long before we get attacked? I'm saying within 6 months, and the response won't seem correct. I think it will probably be we need to show restraint. Who

Re: [OT] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Nov 5, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Michael Oke, II wrote: As usual, Ed jumps the gun slightly with his Subject line. Obama is President-elect and won't be the President for a couple of months yet. ::michael Ed Leafe wrote: In a little over two months, we will start on a

Re: [NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ted Roche wrote: On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh! Wow! I wish we had XML in desktop apps! You've convinced me! Smartaleck! Are you intentionally missing the point or just avoiding it? Nah! Just taking the piss. Take it lightly. (no time right

Re: [NF] OS dependency (was : Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7)

2008-11-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Alan Bourke wrote: On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:59:16 -0300, Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Alan Bourke wrote: On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:15:08 +1030, geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I understand how you feel. What is there about a webapp that you cant do better faster and easier in a desktop

Re: [OT] Idiot Californians approve Bullet Train development

2008-11-06 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Paul Hill wrote: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Larry Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Build the highways, let EVERYONE benefit from dollars spent. You seem to be forgetting something Larry, roads are built from taxpayers money also. ROTFLMAO !!! He's forgetful these last years.

Re: [OT]Stock market not impressed with Obama

2008-11-06 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Madigan, Of course not. What happened to being bi-partisan? That ended the microsecond Obama went over the 270 delegate mark. OK, so enlighten me. What does Obama's choice for White House Chief of Staff have to do with bipartisanship? Are you of the opinion

Re: [OT] Free Trade Phallacies

2008-07-08 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Bob Calco wrote: Let's go for the most obvious, you say you believe in democracy. No, I have said many times I believe in *republican* government and am skeptical of democracy, particularly its purer flavors. But my challenged friend... Republic comes from res publica (that's latin you

Re: [OT] Free Trade Phallacies

2008-07-08 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Graham Dobson wrote: Really? In what way am I less free than a Dane? Well, I've seen how your police force handles manifestations they don't like. Let me tell you that does not happen in Denmark. And a citizen won't get different treatment based or race or origin, as we can agree happens in

Re: [OT] Free Trade Phallacies

2008-07-08 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Graham Dobson wrote: Dangerous terrorist cells can form anywhere You mean non-dangerous terrorists cells will only be formed in special locations? LOL but I would suggest that these would be terrorists are nothing more than loony amateurs and are completely isolated and unsupported by

Re: [OT] Morecambe and Wise

2008-07-09 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Peter Hart wrote: For those across the pond, Morecambe and Wise were a very popular pair of Comedians in the 60's and 70's and had spots every week on UK TV, also a Christmas Special every year. The humour was very British and may not be appreciated, but if interested there are sketches on

Re: [OT] Morecambe and Wise

2008-07-09 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Dave Crozier wrote: Ricardo, You are therefore made an honorary member of the Brit's Toilet and Schoolboy Humour club. Splendid! I finally made it into a Brit club. Do we get to bugger some boys? ;c) Something which our colonial cousins find extremely difficult to grasp! Maybe you can now

Re: [OT] Morecambe and Wise

2008-07-10 Thread Ricardo Araoz
we let them in the country. Sometimes I wonder if we should limit the entrance of these... individuals. - Original Message - From: Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Benny Hill taught me everything there is to know about the Brits. Whenever I

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuilding the Afghan army -- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-15 Thread Ricardo Araoz
MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: Just heard this. Well I know that the U.S. would probably bear the most burden on this measure, given the history in Iraq for sure. Tell me: why must non-Afghan's pay for the increase of Afghanistan's army to 160,000 (instead of the current

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuilding the Afghan army -- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-15 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John Harvey wrote: I think we should just take over Iraq. Maybe we can call it Middle-East Texas? Or, we could just take all their oil, or all the money they have in their bank accounts, then we could leave. They need to pay for us removing Satan Hussein and keeping him and his kids, and other

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuilding the Afghan army -- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-15 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John Harvey wrote: That was back when he was doing what we wanted. When he stopped, and started harboring terrorists, he messed in his nest. You mean gassing Kurd cities? But of course, being that what you wanted, it is not terrorism. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuilding the Afghan army -- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-15 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John Harvey wrote: Sounds like you've just about got it. Then you might throw in the notion of enemy of my enemy. You see, in the world, sometimes the people who are useful for your guvment, are not the same people you might want to hang with. But, they can be extremely effective at helping

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuilding the Afghanarmy -- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-16 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: Ricardo, sometime you say the most ignorant things for being so intelligent... The US never had a goal of 'taking over Viet Nam' or Iraq for that matter. Let's imagine that the US did want to 'take over' a country -- that was the number

Re: [OT] The world should share the cost of rebuildingthe Afghanarmy -- McCain from today's speech

2008-07-16 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: Let me define 'taking over'; reducing the country's infrastructure to nothing and reducing the population to the point that resistance isn't viable. We haven't done that since 1945... You can tell you are USAF. Ever wondered why countries

Re: How to create a .TXT

2008-07-21 Thread Ricardo Araoz
MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: Hi Thanks guys, I will start with strtofile() it is easier at this moment, but latter I will change to a COPY TO. I use Jeff's way: I do a CREATE CURSOR, fill in the values, then do a COPY TO Output.txt TYPE SDF.

Re: [OT] VW Researcher Pours Cold Water on Electric Car Dream

2008-07-21 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Pete Theisen wrote: Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: How about bowls of the ship as a reference to the hull? Hi Leland! A poor simile at best. But it seems that you had no idea what you meant when you wrote it since you now offer two

Re: [OT] VW Researcher Pours Cold Water on Electric Car Dream

2008-07-22 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Hey lads! Last time I checked this was a VFP list. If you want to talk fiction you have Alice in wonderland Email List in google groups. There they discuss things like if Superman can survive red kryptonite or not and stuff similar to that and to what you are talking about here. Best wishes!

Re: [OT] VW Researcher Pours Cold Water on Electric Car Dream

2008-07-23 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Jul 22, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: Last time I checked this was a VFP list. Actually, this is the OT section of a VFP list. Just about anything goes If you want to talk fiction you have Alice in wonderland Email List in google groups

Re: [OT] VW Researcher Pours Cold Water on Electric Car Dream

2008-07-23 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Ed Leafe wrote: On Jul 22, 2008, at 8:08 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: If you believe in ET, why not God? See ya on the other side one day Ed. LOL ET? Yeah, I believe in God just like I believe in movie characters. -- Ed Leafe

Re: [OT] why some people get the God story.

2008-07-26 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Stephen Russell wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And you and others completely ignore the fact that if your version of an omnipotent creator is true, then we are *exactly* the way he intended us to be. What you describe as 'shortcomings' or

Re: [OT] why some people get the God story.

2008-07-26 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Ed Leafe wrote: On Jul 24, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Can you explain the mysteries of the universe. Einstein's theories shed some light on how the universe works, but his work is far from a complete explanation unifying our

Re: [OT] why some people get the God story.

2008-07-26 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Ed Leafe wrote: On Jul 25, 2008, at 9:39 AM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: There is good and there is evil. And God created both. God will be the judge over who will be united with him and who will not. And he created those who

Re: [OT] why some people get the God story.

2008-07-26 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Helio Wakasugui wrote: This text must have been written by the same guy who wrote that cr*p movie Expelled. HW Let's see... (check further on) On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip There is good and there is evil.

Re: [OT] Morecambe and Wise

2008-08-12 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Pat Barry wrote: Read below... What a Pussy country... Declare war after it is over... Embrace Hitler because they are afraid like little girls... Just stick your head in the sand and avoid involvement... Argentina sucks Ricardo Why would Yanks even want to go there... They

Re: [OT] Morecambe and Wise

2008-08-12 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Pat Barry wrote: Nice delivery system... Much superior to our post office or UPS, FEDEX I'm sure... What do the Yank's know about package delivery? This sounds much more efficient... You decide... Yes, for sure a bunch of geniuses down in Argentina Something about Latin

[OT] Re: VFP-ProFox

2008-08-12 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Received in my mail box (not sent to the list. Wonder why). Pat Barry wrote: What country are you from? So the lad tried first to find out about my country in order to go look for something bad to say about it. Hahahaha! So childish. My dear Patty, I can see you took your time to go through

Re: [NF] Search Sucks!

2008-08-15 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Jeff Johnson wrote: Thanks Leland. I am a complete newbie when it comes to search and I wonder if there is a class I can take to improve my skills. ;^) I will check it out in the morning. My problem is sending commands to a serial port in Linux. I can read fine in Linux and Windows

Re: [OT] Madigan explained

2008-08-17 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kevin S. Goff wrote: This is why the Europeans laugh at us...we are so consumed with who's gay, etc. I personally don't give a flying fu** on who is gay... KG N! It's not ONLY that! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion

2008-08-22 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Vince Teachout wrote: Ricardo Araoz wrote: 1st. (and better) You get yourself a proper mate (gourd?), water at about 70-75°C and. What's that in REAL temperatures? :-P Don't know... about 230987º F? Fascinating article, Ricardo, and a lot of stuff I didn't know. Good to know about

Re: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion

2008-08-23 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Vince Teachout wrote: Ricardo Aráoz wrote: BTW, here's a place with pictures about what I was saying : http://www.flyfishing-argentina.com/rinconcultural/cursodemate.html Or you can put como cebar mate in google and you'll get more than 70,000 entries. Ok, this is weird! If you

Re: [OT] Yerba Mate

2008-08-23 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Aug 23, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: I was just enjoying a hot shower and suddenly this ghastly thought came to my mind. Have you cured your mate? If you haven't then the taste will be awful check como curar un mate in google or check http

Re: [OT] The Sky is falling - Last quarter up 3.3 %

2008-08-29 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Adam Buckland wrote: Carry on Mike you're only making yourself look a bigger, out of touch, pillock... LOL But that's Brit talk (pillock I mean), he'll have to google it. LOL When I saw the way the wind was blowing, I sold my house and business in Seattle two years ago to concentrate in

[OT] Who the fuck is Sarah Palin? (and who the hell cares!)

2008-08-29 Thread Ricardo Araoz
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Re: [OT] Who the fuck is Sarah Palin? (and who the hell cares!)

2008-08-30 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Bob Calco wrote: She's the most promising Republican politician I've seen in a LONG time. She's tough, articulate, principled, genuinely fiscally conservative, with a populist twist, and she's going to cream Joe Biden in the debates. I almost can't wait. :) She just pumped the electoral

Re: [OT] More on the rising Police State in the US

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John wrote: Thanks, JH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helio Wakasugui Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:51 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] More on the rising Police State in the US Wow. You do sound like our own

Re: [NF] Firefox Makeover

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Anthony J. Gundrum wrote: 1. For me it has always ASKED if I want to import IE-settings FF3 does not asks to IMPORT. It actually uses IEs security settings! There is no separation. Its integrated! 2. If you already have high security settings, why wouldn't FF use them also? FFs

Re: [NF] Firefox Makeover

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Gil Hale wrote: Is there a way to downgrade without loosing my settings? (I mean downgrade vs. re'installing or recovering a backup). I am thinking a FF3 removal will not revert you to FF2, although IE7 removal does revert one back to IE6 (one good thing about IE being tied in so deeply

Re: [OT] More on the rising Police State in the US

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John wrote: Guess what, we aren't Nazis. Really?... JH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Laeremans Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:01 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] More on the rising Police State in the US

Re: [OT] Lady is a Champ

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
LOL Your Subject header flashed to my mind that old song Frank Sinatra used to sing. Can you guess which? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Firefox Makeover

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ricardo Araoz Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Firefox Makeover Gil Hale wrote: Is there a way to downgrade without loosing my settings? (I mean downgrade vs. re'installing or recovering a backup). I am thinking a FF3

Re: [NF] Firefox Makeover

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Gil Hale wrote: 6Mg will get stripped from RR servers. No problem, I was able to finally download it once one of y'all got off the FF servers! heh-heh... Thanks! LOL So I guess now I'm having my 5 minutes. Am I? ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [OT] More on the rising Police State in the US

2008-08-31 Thread Ricardo Araoz
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricardo Araoz Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:55 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] More on the rising Police State in the US John wrote: Guess what, we aren't Nazis. Really?... JH -Original Message

Re: [OT] Nazi police in Minneapolis

2008-09-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Jean Laeremans wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:17 PM, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added the words you were intimating, as you well know. You are just anti American, but don't won't to admit it. You just espouse it. Next time you are about to be mugged, call an anarchist. ROFL was

Re: [OT] Nazi police in Minneapolis

2008-09-03 Thread Ricardo Araoz
John wrote: You are right Bob. I guess, I just was over my daily quota of idiots! Liberals are a known commodity, and Ed is at the head of the crowd. It ticks me off, when twerps want to talk about how wrong the police are, particularly when they've probably never even defended themselves,

Re: [NF] Whither Firefox 3??

2008-09-05 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: FireFox is now at 3.0.1 and I downloaded it recently. So far so good. Thanks, Rick = == With the deafening silence to my question, it seemed like people were collectively Well, duh about upgrading. I did it with one machine, and just now (I was

Re: [OT] Cops tasering R convention protesters?

2008-09-06 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: I have a lady friend who claims that 18,000 protesters were arrested last night in Minneapolis - St. Paul, and many were tasered St. Paul, please. Please don't lump St. Paul with our fat ugly sister to the west. I just moments ago heard on the radio that

Re: [OT] Cops tasering R convention protesters?

2008-09-06 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: maybe you are just repeating what you heard from the radio, and yer not really using that word , personally ? That is what they call themselves. I agree that advocating anarchy as a social convention is idiotic. Who wants to live in a society with no order?

Re: [OT] Cops tasering R convention protesters?

2008-09-06 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: Ricardo wrote: So please, refrain from using half baked thoughts and phrases and read a little. OK, so you want to play look it up? Try government. Government by is nature is compulsory, a few intellectually vacant anarchist philosophers

Re: [OT] Anarchy, was Cops tasering

2008-09-06 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: IMO, the fatal flaw here is that it assumes that all individuals have 'good' flowing out of them. It seems to me that all extremist (that is to say simplistic) philosophies suffer from a similar flaw: believing that

Re: [OT] Anarchy, was Cops tasering

2008-09-06 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: In that case I could say that govt from the top also assumes that those who command have society's best interests in mind. And THAT is also a 'simplistic' philosophy. As is the one that says that majority must be right

Re: [OT] Anarchy, was Cops tasering

2008-09-07 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: I guess we disagree on this topic. I think your govt would be 'optimal' if you had a mechanism by which people could kick off any public officer if enough signatures are obtained, even a president before his mandate

Re: [OT] Anarchy, was Cops tasering

2008-09-07 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Sep 7, 2008, at 11:40 AM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: Funny that. If you hire a lawyer or an engineer you would be adamant in keeping your right to fire him at any time (nothing about the engineer focus on doing what is right, not what is your wish at the moment. Same thing

Re: [OT] Anarchy, was Cops tasering

2008-09-07 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Sep 7, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: If a club or a society (let's say a neighbors society) would hire an engineer, they would also insist in being able to fire him at will. And that's a group of people. Besides if roughly half the people does not want him

Re: [OT] Anarchy, was Cops tasering

2008-09-09 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Nicholas Geti wrote: - Original Message - From: Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess we disagree on this topic. I think your govt would be 'optimal' if you had a mechanism by which people could kick off any public officer if enough signatures are obtained, even a president

Re: [OT] What's a clean patch?

2008-09-10 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Dave Crozier wrote: Jean, The ironic humour was obviously wasted on Pete. Dave Crozier LIFE is wasted on Pete! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Re: [OT] Plan to cut AIDS by half in a year

2008-09-12 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Pete Theisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Pete Theisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just round up and quarantine all the male homos and male bis, half of it comes from them. Round up the

Re: [OT] Plan to cut AIDS by half in a year

2008-09-12 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Pete Theisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Pete Theisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Pete Theisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just round

Re: [OT] Plan to cut AIDS by half in a year

2008-09-12 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Pete. He being European, he forgot to say and up yours!!! Manners, Ricardo... Sorry, we are still a bit on the wild side here in the colonies ;c

Re: [OT] Plan to cut AIDS by half in a year

2008-09-12 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Pete Theisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jean Laeremans wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Pete Theisen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: they do not have any cure for AIDS No worse than being in the army or on an Indian reservation, for

Re: FW: DOG FOOD RECALL - Not On Topic, but important enough to violate that little filter

2008-09-13 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Gil Hale wrote: Gil: I would call that a community service announcement and since I have a dog, it is much appreciated. Well, I have been known to skirt around the [OT] designation in the past, mostly in poking fun at something or someone g. I apprecaite the kind consideration and slack

Re: Programmer's day

2008-09-14 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Adam Buckland wrote: Ricardo et al. Read what I actually sent with the VBG. I was taking the piss out of the people who flame anyone who sends an OT without designating it so. That it was in response to a new poster is regrettable, but take it in the sense it was sent and laugh.. or

Re: [OT] LHC opens BLACK HOLE

2008-09-14 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Garry Bettle wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Graham Brown wrote: My daughter's school made an announcement on Tuesday to the pupils to say they were all going to die when this experiment started at 8:30am UK time She came home from school in floods of tears. Hows that for

Re: [OT] UK?s first official sharia courts

2008-09-16 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Adam Buckland wrote: Proof? I'm sooo glad you don't travel abroad as a representative for the US... LOL He does man. He does. He's just done it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 15 September 2008 19:30

Re: [OT] UK's first official sharia courts

2008-09-16 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Bob Calco wrote: Problem is, Bob, that just by hearing your POV's I can tell you would applaud my murdering if I were in any way in the path you think your country should take. Problem is you don't really hear my POV. You hear some caricature of my POV that I barely recognize. The idea

Re: [OT] I'm sick of Pete Theisen's Racist Flame Bait

2008-09-16 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Kristyne McDaniel wrote: Jean, It's all so stupid i find it amusing..as i said in an earlier post one needs a degree in quantum mechanics to understand their thought processes s I agree. My own theory about racist commentary is that a person might have racist crap in their brain but

Re: [OT] financial crisis - was Sarah Pailn

2008-09-16 Thread Ricardo Araoz
KAM.covad wrote: It has nothing to do with politics. Money was loaned to people without any consideration of whether they could pay it back. What do you think will happen? We need some kind of regulation that prevents a loan from being resold unless the borrower has at least 20% down

Re: [NF] Is it really this quiet, or is the eMail service having problems?

2008-09-18 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Gil Hale wrote: Is MS still relevant? Unfortunately, yes. But on a brighter note, a little less so than before due to FireFox, Mac and Linux eating (nibbling) out of its trough. The other day I was chatting with an associate who has been a True Blue M$ fan for years. He makes a great

Re: [NF] Is it really this quiet, or is the eMail service having problems?

2008-09-18 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Ted Roche wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :-) BTW Gil, I used to have a Debian desktop machine a couple of years ago. Reading your Ubuntu ads :) I downloaded a copy of KUbuntu (sorry, I really like KDE better) and used it as a boot CD, problem

Re: VFP9

2008-09-23 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Alan Bourke wrote: On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:22:46 +0200, Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I don't know about all people here but if I get a bug reported I fix it. Fair enough, but how many of your apps contain millions of lines of C++, are installed on tens or hundreds thousands of systems, and

Re: [OT] How do you use power?

2008-09-24 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Stephen Russell wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesus is showing us not to use force to get our way. It's kind of convenient to base a whole doctrine on one scripture. In this case you missed the cleansing of the temple where the shysters were physically

Re: VFP9

2008-09-24 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Stephen Russell wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Ricardo Araoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Bourke wrote: On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:22:46 +0200, Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I don't know about all people here but if I get a bug reported I fix it. Fair enough, but how many of your apps

Re: [OT] 6 Brainwashing Techniques They're Using On You

2008-09-24 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Jean Laeremans wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Michael Madigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys should meet and share a bed together, get to know each other. LOL It must be hard to have a one track mind A+ jml Nope, in his case it's just a half track mind(?)

[OT] My plans have arrived!!!

2008-09-26 Thread Ricardo Araoz
Should I make some political comment? Naaahhh! Bored sick of them! This is to tell you my Ness Yawl plans have arrived at last. Designed by Iain Oughtred, she's a beautiful boat. Now the missus wants me to build her on the roof, says she won't suffer a building jig 19ft long for a year in the

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