Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-14 Thread Bob Sneidar
That is because they had guns pointed at their back. Bob On May 12, 2012, at 4:56 AM, Richmond wrote: You are quite right, and I apologise. I am well aware what happened; the people were slaughtered. However, an awful lot of the people who were slaughtered did not stop to question when

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-14 Thread Richmond
On 05/14/2012 07:00 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: That is because they had guns pointed at their back. Not in all cases. Like everything else, this was not quite as simplistic as some would have it be. Of course this in no way lessens the horror of what happened; I, at least, am not one of those

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-14 Thread Bob Sneidar
What is often overlooked as well is that many Christians were persecuted and slaughtered as well, especially those who helped Jews (and anyone else) escape Germany. Bob On May 14, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Richmond wrote: On 05/14/2012 07:00 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: That is because they had guns

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-13 Thread Peter Alcibiades
and incrementally. We need to listen to the users far more. In the end, if its not improving usability for them, its not improving it, no matter what the academic studies say. Peter -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Blowing-my-mind-about-Linux

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-13 Thread Dermot Doran
I knew I was right to be cautious in my first response. You do indeed have your priorities set 100% right. Thanks very much for taking the time to respond in a way that reminds us all of the complexity of this time in history. As I recently heard from an Israeli journalist, there is no end to

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richmond
On 05/11/2012 08:56 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Richmond, I suggest altering the particular alcoholic beverage you've been imbibing. ;-) Oddly enough, I drank a glass of pure orange juice and 2 cups of coffee last night, and NO alcohol. HOWEVER, I was in an artistic mood . . . :) AND, if you

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richmond
On 05/11/2012 09:02 PM, stephen barncard wrote: I love my morning cup of RICHMOND. Please don't ever change!!! Bless you! My cup brimmeth over. sqb On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: Richmond, I suggest altering the particular alcoholic beverage you've

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richmond
On 05/12/2012 02:20 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond richmondmathewson@... writes: The vast majority of people do NOT want choices; they want comfortable predictableness... Devo paraphrase, nicely done... Potato men. free. Love Richmond I don't know what Friday nights are like

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richmond
On 05/12/2012 04:09 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 5/11/12 6:20 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond I don't know what Friday nights are like on your planet, but if my planet ever develops spaceflight we're gonna have to come over and get some of what you've been drinking. We've got nothing

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richmond
On 05/12/2012 04:33 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Alejandro Tejada wrote: Last time I checked, most Linux developers EXPECT that most of their users are Software Developers. Looking for Linux for human beings?: https://www.google.com/search?q=Linux+for++human+beings Ubuntu WAS, but with the

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richmond
On 05/12/2012 06:55 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: OK, well I guess I'm gonna have to bust out my recipe for Limoncello That is absolutely disgraceful; you cannot leave it hanging with 4 dots after it! Come on, out with the recipe :) Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, May

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Dermot Doran
An interesting, if somewhat confusing, post, Richmond. However, I would ask you to read a few more books on the holocaust or read the Nuremberg trials for a bit more background information on what really happened with Jews, Romani, and undesirable people in the Nazi zone of influence. I found it

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richmond
On 05/12/2012 12:30 PM, Dermot Doran wrote: An interesting, if somewhat confusing, post, Richmond. However, I would ask you to read a few more books on the holocaust or read the Nuremberg trials for a bit more background information on what really happened with Jews, Romani, and undesirable

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: On 05/12/2012 04:33 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Alejandro Tejada wrote: Last time I checked, most Linux developers EXPECT that most of their users are Software Developers. Looking for Linux for human beings?: https://www.google.com/search?q=Linux+for++human+beings Ubuntu

[OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread Richmond
I have finally worked out why I think thinking people (!) prefer Mac OS or Windows: For the very same reason why buckets of people want to go back to the Communist state here in Bulgaria. Linux involves a vast number of choices: 1. Choices about Desktop environment; WIMP, HUD,

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
Richmond, I suggest altering the particular alcoholic beverage you've been imbibing. ;-) Bob On May 11, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Richmond wrote: I have finally worked out why I think thinking people (!) prefer Mac OS or Windows: For the very same reason why buckets of people want to go back

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread stephen barncard
I love my morning cup of RICHMOND. Please don't ever change!!! sqb On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: Richmond, I suggest altering the particular alcoholic beverage you've been imbibing. ;-) Bob On May 11, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Richmond wrote: I have

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond richmondmathewson@... writes: The vast majority of people do NOT want choices; they want comfortable predictableness... Devo paraphrase, nicely done... free. Love Richmond I don't know what Friday nights are like on your planet, but if my planet ever develops spaceflight

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread David C.
I'm with Stephen... Richmond, please don't ever change!!! Dave C. On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net wrote: Richmond richmondmathewson@... writes: The vast majority of people do NOT want choices; they want comfortable predictableness... Devo paraphrase,

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread Alejandro Tejada
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Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/11/12 6:20 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond I don't know what Friday nights are like on your planet, but if my planet ever develops spaceflight we're gonna have to come over and get some of what you've been drinking. We've got nothing like it over here. I'm aging my fourth batch of

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread Tereza Snyder
On May 11, 2012, at 8:09 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 5/11/12 6:20 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond I don't know what Friday nights are like on your planet, but if my planet ever develops spaceflight we're gonna have to come over and get some of what you've been drinking. We've got

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Alejandro Tejada wrote: Last time I checked, most Linux developers EXPECT that most of their users are Software Developers. Looking for Linux for human beings?: https://www.google.com/search?q=Linux+for++human+beings :) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting:

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/11/12 8:21 PM, Tereza Snyder wrote: On May 11, 2012, at 8:09 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 5/11/12 6:20 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond I don't know what Friday nights are like on your planet, but if my planet ever develops spaceflight we're gonna have to come over and get some of

Re: [OT] Blowing my mind about Linux

2012-05-11 Thread Peter Haworth
OK, well I guess I'm gonna have to bust out my recipe for Limoncello Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:50 PM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: On 5/11/12 8:21 PM, Tereza Snyder wrote: On May 11, 2012, at 8:09 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On