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From: Bob Martin on 22 Jun 2010 13:33 in 204722 20100622 103535 Chris <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Bob Martin <bob.martin(a)excite.com> wrote: >> in 204683 20100621 082742 Chris <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >>>Linux is great for calculating how much hemp-based tofu it might take to fill >>>your bio-gas-powered eco-dome, but for all serious jobs you need a serious >>>operating system such as Microsoft Windows. >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10187248.stm >> >> Click on 'By OS' >Well, that might be possible. It's a fact. >I did, however, just came across this amazingly objective and independent >Linux-review [1] which led me to the conclusion that Linux might still need >some development. That's a joke, right? Windows needs more than development, it needs a re-design from the bottom up.
From: Bob Martin on 22 Jun 2010 15:16 in 204724 20100622 120813 Chris <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Bob Martin <bob.martin(a)excite.com> wrote: >>>I did, however, just came across this amazingly objective and independent >>>Linux-review [1] which led me to the conclusion that Linux might still need >>>some development. >> >> That's a joke, right? >> Windows needs more than development, it needs a re-design from the bottom up. > >How could that be a joke? >Just have a look at Shelleys unprejudiced facts about Germany[2,3], to which I, as >a German, have to totally agree :-) >Shelley is the most trusted and thruthful resource on the Web for true Christians... > >[2] http://shelleytherepublican.com/2008/06/20/germany.aspx >[3] http://shelleytherepublican.com/2008/08/10/what-happens-in-the-absence-of-god-germany.aspx > >Cheers, >Chris > >(using Linux since '97:-)) > >-- >Linux is great for calculating how much hemp-based tofu it might take to fill >your bio-gas-powered eco-dome, but for all serious jobs you need a serious >operating system such as Microsoft Windows. ><http://shelleytherepublican.com> Thanks for the laughs.
From: alexd on 22 Jun 2010 15:25 On 22/06/10 13:16, Bob Martin wrote: > Thanks for the laughs. You got there in the end :-) -- <http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm(a)ale.cx) 20:25:11 up 55 days, 23:12, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.59, 0.68 It is better to have been wasted and then sober than to never have been wasted at all
From: Bob Martin on 23 Jun 2010 10:18 in 204742 20100622 202542 alexd <troffasky(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On 22/06/10 13:16, Bob Martin wrote: > >> Thanks for the laughs. > >You got there in the end :-) On usenet it's hard to tell the difference between satire and nutcases. Especially as the latter are far more common.
From: Steve Terry on 24 Jun 2010 07:29
"Andy Burns" <usenet.aug2009(a)adslpipe.co.uk> wrote in message news:Y--dnTlFhqqXB4LRnZ2dnUVZ8jCdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > Chris wrote: > >> Didn't know this service was only available in the UK > > I didn't mean it was only available in the UK, just that only one UK > service provider offered it, how widespread it is in other countries I > don't know, and Orange's mad-as-a-box-of-frogs marketing dept has given > many users cause to move on ... > > That's unfair on frogs in boxes FT Oranges chucking away of it's additional services is way beyond mad Three's free Skype has offered me an alternative to incoming ALS with free ring2skype giving me two different UK landline regions and a choice of foreign numbers. e.g. if you have a friend in New York you can set up a free 001 646 number to your UK Skype phone Steve Terry -- Welcome Sign-up Bonus of �1 when you signup free at: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/G4WWK |