From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 9 02:47:45 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 02:46:40 +0100 Received: from SMTP-OUT003.ONEMAIN.COM ([63.208.208.73]:42412 "HELO mail026.mail.onemain.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 02:46:06 +0100 Received: (qmail 12951 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2000 01:45:58 -0000 Received: from mocape01-12.midwest.net (HELO ldd.net) ([209.248.17.22]) (envelope-sender ) by mail026.mail.onemain.com (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 9 Nov 2000 01:45:58 -0000 Message-ID: <3A0A1160.FC8B5E0F@ldd.net> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 20:52:16 -0600 From: James Baughn Organization: Humorix World Domination X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Humorix Mailing List Subject: [humorix] Did Al Gore Pass The Turing Test? The Results Are Still Coming In.. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Did Al Gore Pass The Turing Test? The Results Are Still Coming In... By Phil T. Rich, Humorix's Interrim Book Cooker & Keeper Of The Golden Checkbook November 8, 2000 [Editor's Note: When your regular employees are on strike, this is the kind of crap the scabs and fill-ins produce. We apologize in advance for this bomb, but we're desperate for content and I'm too lazy to write something myself.] SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA -- Computer scientists eagerly await the outcome of the 2000 Election From Hell(tm), which will decide once and for all whether the creation known as Al Gore is truly the world's first artificially intelligent robot. "This will be an historic day," explained a staunch Gore supporter from Pennsylvania. "Well, actually, maybe tommorrow if the results don't come in yet. Or maybe next Thursday. Geez... just how long does it take to count votes? If Al Gore (Advanced Logic Gate Organism & Robot Entity) were President, he'd invent a new open-source tabulating machine that could tally votes and output the results to the Information Superhighway within microseconds." Experts in AI consider the US Presidential race the ultimate form of the Turing Test. "People simply aren't going to vote for a candidate that they think isn't human," said Dr. N. P. Kompleete of the University Of East St. Louis. "They might vote for dead people -- well, if they're from Missouri they might -- but they simply aren't going to vote for a nominee that's obviously coded in C++." Actually, our Vast Spy Network(tm) informs us that Al Gore's brain is actually coded in Perl. But that's just a minor detail. "So if Gore wins," Dr. Kompleete continued, "that means he was able to fool a plurality of the US voters into thinking he's human. That would be quite an achievement." Nevertheless, approximately 49% of the voters cast their votes for somebody else, which raises doubts about whether Al Gore can truly pass the Turing Test. "A lot of people had their suspicions during the debates, in which at every appearance Al Gore seemed to be a difference person. That, indeed, was the case -- Al was upgraded between each debate, reaching Version 3.12b before the final round," explained a professor from Texas whose name I can't remember how to spell. "It was a tough match, but Bush had the upper hand: nobody could argue he was a robot. Computers, after all, don't use words like 'sublimiminal' and they always know the correct names and pronounciations of foreign leaders." - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Mon Nov 13 05:16:18 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 05:14:43 +0100 Received: from c014-h017.c014.sfo.cp.net ([209.228.12.81]:40436 "HELO c014.sfo.cp.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 05:14:10 +0100 Received: (cpmta 14036 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2000 20:14:06 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO pavilion) (209.222.131.176) by smtp.transport.com (209.228.12.81) with SMTP; 12 Nov 2000 20:14:06 -0800 X-Sent: 13 Nov 2000 04:14:06 GMT Message-ID: <005301c04d28$101de880$8283ded1@pavilion> From: "Pegasus" To: Subject: Re: [humorix] Did Al Gore Pass The Turing Test? The Results Are Still Coming In.. Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 19:08:49 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list The plot thickens.... I was reading over one of Microsoft's research pages and they had a guy who worked on elections-Josh Benaloh (Microsoft Research). You may want to consider that. Our Senate election is still to close to call too but Gore too the presidential election here. http://www.csl.sri.com/neumann/judiciary.html This is were I found out about him... :-) J~ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Mon Nov 13 05:55:00 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 05:53:44 +0100 Received: from c014-h022.c014.sfo.cp.net ([209.228.12.86]:36266 "HELO c014.sfo.cp.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 05:53:17 +0100 Received: (cpmta 27701 invoked from network); 12 Nov 2000 20:53:14 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO pavilion) (209.222.131.176) by smtp.transport.com (209.228.12.86) with SMTP; 12 Nov 2000 20:53:14 -0800 X-Sent: 13 Nov 2000 04:53:14 GMT Message-ID: <006c01c04d2d$87bc3720$8283ded1@pavilion> From: "Pegasus" To: Subject: Re: [humorix] Did Al Gore Pass The Turing Test? The Results Are Still Coming In.. Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 20:52:29 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Here is some fun stuff... http://www.microsoft.com/issues/default.asp "During the current election cycle, one of the largest and most exciting tests of online voting is taking place at Youth-e-Vote (youthevote.net), a non-profit civics education project supported by Microsoft, Compaq and election.com. In the first nationwide experiment of online registration and voting, millions of students in elementary, middle and secondary schools across the country are expected to cast their ballots for president, senate and governor. While this mock election won’t necessarily predict the outcome on November 7, it will undoubtedly stimulate interest in the electoral process among a new generation of voters. " ----------------- from election.com --------------- Famous last words http://www.election.com/us/info/index.htm Our vision is to enable greater voter participation coupled with better-educated voters to make the world a better place in which to live. As the preeminent Global Election Company for any private or political entity, election.com empowers voters with an easier, more secure electoral process and enables its clients around the world to be more inclusive, trusted and productive at less cost. election.com, with its proprietary software and services, lowers costs, enhances accuracy and accountability, improves security and reduces the use of financial, human and natural resources. --------------- I bet they don't believe this in Florida any more ------------ J~ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Mon Nov 20 01:17:09 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 01:16:04 +0100 Received: from SMTP-OUT003.ONEMAIN.COM ([63.208.208.73]:60019 "HELO smtp06.mail.onemain.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 01:15:39 +0100 Received: (qmail 28868 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2000 00:15:34 -0000 Received: from mocape01-252.midwest.net (HELO ldd.net) ([209.248.22.12]) (envelope-sender ) by 10.209.20.36 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 20 Nov 2000 00:15:34 -0000 Message-ID: <3A186A5B.91211FDF@ldd.net> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:03:39 -0600 From: James Baughn X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.35 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Humorix Mailing List Subject: [humorix] Descent Into The Lawyerclysm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Descent Into The Lawyerclysm Jon Splatz, jonsplatz@i-want-a-website.com November 19, 2000 Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the lawyers aren't out to get you. -- Anonymous The fallout from the US Election From Hell(tm) has provided the perfect opportunity for the Lawyercrats to seize power and become the Fourth Branch of the US Government. The conspiracy has reached fruition; we've reached Stage 0 of the dreaded Lawyerclysm. South Florida is ground zero for the greatest calamity to befall mankind since the first law school opened in Europe during the 12th Century[1]. Everybody and their brother in Florida is embroiled in a lawsuit over the election. The elderly are suing over the poorly designed ballots (obviously created by Microsoft user-interface designers). The Republicans are suing to end the re-re-re-re-counts. And the Democrats have airlifted lawyers into the state to sue over everything else. Trust me, I know. I've been there. I was in South Florida on vacation when the election fiasco started to unravel. The Humorix strike[2], after all, was really just an excuse to take a vacation. I don't care about better working conditions, or a heated swimming pool, or unlimited beer privileges. The only reason I walked out was to get some time off. So there I was, trapped in West Palm Beach, surrounded by disgruntled voters and -- worst of all -- an army of lawyers, politicians, and judges all congregated in one small area. My kingdom for a small nuclear device! I never left my hotel room. I had a recurring nightmare that I might step outside into the maelstrom, look at a lawyer wrong, and wind up as the loser in a million-dollar lawsuit. I could only look out my window in disbelief as the Election From Hell unfolded. I saw lawyers blame other lawyers for sending in lawyers. I saw ambulances chased by crowds of lawyers, who were filing lawsuits against each other for getting in the way. It was horrible! This nation is sinking into the quicksand of the Paperwork Age, a postmodern world in which judges issue meta-injuctions against other judges who issue injuctions against lawyers who file lawsuits every 3.2 minutes. It's an age where lawyers design ballots forms and then proceed to argue over how to count them. The United States has bluescreened. A fatal exception error occured on Election Night, and now all of our unsaved work has been lost. And it's only going to get worse. We've only reached Stage 0 of the Lawyerclysm; the next 6 stages are still to come. And if you don't live in the United States Of Lawyers, don't look so smug -- the judge's gavel is about to smack the rest of the world just as hard. Here's what will happen next: * Stage 1. The courts take power. It all starts when the Florida Supreme Court singlehandedly decides the outcome of the Presidential race, but it doesn't stop there. Soon the Constitution is reinterpreted to exempt lawyers and judges from income taxes. Before long the courts just say "screw this" and decide to rewrite the entire Constitution, thus setting the foundations for the world's first Lawyerocracy -- "A nation, under the appropriate Deity of your choice, by the lawyers, for the lawyers, with liberty and justice for all lawyers. Void where prohibited." * Stage 2. Other nations around the world become Lawyercratic. Forget about the "Red Menace", the "Black Menace" of Lawyerism descends upon the world like a plague of locusts. France becomes the first victim when the courts usurp power and begin to hand down absurd judgements, such as ruling against doctors for allowing severely disabled children to be born rather than aborted. [Actually, this has already happened[3]. -- The Editor] * Stage 3. Mandatory legal insurance. Lawsuits multiply at such a fantastic rate that the average person is involved in 23 lawsuits each year. The number of courtrooms and judges increases by 10,000% annually. Before long it becomes impossible to function in society without joining an LMO (Legal Maintenance Organization) and buying legal insurance. The poor are unable to afford insurance, but that doesn't matter, since nobody would want to sue a poor person anyways. Everyone else, however, becomes fair game -- and the typical American will devote 95% of their income for insurance premiums and court costs. The Universal Bar Association (formerly the American Bar Association) will decree that no person my drive a car, register to vote, or even obtain employment without proof of legal insurance. And only people with law degrees may hold public office. The so-called "Judicial Divide" between the upper class (composed solely of lawyers) and the lower class (everyone else) will widen at an exponential rate. * Stage 4. Lawyers control every aspect of society. From buying hot coffee to keeping a pet dog, no part of life escapes the attention of lawyers. McDonalds customers must pass a "hot beverage safety course" and sign a waiver before they are allowed to buy hot coffee[4]. People wanting to keep a domesticated pet must petition the court to obtain "custody", and then pay monthly fees to ARMO (Animal Rights Maintenance Organization), a network of lawyers that provide legal representation to all pets at the expense of their owners. It becomes virtually impossible to go through life without speaking to (and giving money to) at least one lawyer per day. Any dispute must be settled through the courts. For instance, it's illegal to complain directly to your neighbor about their loud music; you must hire a lawyer to fire off a bark letter to the lawyer representing your neighbor. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. * Stage 5. Legal violence replaces physical violence. Lawyercratic countries will replace their military armies with legal armies. The US Department Of Defense becomes the Department Of Litigation, an elite army of attorneys ready to airlift into any foreign nation and bury the opposition under 100 tons of red tape, court filings, and meta-injunctions within minutes. Nuclear weapons are scrapped and replaced by subpoenas. Squadrons of soldiers are replaced by "Dream Teams". Wars are conducted not on battlefields, but in courtrooms. While most forms of physical violence ceases, the ensuing legal violence is far, far worse -- a fleet of lawyers can bring poverty and bankruptcy to billions of innocent civilians within a matter of hours. * Stage 6. World economy collapses under the weight of overlawyering. Every university in the world becomes a law school, cranking out over 20,000 new law degrees every day. Everybody wants to become an attorney; nobody wants to do anything else. The world economy hits critical mass, and implodes under the weight of the "justice" system. Civilization collapses. The only survivors are a small community of Geeks and non-Lawyers on the island nation of Humorixia, who wisely decided to make the possession of a law degree a crime punishable by deportation[5]. The United States may never fully recover from the ongoing LawyerBinge. But there's still hope to prevent a Stage 6 Lawyerclysm, but only if we stand tall and prepare for the largest battle between good and evil the world has ever witnessed. The geek paradise of Humorixia is our last bastion of defense against the Lawyercrats, our last glimmer of hope against the Lawyerclysm, our last chance of freedom from the tyranny of injunctions, suits, counter-suits, and meta-suits! Geeks of the world, unite under the Humorixian battle flag and fight to prevent the New World Order of Lawyercrats! Down with the empire! Linux and freedom forever! We will fight them on the beaches! Humorixia WILL prevail! Or something like that. Write me at jonsplatz@i-want-a-website.com. [1] http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/jan00.shtml#Linux-History1 [2] http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/oct00.shtml#Strike [3] http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1028000/1028648.stm [4] http://thecaperock.com/aug00/mclawsuit.shtml [5] http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/dec99.shtml#Humorixia-Founded - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Tue Nov 21 22:57:00 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:55:54 +0100 Received: from sv.ddiglobal.com ([208.249.77.69]:61542 "EHLO sv.ddiglobal.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 22:55:33 +0100 Received: (from mail@localhost) by sv.ddiglobal.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) id NAA19239; Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:53:41 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011212153.NAA19239@sv.ddiglobal.com> From: waltd@sv.ddiglobal.com To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski Date: Tue Nov 21 13:53:34 2000 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list I will be on vacation until Tuesday 11/28/00. Thank you for your email. I will reply to you as soon as possible. - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 09:48:55 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:47:51 +0100 Received: from rmx452-mta.mail.com ([165.251.48.46]:25272 "EHLO rmx452-mta.mail.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:47:16 +0100 Received: from web446-ec.mail.com (web446-ec.mail.com [165.251.32.89]) by rmx452-mta.mail.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA23940 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 03:47:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <384772726.974969225290.JavaMail.root@web446-ec.mail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 03:47:05 -0500 (EST) From: viggo blah To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: RE: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: mail.com X-Originating-IP: 195.249.162.6 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list hello, I like humorix, and it really brightens my day to find an article in my inbox, yet I never did send you an e-mail. So why have I gotten an automated response to an e-mail that I never sent? -Viggo Hansen ------Original Message------ From: waltd@sv.ddiglobal.com To: humorix@nl.linux.org Sent: November 21, 2000 9:58:39 PM GMT Subject: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski I will be on vacation until Tuesday 11/28/00. Thank you for your email. I will reply to you as soon as possible. - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 13:22:12 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:20:17 +0100 Received: from grex.cyberspace.org ([216.93.104.34]:16645 "HELO grex.cyberspace.org") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:19:49 +0100 Received: from localhost (nabanita@localhost) by grex.cyberspace.org (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA11859 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:21:56 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:21:56 -0500 (EST) From: Nabanita Mukherjee To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: RE: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski In-Reply-To: <384772726.974969225290.JavaMail.root@web446-ec.mail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Hi, Whoever you are .. just stop this mailing .. I am mailing you for the 1st time .. and i never mailed you before and don want to mail you anymore .. just stop this nuisense ~nabanita Mukherjee On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, viggo blah wrote: > hello, > I like humorix, and it really brightens my day to find an article in my > inbox, yet I never did send you an e-mail. So why have I gotten an automated > response to an e-mail that I never sent? > -Viggo Hansen > > ------Original Message------ > From: waltd@sv.ddiglobal.com > To: humorix@nl.linux.org > Sent: November 21, 2000 9:58:39 PM GMT > Subject: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski > > > I will be on vacation until Tuesday 11/28/00. Thank you for your email. > I will reply to you > as soon as possible. > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > > > ----------------------------------------------- > FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com > Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com > > > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 13:33:55 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:32:50 +0100 Received: from zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl ([132.229.128.1]:51468 "EHLO zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:32:19 +0100 Received: from krypton.wi.leidenuniv.nl (root@krypton [132.229.132.11]) by zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/LIACS 1.1) with ESMTP id NAA02267 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:32:14 +0100 (MET) From: "A. van Werven" Received: (from avwerven@localhost) by krypton.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/WI/wiggy/client) id NAA16355 for humorix@nl.linux.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:32:14 +0100 Message-Id: <200011231232.NAA16355@krypton.wi.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: Re: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski In-Reply-To: from Nabanita Mukherjee at "Nov 23, 2000 07:21:56 am" To: humorix@nl.linux.org Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:32:13 +0100 (MET) X-MSMail-Priority: Highest X-MSMail-Complaints: Blame MICROS~1, not me. X-Virus: I am a header virus. Please copy me into your headers and help me spread. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Nabanita Mukherjee: > Whoever you are .. just stop this mailing .. I am mailing you > for the 1st time .. and i never mailed you before and don want to mail > you anymore .. just stop this nuisense Seems to me like some idiot installs an auto-reply and the fact that he's on a mailing list doesn't enter his mind. Alphons (seen it before) -- A. van Werven http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, The Netherlands Pain is temporary, glory is forever. -- Seen on a No Fear T-shirt - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 13:37:13 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:35:29 +0100 Received: from anchor-sbs-2.mail.demon.net ([194.159.243.144]:16142 "EHLO anchor-sbs-2.mail.demon.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:35:04 +0100 Received: from anchor-sbs-1.mail.demon.net ([194.159.243.143] helo=mail-1.sbs.demon.net) by anchor-sbs-2.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13yvah-000JIM-02 for humorix@nl.linux.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 12:35:03 +0000 Received: from sbs1422.customer.demon.com (entelecltd01.a-control.co.uk) [194.159.222.36] by mail-1.sbs.demon.net with esmtp id 13yvag-0005wj-01; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 12:35:03 +0000 Received: by ENTELECLTD01 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 12:37:22 -0000 Message-ID: From: Paul Herring To: "'humorix@nl.linux.org'" Subject: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 12:37:11 -0000 Importance: low X-Priority: 5 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list From: Nabanita Mukherjee [mailto:nabanita@cyberspace.org] >Hi, > Whoever you are .. just stop this mailing .. I am mailing you >for the 1st time .. and i never mailed you before and don want to mail >you anymore .. just stop this nuisense > >~nabanita Mukherjee > >On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, viggo blah wrote: >> hello, >> I like humorix, and it really brightens my day to find an >article in my >> inbox, yet I never did send you an e-mail. So why have I >gotten an automated >> response to an e-mail that I never sent? >> -Viggo Hansen >> >> From: waltd@sv.ddiglobal.com >> >>> I will be on vacation until Tuesday 11/28/00. Thank you for >>> your email. I will reply to you as soon as possible. [*intentionally* sent to the mailing list] /Please/ tell me you're having a joke. You are, right? Someone's mail software mistakenly OOO replies to a listserv email and you two decide to discuss it on list as if it's personal email? It's April 1st isn't it? Someone please tell me it is... ;) -- PJH Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 14:58:19 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 14:56:47 +0100 Received: from terra.geo.uu.nl ([131.211.29.16]:8661 "EHLO terra.geo.uu.nl") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 14:56:25 +0100 Received: from anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.92]) by terra.geo.uu.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/TvZ) with ESMTP id OAA22714 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 14:56:24 +0100 (MET) Received: from systemtechno.demon.co.uk ([193.237.41.198] helo=st2) by anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13ywrN-0004QG-0Y for humorix@nl.linux.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:56:21 +0000 Received: from 192.168.1.3 by st2 ([192.168.1.3] running VPOP3) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:42:20 -0000 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:39:09 +0000 From: Jamie Dainton X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.48 Beta/8) Personal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1361885991.20001123133909@dainton.org.uk> To: Paul Herring Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) In-reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: VPOP3 V1.4.1 - Registered to: System Technologies Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Hello Paul, Thursday, November 23, 2000, 12:37:11, you wrote: PH> [*intentionally* sent to the mailing list] PH> /Please/ tell me you're having a joke. You are, right? Someone's mail PH> software mistakenly OOO replies to a listserv email and you two decide to PH> discuss it on list as if it's personal email? PH> It's April 1st isn't it? Someone please tell me it is... //intentionally sent as well This happens quite often among newbies and lamers. We just need to unsubscribe the offending user. [back on topic now] >AOL used to be a great source for free disks (they were my main >supplier for years), but for some unknown reason they've switched to >drink costers. I have too many costers already, so I've had to >become more creative. I fold (yes, fold) the disks very carefuly so >that they don't break. I then hang them on my wall in hopes of >scaring away vampires. I haven't seen a vampire yet, so I think its >working. The compuserve CDs are designed to keep bogeymen away as well. This means that a sensible Linux user should keep both types hanging near by. Careful studies have shown that if you put a version of the Win98 EULA on your door Windows users will frequently stop to read it before knocking. As it is so complex and full of evil lawyer phrases they will fail to understand it and turn away worried about breaking the doorknob single user licence. I hope this helps worried Linux users. -- Jamie Dainton - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 16:20:17 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:18:38 +0100 Received: from [193.130.125.125] ([193.130.125.125]:45584 "EHLO taffy.2bet.co.uk") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:18:06 +0100 Received: from diogenes.2bet.co.uk (IDENT:root@diogenes.2bet.co.uk [193.130.125.110]) by taffy.2bet.co.uk (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA09304 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:18:01 GMT Received: (from paul@localhost) by diogenes.2bet.co.uk (8.9.3/8.8.7) id PAA00954 for humorix@nl.linux.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:17:59 GMT Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:17:59 +0000 From: paul m To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) Message-ID: <20001123151759.A757@2bet.co.uk> References: <1361885991.20001123133909@dainton.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <1361885991.20001123133909@dainton.org.uk>; from mail@dainton.org.uk on Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 01:39:09PM +0000 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list I fear all this talk of vampire avoidance may have been a little premature - upon opening the following email(which somehow had magically addressed itself to me personally) I felt a shiver shoot down my spine that could only indicate the presence of evil. Shortly afterwards I suffered a catastrophic X Server crash (foolishly I had been using the occult GNOME/Enlightenment system). After battling with my system for what seemed like an eternity I was able to recover a terminal window. I tried killing rogue processes but my sytem had become overun by daemons. Whats more the letters M and N has nysteriously stopped working thus preventing me from using the relevant iNcaNtatioNS or even praying for Mercy. Only the intervention of a passing guru who was able to perform some kind of resurrection miracle saved the day. I had thought that referring to a well known software company as the Evil Empire was only a joke, but I know better now. I have nailed all the CDROMS I have to a floor with a stake, I advise you to do the same if you wish to avoid suffering my fate. (Mind you I'm not sure about this Red Hat stuff - I mean red that's the colour of that evil Santa guy isn't it.) Paul M On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 01:39:09PM +0000, Jamie Dainton wrote: > Hello Paul, > > Thursday, November 23, 2000, 12:37:11, you wrote: > > PH> [*intentionally* sent to the mailing list] > > PH> /Please/ tell me you're having a joke. You are, right? NO, this is ALL true - you have been warned. - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 16:25:29 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:23:17 +0100 Received: from perth.fpcc.net ([207.174.142.141]:29002 "EHLO perth.fpcc.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:21:49 +0100 Received: from fpcc.net (IDENT:calvin@c575204-a.whtrdg1.co.home.com [24.1.11.7]) by perth.fpcc.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA31096; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:20:02 -0700 Message-ID: <3A1D3606.CF5B4ED@fpcc.net> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:21:42 -0700 From: Calvin Dodge X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: humorix@nl.linux.org, nabanita@cyberspace.org Subject: Re: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Nabanita Mukherjee wrote: > > Hi, > Whoever you are .. just stop this mailing .. I am mailing you > for the 1st time .. and i never mailed you before and don want to mail > you anymore .. just stop this nuisense It's a MAILING LIST, and you just sent THAT note to everyone on the list. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@humbolt.nl.linux.org. In the BODY of the message include the line: unsubscribe humorix Calvin - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 19:31:34 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:30:28 +0100 Received: from rmx470-mta.mail.com ([165.251.48.48]:7311 "EHLO rmx470-mta.mail.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:29:58 +0100 Received: from web576-ec.mail.com (web576-ec.mail.com [165.251.32.76]) by rmx470-mta.mail.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA23638 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:29:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <381848927.975004190802.JavaMail.root@web576-ec.mail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:29:49 -0500 (EST) From: viggo blah To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: [humorix] WTF? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: mail.com X-Originating-IP: 195.249.234.107 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Nuff said! ------Original Message------ From: Nabanita Mukherjee To: humorix@nl.linux.org Sent: November 23, 2000 12:21:56 PM GMT Subject: RE: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski Hi, Whoever you are .. just stop this mailing .. I am mailing you for the 1st time .. and i never mailed you before and don want to mail you anymore .. just stop this nuisense ~nabanita Mukherjee On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, viggo blah wrote: > hello, > I like humorix, and it really brightens my day to find an article in my > inbox, yet I never did send you an e-mail. So why have I gotten an automated > response to an e-mail that I never sent? > -Viggo Hansen > > ------Original Message------ > From: waltd@sv.ddiglobal.com > To: humorix@nl.linux.org > Sent: November 21, 2000 9:58:39 PM GMT > Subject: [humorix] Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski > > > I will be on vacation until Tuesday 11/28/00. Thank you for your email. > I will reply to you > as soon as possible. > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > > > ----------------------------------------------- > FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com > Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com > > > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 19:42:07 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:40:59 +0100 Received: from rmx325-mta.mail.com ([165.251.48.53]:49878 "EHLO rmx325-mta.mail.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:40:33 +0100 Received: from web617-ec.mail.com (web617-ec.mail.com [165.251.32.96]) by rmx325-mta.mail.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA13701 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:40:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <381836973.975004828433.JavaMail.root@web617-ec.mail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:40:28 -0500 (EST) From: viggo blah To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: mail.com X-Originating-IP: 195.249.234.107 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Look, I don't know what the hell happened here but it was not my fault, I simply received as strange automated reply from some one I had never met before, and replied reasonably, I did not know it was part of a mailing list! ------Original Message------ From: Jamie Dainton To: Paul Herring Sent: November 23, 2000 1:39:09 PM GMT Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) Hello Paul, Thursday, November 23, 2000, 12:37:11, you wrote: PH> [*intentionally* sent to the mailing list] PH> /Please/ tell me you're having a joke. You are, right? Someone's mail PH> software mistakenly OOO replies to a listserv email and you two decide to PH> discuss it on list as if it's personal email? PH> It's April 1st isn't it? Someone please tell me it is... //intentionally sent as well This happens quite often among newbies and lamers. We just need to unsubscribe the offending user. [back on topic now] >AOL used to be a great source for free disks (they were my main >supplier for years), but for some unknown reason they've switched to >drink costers. I have too many costers already, so I've had to >become more creative. I fold (yes, fold) the disks very carefuly so >that they don't break. I then hang them on my wall in hopes of >scaring away vampires. I haven't seen a vampire yet, so I think its >working. The compuserve CDs are designed to keep bogeymen away as well. This means that a sensible Linux user should keep both types hanging near by. Careful studies have shown that if you put a version of the Win98 EULA on your door Windows users will frequently stop to read it before knocking. As it is so complex and full of evil lawyer phrases they will fail to understand it and turn away worried about breaking the doorknob single user licence. I hope this helps worried Linux users. -- Jamie Dainton - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 19:46:34 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:45:38 +0100 Received: from brutus.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.146]:11773 "EHLO brutus.conectiva.com.br") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:44:59 +0100 Received: from localhost (riel@localhost) by brutus.conectiva.com.br (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eANIiqV30593 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:44:52 -0200 X-Authentication-Warning: duckman.distro.conectiva: riel owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:44:52 -0200 (BRDT) From: Rik van Riel X-Sender: riel@duckman.distro.conectiva To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) In-Reply-To: <381836973.975004828433.JavaMail.root@web617-ec.mail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, viggo blah wrote: > Look, I don't know what the hell happened here but it was not my > fault, I simply received as strange automated reply from some > one I had never met before, and replied reasonably, I did not > know it was part of a mailing list! The [humorix] in the subject and the special mailing list signature would have been a nice tip-off, just in case you'd have read the email more carefully ;) But before we get out of hand, lets declare an official End Of Thread (EOT) here and stop with this mess... > Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski > -- > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ regards, Rik -- Hollywood goes for world dumbination, Trailer at 11. http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 19:50:54 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:49:48 +0100 Received: from rmx452-mta.mail.com ([165.251.48.46]:3779 "EHLO rmx452-mta.mail.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:49:29 +0100 Received: from web585-ec.mail.com (web585-ec.mail.com [165.251.32.77]) by rmx452-mta.mail.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA01004 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:49:13 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <381326953.975005349928.JavaMail.root@web585-ec.mail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:49:09 -0500 (EST) From: viggo blah To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: mail.com X-Originating-IP: 195.249.234.107 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list My fualt, EOT! ------Original Message------ From: Rik van Riel To: humorix@nl.linux.org Sent: November 23, 2000 6:44:52 PM GMT Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, viggo blah wrote: > Look, I don't know what the hell happened here but it was not my > fault, I simply received as strange automated reply from some > one I had never met before, and replied reasonably, I did not > know it was part of a mailing list! The [humorix] in the subject and the special mailing list signature would have been a nice tip-off, just in case you'd have read the email more carefully ;) But before we get out of hand, lets declare an official End Of Thread (EOT) here and stop with this mess... > Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski > -- > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ regards, Rik -- Hollywood goes for world dumbination, Trailer at 11. http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 19:53:32 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:51:57 +0100 Received: from zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl ([132.229.128.1]:1541 "EHLO zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:50:27 +0100 Received: from beast.liacs.nl (beast [132.229.131.50]) by zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/LIACS 1.1) with ESMTP id TAA09391 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:50:22 +0100 (MET) From: "A. van Werven" Received: (from avwerven@localhost) by beast.liacs.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA27808 for humorix@nl.linux.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:50:22 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200011231850.TAA27808@beast.liacs.nl> Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) To: humorix@nl.linux.org Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:50:22 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: <381836973.975004828433.JavaMail.root@web617-ec.mail.com> from "viggo blah" at Nov 23, 2000 01:40:28 PM X-MSMail-Priority: Highest X-MSMail-Complaints: Blame MICROS~1, not me. X-Virus: I am a header virus. Please copy me into your headers and help me spread. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list viggo blah: > Look, I don't know what the hell happened here but it was not my fault, Yes it is. Some people install an automatic reply when they leave for vacation. It's idiotic to forget that they're on a mailing list, but it's also idiotic to bother all list addressees with your not getting it. Just ignore them. > I did not know it was part of a mailing list! [Sent to the mailing list because of the folliwing:] READ THE FUCKIN' HEADERS!!! Alphons (now cut the crap, please) -- A. van Werven http://www.liacs.nl/~avwerven Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, The Netherlands Skydivers don't stop to ask for directions. - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Thu Nov 23 20:25:14 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:24:10 +0100 Received: from c014-h003.c014.sfo.cp.net ([209.228.12.67]:34000 "HELO c014.sfo.cp.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:23:41 +0100 Received: (cpmta 22887 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2000 11:22:52 -0800 Received: from sea1-68.transport.com (HELO pavilion) (209.222.131.131) by smtp.transport.com (209.228.12.67) with SMTP; 23 Nov 2000 11:22:52 -0800 X-Sent: 23 Nov 2000 19:22:52 GMT Message-ID: <001601c05582$ae59bd00$8383ded1@pavilion> From: "Pegasus" To: Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:22:07 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Corel is giving almost giving away it's Linux. The only want $4.95 to download about 500M. If you are on a fast line it's a thought. By the way, Gates owns 4 million shares of Red Hat... Think about it! Just a bit incestuous. Does anyone know how to really do a duel boot with Linux. I've done it with UNIX and XENIX but can't seem to figure out what MS has done with Win 98. Now that is really scary. Their FDISK suck. It's set up in such a way to make it impossible or close to impossible to do a duel boot. Gee I wonder why this is. Anyway, I've got an HP Pavilion and its OS sucks even more than the regular Win 98. -----Original Message----- From: paul m To: humorix@nl.linux.org Date: Thursday, November 23, 2000 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) | |I fear all this talk of vampire avoidance may have been a little |premature - upon opening the following email(which somehow had |magically addressed itself to me personally) I felt a shiver shoot |down my spine that could only indicate the presence of evil. | (Mind you I'm not sure about |this Red Hat stuff - I mean red that's the colour of that evil Santa |guy isn't it.) | |Paul M | - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 05:03:48 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 05:02:42 +0100 Received: from terra.geo.uu.nl ([131.211.29.16]:7584 "EHLO terra.geo.uu.nl") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 05:02:13 +0100 Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.12]) by terra.geo.uu.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/TvZ) with ESMTP id FAA17140 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 05:02:06 +0100 (MET) Received: from neo (user-2injgo4.dialup.mindspring.com [165.121.195.4]) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA10530 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:01:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <007b01c055ca$dc8c2260$0301a8c0@neo> From: "Jeff Buckey" To: References: <001601c05582$ae59bd00$8383ded1@pavilion> Subject: [humorix] Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ] Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 22:58:52 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Pegasus, I hope you don't mind me calling you Pegasus. ;-) Anyway I've had a duel boot Win 98 and Linux system for a few years now. Only recently was a forced into using Windoze exclusively as I lost the hard drive that Linux was installed on. So until the hard drive comes back from the manufacturer, I'll be using my Win 98 install. Duel boot Linux/Win98 is simple to set up: Windoze FDISK should be fine to use to create the partitions. Format the one you want to use for Windows as FAT32 and just leave the Linux partition unformatted (no news I'm sure you didn't already know here). Then install Win 98 first _before_ your favorite Linux dist. is installed. Once Win 98 is installed install Linux to the "Linux" partition and set up LILO (the LInux LOader) to boot both OS's. The dist's install of LILO should find the Windows info and ask you if you'd like to be able to boot the Windows OS as well. If not it's easy to set up in the lilo.conf configuration file (try the HOW-TO on LILO found at: www.linuxdoc.org for more detailed instructions) . Installing Win 98 _after_ Linux will overwrite the MBR (Master Boot Record) and you won't be able to boot the Linux system (in M$'s infinite "wisdom" they decided no "other" OS would ever reside on the same machine so they just overwrite the MBR without looking...LILO does not). Installing Linux after Win98 will take care of that problem, as every Linux dist. I've ever used/installed (which is most of them) will ask first before disregarding the other OS. As for Corel's dist...I haven't used it yet, but I've heard some bad things about it. All hearsay at this point, but I'm still up for trying it. Might have to d/l the $5.00 version you've suggested here. Thanks for the info. As for RH...I'm not a fan of their business practices (though I didn't know Mr. Gates owned any stock in them). I cut my teeth on RH Linux 4.2 but I've since stopped using them, because, like I said, I'm not fond of their business practices and their ideas of what makes a good dist. Hope this helps, sorry for the off-topic post...I thought it might help some people out. -Jeff > Corel is giving almost giving away it's Linux. The only want $4.95 to download > about 500M. If you are on a fast line it's a thought. > > By the way, Gates owns 4 million shares of Red Hat... Think about it! Just a > bit incestuous. > > Does anyone know how to really do a duel boot with Linux. I've done it with > UNIX and XENIX but can't seem to figure out what MS has done with Win 98. Now > that is really scary. Their FDISK suck. It's set up in such a way to make it > impossible or close to impossible to do a duel boot. Gee I wonder why this is. > Anyway, I've got an HP Pavilion and its OS sucks even more than the regular Win > 98. > > -----Original Message----- > From: paul m > To: humorix@nl.linux.org > Date: Thursday, November 23, 2000 7:23 AM > Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski > ) > > > | > |I fear all this talk of vampire avoidance may have been a little > |premature - upon opening the following email(which somehow had > |magically addressed itself to me personally) I felt a shiver shoot > |down my spine that could only indicate the presence of evil. > | > (Mind you I'm not sure about > |this Red Hat stuff - I mean red that's the colour of that evil Santa > |guy isn't it.) > | > |Paul M > | > > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 05:30:06 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 05:29:11 +0100 Received: from bom2.vsnl.net.in ([202.54.1.1]:32014 "EHLO bom2.vsnl.net.in") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 05:28:36 +0100 Received: from hal9k.myip.org (unknown [203.197.58.30]) by bom2.vsnl.net.in (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8509721AFE for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 09:58:20 +0530 (GMT+5:30) Received: from localhost (IDENT:satyap@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hal9k.myip.org (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA01189 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:52:55 +0530 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 19:52:55 +0530 (IST) From: Satya X-Sender: satyap@hal9k.myip.org To: "'humorix@nl.linux.org'" Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list On Nov 23, 2000 at 12:37, Paul Herring wrote: >It's April 1st isn't it? Someone please tell me it is... No! It's a consp&*%^*&NO CARRIER - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 07:31:36 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 07:30:22 +0100 Received: from linux.intcon.net ([206.230.48.2]:62736 "EHLO intcon.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 07:29:49 +0100 Received: from jet (wks-65-27-55-11.kscable.com [65.27.55.11]) by intcon.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA18425 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 23:30:42 -0600 Message-ID: <034101c055d7$55ab6780$0100a8c0@jet> From: "Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr" To: References: <001601c05582$ae59bd00$8383ded1@pavilion> <007b01c055ca$dc8c2260$0301a8c0@neo> Subject: [humorix] Take the discussion off the list [WAS: Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ]] Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 23:28:09 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Take it off the list, folks. This is a humor list, not a tech discussion list. I'm definitely not the moderator, but, Rik mentioned possibly setting up a second list for discussion of the items that show up on here, and non-humor related discussion - cause it don't belong here :-) (Hi Rik - long time no talk!) Last time I checked, dual booting Linux and Windows 98 was far from humorous. Unless, of course, it involved 4 marshmallows, 7.5 inches of 3/4 inch rubber tubing, a small fish, and approximately two pounds of turkey. As for those people freaking out - relax. This is a humor mailing list - have a sense of humor ;-) Seriously - no one is mailing YOU directly. Instead, they are sending email to a mailing list to which you have subscribed at one time or another (Humorix, computer and Linux related humor, IIRC) If you see a message that you THINK is directed at you, relax - check where it's from. If it's from humorix@nl.linux.org or some variant, resist the temptation to respond - there is no need (UNLESS you happen to have a humorous response. However, in this case, simply mentioning 4 marshmallows, 7.5 inches of 3/4 inch rubber tubing, a small fish, and approximately two pounds of turkey does not make it a humorous response. You've been warned - no one ever finds those jokes funny in the first place. And I believe they are now illegal in 5 US states, and 12 countries worldwide.) If you are REALLY stuck or angry over this - email me at midryder@midnightryder.com and ask me how to unsubscribe from this list. I DO NOT OWN THIS LIST, I'm just trying to help out those who are confused! :-) (Of course, it doesn't hurt that my company name gets mentioned, or that I can mention that I write fun games you can download and try out, and I even get the chance to pimp one of the Open Source (TM) projects that I deal with, Alliance (http://www.allos.org. And honestly, how often do you get to mention 4 marshmallows, 7.5 inches of 3/4 inch rubber tubing, a small fish, and approximately two pounds of turkey in an email?) Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr Author, Boulder Panic!, Boulder Panic! 2 President, MidnightRyder.Com http://www.midnightryder.com <--! include advertisement for my game company here ;-) --> (The mention of 4 marshmallows, 7.5 inches of 3/4 inch rubber tubing, a small fish, and approximately two pounds of turkey in this email is a trademark of MidnightRyder.Com, all rights reserved. Support the Lawyerclysm - mention the 4 marshmallows, 7.5 inches of 3/4 inch rubber tubing, a small fish, and approximately two pounds of turkey in any other email, or even quite this email, so I can sick my lawyers on you - it's SO much more profitable than actually doing WORK! Don't listen to that Open Source wienie James Baughn - embrace the coming Lawyerclysm, extend your legal reach, and crush your friends and enemies under your legal might! But, keep your day job...) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Buckey" To: Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 9:58 PM Subject: [humorix] Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ] > Pegasus, > > I hope you don't mind me calling you Pegasus. ;-) > ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:27:53 +0100 Received: from c014-h001.c014.sfo.cp.net ([209.228.12.65]:11982 "HELO c014.sfo.cp.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:27:30 +0100 Received: (cpmta 526 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2000 08:27:26 -0800 Received: from sea1-96.transport.com (HELO pavilion) (209.222.131.159) by smtp.transport.com (209.228.12.65) with SMTP; 24 Nov 2000 08:27:26 -0800 X-Sent: 24 Nov 2000 16:27:26 GMT Message-ID: <000801c05633$5864dd60$9f83ded1@pavilion> From: "Pegasus" To: Subject: Re: [humorix] Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ] Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:26:47 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Jeff: Thanks for the info. I'm not a Linux user so was unsure about it's loader. Do you use FDISK to change between OS or does the LILO come up when you turn on your computer and ask which OS to use? The other thing I'm interested in is hard drive size. In Win 95 you could only go 2G. I have one 8G that has Win 98 on it and I just installed a 20G. What I want to do is use the 20G that is in 4G logical drives for Win and then put Linux on the 8G drive. I've been Windozed for about 5 years now and it's eating away at my brain.... There are more backdoors in that OS than I like to consider. So I really want a way to get on the Internet without them... What do you think is the best place to get Linux? Were do you get some Linux help? I've looked on the Web and it's a nightmare of contradictions. I'm interested in perhaps writing some programs for Linux. It will depend on the tools for it. Thanks again. P~ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 17:43:38 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:42:33 +0100 Received: from c014-h001.c014.sfo.cp.net ([209.228.12.65]:18895 "HELO c014.sfo.cp.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 17:42:00 +0100 Received: (cpmta 5202 invoked from network); 24 Nov 2000 08:41:57 -0800 Received: from sea1-96.transport.com (HELO pavilion) (209.222.131.159) by smtp.transport.com (209.228.12.65) with SMTP; 24 Nov 2000 08:41:57 -0800 X-Sent: 24 Nov 2000 16:41:57 GMT Message-ID: <000f01c05635$5ff326c0$9f83ded1@pavilion> From: "Pegasus" To: Subject: Re: [humorix] Take the discussion off the list [WAS: Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ]] Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:41:19 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list You don't think that Bill Gates owning 4 million shares of Red Hat is humorix? I was laughing so hard when the security exchange bulletin hit the media I thought I would chock. Being a greedy boy, Gates obviously is hedging his bets. But what is more telling is that it shows a total lack of confidence in Microsoft. Not too surprising since Paul Allen has recently resigned the Board along with three other Board Members. The local gossip about what is really going on is like slap steck--employees talking about Unions, MS now trying to recruit their temps, and executives fleeing. It's a REEL Flea circus. The GATES Bug-OUT as in MASH: To flee or not to flee, that is the question Like tinny bugs on the back of a Wild Boar Who's roll in the mud of his own piss and shit They are all hopping this way and that Off dam bug, off off I say This is a Real Flea Circus; Will it ever end? OR are we destine to live with this Microsoft FLEA Market for ever! Their RAID has NEVER WORK! Perhaps ours can... It's kind of cool. These MS techies have been the idiot bunch locally for so long. The use to go out proudly wearing their MS T-shirts and pretty much slimming on everyone. NOW you can't seem to find any. It's like they creep around as obscure as possible. Weird. So much for the culture at MS. Gates has already defamed the .NET project in the media, calling it an elephant that everyone in the company is seeing differently. :-) Enough said... -----Original Message----- From: Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr To: humorix@nl.linux.org Date: Thursday, November 23, 2000 10:33 PM Subject: [humorix] Take the discussion off the list [WAS: Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ]] |Take it off the list, folks. This is a humor list, not a tech discussion |list. - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 18:42:31 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 18:41:36 +0100 Received: from [24.64.226.102] ([24.64.226.102]:61431 "EHLO arnold.its.to") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 18:41:02 +0100 Received: from localhost (twm139@localhost) by arnold.its.to (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA09746 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:41:00 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: arnold.its.to: twm139 owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:41:00 -0700 (MST) From: To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ] In-Reply-To: <000801c05633$5864dd60$9f83ded1@pavilion> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Perhaps someone is so wrapped up in their so called 3l337 abilities that their are blind to the very reasonable novice questions in this post. Thinking that rather than a legitimate series of questions this post that it is somehow funny...I could be wrong, but the "Ineptitude" in the subject implies to me that perhaps this is the case. Here is a little tip, if not all that funny, no matter how smart you think you are, there is always someone smarter... Hmm humour, I guess we need humour....hmmm I will let you know if I think of any... ... On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Pegasus wrote: > > Jeff: > Thanks for the info. I'm not a Linux user so was unsure about it's loader. Do > you use FDISK to change between OS or does the LILO come up when you turn on > your computer and ask which OS to use? The other thing I'm interested in is hard > drive size. In Win 95 you could only go 2G. I have one 8G that has Win 98 on > it and I just installed a 20G. What I want to do is use the 20G that is in 4G > logical drives for Win and then put Linux on the 8G drive. I've been Windozed > for about 5 years now and it's eating away at my brain.... There are more > backdoors in that OS than I like to consider. So I really want a way to get on > the Internet without them... What do you think is the best place to get Linux? > Were do you get some Linux help? I've looked on the Web and it's a nightmare of > contradictions. I'm interested in perhaps writing some programs for Linux. It > will depend on the tools for it. > > Thanks again. > > P~ > > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 20:05:43 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:04:43 +0100 Received: from b145188.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp ([202.213.145.188]:8715 "HELO mriya.ua") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:04:05 +0100 Received: (qmail 12983 invoked by uid 501); 24 Nov 2000 19:05:39 -0000 From: Viktor Pavlenko MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14878.48131.381891.472694@mriya.ua> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 04:05:39 +0900 To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ] In-Reply-To: References: <000801c05633$5864dd60$9f83ded1@pavilion> X-Mailer: VM 6.84 under Emacs 20.4.1 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list >>>>> "t" == twm139 writes: t> Hmm humour, I guess we need humour....hmmm t> I will let you know if I think of any... Oh please stop this!!! Is it possible to subscribe to James's posts only?.. If not, I can always read his articles on the web... Viktor - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 20:31:52 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:30:36 +0100 Received: from terra.geo.uu.nl ([131.211.29.16]:51855 "EHLO terra.geo.uu.nl") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:30:13 +0100 Received: from mail1.bna.bellsouth.net (mail1.bna.bellsouth.net [205.152.150.13]) by terra.geo.uu.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/TvZ) with ESMTP id UAA20368 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:30:10 +0100 (MET) Received: from notebook.compaq (host-209-214-187-14.clt.bellsouth.net [209.214.187.14]) by mail1.bna.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id OAA25966 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:30:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:25:44 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Corriher X-Sender: corriher@notebook.compaq To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: [humorix] This will stop, one way or another. In-Reply-To: <000f01c05635$5ff326c0$9f83ded1@pavilion> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list If this crap does not immediately stop, I am going to complain to the abusers' network providers. I am not new to doing this, since I am an avid spam tracker (terminator). I kill peoples' Internet accounts on almost a daily basis. The is the last warning you folks are going to get. The decent folks on this list will gladly testify to your abusive behavior if any evidence is required for your provider to take action against you. Be warned that if action is necessary, and if you live in a small town, you could lose all access to the Internet on a very long term basis. Be nice, behave, and quit posting this crap to the humorix list. If this is happening because you don't understand what to do, then email me personally for assistance and advise. My address is: corriher@bellsouth.net *** DO NOT RESPOND TO ME BY HITTING REPLY! *** You should only contact me by starting a new message and manually typing in my address. -- From the desk of Thomas Corriher Sent via Red Hat Linux Phone: +1-704-921-2470 - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Fri Nov 24 21:05:33 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:04:32 +0100 Received: from ds-img-7.compuserve.com ([149.174.206.153]:30347 "EHLO spdmbaaa.compuserve.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:03:55 +0100 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spdmbaaa.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) id PAA15887 for humorix@nl.linux.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 15:03:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 15:03:37 -0500 From: Michael L Mason Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) To: "INTERNET:humorix@nl.linux.org" Message-ID: <200011241503_MC2-BC06-4078@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list Message text writ by Jamie Dainton via humorix@nl.linux.org: > I hope this helps worried Linux users....< Well, it sure helps worry Linux users! -- Mike Mason Winsley, Wilts UK - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Sat Nov 25 17:47:45 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 17:46:20 +0100 Received: from brutus.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.146]:40957 "EHLO brutus.conectiva.com.br") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 17:45:57 +0100 Received: from localhost (riel@localhost) by brutus.conectiva.com.br (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAPGjr609030 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:45:53 -0200 X-Authentication-Warning: duckman.distro.conectiva: riel owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:45:53 -0200 (BRDT) From: Rik van Riel X-Sender: riel@duckman.distro.conectiva To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: [humorix] [ADM] humorix-l discussion list In-Reply-To: <034101c055d7$55ab6780$0100a8c0@jet> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Warning: humorous content ahead. Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr wrote: > Take it off the list, folks. This is a humor list, not a tech > discussion list. I'm definitely not the moderator, but, Rik > mentioned possibly setting up a second list for discussion of > the items that show up on here, and non-humor related discussion > - cause it don't belong here :-) If you look at the Reply-To: header carefully, you'll see that I have set up a second mailing list where people are free to discuss the Humorix postings and/or do their general Open Source and computer related humor talk. To subscribe to this second (more noise, less signal) mailing list, send email to majordomo@nl.linux.org with the following text in the body of the message: subscribe humorix-l This list should (from now on) only be used for the official Humorix postings and administrativa. regards, Rik -- Hollywood goes for world dumbination, Trailer at 11. http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Sat Nov 25 18:05:17 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:03:57 +0100 Received: from brutus.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.146]:22255 "EHLO brutus.conectiva.com.br") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:03:15 +0100 Received: from localhost (riel@localhost) by brutus.conectiva.com.br (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAPH2wZ09209; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:02:59 -0200 X-Authentication-Warning: duckman.distro.conectiva: riel owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:02:57 -0200 (BRDT) From: Rik van Riel X-Sender: riel@duckman.distro.conectiva To: Thomas Corriher cc: humorix-l@nl.linux.org, humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] This will stop, one way or another. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Warning: humorous content ahead. Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Thomas Corriher wrote: > If this crap does not immediately stop, I am going to > complain to the abusers' network providers. No you're not. They are NOT violating the usage restrictions we put on the mailing list. [snip] > The decent folks on this list will gladly testify to your > abusive behavior if any evidence is required for your provider > to take action against you. > > Be warned that if action is necessary, and if you live > in a small town, you could lose all access to the > Internet on a very long term basis. > > Be nice, behave, and quit posting this crap to the > humorix list. "do as I say and don't do as I do" ? You're being rude, abusive and voice threats towards other users. Do you have ANY reason why I shouldn't complain to your ISP to have YOUR account yanked? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it when people try to help rid a mailing list of some wrong things that are happening, but doing it with email as abusive and rude as your message is really unacceptable... regards, Rik -- Hollywood goes for world dumbination, Trailer at 11. http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Sat Nov 25 18:51:07 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:49:58 +0100 Received: from terra.geo.uu.nl ([131.211.29.16]:18862 "EHLO terra.geo.uu.nl") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:49:17 +0100 Received: from mail2.bna.bellsouth.net (mail2.bna.bellsouth.net [205.152.150.14]) by terra.geo.uu.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/TvZ) with ESMTP id SAA07623; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:49:13 +0100 (MET) Received: from notebook.compaq (host-209-214-187-51.clt.bellsouth.net [209.214.187.51]) by mail2.bna.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id MAA21218; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:49:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:44:43 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Corriher X-Sender: corriher@notebook.compaq To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org cc: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] This will stop, one way or another. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list ---- Warning: humorous content ahead. To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Rik van Riel wrote: > You're being rude, abusive and voice threats towards > other users. Do you have ANY reason why I shouldn't > complain to your ISP to have YOUR account yanked? Go ahead and try. Knock yourself out, if you think you have that much pull with Bellsouth. > Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it when people try > to help rid a mailing list of some wrong things that > are happening, but doing it with email as abusive and > rude as your message is really unacceptable... It was being kind, actually. The persons involved were asked repeatedly to stop and they continued. They disregarded those requests. I was giving them warning of what could (and probably would) happen. I realize they are probably decent folk who are just suffering from newbism. Nevertheless, they were warned for their own protection. I really don't care if that bothers you. I really do not care in the slightest. I have been on the Internet long enough to know what is, and isn't, expected as a Netizen. If you are still angry, it is because you do not understand, or you chose not to understand. Now... get away from the computer for about 10 minutes... take some deep breaths... and think about it. It is also kinda funny that you sent 2 copies of this message to 2 different lists. (I couldn't resist) I want everyone to know that I am replying publically because the original letter was posted publically. One's honor must be defended in public, when it is under attack. I shall not respond to these messages in public again, for the sake of the public. I think an exception is required in this case. I appologize for any annoying noise that I may have generated. -- From the desk of Thomas Corriher Sent via Red Hat Linux Phone: +1-704-921-2470 - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Sat Nov 25 19:11:44 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:10:23 +0100 Received: from brutus.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.146]:17909 "EHLO brutus.conectiva.com.br") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:09:39 +0100 Received: from localhost (riel@localhost) by brutus.conectiva.com.br (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAPI9Yl09855; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 16:09:34 -0200 X-Authentication-Warning: duckman.distro.conectiva: riel owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 16:09:34 -0200 (BRDT) From: Rik van Riel X-Sender: riel@duckman.distro.conectiva To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org cc: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: [humorix] This will stop, one way or another. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list ---- Warning: humorous content ahead. To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Thomas Corriher wrote: > It was being kind, actually. The persons involved were > asked repeatedly to stop and they continued. They > disregarded those requests. Fair enough. You've been barred from posting to NL.linux.org for exactly this reasoning. If you want to discuss this with me, please use my conectiva.com.br address. regards, Rik -- Hollywood goes for world dumbination, Trailer at 11. http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Sat Nov 25 22:35:08 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:32:54 +0100 Received: from server48.aitcom.net ([208.234.0.42]:26379 "EHLO madtimes.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:32:08 +0100 Received: from classified (mawi201-137.dsl.tds.net [208.166.201.137]) by madtimes.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA19556 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 16:31:55 -0500 Message-ID: <004301c05738$26b42860$89c9a6d0@tds.net> From: "Timm Murray" To: References: <001601c05582$ae59bd00$8383ded1@pavilion> Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:33:41 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list ---- Warning: humorous content ahead. To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- ----- Original Message ----- From: Pegasus To: Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski ) > Corel is giving almost giving away it's Linux. The only want $4.95 to download > about 500M. If you are on a fast line it's a thought. > > By the way, Gates owns 4 million shares of Red Hat... Think about it! Just a > bit incestuous. Hmmm, didn't know that. I've already been a little suspicous of Red Hat. > > Does anyone know how to really do a duel boot with Linux. I've done it with > UNIX and XENIX but can't seem to figure out what MS has done with Win 98. Now > that is really scary. Their FDISK suck. DOS fdisk recongnizes three partition types: 1) DOS 2) Extended DOS (but without showing you the partitions within the extended partition) 3) Non-DOS That should be all you need, unless you want to install one of those heritical GNU/Linux systems. > It's set up in such a way to make it > impossible or close to impossible to do a duel boot. Gee I wonder why this is. > Anyway, I've got an HP Pavilion and its OS sucks even more than the regular Win > 98. My boss recently bought two of those things. We're a rather poor small buissness, but I beged my boss not to buy a system off the shelf at Best Buy. He did it anyway. He also bought two ethernet cards for them, and a SCSI card for our Zip drive (we have a better [250 MB] Zip drive on our GNU/Linux file server, but I'm the only one who knows GNU/Linux). They were both EISA cards. The HP Pavilion only has PCI slots. Figures. > > -----Original Message----- > From: paul m > To: humorix@nl.linux.org > Date: Thursday, November 23, 2000 7:23 AM > Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt Dobrzynski > ) > > > | > |I fear all this talk of vampire avoidance may have been a little > |premature - upon opening the following email(which somehow had > |magically addressed itself to me personally) I felt a shiver shoot > |down my spine that could only indicate the presence of evil. > | > (Mind you I'm not sure about > |this Red Hat stuff - I mean red that's the colour of that evil Santa > |guy isn't it.) > | > |Paul M > | > > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Sun Nov 26 01:04:29 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:03:14 +0100 Received: from SMTP-OUT003.ONEMAIN.COM ([63.208.208.73]:30932 "HELO smtp05.mail.onemain.com") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 01:02:53 +0100 Received: (qmail 8315 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2000 00:01:48 -0000 Received: from mocape01-87.midwest.net (HELO ldd.net) ([209.248.17.97]) (envelope-sender ) by 10.209.20.35 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 26 Nov 2000 00:01:48 -0000 Message-ID: <3A202FED.D42FDA70@ldd.net> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:32:29 -0600 From: James Baughn Organization: Humorix World Domination X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Humorix Mailing List Subject: [humorix] The Internet Collapses! No Film At 11. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list ---- Warning: humorous content ahead. To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- The Internet Collapses! No Film At 11. November 25, 2000 Unable to withstand an unexpected deluge of spam, "meta-spam", off-topic posts, and spontaneous flame wars, the vast majority of the Internet is currently offline. Web-based discussion forums running on Windows NT were the first to crash under the strain, but within minutes even Linux and FreeBSD systems were quicking melting under extreme network conditions 500,000 times worse than the Slashdot Effect. It all started on a low-volume humor mailing list when some evil spammer sent a messag entitled "Make $$$ Fast From Sending Bulk X-Rated Email! Not MLM!". Almost every subscriber sent a response asking, "Why am I getting spam? How do I unsubscribe from this list?" These messages were immediately followed by more messages demanding, "Why I am getting all of this meta-spam? Will everybody please shut up! And how do I unsubscribe from this thing?" Under normal circumstances, the flood of messages would quickly dry up. But not this time. One list subscriber was on vacation and had an auto-responder configured to respond to each and every email he received. This set up a positive feedback loop; within minutes over 10,000 meta-spams, auto-responses, and meta-meta-meta-auto-responses had circulated through the list. Unfortunately, the mailing list administrator was glued to his cable television watching every movement in the Florida Election From Hell(tm) and didn't have time to check his email. Meanwhile, list members, sick and tired of receiving 125 messages per second, sent thousands of messages to other mailing lists asking for help in stopping mailing list recursion. It all went downhill from there. Another evil spammer sent a message to the list, this time containing a huge list of To: addresses. The auto-responder responded to every address on that list, causing several thousand more netizens to be inundated by meta-meta-messages. These people sent knee-jerk responses -- to every address listed in the meta-spam, of course -- thus creating a virulent meme that rapidly took on a life of its own. The torrent of meta-messages propogated at an exponential rate, spreading across the globe in a matter of milliseconds. And then the meme hit Usenet, IRC, and the Web -- and everything devolved into a state of chaos that would make South Florida's election woes look like a picnic. Servers crashed. Routers exploded. Computers burst into flames. It was not a good day. Approximately 32.5 minutes from when the first spam message had been sent, the majority of the Internet was toast. And that wasn't the end of it. After the servers went down, countless geeks received urgent pages and phone calls from their bosses demanding to know just what the [expletive] was happening. Meanwhile, ISP customers, upset that their Internet access was _down again_, were frantically trying to call tech support. (Remember, the TV networks were busy showing arguments over "pregnant chads" in Florida, so most people weren't aware that the entire infosphere was on fire.) These phone calls overloaded the US phone network, which died a quick death. It didn't take long for all other wide-area networks to go kaput, an event that sent most television and radio stations offline. Indeed, there will _not_ be a film at 11. Experts (at least those we were able to contact via smoke signals) agree that the Internet and other modern conveniences should be up and running within a matter of days (or, depending on who you ask, years). Said one tech pundit we contacted, "In a way I'm sorta relieved. I stockpiled thousands of dollars worth of stuff for Y2K, and now I might be able to actually do something with it." "Still," he continued. "To think that all of this chaos was caused by one spammer and one errant auto-responder. Now that's scary. And here I thought the collapse of the Internet would be caused by Y2K -- or at least a bug in Microsoft software. I never dreamed of this!" - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Mon Nov 27 05:34:12 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 05:33:06 +0100 Received: from [203.63.40.115] ([203.63.40.115]:4083 "EHLO web.gihs.sa.edu.au") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 05:32:32 +0100 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by web.gihs.sa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA21545 for humorix@nl.linux.org; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:02:17 +1030 X-Authentication-Warning: web.gihs.sa.edu.au: nobody set sender to francoric@gihs.sa.edu.au using -f Message-ID: <975299537.3a21e3d18664d@mail.gihs.sa.edu.au> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:02:17 +1100 To: From: Subject: Re: [humorix] Duel Boot in Linux [was: Ineptitude ... ] References: <001601c05582$ae59bd00$8383ded1@pavilion> <007b01c055ca$dc8c2260$0301a8c0@neo> In-Reply-To: <007b01c055ca$dc8c2260$0301a8c0@neo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.0-pre12 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list ---- Warning: humorous content ahead. To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- What you say about MS's questionable wisdom is very true, I think from memory that the topic came up during the USA Microsoft trial but I'm not sure if it was possibly to *prove* the MS does it deliberatly... Quoting Jeff Buckey : > Pegasus, > > I hope you don't mind me calling you Pegasus. ;-) > > Anyway I've had a duel boot Win 98 and Linux system for a few years now. > Only recently was a forced into using Windoze exclusively as I lost the > hard > drive that Linux was installed on. So until the hard drive comes back > from > the manufacturer, I'll be using my Win 98 install. Duel boot > Linux/Win98 is > simple to set up: > Windoze FDISK should be fine to use to create the partitions. Format > the > one you want to use for Windows as FAT32 and just leave the Linux > partition > unformatted (no news I'm sure you didn't already know here). Then > install > Win 98 first _before_ your favorite Linux dist. is installed. Once Win > 98 > is installed install Linux to the "Linux" partition and set up LILO (the > LInux LOader) to boot both OS's. The dist's install of LILO should find > the > Windows info and ask you if you'd like to be able to boot the Windows OS > as > well. If not it's easy to set up in the lilo.conf configuration file > (try > the HOW-TO on LILO found at: www.linuxdoc.org for more detailed > instructions) . Installing Win 98 _after_ Linux will overwrite the MBR > (Master Boot Record) and you won't be able to boot the Linux system (in > M$'s > infinite "wisdom" they decided no "other" OS would ever reside on the > same > machine so they just overwrite the MBR without looking...LILO does not). > Installing Linux after Win98 will take care of that problem, as every > Linux > dist. I've ever used/installed (which is most of them) will ask first > before > disregarding the other OS. > > As for Corel's dist...I haven't used it yet, but I've heard some bad > things > about it. All hearsay at this point, but I'm still up for trying it. > Might > have to d/l the $5.00 version you've suggested here. Thanks for the > info. > > As for RH...I'm not a fan of their business practices (though I didn't > know > Mr. Gates owned any stock in them). I cut my teeth on RH Linux 4.2 but > I've > since stopped using them, because, like I said, I'm not fond of their > business practices and their ideas of what makes a good dist. > > Hope this helps, sorry for the off-topic post...I thought it might help > some > people out. > -Jeff > > > > Corel is giving almost giving away it's Linux. The only want $4.95 to > download > > about 500M. If you are on a fast line it's a thought. > > > > By the way, Gates owns 4 million shares of Red Hat... Think about it! > Just a > > bit incestuous. > > > > Does anyone know how to really do a duel boot with Linux. I've done > it > with > > UNIX and XENIX but can't seem to figure out what MS has done with Win > 98. > Now > > that is really scary. Their FDISK suck. It's set up in such a way to > make it > > impossible or close to impossible to do a duel boot. Gee I wonder why > this is. > > Anyway, I've got an HP Pavilion and its OS sucks even more than the > regular Win > > 98. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: paul m > > To: humorix@nl.linux.org > > Date: Thursday, November 23, 2000 7:23 AM > > Subject: Re: [humorix] Ineptitude (was Automated Reply from Walt > Dobrzynski > > ) > > > > > > | > > |I fear all this talk of vampire avoidance may have been a little > > |premature - upon opening the following email(which somehow had > > |magically addressed itself to me personally) I felt a shiver shoot > > |down my spine that could only indicate the presence of evil. > > | > > (Mind you I'm not sure about > > |this Red Hat stuff - I mean red that's the colour of that evil Santa > > |guy isn't it.) > > | > > |Paul M > > | > > > > - > > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > > > > - > Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note > Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ > Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ > - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Wed Nov 29 00:48:30 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:47:27 +0100 Received: from brutus.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.146]:17146 "EHLO brutus.conectiva.com.br") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:47:04 +0100 Received: from localhost (riel@localhost) by brutus.conectiva.com.br (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eASNl0L01261 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:47:00 -0200 X-Authentication-Warning: duckman.distro.conectiva: riel owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:47:00 -0200 (BRDT) From: Rik van Riel X-Sender: riel@duckman.distro.conectiva To: humorix@nl.linux.org Subject: [humorix] humorix-l list Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list ---- Warning: humorous content ahead. To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- Hi *, since most of the humour postings seem to be coming from James Baughn lately, I guess I should invite some people to write their own humour postings or at least provide Mr. Baughn with some inspiration. In order to do this, I'm inviting everybody over to the humorix-l@nl.linux.org mailing list ... with extra "-l" Everybody is invited to forward funny news items or their own (humouristic) take on current events to that mailing list ... but NOT to this one, at least not until a decent story has been composed ;) To subscribe to this list, send email to majordomo@nl.linux.org with the following text in the body of the message: "subscribe humorix-l" Now lets hope we'll be able to build up a nice group of people there that will be able to promote the use of Linux and Open Source software by using the weapon of humour ... (yeah right) cheers, Rik -- Hollywood goes for world dumbination, Trailer at 11. http://www.surriel.com/ http://www.conectiva.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com.br/ - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ From owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Wed Nov 29 02:43:20 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:42:17 +0100 Received: from c014-h003.c014.sfo.cp.net ([209.228.12.67]:30422 "HELO c014.sfo.cp.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:41:53 +0100 Received: (cpmta 20789 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2000 17:41:46 -0800 Received: from sea1-95.transport.com (HELO c197529-a) (209.222.131.158) by smtp.transport.com (209.228.12.67) with SMTP; 28 Nov 2000 17:41:46 -0800 X-Sent: 29 Nov 2000 01:41:46 GMT Message-ID: <002401c059a5$87745d40$358ec7cd@c197529-a> From: "Pegasus" To: , Subject: Re: [humorix] Gates and Buffett in Bridge Game--right from Omaha Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:41:42 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-humorix@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: humorix-l@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;humorix-list ---- Warning: humorous content ahead. To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... ---- REPLY to HOLE List.... If you folks want a boring life than have one. :-) This is the last time I will post to this list. But having been harass by mindless garb. I mean I see one post about a bounce back on a holiday and never ever read that follows. It's so typical. You just delete. Have a problem folks with that key. I worked on my first computer in 1969. I'm not a new be and am pretty pissed at the lack of feedback on this list. I agree that for someone like 007 to write for us we need to give him support. So here is my best take on the computer mess in our election. http://www.transport.com/~pegasus I know almost everyone in this industry in one way or the other. Gates is an old Flame Mail partner and I respect him well. How odd that he is off playing bridge right now.... NOT! His company is going to hell over these elections fraud issue that seem to have MS all over the Ducking Place. Billy is a hard-core player but this move was not his but Buffett's... I mean how many people really think we start Bridge Tournament. http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/001126/buffett_ga.html Now who put up this file. Is Buffett a gay blade? Get the picture folks. :-) Got it.... So we do need to feed 007 and stroke his ... to get more humor hear. :-) How that is really humorous... HTTP://www.transport.com/~peagaus You know it's not easy to get REEL alias like this one. You get it: transport and a flying horse and I was Jpony~ for years. Some just call me RED-the FEM Fatal. :-) The name of this game is GO.... And it's a REAL GAME that eccentrics DEW play on the INTERNET! Buffett that baby billg~ Up your donkey. -----Original Message----- From: Rik van Riel To: humorix@nl.linux.org Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 3:58 PM Subject: [humorix] humorix-l list |---- |Warning: humorous content ahead. |To prevent overdosage for the sensitive readers, please |take your discussions to humorix-l@nl.linux.org... |---- | |Hi *, | |since most of the humour postings seem to be coming from |James Baughn lately, I guess I should invite some people |to write their own humour postings or at least provide |Mr. Baughn with some inspiration. | |In order to do this, I'm inviting everybody over to the |humorix-l@nl.linux.org mailing list ... with extra "-l" | |Everybody is invited to forward funny news items or their |own (humouristic) take on current events to that mailing |list ... but NOT to this one, at least not until a decent |story has been composed ;) | |To subscribe to this list, send email to majordomo@nl.linux.org |with the following text in the body of the message: | | "subscribe humorix-l" | |Now lets hope we'll be able to build up a nice group of people |there that will be able to promote the use of Linux and Open |Source software by using the weapon of humour ... (yeah right) | |cheers, | |Rik |-- |Hollywood goes for world dumbination, | Trailer at 11. | | http://www.surriel.com/ |http://www.conectiva.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com.br/ | | |- |Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note |Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ |Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/ | - Humorix: Linux and Open Source(nontm) on a lighter note Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/