Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread Dana J . Laude
On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 17:36:04 Kent West wrote: > D-Man wrote: > > > > Well, business is (almost entirely) built on _wants_ not _needs_. Who > > _needs_ a computer in the first place, after all? All we _need_ is > > water, food, shelter, clothes, and companionship :-). > > > Geeks need comp

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread D-Man
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 05:36:04PM -0500, Kent West wrote: | D-Man wrote: | | > Well, business is (almost entirely) built on _wants_ not _needs_. Who | > _needs_ a computer in the first place, after all? All we _need_ is | > water, food, shelter, clothes, and companionship :-). | | Geeks need

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread Martin F. Krafft
also sprach Kent West (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 05:36:04PM -0500): > And clothes?!! thanks, kent, we didn't *need* to know. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- as i was going up the stair i met a man who was

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread Kent West
D-Man wrote: Well, business is (almost entirely) built on _wants_ not _needs_. Who _needs_ a computer in the first place, after all? All we _need_ is water, food, shelter, clothes, and companionship :-). Geeks need companionship?! And clothes?!!

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread Martin F. Krafft
also sprach D-Man (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 01:31:15PM -0400): > Well, business is (almost entirely) built on _wants_ not _needs_. Who > _needs_ a computer in the first place, after all? All we _need_ is > water, food, shelter, clothes, and companionship :-). except that my 486 greatly facilitates

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread D-Man
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 06:34:06PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote: | also sprach D-Man (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:25:35PM -0400): | > We certainly can do something : use (and develop) Debian while | > boycotting proprietary hardware. Microsoft can't charge us rent for | > using Debian :-). | | word

Re: [users] Re: [OT] Attn: HP Pavilion 9680C (US) owners

2001-07-03 Thread Martin F. Krafft
also sprach D-Man (on Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:25:35PM -0400): > We certainly can do something : use (and develop) Debian while > boycotting proprietary hardware. Microsoft can't charge us rent for > using Debian :-). word up. but i am less concerned about us since we already do good. i am concerned