Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 02 January 2005 11:53 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 23:15 -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 20:30 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > > Tom Allison wrote: > > > > > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote:

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-03 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 05:36 -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 12:48:11AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Monday 03 January 2005 12:03 am, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > > > > Poets aren't always stupid, but they do fall within Sturgeon's Law: > > > 80% of everything is [crap]. > > >

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 03 January 2005 02:36 am, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 12:48:11AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Monday 03 January 2005 12:03 am, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > > > > Poets aren't always stupid, but they do fall within Sturgeon's Law: > > > 80% of everything is [crap]. > >

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-03 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 12:48:11AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Monday 03 January 2005 12:03 am, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > > Poets aren't always stupid, but they do fall within Sturgeon's Law: > > 80% of everything is [crap]. > > Including your recollection of Sturgeon's Law. It's 90%. 8:o)

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 03 January 2005 12:03 am, Rich Rudnick wrote: > Poets aren't always stupid, but they do fall within Sturgeon's Law: > 80% of everything is [crap]. Including your recollection of Sturgeon's Law. It's 90%. 8:o) -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ursine.dyndns.org/~baloo/ pgp

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-03 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 01:53 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 23:15 -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 20:30 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > > Tom Allison wrote: > > > > > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote: >

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 02 January 2005 11:53 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 23:15 -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > > Rap is not congruent with stupidity :) > > No, but the correlation is high. Not anywhere near as high as the correlation between stupidity and Windows or stupidity and RPM or alcoh

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 23:15 -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 20:30 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > Tom Allison wrote: > > > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > >> On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote: [snip] > > Rap is not congruent with stupidity :) No, but the corre

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-02 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 20:30 -0600, Kent West wrote: > Tom Allison wrote: > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > >> On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote: > >> > >>> William Ballard wrote: > >>> > >>> > One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> John 1:1 > >>> > >>>

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 23:38 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:21:48PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > Yes, sadly Marketing has reached a new level. Shame it has come to this. > > > You mean like Operating System Version 10? > Whatch' you talkin' 'bout, Willis? Mac OSX?

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-02 Thread William Ballard
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:21:48PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Yes, sadly Marketing has reached a new level. Shame it has come to this. You mean like Operating System Version 10? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-02 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 20:30 -0600, Kent West wrote: > Tom Allison wrote: > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > >> On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote: > >> > >>> William Ballard wrote: > >>> > >>> > One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> John 1:1 > >>> > >>>

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-02 Thread Kent West
Tom Allison wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote: William Ballard wrote: One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) John 1:1 Yep; that one should be free of controversy. Hah! No kidding. For those who do not have a Bible, the verse cited reads, "In

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2005-01-02 Thread Tom Allison
Paul Johnson wrote: On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote: William Ballard wrote: One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) John 1:1 Yep; that one should be free of controversy. Hah! No kidding. For those who do not have a Bible, the verse cited reads, "In the beginning was th

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread Nayyar Ahmed
Hello All, The religion is the holy belive, which give all human inner satisfaction, no metter who is beliving which one. But the way you people are making other disgrace is not like Respected people do. I think every body should find his/her own way instead of looking and saying, that one is w

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread Pascal Bonesh
Hi, I wholeheartedly disagree with anyone trying to construct a difference between book A and book B when they are just the same, and unspeakable things have been done in both books name and still are in the name of both books. And I also disagree at least as much when I see actions carried out by

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 08:49 +0100, Pascal Bonesh wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 21:26 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > [snip] > > What a wonderful world it would be if all people would just throw away > their holy books and start thinking and acting as humans. But "man created God in his own imag

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread Wim De Smet
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:45:06 -0600, Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 08:49 +0100, Pascal Bonesh wrote: > --snip-- > > What a wonderful world it would be if all people would just throw away > > their holy books and start thinking and acting as humans. > > Bravo! I

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread David P James
On Wed 29 December 2004 02:49, Pascal Bonesh wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 21:26 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > > > > > Your religious-right-wing crap belongs off-list, this is about debian > and linux. It would if he had written any, but so does your willfully-ignorant-left-wing crap. > > I

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 08:49:19AM +0100, Pascal Bonesh wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 21:26 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > > > > > Your religious-right-wing crap belongs off-list, this is about debian > and linux. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. I read the book, and made some observ

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 08:49 +0100, Pascal Bonesh wrote: --snip-- > What a wonderful world it would be if all people would just throw away > their holy books and start thinking and acting as humans. Bravo! I second that wholeheartedly! -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-29 Thread Glenn English
Hey, will you ununto/god/God guys please cut it out. This list has so much traffic already I can barely scan it as fast as it comes in. I've got to get breakfast sometime this morning... -- Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Pascal Bonesh
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 21:26 -0500, William Ballard wrote: Your religious-right-wing crap belongs off-list, this is about debian and linux. I can understand how people cannot let statements like yours, full of prejudice and racism, stand not contradicted - tolerance is good, except towards the

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread William Ballard
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 10:52:34PM -0600, Brad Sims wrote: > The University of Northern Colorado [UNC] intramural basketball team is named > the Fighting Whities (aka the Fighting Whites That's intramural. There's a lot of ridiculous intramural names. It don't mean a whole lot. The official ma

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Brad Sims
On Monday 27 December 2004 8:15 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Yeah, I do. I still think it was stupid. Just name their new baseball > team the Washington Honky's and call it even. 8:o) The University of Northern Colorado [UNC] intramural basketball team is named the Fighting Whities (aka the F

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 11:58:38AM +0800, Katipo wrote: > William Ballard wrote: > It does have one or two negative references to Jews, as I have already said. > I can not recall anything negative in regard to Christians. > Please provide a reference. I didn't record the passage, and I don't want

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Katipo
William Ballard wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 12:44:21PM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:00:22PM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > >> I read the Koran after 9/11 and found some bits very hostile to >> Christianity and Jews. The basic plot is: God used to like Jews, >> now he

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Katipo
William Ballard wrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:17:47AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 09:22 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: --snip-- > >> The difference is this: >> >> 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with >> the teachings of Mohammed and Islam. I

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Roberto Sanchez
ABrady wrote: I don't care about the OT stuff, except when it goes political. It sickens me that so much uninformed claptrap is spewed based solely on emotion, lack of coherent thought, and on complete and utter sheep mentality. It wasn't that the topic had gone OT on the other list I left, it was

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 12:44:21PM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:00:22PM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > > I read the Koran after 9/11 and found some bits very hostile to > > Christianity and Jews. The basic plot is: God used to like Jews, now > > he doesn't because they m

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread ABrady
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:20:36 -0800 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ABrady wrote: > > I came here to read, and maybe ask questions or provide answers, > > about linux. Anybody know anything about that? > > Sure. And to answer your question... > > Click on Configuration > Click on Fi

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Sam Watkins
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:00:22PM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > I read the Koran after 9/11 and found some bits very hostile to > Christianity and Jews. The basic plot is: God used to like Jews, now > he doesn't because they messed up. God used to like Christians, now > he doesn't because they

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Steve Lamb
ABrady wrote: I came here to read, and maybe ask questions or provide answers, about linux. Anybody know anything about that? Sure. And to answer your question... Click on Configuration Click on Filtering Click on "Define" on the Condition line. Match type: Subject Value: \[OT\]|\[.*off topic.

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread ABrady
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:02:44 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, folks; perhaps it's time to start tapering off (or quitting > cold-turkey) with this very off-topic, non-Debian-related thread? > > -- > Kent Amen! I already unsubscribed from one group when this sort of crap star

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread William Ballard
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:17:47AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 09:22 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --snip-- > > The difference is this: > > > > 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with the > > teachings of Mohammed and Islam. > > 2. Christians w

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Pascal Bonesh
Hi, To people who try to construct a "my book is better than your book" difference. As well as to those trying to construct a difference between "people killing innocents" (aka terrorists) and "people wearing a uniform killing innocents" (aka soldiers): Try fortune -m tolerance... Pascal --

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Wim De Smet
I'm gonna cut some passages here to get to the most outrageous first. On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:39:51 -0800, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wim De Smet wrote: > > Calling people islamic terrorists is about the same as claiming that > > Islam is responsible for their actions. > > Facts

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 10:16 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >>> I agree that the Q'uran contradicts itself numerous times, but there is > >>> no evidence of such thing in the Bible. Care to back up your statement? > > Y'know, I was going to pick a few examples but after a

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:39:51AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Wim De Smet wrote: > >Calling people islamic terrorists is about the same as claiming that > >Islam is responsible for their actions. > > Facts are facts. Outside of a few isolated incidents with the Irish > where has the majority

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Roberto Sanchez wrote: I agree that the Q'uran contradicts itself numerous times, but there is no evidence of such thing in the Bible. Care to back up your statement? Y'know, I was going to pick a few examples but after about 10 pages I decided just to give you the link to enjoy: http://www.

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 06:22 am, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > The difference is this: > > 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with the > teachings of Mohammed and Islam. > 2. Christians who commit terrorist acts are in direct opposition to > the Bible and the Word of God

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Roberto Sanchez wrote: 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with the teachings of Mohammed and Islam. Well not entirely true. While terrorism in and of itself is laid out there are rules to it. Rules like non-combatants are not to be harmed, innocents will be spar

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Wim De Smet wrote: Calling people islamic terrorists is about the same as claiming that Islam is responsible for their actions. Facts are facts. Outside of a few isolated incidents with the Irish where has the majority of terrorism come from in the past several decades? Hell, outside a few i

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Robert Parker
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 01:22, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > The difference is this: > > 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with the > teachings of Mohammed and Islam. > 2. Christians who commit terrorist acts are in direct opposition to > the Bible and the Word of God.

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Kent West
Okay, folks; perhaps it's time to start tapering off (or quitting cold-turkey) with this very off-topic, non-Debian-related thread? -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread James Keasley
Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wim De Smet wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:46:33 -0800, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Sam Watkins wrote: >>> No. Terrorist isn't used enough. In fact "Islamic Terrorist" isn't >>> used >>>enough. People who behead other people w

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:40:33AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Ecclesiates 3:1-8 > >>>= bull > >>What do you think "a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;" means, > >>then? > >> > >>I agree that the Q'uran contradicts itself numerous times, but there is > >>no evidence of such thi

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 09:22 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: --snip-- > The difference is this: > > 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with the > teachings of Mohammed and Islam. > 2. Christians who commit terrorist acts are in direct opposition to > the Bible and the Word o

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Wim De Smet wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:16:01 -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: Roberto Sanchez wrote: You missed on of the best: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Wim De Smet wrote: On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:46:33 -0800, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sam Watkins wrote: No. Terrorist isn't used enough. In fact "Islamic Terrorist" isn't used enough. People who behead other people with a machete so those being beheaded Calling people islamic terror

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Wim De Smet
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:16:01 -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >> You missed on of the best: > >> > >> "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under > >> the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die;

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: Roberto Sanchez wrote: You missed on of the best: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Wim De Smet
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:46:33 -0800, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam Watkins wrote: > > In what way does "ubuntu.org" have a terrorist agenda? > > Or does pacifist equate to terrorist in your dictionary? > > When a pacifist defends those who be

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Robert Parker
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 22:39, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 11:39 +, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 09:02 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > > >>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:42:09PM -0500, Eric d'Alibut wrote:

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 11:39 +, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 09:02 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:42:09PM -0500, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > >>> [snip] > This quote doesn't mention "a time t

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
In what way does "ubuntu.org" have a terrorist agenda? I mean dude, they use like a hippie name and they live in the country "africa". How can they not be terrorist-supporting weed smoking lefties? Or does pacifist equate to terrorist in your dictionary? Well, I s

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
- even if "only" semantically -- with so-called revolutionary movements known for their terrorist agendas. In what way does "ubuntu.org" have a terrorist agenda? Or does pacifist equate to terrorist in your dictionary? Well, no, but they can be just as damaging (in different ways, of co

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 19:05 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Benjamin A'Lee wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > >>Russia - IIRC, Implicated in the same scam and/or sold arms to Saddam > >>for which he owed millions/billions on. They ha

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 18:14 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Monday 27 December 2004 03:25 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > You missed the smiley face. Still, bet you dime to a dollar that > > no company nowadays, especially a national or transnational, would > > name a product "Apache". > > OK, how

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Dec 27 20:16 -0600]: > Heath makes a HAM radio model > called Apache. Well, made. Past tense, sadly. RIP Heathkit. They also used Commanche and other American Indian tribal names as well as the generic Warrior. - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 27 December 2004 04:09 pm, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Does anyone remember a few years back (or maybe more than a few) > when it was thought the Washington Redskins would have to change > their name because of the political incorrectness of it? Yeah, I do. I still think it was stupid. J

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 27 December 2004 03:25 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > You missed the smiley face. Still, bet you dime to a dollar that > no company nowadays, especially a national or transnational, would > name a product "Apache". OK, how much is that bet for? Boeing (and before that, McDonnell-Douglas) ma

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 27 December 2004 03:19 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > Well, whatcha' 'spect from a bunch o' gol darned Commie Atheistic > Hippies up there in Starbuck-land??? > > They probably wear Birkenstocks, too More like Nike sandals (Oregon company), and this time of year, only properly worn with

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Roberto Sanchez
cfk wrote: On Monday 27 December 2004 15:37, René Seindal wrote: Ron Johnson wrote (28-12-2004 00:25): You missed the smiley face. Still, bet you dime to a dollar that no company nowadays, especially a national or transnational, would name a product "Apache". There's the Apache attack helicopter,

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Benjamin A'Lee wrote: On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Steve Lamb wrote: Russia - IIRC, Implicated in the same scam and/or sold arms to Saddam for which he owed millions/billions on. They had a finacial interest in Iraq either way. If I remember correctly, the USA al

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Roberto Sanchez
tically -- with so-called revolutionary movements known for their terrorist agendas. In what way does "ubuntu.org" have a terrorist agenda? Or does pacifist equate to terrorist in your dictionary? Well, no, but they can be just as damaging (in different ways, of course): [SNIP: Many goo

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread cfk
On Monday 27 December 2004 15:37, René Seindal wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote (28-12-2004 00:25): > > You missed the smiley face. Still, bet you dime to a dollar that > > no company nowadays, especially a national or transnational, would > > name a product "Apache". > > There's the Apache attack helic

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 00:37 +0100, René Seindal wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote (28-12-2004 00:25): > > > You missed the smiley face. Still, bet you dime to a dollar that > > no company nowadays, especially a national or transnational, would > > name a product "Apache". > > There's the Apache attack

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread René Seindal
Ron Johnson wrote (28-12-2004 00:25): You missed the smiley face. Still, bet you dime to a dollar that no company nowadays, especially a national or transnational, would name a product "Apache". There's the Apache attack helicopter, which the producer probably sells to a few select friends of the

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 22:57 +, Benjamin A'Lee wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Russia - IIRC, Implicated in the same scam and/or sold arms to Saddam > > for which he owed millions/billions on. They had a finacial interest > > in

Re: OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 15:15 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Monday 27 December 2004 02:51 pm, William Ballard wrote: [snip] > > > One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) > > Why? Debian didn't pick a boring name. Neither did Apache, and that > name (arguably) isn't politically correct. ab

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Steve Lamb
Benjamin A'Lee wrote: If I remember correctly, the USA also supplied Iraq with weapons, when it was fighting Iran. And to the Taliban when it was fighting the USSR. How does that make the USA better than the rest of the world, exactly? It doesn't. Difference is we didn't let those past pract

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 16:56 -0600, Kent West wrote: > William Ballard wrote: > > >One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) > > > > > > > > John 1:1 > > Yep; that one should be free of controversy. Well, whatcha' 'spect from a bunch o' gol darned Commie Atheistic Hippies up there in Starbuc

Re: OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 27 December 2004 02:56 pm, Kent West wrote: > William Ballard wrote: > > >One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) > > John 1:1 > > Yep; that one should be free of controversy. Hah! No kidding. For those who do not have a Bible, the verse cited reads, "In the beginning was the W

OT: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 27 December 2004 02:51 pm, William Ballard wrote: > Sorry for starting a new thread; I deleted it. > > Microsoft has a whole division of people and has written special > software ("PoliCheck") that automatically searches source code and > source texts for politically sensitive words an

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Benjamin A'Lee
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 02:46:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Steve Lamb wrote: > Russia - IIRC, Implicated in the same scam and/or sold arms to Saddam > for which he owed millions/billions on. They had a finacial interest in > Iraq either way. If I remember correctly, the USA also supplied

OT: Re: Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Kent West
William Ballard wrote: One must pick boring names, like "Word" :-) John 1:1 Yep; that one should be free of controversy. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread William Ballard
Sorry for starting a new thread; I deleted it. Microsoft has a whole division of people and has written special software ("PoliCheck") that automatically searches source code and source texts for politically sensitive words and culturally sensitive phrases. It's better to avoid such names alto

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Steve Lamb
Sam Watkins wrote: In what way does "ubuntu.org" have a terrorist agenda? Or does pacifist equate to terrorist in your dictionary? When a pacifist defends those who behead innocents on video tape is there a difference? "Terrorist" has become such a bull-shit word.

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Ron Johnson
quot; > > semantically -- with so-called revolutionary movements known for their > > terrorist agendas. > > In what way does "ubuntu.org" have a terrorist agenda? > Or does pacifist equate to terrorist in your dictionary? Well, no, but they can be just as damaging (in di

[Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-27 Thread Sam Watkins
for their > terrorist agendas. In what way does "ubuntu.org" have a terrorist agenda? Or does pacifist equate to terrorist in your dictionary? If you can demonstrate that it _does_ genuinely have a terrorist or militant agenda, I'll stand corrected. "Terrorist" has b