Re: whew

2004-02-13 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 06:03:01PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:28:05PM -0800, Paul Johnson said > > Also, please learn to quote. http://learn.to/quote > > Huh? If you read it, odds are you will find your mistake. - -- .''`

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 05:28:05PM -0800, Paul Johnson said > Also, please learn to quote. http://learn.to/quote Huh? -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: quiche benelux Bellcore Soviet ASO e-bomb Forte NATO Crowell signature.a

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/02/04 16:17), Clive Menzies wrote: > On (12/02/04 16:29), Pedro M. wrote: > > That's a good news. In any case, I would like to see Debian-Newbie email > > list. > > > In view of recent discussion, this is unlikely to happen. > > I first installed Debian as a complete novice having used

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Dave's List Addy
On 2/12/04 10:17 AM, "Clive Menzies" wrote: > A newbie list wouldn't be of interest to me and given the volume of mail > already, I wouldn't subscribe. So who would provide the knowledge for a > newbie list? Whilst Debian people a very generous with their time and > patience, they have their own

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/02/04 16:29), Pedro M. wrote: > That's a good news. In any case, I would like to see Debian-Newbie email > list. > In view of recent discussion, this is unlikely to happen. I first installed Debian as a complete novice having used mainly Macs and some Windows PC's. It was hard because

Re: whew

2004-02-12 Thread Pedro M.
Matthias Hentges wrote: And the website? Has NO STEP BY STEP FOR >FIRST TIME MS WINDOWS BEGINNERS! Why should it? If you want this kind of stuff go and buy SuSE or Mandrake. There is some HOWTOS about it in http://www.tldp.org http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html You

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 02:58:54AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > Why are you trying to use Debian at all? It's not intended for newbies Actually, it is. It's just not intended for morons. There's a difference. 8:o) Also, please learn to quote. http:/

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Adam Aube
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 05:26 pm, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > Whoa, wait a minute, how can Lou provide FTP hosting when earlier he > said he and 90% of the world doesn't know how to FTP? Go figure. Another "go figure" - a Linux server running Apache hosts his site: http://uptime.netcraf

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread No Spam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 No one could be this clueless.. could they Well, 1500 partner websites... Where have I seen that before...? I actually went to this guys site and looked around. His pages are full of the same broken english; that in and of itself is

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 02:58:54AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: | On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 03:51:37AM -0500, ~Honorable Dr Lou Who said | > What a mess! [snipped almost all of the initial ranting] | > Dang, nevermind, I'll download the IMAGE FILE AGAIN! | | Why do you have to download it again? http:

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:34:39 +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 18:07, David wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 > > > > "~Honorable Dr Lou Who" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What a mess! > > > > [snip m

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Kjetil Kjernsmo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040211 09:35]: > On Wednesday 11 February 2004 18:07, David wrote: > > However, this could be a prime example of the class of people who > > definitely _should_ stick with windows.. > > And finance MS' robbery of our rights, including our right to receive >

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Wednesday 11 February 2004 18:07, David wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 > > "~Honorable Dr Lou Who" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What a mess! > > [snip miles of babble] > > Uhhh... this guy's _gotta_ be trolling, hasn't he? Yup. > No one could be this clueless.. could th

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread David
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 "~Honorable Dr Lou Who" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What a mess! [snip miles of babble] Uhhh... this guy's _gotta_ be trolling, hasn't he? No one could be this clueless.. could they However, this could be a prime example of the class of people

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-02-11, ~Honorable Dr Lou Who penned: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --=_NextPart_000_0136_01C3F052.59484980 Content-Type: > multipart/alternative; > boundary="=_NextPart_001_0137_01C3F052.59484980" > > > --=_NextPart_001_0137_01C3F052.59484980 Content-Type: t

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Rob Weir
ST OF THE > KNOWN CP WORLD! (Right there, you ELIMINATED 90% of any MS converts) 90% of windows users don't know how to right-click on a link and save a file? Anyway, you can use whichever protocol you are most comfortable. > http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/ > > Obvious

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
has 3 more, all with 3 > more sub links, which you claimed earlier IMAGE file, (The only way I > could have know is you mentioned it was an IMAGE file somewhere on the > opening page! Whew, rocket scientist again, first time windows users > WOULD NEVER PIECE THAT! First time users shou

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 12:34:25PM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: > Am Mi, den 11.02.2004 schrieb ~Honorable Dr Lou Who um 09:51: > > [lots of rants against Debian] > > Dude, that's why Debian is the worst choice for Linux beginners. No, Linux is th

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Ken Gilmour
On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 08:51, ~Honorable Dr Lou Who wrote: > What a mess! > Are you smoking crack? You know there are special places for people like yourself to get help. It's called a "Psychiatric hospital". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Katipo
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:51:37 -0500 "~Honorable Dr Lou Who" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What a mess! > If this is an attempt at self-analysis, you are a master of understatement. I would respectfully suggest that you come back after about eight hours, when the speed has worn off. The personalit

Re: whew

2004-02-11 Thread Matthias Hentges
Am Mi, den 11.02.2004 schrieb ~Honorable Dr Lou Who um 09:51: [lots of rants against Debian] Dude, that's why Debian is the worst choice for Linux beginners. Your friend should have told you that. Go get a SuSE, Mandrake or another distribution. But that'll cost ya a few bucks. Or if you a