Just a note:

I too have been victimized by Dan C. in another forum.
I think he's 12 years old with an infinite amount of time.

-Pete

On May 2, 3:56 pm, Moog <efcm...******.com> wrote:
> It is perfectly feasible that people read and participate in usenet
> newsgroups from a different computer such as a Work PC or a family
> member for instance. Windows and Linux are *not* mutually exclusive.
>
> I use windows too, occasionally. If you ever pull me up on it, I'll wipe
> the bloody floor with you. ;-)

Exactly. I "upgraded" my laptop Ubuntu just the other day, which of
course wiped out my linuxant wifi driver, forcing me to dual boot into
WinXP at the coffee shop, where of course I made a posting to this
newsgroup. Geez, some people (i.e. DanC) really need to lighten up a
little. Oh yeah, I also boot into and use WindowsXP exclusively for
video and audio editing, using Sony Vegas and Sony Acid PRO; there
just is nothing comparable that works with my PC that is open source
for linux (please let's not go there, that has been discussed by me
here already at length; kino, avidemux, jashaka, etc, just do not work
smoothly with high def video and with drag and drop effects and dolby
surround sound as Sony software does.).

Niall Munro <adam********.com> wrote:

> What distro does everyone out there use?

Ubuntu 7.04 but only switched to Ubuntu recently. I was using Fedora
Core 6 before Feisty Fawn came out.

--
Andy.

Op Wed, 02 May 2007 22:30:41 -0500, schreef Dan C:
>>> > X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1
>>> Right.....
>> Google groups dude. It's well known for incorrect header fills.
> Besides, only drooling Win-droids post from GG. No self-respecting Linux
> user would ever do such a lame thing.

Yeah, but nowadays GG sends NNTP-Posting-Host: information in the header,
too.

--
groet,
Henk Koster jr.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~qqoopp/foss.htm

On 2007-05-03, Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> rambled on thusly:
> On Wed, 02 May 2007 16:59:45 -0500, John Hasler wrote:

>>> What on earth does this achieve?
>
>> It demonstrates that Dan C is an ass. Please ignore him.

> Oh, look! It's a little whiny bitch punk chiming in with a cheap shot for
> no good reason.

No, I agree with John. Your statement was another demonstration of your
assholishness...

--
Michael Fierro (aka Biffster) biffster@NOSPAM-REALLYgmail.com
http://apt-get.biffster.org Y!: miguelito_fierro AIM: mfierro1

On 2007-05-03, Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> rambled on thusly:

> Besides, only drooling Win-droids post from GG. No self-respecting Linux
> user would ever do such a lame thing.

Sheesh, dude, why this need to be better than others? Did you get beaten up
by girls on the playground or something?

--
Michael Fierro (aka Biffster) biffster@NOSPAM-REALLYgmail.com
http://apt-get.biffster.org Y!: miguelito_fierro AIM: mfierro1
--
"Thank you, Brigadier. But do you think for once in your life you
could manage to arrive BEFORE the nick of time?"
- Doctor Who

On Thu, 03 May 2007 10:15:10 -0400, Pete wrote:

> I too have been victimized by Dan C. in another forum.

"Victimized"??? Victimized? WTF are you talking about?

I bet you're a liberal Democrat, right? You morons can't live without
*somebody* being a victim, and it's best if it's you. Right?

> I think he's 12 years old with an infinite amount of time.

Wrong again, clueless Win-droid. Bugger off.


--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

On Thu, 03 May 2007 07:04:19 +0100, Moog wrote:

>> He said "I am using Ubuntu...", and I (correctly) pointed out that he
>> was not. What's your problem?

> How do you know he isn't using Ubuntu?

Because he's posting from Windoze. Simple, eh?

> How do you know he isn't running windows from within a Virtualisation?

Whatever. It's still running Windoze, and he claimed to be running
Ubuntu. You can't understand that?

> How do you know he isn't posting from an internet cafe or a workplace
> whilst all of his personal machines *do* run Ubuntu?

Because he said: "I am running Ubuntu". See the word "am"? That means
*present tense*, and he was posting from Windoze. Got it?

> You assume from peoples headers.

I'm not assuming anything. I simply read the info in the headers, which
is simple factual information.

Stay in school, simpleton.


--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

On Thu, 03 May 2007 20:52:22 +0200, Koster, H wrote:

>> Besides, only drooling Win-droids post from GG. No self-respecting Linux
>> user would ever do such a lame thing.

> Yeah, but nowadays GG sends NNTP-Posting-Host: information in the header,
> too.

What the hell does that have to do with anything? Sheesh.

--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

On Thu, 03 May 2007 16:18:00 -0500, Michael Fierro wrote:

>> Besides, only drooling Win-droids post from GG. No self-respecting Linux
>> user would ever do such a lame thing.

> Sheesh, dude, why this need to be better than others?

Huh? Where did you dream up that assumption?

> Did you get beaten up by girls on the playground or something?

No.

Fix your signature block. It exceeds accepted Netiquette standards for
length.

--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

Moog wrote:
> "Dan C" illuminated the devils arse on Wed, 02 May 2007 14:19:40 -0500
> by typing:
>
>>> X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1
>> You're using Windoze. See?
>
> What on earth does this achieve?

He's an ass who knows not that headers are meaningless.
>
> It is perfectly feasible that people read and participate in usenet
> newsgroups from a different computer such as a Work PC or a family
> member for instance. Windows and Linux are *not* mutually exclusive.
>
> I use windows too, occasionally. If you ever pull me up on it, I'll wipe
> the bloody floor with you. ;-)
>
Agreed. Its about the best tool for the job. If I could get some of my games
running under Wine, I could drop winxp.beut heck it'll still be at work.

I like you User Agent line: "My rims never spin. To the contrary. You'll find
they're quite stationary"

What a hoot.

On Thu, 3 May 2007 18:33:28 +0100, andyfraser31********.com (Andy Fraser)
wrote:

>Niall Munro <adam********.com> wrote:
>
>> What distro does everyone out there use?

Even though I'm posting this from a Windows box (don't flame me!), when I
use Linux I use the Suse 10 distro.

I chose it specifically because (for me as a noobie) it was an easy
learning curve coming from Windows. I've also donwloaded about 15
different live CD distros, with Knoppix being my favorite, and DSL probably
my next favorite.

I've heard raves about Ubuntu, and have tried the last 3 distros, but for
me, it just doesn't work right on my box. YMMV.

Leo Bing Whiteway wrote:
> Niall Munro wrote:
>> What distro does everyone out there use?
>>
>> I'm using Fedora Core 6 32 & 64 Bit versions.
> I am posting in Slackware 11 but I also have installed here Vector,
> Gentoo, Mepis, SuSE, Vitalinux, Fedora, and Mandriva.
> I keep trying them to compare but still like Slackware best.
>
You and me both. I lost track of how many distros I've tried and have always gone
back to slack. Some of the slack based distros have left me unimpressed except for
SLAMD64. I also hoping to have time to try out Slackintosh on the Powermac G3
(bought it for $60US with fedora on it..ugh).

"Dan C" <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.05.04.01.31.40.241500@lan.invalid...
> On Thu, 03 May 2007 07:04:19 +0100, Moog wrote:
>
>>> He said "I am using Ubuntu...", and I (correctly) pointed out that he
>>> was not. What's your problem?
>
>> How do you know he isn't using Ubuntu?
>
> Because he's posting from Windoze. Simple, eh?
>
>> How do you know he isn't running windows from within a Virtualisation?
>
> Whatever. It's still running Windoze, and he claimed to be running
> Ubuntu. You can't understand that?
>
>> How do you know he isn't posting from an internet cafe or a workplace
>> whilst all of his personal machines *do* run Ubuntu?
>
> Because he said: "I am running Ubuntu". See the word "am"? That means
> *present tense*, and he was posting from Windoze. Got it?
>

Please wake up a bit. I don't see the words 'on this machine' anywhere.

I 'am' runing linux (on 4 machines) and winxp(on 2) and win98 (on 2).
I am not present at each machine all the time, and several of them dual
boot.

No secret that this one is running xp today.


>> You assume from peoples headers.
>
> I'm not assuming anything. I simply read the info in the headers, which
> is simple factual information.
>
> Stay in school, simpleton.
>
>
> --
> "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

I would suggest that 'thinking clearly' is too hard for you.

Stuart

Dan C wrote:

> Because he's posting from Windoze. Simple, eh?

/I/ have Windows partitions on two of my test machines, with good reason: I
work (sometimes) at porting Linux applications to Windows. This is done to
showcase the quality of Linux applications, to tempt Windows users towards
FOSS. It also demonstrates to them that migration won't be difficult,
particularly if they've already used the software under that other
"operating system".

I have the Windows partitions purely for testing purposes, and wouldn't
dream of connecting them to the outside world, apart from downloading
"Service Packs" and "Hot Fixes" to make sure that their "updates" don't
break compatibility.

>> How do you know he isn't running windows from within a Virtualisation?
>
> Whatever. It's still running Windoze, and he claimed to be running
> Ubuntu. You can't understand that?

You obviously don't understand the concept of virtualisation. Also, I can
send any header data I like with a newsgroup posting or e-mail - it /might/
not actually reflect the software and operating system at all.

> Because he said: "I am running Ubuntu". See the word "am"? That means
> *present tense*, and he was posting from Windoze. Got it?

You're now resorting to your silly attempts at semantic analysis again. You
should (by now) realise that you've *lost* *the* *argument* when you have
to stoop this low.

> Stay in school, simpleton.

Perhaps /you/ should consider some education (yours is obviously sadly
lacking) and some etiquette training (you lack basic manners).

You should learn to refrain from diving into other people's debates with
your unreasoning ranting - it just gets you widely killfiled!

Another poster to this thread suggested that you were a malevolent twelve
year old with a lot of time on your hands: I would suggest that you're a
rather under-achieving, unemployed, middle-aged person with a huge
inferiority complex.

C.