Thanks to the group.
Edwin
chains." He's partly right. I get a laugh out of drawing dozens of
furious replies anytime I want... I just have to say "floppy drive" to get
the kooks frothing...
But partly I'm here to settle the recurring urges I get to buy another Mac
for myself. Sandman has kindly informed me that any good thoughts I've had
lately about the Mac are all the product of "ignorance." I appreciate that
advice, and I take it to heart. Thanks to him for saving me from a serious
mistake...
I'm investing in Windows XP instead. I've upgraded one of my homebrew PCs
(the one with the Jetway 630CN motherboard and 700 MHz Via processor), to
256 MB of RAM, and installed the Windows XP Home. It runs like a champ.
I'll probably buy Windows XP Pro for my "store bought" PC, and I'm going to
buy a new Windows XP Pro laptop soon.
Thanks to the Mac advocates for killing sales for Apple...
C'ya!
Edwin
Wally
----------
In article <bnpku4$14l1t7$1...@ID-56786.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Edwin"
<thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> There's been some debate why I post here
Oh! really?
> The Mayor thinks it's to "yank
> chains." He's partly right. I get a laugh out of drawing dozens of
> furious replies anytime I want...
"furious replies"? point out one, All I have ever seen is replies
recognising you for what you are, or would like to be!
> I'm investing in Windows XP instead. I've upgraded one of my homebrew PCs
> (the one with the Jetway 630CN motherboard and 700 MHz Via processor), to
> 256 MB of RAM, and installed the Windows XP Home. It runs like a champ.
256MB? and you consider that an upgrade? LOL
> I'll probably buy Windows XP Pro for my "store bought" PC, and I'm going to
> buy a new Windows XP Pro laptop soon.
Windows XP Pro make laptops?
> Thanks to the Mac advocates for killing sales for Apple...
It never ceases to amaze how people are so easily led, But in your case it
is Apple that should be grateful.
> C'ya!
>
> Edwin
>
>
>
Alan Baker
What a bunch of crap.
Typical Edwin, trying to win some small measure of "nyah, nyah".
"I was going to buy a Mac, but you nasty Mac advocates were mean to me,
so now I won't! I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I
won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I
won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I
won't, I won't, I WON'T!!!!!!"
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
Nashton
> Edwin <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
>>I'll probably buy Windows XP Pro for my "store bought" PC, and I'm going to
>>buy a new Windows XP Pro laptop soon.
>
>
>>Thanks to the Mac advocates for killing sales for Apple...
>
>
> Do you seriously expect people to believe that, had people here treated
> you diffferently, you would have bought a Mac?
>
>
>
Yes, I believe he does;)
Nicolas
Elizabot
>
> C'ya!
>
Are ya leavin' agin? Damn! I was just getting used to that toenail...
leo
news:bnpku4$14l1t7$1...@ID-56786.news.uni-berlin.de...
although osx is a neat os, i will keep upgrading my desktop PC, perhaps to
athlon64 next year. besides the cost issue, i see no point to get a g5. can
you tell me why mac is shine in graphic programs only but almost all of them
have windows version, except those hijacked by apple. on the other hand,
it's hard to find many other useful programs in the mac world. i see no
point to use mac as my primary machine when i can't even find a decent auto
map and topography program, or a binary newsgroup robot. when fcp and dvd
studio pro are not that facinating. i guess mac is not something that i
really need. honestly, the powerbook is not too useful for me but it's
alright as a laptop. it functions just okay for the stuffs i do when
travelling, word processing, internet etc. the machine will be transfered to
my niece's dorm next year...
Wally
----------
In article <aJ1ob.7830$Px2....@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>, "leo"
<som...@somewhere.net> wrote:
Well there's an insightful piece of information......."but it's
alright as a laptop" What did you expect? should it change into something
else on the stroke of midnight, or when you click your heels together three
times...........beam me up scotty!
> it functions just okay for the stuffs i do when travelling,
Why not try and patent that idea? I can see it now "Laptops good for stuffs
when your ..............travelling" .
> word processing, internet etc. the machine will be transfered to
> my niece's dorm next year...
But I am sure you will keep this act up long after that.
Sandman
> There's been some debate why I post here. The Mayor thinks it's to "yank
> chains." He's partly right. I get a laugh out of drawing dozens of
> furious replies anytime I want... I just have to say "floppy drive" to get
> the kooks frothing...
How would you know, your face is covered with egg. :)
> But partly I'm here to settle the recurring urges I get to buy another Mac
> for myself. Sandman has kindly informed me that any good thoughts I've had
> lately about the Mac are all the product of "ignorance." I appreciate that
> advice, and I take it to heart. Thanks to him for saving me from a serious
> mistake...
You're welcome. I'm glad you're not on "our side", you are a better mac
advocate than all of us combined, with your wintroll ignorance.
> I'm investing in Windows XP instead.
You're not already using WIndows XP?? Hello Mr 1995.
> I've upgraded one of my homebrew PCs (the one with the Jetway 630CN
> motherboard and 700 MHz Via processor), to 256 MB of RAM, and installed the
> Windows XP Home. It runs like a champ.
Welcome to 2002, or something.
> I'll probably buy Windows XP Pro for my "store bought" PC, and I'm going to
> buy a new Windows XP Pro laptop soon.
I am eager to hear you report on wake-up times on that laptop. :-D
> Thanks to the Mac advocates for killing sales for Apple...
What do you mean? Anyone interested in switching who comes to this group is
sure to flee from Windows when they see you are using it. You're our strongest
sales argument!
--
Sandman[.net]
Steve Carroll
> There's been some debate why I post here. The Mayor thinks it's to "yank
> chains." He's partly right. I get a laugh out of drawing dozens of
> furious replies anytime I want... I just have to say "floppy drive" to get
> the kooks frothing...
LOL!! This is hilarious... you know (as do the rest of us) that this
place is like the Eagle's 'Hotel California' for both of you. Why not
save some money and get a room together?
Steve
Steve Carroll
Kevin <nom...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Edwin <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> > I'll probably buy Windows XP Pro for my "store bought" PC, and I'm going to
> > buy a new Windows XP Pro laptop soon.
>
> > Thanks to the Mac advocates for killing sales for Apple...
>
> Do you seriously expect people to believe that, had people here treated
> you diffferently, you would have bought a Mac?
>
>
>
What's more delirious on his part is the belief that anyone would care.
Steve
Mayor of R'lyeh
chose to bless us with the following wisdom:
>In article <bnpku4$14l1t7$1...@ID-56786.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> "Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
>> There's been some debate why I post here. The Mayor thinks it's to "yank
>> chains." He's partly right. I get a laugh out of drawing dozens of
>> furious replies anytime I want... I just have to say "floppy drive" to get
>> the kooks frothing...
>
>
>LOL!! This is hilarious... you know (as do the rest of us) that this
>place is like the Eagle's 'Hotel California' for both of you.
CSMA is a crappy 70's song from a crappy 70's group?
> Why not
>save some money and get a room together?
>
>
>Steve
Haven't you heard? We're moving next door to you. Edwin's going to
live on one side of you and I'm going to be on the other. We're going
to crank up our WiFi signal with aluminum foil coated Pringle's cans
(Perhaps you could donate some of your hats to the cause?) and an old
Heath radio kit I have in the attic and make a wireles network through
your house. That reminds me. You may want to get rid of any cordless
phones you have. Most of the time their ringing will just be Edwin and
I using the network.
Jim Polaski
And everyone knows you have the pigtails to put in the Pringle cans.
--
Regards,
Jim Polaski
"The measure of a man is what he will do while expecting that he will get nothing in return!"
Macintosh for productivity. Linux for servers. Palm/Visor for mobility. Windows to feed the Black Hole in your IT budget
Windows-the computer you need, Macintosh-The computer you Want!ant!i?e
James Boswell
> I'm investing in Windows XP instead. I've upgraded one of my homebrew
> PCs (the one with the Jetway 630CN motherboard and 700 MHz Via
> processor), to 256 MB of RAM, and installed the Windows XP Home. It
> runs like a champ.
Nothing with a VIA processor runs like a champ, go ahead, run SuperPI on the
thing to 1 million places..
it'll run it way faster than anything else at that clockspeed, but the last
few hundred thousand digits will all be 5
the damned thing can't even to sums correctly. bah
worst. pos. evar.
-JB
Edwin
"James Boswell" <JamesB...@Btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:bnrp1m$ob2$1...@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Edwin <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> > I'm investing in Windows XP instead. I've upgraded one of my homebrew
> > PCs (the one with the Jetway 630CN motherboard and 700 MHz Via
> > processor), to 256 MB of RAM, and installed the Windows XP Home. It
> > runs like a champ.
>
> Nothing with a VIA processor runs like a champ,
It seems to be running my applications just fine, multitasking like a champ.
> go ahead, run SuperPI on the thing to 1 million places..
What for?
> it'll run it way faster than anything else at that clockspeed, but the
last
> few hundred thousand digits will all be 5
The horror... the horror...
> the damned thing can't even to sums correctly. bah
Seems to work fine to me.
> worst. pos. evar.
Really? Why? Besides that nonsense you already posted, I mean.
Edwin
Edwin
"Alan Baker" <alang...@telus.net> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-6EBB3...@news.telus.net...
Did you enjoy your little rant, Alan? That's good, get it all out of your
system.
Let's recap so perhaps this time you catch an inkling of what I wrote above:
Me: "That G5 is a great machine that justifies it's higher price. Mac OS X
looks pretty good [private thought: an eMac only cost $799, with just a
little more money to bump up the RAM, it's a good deal]."
Sandman: "You only think good things about the Mac because you're
ignorant."
Me: "Whoa! Thanks a bunch, buddy! You just saved me from making a big
mistake. I'll use that money I was going to spend on Mac stuff for Windows
stuff instead. Thanks again."
Edwin
Sandman
"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> > What a bunch of crap.
> >
> > Typical Edwin, trying to win some small measure of "nyah, nyah".
> >
> > "I was going to buy a Mac, but you nasty Mac advocates were mean to me,
> > so now I won't! I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I
> > won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I
> > won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I
> > won't, I won't, I WON'T!!!!!!"
>
> Did you enjoy your little rant, Alan? That's good, get it all out of your
> system.
>
> Let's recap so perhaps this time you catch an inkling of what I wrote above:
Yes, lets! It seems I have to come to the rescue and correct you on your lies
once again.
> Me: "That G5 is a great machine that justifies it's higher price. Mac OS X
> looks pretty good [private thought: an eMac only cost $799, with just a
> little more money to bump up the RAM, it's a good deal]."
Why are you using quotation marks? You have never said anything like this? Your
forst comment about the G5 was:
"I had to come back for a bit to throw in my two cents about Apple's new
G5. I must admit I'm very impressed. It seems more like a low-priced 64
bit Unix workstation than the "world's fastest PC," but it's still a
kickass computer, no matter what marketing calls it."
> Sandman: "You only think good things about the Mac because you're
> ignorant."
Your second lie. this is the actual phrase:
"Edwin, you know next to NOTHING about Macs, regardless if whether you
are giving favoring remarks about them or not."
> Me: "Whoa! Thanks a bunch, buddy! You just saved me from making a big
> mistake. I'll use that money I was going to spend on Mac stuff for Windows
> stuff instead. Thanks again."
You're welcome. I wouldn't want you as a Mac owner even if the future of Apple
depended on it.
Anyway, I corrected your lies and misinformation - you're welcome.
--
Sandman[.net]
Edwin
"Sandman" <m...@sandman.net> wrote in message
news:mr-0247B6.14...@news.fu-berlin.de...
> In article <bo2umi$1725f5$1...@ID-56786.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> "Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > > What a bunch of crap.
> > >
> > > Typical Edwin, trying to win some small measure of "nyah, nyah".
> > >
> > > "I was going to buy a Mac, but you nasty Mac advocates were mean to
me,
> > > so now I won't! I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't,
I
> > > won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't,
I
> > > won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't,
I
> > > won't, I won't, I WON'T!!!!!!"
> >
> > Did you enjoy your little rant, Alan? That's good, get it all out of
your
> > system.
> >
> > Let's recap so perhaps this time you catch an inkling of what I wrote
above:
>
> Yes, lets! It seems I have to come to the rescue and correct you on your
lies
> once again.
The only thing you're really proving is that prolonged Mac use causes brain
damage...
> > Me: "That G5 is a great machine that justifies it's higher price. Mac
OS X
> > looks pretty good [private thought: an eMac only cost $799, with just
a
> > little more money to bump up the RAM, it's a good deal]."
>
> Why are you using quotation marks?
Quotation marks signify a quote of something said by another, either
verbatim or as a paraphrase. You're welcome.
>You have never said anything like this?
Yes, I have.
>Your forst comment about the G5 was:
First of many comments.
> "I had to come back for a bit to throw in my two cents about Apple's
new
> G5. I must admit I'm very impressed. It seems more like a
low-priced 64
> bit Unix workstation than the "world's fastest PC," but it's still a
> kickass computer, no matter what marketing calls it."
>
> > Sandman: "You only think good things about the Mac because you're
> > ignorant."
>
> Your second lie. this is the actual phrase:
>
> "Edwin, you know next to NOTHING about Macs, regardless if whether you
> are giving favoring remarks about them or not."
No lie there. Doubly not a lie when inserted into the context you ripped it
from.
The only lies here are your own.
> > Me: "Whoa! Thanks a bunch, buddy! You just saved me from making a
big
> > mistake. I'll use that money I was going to spend on Mac stuff for
Windows
> > stuff instead. Thanks again."
>
> You're welcome. I wouldn't want you as a Mac owner even if the future of
Apple
> depended on it.
Thanks for telling me I don't belong associated with oddballs such as
yourself.
> Anyway, I corrected your lies and misinformation - you're welcome.
You corrected nothing. You just made a liar of yourself. But I still
accept your assertion that praise for the Macintosh is based on ignorance.
Edwin
Sandman
"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com>:
> Yes Sandman, I lied and I apologize. I made myself look really
> stupid on that one. I hope I can resists doing so in the future
I forgive you since you seem honest about not repeating it.
--
Sandman[.net]
Edwin
Now you're posting forgeries. I never wrote anything like that.
You just can't sink low enough, can you, Jonas?
Edwin
----
"My name is Karl Jonas Erik Eklundh
(Jonas is my main name). "-- Sandman
Sandman
"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> > > Yes Sandman, I lied and I apologize. I made myself look really
> > > stupid on that one. I hope I can resists doing so in the future
> >
> > I forgive you since you seem honest about not repeating it.
>
> Now you're posting forgeries.
Yes, I wanted to reply in the same style you wrote in.
> I never wrote anything like that.
Just like I never wrote what you quoted me with.
> You just can't sink low enough, can you, Jonas?
It's paraphrasing, Edwin. You taught me that.
--
Sandman[.net]
Edwin
> In article <bo3ohi$16p7pp$1...@ID-56786.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> "Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes Sandman, I lied and I apologize. I made myself look really
> > > > stupid on that one. I hope I can resists doing so in the future
> > >
> > > I forgive you since you seem honest about not repeating it.
> >
> > Now you're posting forgeries.
>
> Yes, I wanted to reply in the same style you wrote in.
You're following up forgery with lying.
> > I never wrote anything like that.
>
> Just like I never wrote what you quoted me with.
Yes you did. You're just so loopy you don't know what the hell you posted.
The crap just pours out of you like sh*t from a broken sewer pipe, and later
you have a hazy recollection (if any) of what you've been spewing.
> > You just can't sink low enough, can you, Jonas?
>
> It's paraphrasing, Edwin. You taught me that.
You're lying, not paraphrasing. Looks like there's no limit to how low
you'll let yourself sink...
Sandman
"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> > > > > Yes Sandman, I lied and I apologize. I made myself look really
> > > > > stupid on that one. I hope I can resists doing so in the future
> > > >
> > > > I forgive you since you seem honest about not repeating it.
> > >
> > > Now you're posting forgeries.
> >
> > Yes, I wanted to reply in the same style you wrote in.
>
> You're following up forgery with lying.
Incorrect.
> > > I never wrote anything like that.
> >
> > Just like I never wrote what you quoted me with.
>
> Yes you did. You're just so loopy you don't know what the hell you posted.
> The crap just pours out of you like sh*t from a broken sewer pipe, and later
> you have a hazy recollection (if any) of what you've been spewing.
You quoted something I never said, I quoted something you never said. While
hypocrisy is all you know, don't you think this is a little too obivous?
> > > You just can't sink low enough, can you, Jonas?
> >
> > It's paraphrasing, Edwin. You taught me that.
>
> You're lying, not paraphrasing. Looks like there's no limit to how low
> you'll let yourself sink...
You're too hard on yourself.
--
Sandman[.net]
Edwin
> In article <bo3tv3$17l5ut$1...@ID-56786.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> "Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Yes Sandman, I lied and I apologize. I made myself look really
> > > > > > stupid on that one. I hope I can resists doing so in the future
> > > > >
> > > > > I forgive you since you seem honest about not repeating it.
> > > >
> > > > Now you're posting forgeries.
> > >
> > > Yes, I wanted to reply in the same style you wrote in.
> >
> > You're following up forgery with lying.
>
> Incorrect.
Another lie.
> > > > I never wrote anything like that.
> > >
> > > Just like I never wrote what you quoted me with.
> >
> > Yes you did. You're just so loopy you don't know what the hell you
posted.
> > The crap just pours out of you like sh*t from a broken sewer pipe, and
later
> > you have a hazy recollection (if any) of what you've been spewing.
>
> You quoted something I never said, I quoted something you never said.
While
> hypocrisy is all you know, don't you think this is a little too obivous?
You're lying through your teeth.
> > > > You just can't sink low enough, can you, Jonas?
> > >
> > > It's paraphrasing, Edwin. You taught me that.
> >
> > You're lying, not paraphrasing. Looks like there's no limit to how low
> > you'll let yourself sink...
>
> You're too hard on yourself.
It seems you're trying to make yourself look insane in a feeble attempt to
escape the guilt of your lies...
Sandman
<thor...@juno.com> wrote:
>>>>> I never wrote anything like that.
>>>>
>>>> Just like I never wrote what you quoted me with.
>>>
>>> Yes you did. You're just so loopy you don't know what the hell you
>>> posted. The crap just pours out of you like sh*t from a broken sewer
>>> pipe, and later you have a hazy recollection (if any) of what you've
>>> been spewing.
>>
>> You quoted something I never said, I quoted something you never said.
>> While hypocrisy is all you know, don't you think this is a little too
>> obivous?
>
> You're lying through your teeth.
Do you think that lies will help your position?
--
Sandman[.net]
Edwin
You're still lying through your teeth.
Edwin
James Boswell
Aside from being slow (which is forgivable, although a similarly low power
750FX is a fair bit faster), it has trouble doing arithmatic correctly in
certain situations.
given that all a processor does, pretty much, is sums... not being able to
count is a black mark against them.
-JB
Sandman
"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> I never wrote anything like that.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Just like I never wrote what you quoted me with.
> > >>>
> > >>> Yes you did. You're just so loopy you don't know what the hell you
> > >>> posted. The crap just pours out of you like sh*t from a broken sewer
> > >>> pipe, and later you have a hazy recollection (if any) of what you've
> > >>> been spewing.
> > >>
> > >> You quoted something I never said, I quoted something you never said.
> > >> While hypocrisy is all you know, don't you think this is a little too
> > >> obivous?
> > >
> > > You're lying through your teeth.
> >
> > Do you think that lies will help your position?
>
> You're still lying through your teeth.
Prove it - give me a google reference to the quote you attached to me. Unless
you can do it, it's quite obvious who is lying. Here is the quote you claim is
from me:
"You only think good things about the Mac because you're ignorant."
Now show me the message-id for it.
--
Sandman[.net]
Edwin
Done. See the thread I created.
Edwin
Alan Baker
"Edwin" <thor...@juno.com> wrote:
We did. Like its creator, it's a joke.
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
Sandman
>> Prove it - give me a google reference to the quote you attached to
>> me. Unless you can do it, it's quite obvious who is lying. Here is
>> the quote you claim is from me:
>>
>> "You only think good things about the Mac because you're ignorant."
>>
>> Now show me the message-id for it.
>
> Done. See the thread I created.
Yes! Thanks for proving me right that you lied when you falsly quoted me saying
that. I thought I would have to do all the work myself and then you helped me
out, I owe you one!
--
Sandman[.net]