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If it was 'free software', people wouldn't pay me. I probably wouldn't bother writing it in the first place. There are no free alternatives.
Non-free software or no software. What would you rather have?
Wow! You mean I don't need to buy a CD writer or any blanks? This iTunes thing must be wonderful.
I don't bother reading those. Actions speak more loudly than words.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, if you were standing on the moon, the earth would appear to be fixed in place in the sky. If you start from the far side and then run towards the near side, you'll see an earthrise. Run backwards to see an earthset.
Anyone?
Bill, comp.lang.c
So, being addicted to the net is not a valid excuse to get them out of the service.
Here's a valid excuse....
"I don't want to join the army."
Unfortunately, some people seem to think they know better. Those people are morons.
The headline eerily reminded me of that one.
My primer on distriuted computing includes a shed load of tips for dealing with parasites, spoiler attacks and innocent errors.
A primer on distributed computing
Yes. So that abuses of the system are dealt with.
Will the brick that gets thrown through my window have contact details attached?
postmaster@
My Primer on building a distributed computing project.
(It still needs updating.)
Bill, shamelessly plugging.
and Real could close shop.
Yay!
... synthetic diamonds are still diamonds physically and chemically.
So they are not synthetic then.
A diamond is just a carbon crystal. Regardless if it was dug up from the ground or made in a lab.
Fortunately most of Usenet is such a cespool that really they can only make it better.
I see FUD.
http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs /unlambda/
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3252.txt
They are using the Thargoid objects left over from the Elite project.
As well as ignoring the costs of fighting it, if you also ignore the costs of hardware and network traffic, the cost of spam is zero!
Would improve usenet service a lot.
NTL have done a good thing. Usenet is a very poor medium for publishing large files, but it is an excellent medium for discussion groups.
If you want to publish large files, stick it on a web site. Don't make ordinary usenet servers carry the burden.
I saw that film, but I don't think it's real. There were no stars in the background.
PHP? Industry standard?
Right...
Bill, ISO/ANSI 9899:1999.
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If it was 'free software', people wouldn't pay me. I probably wouldn't bother writing it in the first place. There are no free alternatives.
Non-free software or no software. What would you rather have?
Wow! You mean I don't need to buy a CD writer or any blanks? This iTunes thing must be wonderful.
I don't bother reading those. Actions speak more loudly than words.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, if you were standing on the moon, the earth would appear to be fixed in place in the sky. If you start from the far side and then run towards the near side, you'll see an earthrise. Run backwards to see an earthset.
Anyone?
Bill, comp.lang.c
So, being addicted to the net is not a valid excuse to get them out of the service.
Here's a valid excuse....
"I don't want to join the army."
Unfortunately, some people seem to think they know better. Those people are morons.
The headline eerily reminded me of that one.
My primer on distriuted computing includes a shed load of tips for dealing with parasites, spoiler attacks and innocent errors.
A primer on distributed computing
Yes. So that abuses of the system are dealt with.
Will the brick that gets thrown through my window have contact details attached?
postmaster@
My Primer on building a distributed computing project.
(It still needs updating.)
Bill, shamelessly plugging.
and Real could close shop.
Yay!
So they are not synthetic then.
A diamond is just a carbon crystal. Regardless if it was dug up from the ground or made in a lab.
Fortunately most of Usenet is such a cespool that really they can only make it better.
I see FUD.
http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs /unlambda/
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3252.txt
They are using the Thargoid objects left over from the Elite project.
As well as ignoring the costs of fighting it, if you also ignore the costs of hardware and network traffic, the cost of spam is zero!
Would improve usenet service a lot.
NTL have done a good thing. Usenet is a very poor medium for publishing large files, but it is an excellent medium for discussion groups.
If you want to publish large files, stick it on a web site. Don't make ordinary usenet servers carry the burden.
I saw that film, but I don't think it's real. There were no stars in the background.
PHP? Industry standard?
Right...
Bill, ISO/ANSI 9899:1999.