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Re: Why Microsoft Can Never be Trusted

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:09:45 +0000, Peter Jensen wrote:

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> Kier wrote:
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>>> I guess plonking doesn't work when someone replies. Regardless:
>>> yesterday I spent about 3 hours at the gym, with a friend; I then
>>> went to see an excellent film with another friend and, in the
>>> evening, I had a little round of [News]. I woke up early and the sun
>>> rises at about 4 AM this time of the year. The light partly
>>> penetrates my shades, so...
>>
>> I understand it entirely. Nights being so short this time of year, and
>> the weather suddenly so good, it's sometimes hard to waste it
>> sleeping.
> 
> It's sometimes hard to sleep, even when one desperately wants to.  Don't
> get me wrong, I love the long summer days and hate the dark winters, but
> does it *really* have to be bright and shining through my window at 4.30
> in the morning?  It was worse the last place I lived.  Windows were
> south and east-facing, and were only covered by semi-transparent
> straw-mat style shades.  At full-moon it was the worst.  Sun had only
> just set and it was beginning to become possible to sleep, when the moon
> creeps up on the southern horizon and shines into my eyes for the entire
> short night.  Oh well, I guess I make up for it during the long winter,
> where I can easily sleep to 10-11 if nothing else wakes me up ... :-)

Early shift I have to get up by five fifteen, and this time of year the
light tends to wake me around four. Ouch!

> 
>>> It's best to ignore him. Some of his recent behaviour proved him to
>>> be childish and unfriendly.
>>
>> He can be, sometimes, when he goes off the deep end. But he's not the
>> arsehole he's been portrayed as, IMO.  
> 
> Say what you want, but once I saw him team up with the flatfish, I lost
> all hope that there was a reasonable person within him.

Team up? Don't think so. Agreed with him, maybe. Joined in flatfish's
games, perhaps, but 'team up'? I really do doubt that.  

-- 
Kier


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