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Re: XGL -- Linux gets a 3D desktop

On 2006-03-08, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> __/ [ Richard G. Riley ] on Wednesday 08 March 2006 11:05 \__
>
>>  "Roy"posted the following on 2006-03-08:
>> 
>>> __/ [ Peter Köhlmann ] on Wednesday 08 March 2006 08:30 \__
>>>
>>>> Richard G. Riley wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>  "Au79"posted the following on 2006-03-08:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Atomic - Australia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In what will no doubt be a boon for the Linux desktop Novell recently
>>>>>> demonstrated its new OpenGL accelerated X server ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>><http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?SCID=22&CIID=35615>
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Login Authentication Failed"
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Must be your shitty windows software
>>>> Works well here
>>>
>>> He appears to be using slrn on Linux. Works fine over here as well. An
>>> acquaintance of mine recently installed XGL on Ubuntu:
>>>
>> 
>> That Peter guy seems to be simply deranged.
>> 
>> For some reason the combo of slrn and firefox (neither being "shitty
>> windows software", but rather fully fledged linux SW), ends up with
>> feeding
>> 
>> http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?SCID=22
>> 
>> As the URL. Hmmph.
>> 
>> 
>> <deletion />
>
> I imagine that slrn truncates URL's at the symbol "&". KNode is worse in that
> respect as it omits trailing slashes, which can lead to 404's. A few days
> ago I went hard-to-head with an XNews user over this.

Using slrn. It opens the page just fine by pulling up Galeon. I have
Apache turned off right now, so no screenshots. But the top of the page
is arranged thusly (can't show font sizes, so it's not perfect):

MAXIMUM POWER COMPUTING		Work at Atomic and PC Authority
atomic                          Technical and gaming journalists wanted
                                2 full-time positions


and so forth. The entire URL shows up just fine here, even everything
after the ampersand, and which is included in this post in its
entirety.

Given Dick's previous folderol I tend to agree with Peter. Dick likely
(in decreasing order of probability):

1. is using Windwoes

2. is lying (combined with #1 most likely, but perhaos independent of
   any Winders use)

3. has something totally screwed up on his linux FUDding-for-dollars
   platform, perhaps intentionally

4. made an honest attempt at using linux, hosed it up and isn't honest
   enough to admit he doesn't know what he's doing, leading to a
   situation in which he can't fix it himself and has started lashing
   out at linux and her users as a sort of twisted revenge for his own
   incompetence

5. has a screwed-up situation and is only now discovering it, but falls
   back to his normal first reaction of blaming everyone else (so far)
   or linux (previously, and probably in the near future) for what's
   wrong with his stuff

If I missed something, I'd be glad to know so I can consider whether I
think it's possible or not.

No sense in Dick giving me his $.02. I filed him away awhile ago, when
I saw his agenda was to be anti-linux.

-- 
All things are possible. Except making Windows secure.

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