Hadron Quark wrote:
> BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> ml2mst wrote:
>>
>>> On 9 jun, 01:10, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> __/ [ ml2mst ] on Friday 08 June 2007 22:02 \__
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On 8 jun, 18:16, "[H]omer" <s...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> >> Here's a classic, not only because he's making his usual false
>>>> >> assertions, but mainly because of who it is he's arguing with. LOL!:
>>>>
>>>> >> .----| Jamie Zawinski wrote in message
>>>> >> <34EDDA5A.AA5B1...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...
>>>> >> | > [xxx] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> |
>>>> >> | >> Or do you think Netscape is also identical to the Mosaic code
>>>> >> | >> it started from?
>>>> >> |
>>>> >> | > Netscape is not and has never been based on Mosaic code.
>>>> >> | > It was written from scratch.
>>>> >> |
>>>> >> | Not true in the slightest. Remember, both founders of Netscape
>>>> >> | worked on the original NCSA Mosaic code.
>>>> >> |
>>>> >> | ...
>>>> >> || Jamie Zawinski wrote in message
>>>> >> || <34EE0594.247E8...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...
>>>>
>>>> >> |
>>>> >> | > Um, excuse me, but being one of those people who wrote the first
>>>> >> | > version of Netscape from scratch, I speak with some authority
>>>> >> | > here.
>>>> >> | > You are wrong.
>>>> >> |
>>>> >> | Yes, I am.
>>>> >> |
>>>> >> | Sorry, Didn't look at the email address.
>>>> >> `----
>>>>
>>>> >> Oops! :)
>>>>
>>>> >> Even more amazing is the fact that this is one of the extremely rare
>>>> >> occasions he actually apologises.
>>>>
>>>> >> So who was arguing with one of the creators of Netscape Navigator,
>>>> >> about its provenance?
>>>>
>>>> >> The winner gets to download a free copy of Netscape 9.
>>>>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> K.http://slated.org
>>>>
>>>> > Jeez, thanks for the joke [H]omer, but this is my all time faforite:
>>>>
>>>>
http://groups.google.nl/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/th...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > quote:
>>>>
>>>> > Did you notice the part about the BETTERMENT OF LINUX.
>>>> > My story, is well known now, thanks to COLA. It is a story of
>>>> > people advocating linux, at any cost to any body. In my story,
>>>> > linux almost GOT ME FIRED FOR BEING BUGGY.
>>>>
>>>> > (Un)fortunately he's gone, but Tabby actually made me ROFL :-)
>>>>
>>>> > Yeeha!
>>>>
>>>> His departure marked the beginning of the end for the trolls.
>>>>
>>> Wished you where right about that one, but unfortunately most of the
>>> trolls make me furious. For example one of them is continually
>>> attacking and insulting me. However he's not Dutch at all, he attacks
>>> me with Dutch words, so no body else in the group understands how bad
>>> and insulting his attacks really are.
>>>
>>> And surprisingly my mailbox is overloaded with spam, covering penus
>>> extentions, Viagra and other bull I don't give a crap about.
>>>
>>
>> The email address I use here goes straight to /dev/null on my host, but
>> of cause it isn't difficult to get other information about me from it.
>
> Then why not just an impossible email which goes no where?
>
I don't know if it still applies but when I came in via vianet it insisted
on a valid email address. So really it makes no difference whether it's
long short or complex. I did think that after the initial setup I could
resort to a dummy address, but it didn't fall for that one.
>>
>> When ever I have criticised certain trolls in here I suddenly get lots of
>> stuff through email and snail mail.
>
> I don't believe it! Same happens to me. Ridiculously juvenile on the
> parts of some of the COLA gang here.
>
>>
>> I don't actually use this domain for my personal or work stuff (the
>> domains only purpose was for project development space). Spam isn't a
>> problem because I got rid of the catchall, I have to keep one email
>> address active for code but they wont guess that one (even I tend to
>> forget it and have to look in my notes), but otherwise they can do what
>> ever they like.
>
> Stop. You're starting to waffle again and sounding similar to Willy
> Boaster who thinks he has a BSc in filtering.
>
Yorkshiremen never talk waffle, specially about cricket, bowls, football,
darts, fishing or how much nookies they are getting.
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