After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> ____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 10 March 2009 11:29 : \____
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> In article <MGjtl.15170$19.14666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You're a liar, Spamowitz, as always. Dvorak didn't say one word about
>>>> dumping Windows/Vista, nor did he mention Win7.
>>>
>>> So, Schestowitz lied about another article. In equally regular and
>>> predictable news, the Sun rose today.
>>
>> He made you look at the article, eh? ;->
>>
>> Sort of.
>>
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2342703,00.asp
>>
>> I cannot wean myself off Windows altogether because, well, I write about
>> Windows. But for ancillary machines that I put together where I need
>> reliability and low price, I'm always going to see whether Ubuntu works.
>> And if it does, that's what gets installed.
>>
>> If I had a small or mid-size company, I'd probably use only Linux and
>> open-source software, just to stay out of the way of the software police
>> and their onerous "audits"---another abhorrent situation that, to me,
>> is intolerable.
>>
>> Well, Tim, I consider myself to have dumped Windows, in much the same
>> manner. If they said "We're rewriting all our software for Linux" at work,
>> I'd be ecstatic... wouldn't miss Windows in the least.
>>
>> However, /Roy/, I'd have written the Subject this way:
>>
>> Dvorak tired of being dumped on by Windows
>
> Someone in IRC said he had dumped it.
>
> http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=3690761 ("Dvorak Ditches Windows.")
>
> Overstatement, I guess.
And not far from the truth, at that.
--
Marigold: Jealousy
Mint: Virute
Orange blossom: Your purity equals your loveliness
Orchid: Beauty, magnificence
Pansy: Thoughts
Peach blossom: I am your captive
Petunia: Your presence soothes me
Poppy: Sleep
Rose, any color: Love
Rose, deep red: Bashful shame
Rose, single, pink: Simplicity
Rose, thornless, any: Early attachment
Rose, white: I am worthy of you
Rose, yellow: Decrease of love, rise of jealousy
Rosebud, white: Girlhood, and a heart ignorant of love
Rosemary: Remembrance
Sunflower: Haughtiness
Tulip, red: Declaration of love
Tulip, yellow: Hopeless love
Violet, blue: Faithfulness
Violet, white: Modesty
Zinnia: Thoughts of absent friends
* An upside-down blossom reverses the meaning.
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