Re: ..OT: todo list

From: Arnt Karlsen (arnt_at_c2i.net)
Date: 02/14/04

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    Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:09:00 +0100
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    On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:41:43 -0800,
    Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
    <20040214074143.GF4998@ursine.ca>:

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    > On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 05:01:15AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
    > > ..on my todo list. First I need to get this list off mail and on
    > > nntp, then I need to ease back on the time I spend on
    > > http://groklaw.net/.
    >
    > Not hard if you're using spamassassin. If you use mutt, you might
    > want to add this to your .muttrc...

    ..it's procmail, and on nntp, it's either Gnus or Pan for me. ;-)
     
    > > ..I mean, I have wasted waaay too much time watching Groklaw play
    > > "Watergate 2" on the SCO Group, and now Microsoft dumps the real
    > > thing on us to cover up their last alledged code leak, or whatever,
    > > just before that election of GWB, when Microsoft spoke of how their
    > > source code was sent on email to Russia. ;-)
    >
    > Whatever. Not a conspiracy theorist. I've been doing tech support
    > and security too long to attribute malice when the actual culprit is
    > stupidity. 8:o)

    ..amen! ;-) Lenin referred to it as 'useful'. ;-)

    > > ..initially, they spoke of 3 months, then eased off to 6 weeks or
    > > somesuch and "no harm done" to their sources. My understanding is
    > > Microsoft's idea was support GWB and have him boot Judge Penfield
    > > Jackson off their case. "No papertrail." ;-)
    >
    > Judge Penfield Jackson ruled during the Clinton administration, case
    > closed. No judge during this administration has had the balls to hold
    > the ruling, though, unfortunately. John Kerry isn't my first choice,
    > but thank God he's going to be the next president.
    >
    > > ..and you whined about paper ballots in Florida? Google. ;-)
    >
    > Oregonians use paper ballots and vote by mail.

    ..very wise, it just leaves the remainder of the US in the dark,
    and, with new opportunities for "your" _current_ choise. ;-)

    > Not that I approve of having to pay to vote (much less pay more to
    > send in an official ballot than spammers pay to spew their *** via
    > the postal service; reason enough alone that the USPS should be
    > destroyed and reformed from scratch, bulk mailers charged extra, not
    > less).

    ..it appears you _may_ have learned to know the alternative.

    ..and _that_ discussion really should go to http://groklaw.net/ ;-) 

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