From jay.kominek@colorado.edu Mon Aug 13 13:15:20 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 13 Aug 2001 20:15:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 73658 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2001 20:14:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 13 Aug 2001 20:14:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ucsub.colorado.edu) (128.138.129.12) by mta2 with SMTP; 13 Aug 2001 20:14:22 -0000 Received: from ucsub.colorado.edu (kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu [128.138.129.12]) by ucsub.colorado.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2/ITS-5.0/student) with ESMTP id f7DKEMW19119 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:14:22 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:14:22 -0600 (MDT) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] New to lojban, any suggestions? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE From: Jay Kominek X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 9514 On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 pycyn@aol.com wrote: > > And many of the programs I run on my linux box are physically impossibl= e > > on a Win* box. The OS doesn't support the functionality. > > Your final claim is interesting. Since it is prima facie unlikely is the= re > there real evidence (beyond "I don't know how to do it") for it. Oh. Thats rich. Using AOL (oh, and programming in, what, Fortran 40 years ago? I forget, and can't find, your exact claim), does not exactly equip you to be a competent judge of what features of Unix (an operating system you've never programmed anything on. If I'm wrong, please, correct me rudely.), can or cannot be made to exist on Windows (an operating system you've never programmed anything on. If I'm wrong, please, correct me rudely.). I've seen references to the fact that you're an academic of some sort. Tell me, what happens to someone who starts publishing papers with wild claims outside their field of expertise? > Fine. But don't take a superior attitude towards those of us who use what= is > best (all things considered) for us or complain because the world has not > produced a particular toy for your favorite private use. You started this thread. You started the name calling. (Which it seems, everyone else has had the decency not to continue.) You started with the irrationality. How about you give it a rest, and then maybe you'd be a position to be making polite requests, hm? > Sorry for using your questions as a background for one of the older > flame wars on this list. Things do move from their centers here, as you > may have noticed (and those true believers are *so* touchy). If you're sorry, WHY'D YOU START THIS? Does it drive you into such a rage to see people who use things besides Windows that you start doing things against your better judgement? You're stuck using a piece of software which, statistically, crashes once a day. Likely while you're trying to do something useful with it. And you think you're somehow on top of the world. My mind boggles. - Jay Kominek Plus =C3=A7a change, plus c'est la m=C3=AAme chose