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  • From: "Jeri C. Gloege" <gloege AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: bizzarro to the rescue... (was: Re: FUD alert!)
  • Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:18:11 -0400 (EDT)



Matoooooosiak, you rock. May I also suggest a swingby www.lowbrow.com.
You read and reload enough and it makes everyone's life look so much
better.

jeri
M$ hater, redhat hater and small rodent and spider hater
I am not just president of my hate clubs, I am also a member...


On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, David R. Matusiak wrote:

> Roger --
>
> i am leaning your way in agreement. a lot of this stuff *does* come up on
> the
> trilug list, but for some reason, the internetworkers like to go at M$ like
> a
> pack of rabid dogs. most days i find it quite entertaining.
>
> in reference to your bizarre content woe, i have noticed that in my recent
> postings of "bizarre content" there are almost no responses. but when i (or
> someone else) posts about hating M$, i wake up to 1,400+ messages of hotly
> contested debate and bitter rage against a large monolithic uncaring
> corporation. doesn't this make you all tired?
>
> over the last year or so, i have decided to release myself from the grip of
> anger and frustration that comes with watching M$ topple the press, the
> government, ...well, everything. apparently there is nothing i (we?) can
> do, so
> perhaps i (we?) should stop bitching about it and go get some work done.
> also
> along these lines, i've found that if you make one flip comment about M$ or
> point out their blatant wrong-doing, folks start to see you only as a
> "anti-M$,
> pro-linux maniac." this has never really been my stance, but some people
> ascribe
> it to me anyway. so, i try to not rant about M$ and just let it go.
>
> in terms of bizarre, i would like to offer this very interesting (yet
> slightly
> disturbing) art site on the web:
>
> http://www.lowbrowartworld.com/
>
> you can even buy this stuff to display in your comfortable home. i love
> that.
> so, perhaps if i could get some groundswell of support behind my freaky-ass
> postings, then we could possibly see less anti-M$ rants and postings.
>
> who knows?
> dave ;)
> ___ _ _____ . ....
> m a h t o o z e e a c k a t s p e e k e e z e e d o t n e t
> ------ / / ......... . . .
>
> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Austin, Roger D. wrote:
>
> > Not to pick on Josep, but the internetworkers list seems to have degraded
> > into "I hate Microsoft! Bill is an a--hole!" list. It has been a fun list
> > and I've enjoyed meeting people at some of the Raleigh gatherings. I am
> > finding it distasteful to constantly get messages attacking MS (though a
> > good target.) Is there not a Linux list that would be more specific to
> > this
> > topic?
> > The bizarre content to anti-MS noise ratio on Internetworkers needs
> > improvement. My $0.02. Roger (in RTP, needing more bizarre content...)
>
>
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