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  • 08-04-2011, 01:42 PM
    tlvp
    On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:30:39 -0400, <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:03:25 -0600, Howard Brazee <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >> "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
    >> than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
    >> to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
    >>
    >> - James Madison

    >
    > The Prez, at the request of his masters - the international bankers -
    > has been getting us into and out of wars for a long time without the
    > help of congress. Most people just have a short memory and believe
    > the media propaganda that it started with Geo.W.Bush (and continued
    > with Obama.)


    Necro-thread warning: brazee's post was dated 01 November 2010 (!).

    HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
    --
    Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP
  • 08-04-2011, 06:30 AM
    [email protected]
    On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:03:25 -0600, Howard Brazee <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
    >than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
    >to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
    >
    >- James Madison


    The Prez, at the request of his masters - the international bankers -
    has been getting us into and out of wars for a long time without the
    help of congress. Most people just have a short memory and believe
    the media propaganda that it started with Geo.W.Bush (and continued
    with Obama.)

  • 11-29-2010, 11:15 AM
    Bellende Belhamel
    Oxford wrote:
    > "Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> Come on guys! (And gals!)
    >>
    >> The MacBook may be some great interest to a relatively small group but
    >> IT IS OFF TOPIC in cellular phone groups!!
    >>
    >> Would you *PLEASE* keep this stuff in an appropriate news group? The
    >> cell phone groups have little interest in Macintosh!!
    >>
    >> Would YOU want misguided people posting PC/Windows crud to your Mac
    >> groups?

    >
    > Ah, what?


    Piss off you ****stain. Is that clearer?


  • 11-13-2010, 04:12 PM
    tlvp
    On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:13:37 -0500, nospam <[email protected]> wrote:

    > In article <[email protected]>, Fred
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> > Why hate iTunes

    >>
    >> Because these devices COULD act just like simple USB drives without the
    >> NannyTunes bull**** and you COULD simply copy or move
    >> music/movies/books/anything on AND OFF these devices to or from ANY
    >> computer, not just one with the archaic 1980's PDA "syncing" bull****
    >> fighting you every step of the way.

    >
    > that would be *less* functional than what it does now.
    >
    >> Then, the device COULD simply play whatever it finds on its installed (or
    >> removable?) memory, choosing the appropriate media player, document reader,
    >> etc., to render what you've chosen from wherever YOU chose to store it,
    >> either from the appropriate player's file selector OR the separate file
    >> manager these devices sorely lack.

    >
    > in other words, no ability to browse, make playlists, etc. it's a big
    > step *backwards*.
    >
    >> Test drive the simplest USB memory stick with the built in MP3 player like
    >> a Sandisk. Explain to us how horrible it was to copy 500 songs to it from
    >> OSX, Linux, Windoze or even DOS 3.3 and play them without fighting the
    >> software hell bent on protecting "them", not you.

    >
    > explain how to browse by artist, album, genre or composer on one of
    > those players, or how one song can be in multiple playlists without
    > being duplicated, or how it supports smart playlists, makes playlists
    > on the fly, maintains play and skip counts so that smart playlists can
    > even work.
    >
    >> iTunes is stupid.

    >
    > itunes isn't what's stupid.
    >
    >> G:\Music\80s Rock> COPY *.MP3 J:\80S
    >>
    >> STILL the easiest, most efficient way to put all the files from a G
    >> directory to the MP3 player on J.
    >> .......as fast as the device can write to flashrom.

    >
    > nope. the easiest is dropping an ipod into a dock and having it
    > automatically copy whatever you want.


    Well, it *would* be the easiest, if only it could automatically figure out what it *is* you want. Last I looked, though, you still have to jump through figurative hoops to tell it :-) . And not just *any* dock will do, either.

    Cheers, -- tlvp
    --
    Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP
  • 11-08-2010, 11:01 PM
    [email protected]
    Oxford <[email protected]> writes:
    > "Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote:


    >> Would you *PLEASE* keep this stuff in an appropriate news group? The
    >> cell phone groups have little interest in Macintosh!!


    [snippage]

    Richard and all the folks in the non-Mac newsgroups, on behalf of folks
    who do use Macs and/or actually participate honestly in the mac
    newsgroups, I can assure you that Oxford is not one of us. He's just
    a troll and, sadly, a somewhat successful one.

    Please use your killfile on any thread he starts. Begging him
    to stop will certainly not have the effect you'd hope for.

    He's an embarassment.

    Admittedly, there are folks who respond to him just as idiotically
    and trollishly. They are also an embarassment.

    In short, he's a troll. Killfile him and move on. Please.

    --
    Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed.
  • 11-08-2010, 09:36 PM
    Oxford
    "Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Come on guys! (And gals!)
    >
    > The MacBook may be some great interest to a relatively small group but
    > IT IS OFF TOPIC in cellular phone groups!!
    >
    > Would you *PLEASE* keep this stuff in an appropriate news group? The
    > cell phone groups have little interest in Macintosh!!
    >
    > Would YOU want misguided people posting PC/Windows crud to your Mac groups?


    Ah, what? The MacBook is the best selling laptop in the industry, so it
    clearly needs to be in cellular phone groups as Apple takes over all
    communication markets.

    Apple is at the core of all phones, that's how the company got started,
    so learn about the future, don't try and push it away. You can get up to
    speed here:

    http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

    http://www.apple.com/macbook/

    http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

    http://www.apple.com/iphone/

    Richard, once you move up to iPhones and Macs, you'll see what the world
    is all about.
  • 11-06-2010, 02:15 PM
    Oxford
    Fred <[email protected]> wrote:

    > > it really provides a
    > > glimpse into the future.

    >
    > God, let's hope not!
    >
    > I don't want a Cloud WebTV!


    we've had cloud based tv since the 40's, this simply gives you full
    control over all content, is digital, and allows you to time shift.

    not bad for $99.
  • 11-06-2010, 10:22 AM
    JEDIDIAH
    On 2010-11-06, nospam <[email protected]> wrote:
    > In article <[email protected]>, Fred
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> I don't want a Cloud WebTV!

    >
    > don't buy one.


    ...as long as the nature of the market still allows for that, and
    is not actively sabotaged by the likes of Gates and Jobs.

    --
    The social cost of suing/prosecuting individuals |||
    for non-commercial copyright infringement far outweighs / | \
    the social value of copyright to begin with.
  • 11-06-2010, 08:53 AM
    George Kerby



    On 11/5/10 10:54 PM, in article [email protected],
    "Fred" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Oxford <[email protected]> wrote in news:apony-FCD939.14264024102010
    > @news.qwest.net:
    >
    >> it really provides a
    >> glimpse into the future.
    >>

    >
    > God, let's hope not!
    >
    > I don't want a Cloud WebTV!
    >

    You want maple syrup with that, Lar?

  • 11-06-2010, 12:10 AM
    Steve Sobol
    On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:52:40 -0700
    nospam <[email protected]> wrote:

    > In article <[email protected]>, Fred
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > > I don't want a Cloud WebTV!

    >
    > don't buy one.


    This is Larry we're talking about. "Not buying one" isn't good enough. He has to spout off about it too

    --
    Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
  • 11-05-2010, 10:52 PM
    nospam
    In article <[email protected]>, Fred
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    > I don't want a Cloud WebTV!


    don't buy one.
  • 11-05-2010, 09:54 PM
    Fred
    Oxford <[email protected]> wrote in news:apony-FCD939.14264024102010
    @news.qwest.net:

    > it really provides a
    > glimpse into the future.
    >


    God, let's hope not!

    I don't want a Cloud WebTV!

  • 11-03-2010, 02:01 AM
    Alan Baker
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Fred <[email protected]> wrote:

    > nospam <[email protected]> wrote in news:011120101221218491%
    > [email protected]d:
    >
    > > that's deliberate as a token step to reduce music piracy. it's not hard
    > > to get around, but it's enough to make the copyright holders happy.
    > >
    > >

    >
    > Who made Jobs a god to save the music industry Jews from piracy?


    He didn't do it to save then industry: he did it so that they music
    industry would agree to get on board the iTunes Music Store.

    >
    > Obviously, from the horribly high price of Apple's hardware, the media
    > monsters aren't SUBSIDIZING the device YOU had to pay for. Who the hell
    > does Apple work for...YOU, the customer....or THEM, their iTunes store
    > vendors.
    >
    > It just seems Apple needs a little reality check of who's paying for iPads
    > and iPhones and iTouch and iPods......


    --
    "The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" --
    "I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone
    "It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X)
    '[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' --
    'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the
    IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM)
    'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included
    on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun)
  • 11-02-2010, 05:30 PM
    Snit
    CarpathiaMan stated in post
    5511309c-6901-4aee-b5f0-6add9b45b5ce...oglegroups.com on 11/2/10
    4:16 PM:

    > On Oct 29, 3:05*pm, Snit <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> Clavicus Vile stated in post [email protected] on 10/29/10
    >> 11:03 AM:
    >>
    >>>>>>>>> Even helium balloons fall down

    >>
    >>>>>>>> Well, in a vacuum.

    >>
    >>>>>>> Do you really believe they keep rising forever?

    >>
    >>>>>> Don't they?

    >>
    >>>>> No, they don't! *If no other accident befalls the balloon, the helium
    >>>>> leaks out eventually!

    >>
    >>>> How do you know?

    >>
    >>> He has an education. * *Did you ever think about picking one up for
    >>> yourself?

    >>
    >> Do they float or rise?
    >>

    >
    > Well, it's not so much that they "float" or "rise," it's that the rest
    > of the universe is moving downwards around it. :-)


    There is no such thing as gravity - the Earth just sucks!

    --
    [INSERT .SIG HERE]


  • 11-02-2010, 05:16 PM
    CarpathiaMan
    On Oct 29, 3:05*pm, Snit <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Clavicus Vile stated in post [email protected] on 10/29/10
    > 11:03 AM:
    >
    > >>>>>>> Even helium balloons fall down

    >
    > >>>>>> Well, in a vacuum.

    >
    > >>>>> Do you really believe they keep rising forever?

    >
    > >>>> Don't they?

    >
    > >>> No, they don't! *If no other accident befalls the balloon, the helium
    > >>> leaks out eventually!

    >
    > >> How do you know?

    >
    > > He has an education. * *Did you ever think about picking one up for
    > > yourself?

    >
    > Do they float or rise?
    >


    Well, it's not so much that they "float" or "rise," it's that the rest
    of the universe is moving downwards around it. :-)

    --
    Erich K.
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