Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Blizzard
> 
>> ...who?
> 
>   In my books you have stopped being a computer nerd from this moment
> forward.
> 

yes, let's begin a campaign to impeach Orchid of his geek position!

hey, guys.  I'm on vacation, but you seem pretty overly active for 
working people... ;)

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Invisible wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> 
>> Also, did you hear Sun bought MySQL recently? :)
> 
> Heh. How do you guys know all this stuff?
> 

http://slashdot.org

just read the headlines if you're out of time.  But the comments are 
real crux... :)

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"nemesis" <nam### [at] nospamgmailcom> wrote in message
news:47b1d422@news.povray.org...

> hey, guys.  I'm on vacation, but you seem pretty overly active for
> working people... ;)

I have an excuse. It's 7pm and I'm trying very hard to avoid working on my
thesis. So far, complete success. <g>

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Warp wrote:
> Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Speaking of wasting time downloading software ... a few years ago, I 
>> downloaded and tried Staroffice. I found it seriously lacking. Felt like 
>> MS Office circa Windows 3.1
> 
>   You should demand a refund, then.
> 

I did. I never got my 5 minutes back :)

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Speaking of wasting time downloading software ... a few years ago, I 
> downloaded and tried Staroffice. I found it seriously lacking. Felt like 
> MS Office circa Windows 3.1

Just a few years ago, Linux had a GUI which resembled Win95 at best. 
Nowadays, I've been running composite window managers in full graphical 
glory even before Vista was out...

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Invisible escribió:
> [Well, I mean obviously it's a massively-multiplayer online role-playing 
> game. But what the hell does that even mean anyway?]

I heard it also stands for "Mostly Men Online Role Playing Girls" and 
"Massively Monotonous Online Repetitive Perpetual Gaming".

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Invisible wrote:
> Here's a better one: Name two other software companies [that anybody has 
> heard of]. ;-)

Anybody? Or someone who doesn't know who Richard Stallman and Steve Jobs 
are? ;-)

Seriously, name any other company at all in any product range that 
pushes other people's products. It's actually a rather big selling point 
that the "Progressive" insurance company in the USA will actually give 
you quotes for other insurance companies along with theirs. That's the 
only one I can think of.

Does Ford keep a few toyotas on the lot for you to test-drive too? Does 
your local food store keep a section set aside for other food stores to 
offer free samples? Does your bank have other banks' ATMs or brochures 
by the counter?

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     On what day did God create the body thetans?

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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Blizzard
> 
>> ...who?
> 
>   In my books you have stopped being a computer nerd from this moment
> forward.

LOL!  OK, now I have to look like I'm working for a while...  Everyone 
is wondering what I'm laughing at during a Linux reinstall...

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     On what day did God create the body thetans?

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> Invisible wrote:
>> Here's a better one: Name two other software companies [that anybody 
>> has heard of]. ;-)
> 
> Anybody? Or someone who doesn't know who Richard Stallman and Steve Jobs 
> are? ;-)

Does Canonical count as a software company? I think it does.

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Darren New wrote:
> Does Ford keep a few toyotas on the lot for you to test-drive too?

no, but Toyotas and Fords are built from standard industrial mechanical 
components.

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