[Rhodes22-list] Politics, kinda sorta

[michael meltzer]

firefox is nice, just built a version for a dual amd
64, works nice, BTW testing out that I can post from
yahoo, on vaction for 12/24 to 1/5 -mjm

--- Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Brad,
> 
> Cute :-) :-) :-) good thing I already have both. Oh
> ..... and Linux 
> too!! :-)
> 
> Bill would be really proud of me if he knew.
> 
> Merry Christmas my friend.
> 
> Rik
> 
> brad haslett wrote:
> 
> >We're back on politics?  I thought MJM put the
> brakes
> >on that until after New Years.  Anyway, while all
> you
> >kids think Rudolph and the Elves union is busy
> >delivering toys, us "freight dogs" are busting our
> >arses de-icing every takeoff, working fourteen hour
> >duty days, surfing the net on dial-up in hotel
> rooms,
> >and eating mysterious dead farm animals labeled
> >catering. Booh, hoo, hoo!  Here's a shot at Gates,
> >poor bastard.  Hope you enjoy roasting chestnuts by
> >the fire, like you've ever eaten a chesnut in your
> >life.  I'll be in a hotel in Jacksonville, FL
> (traded
> >the Manchester, NH trip so my appendages can come
> out
> >of hiding) on Christmas day.   The highs are
> supposed
> >to be in the 60's on New Years in middle TN.  I may
> >just have to start 2005 with a sail on the
> "CoraShen"
> >day one. Merry Christmas ya'll! Brad
> >
> >...............................................
> >
> >New Microsoft Patch Blocks Firefox Downloads
> >by Scott Ott
> >
> >(2004-12-19) -- Microsoft Corp. today released a
> new
> >security patch for its Internet Explorer (IE) web
> >browser which prevents users from accidentally or
> >intentionally downloading the new free, open-source
> >Firefox browser from The Mozilla Foundation.
> >
> >"Firefox is a dangerous and contagious browser that
> >could seriously jeopardize marketshare," said an
> >unnamed Microsoft spokesman. "Unless consumers take
> >action to block Firefox, it could speed up web
> surfing
> >and return control of user computers to the users
> >themselves."
> >
> >The source added that Internet Explorer is a
> superior
> >product because it allows computer experts, called
> >'hackers', to control your computer.
> >
> >"Who would you rather have in control of your PC?"
> the
> >Microsoft spokesman asked rhetorically, "Do you
> want
> >an expert who knows every line of the IE code, or
> some
> >bozo like you who just walks into Circuit City and
> >buys the cheapest PC off the shelf?" 
> >
> >Although Microsoft recommends that IE users
> download
> >the anti-Firefox patch immediately, users who fail
> to
> >do so will get it anyway within two weeks through
> >Windows automatic updates.
> >
> >Asked whether Mozilla's free email program,
> >Thunderbird, could also pose a threat to
> Microsoft's
> >Outlook, the spokesman said, "There is no
> competition
> >for Outlook. We have not heard of Thunderbird, and
> we
> >are not now preparing a patch to block it, which
> will
> >be released in January."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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