[Rhodes22-list] Politics, kinda sorta

[Michael Meltzer]

was not worth yelling about, mostly main sail batten, but I am watching -mjm

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
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>New Microsoft Patch Blocks Firefox Downloads
>by Scott Ott
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>(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.
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>"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."
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>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?" 
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>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.
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>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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