Lurker Observes Newsgroup for 2 Weeks .. Gives Impressions

(...and who gives a shit about your impressions anyways, eh?:) I was turned on to this group by a fellow journalist. I figured I was smart enough to keep my mouth shut since I was out of my league. It's hard to see sometimes when you grind day in and day out at something. Outside looking in: FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted. What an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys SECOND: The discussion here and the participants pretty much exceeds every other newsgroup I have ever witnessed on Usenet. You have a special community here. Work hard to maintain that. It's as rare as an Unicorn. It will be mentioned in the mainstream press. At least you'll know the source. Bravo, guys. It's a very special thing. FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the greatest racing game of all-time?? :-) Just a quirk of mine. I just love the game and have donated a couple marriages to it. OK .. now that I've lost all credibility, I'll move back to lurker mode. Great newsgroup. Just fantastic. An avid fan now ..

> > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted.What > an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys > > SECOND: The discussion here and the participants pretty much exceeds every > other newsgroup I have ever witnessed on Usenet. You have a special > community here. Work hard to maintain that. It's as rare as an Unicorn. It > will be mentioned in the mainstream press. At least you'll know thesource.

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> > Bravo, guys. It's a very special thing. > > FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the > greatest racing game of all-time?? > > :-) > > Just a quirk of mine. I just love the game and have donated a couple > marriages to it. > > OK .. now that I've lost all credibility, I'll move back to lurker mode. > > Great newsgroup. Just fantastic. > > An avid fan now ..

Great post. Absolutely marvellous etc...etc... First: What's the problem with Windows XP ? Second: You are getting dangerously close to being http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame38.html Third: Dethkarz was pretty cool. But, two marriages ???? That's a little far fetched, mate.

> > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted.What > an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys > XP runs here with GPL N4, F1Rc and F1 2001, pluis IL-2 but it's not from this group.... no prob, no crashes no worries...

> FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the > greatest racing game of all-time?? heheh dethkarz was great fun .. i think ill go and re-install it :) dan

In article <3c1c8d9b$0$211$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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> > > > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted. > What > > an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys > > > > XP runs here with GPL N4, F1Rc and F1 2001, pluis IL-2 but it's not from > this group.... > > no prob, no crashes no worries... > > >

You forgot a couple... No fair use, no privacy, no freedom of thought... -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Do we win an award? :) Nockston wrote:

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> > SECOND: The discussion here and the participants pretty much exceeds every > other newsgroup I have ever witnessed on Usenet. You have a special > community here. Work hard to maintain that. It's as rare as an Unicorn. It > will be mentioned in the mainstream press. At least you'll know the source. > > Bravo, guys. It's a very special thing. > > Great newsgroup. Just fantastic. > > An avid fan now .. > > > > >

>"Nockston" <[email hidden]> wrote > FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the > greatest racing game of all-time?? Actually, it was a pretty good arcade game. I really loved the sense of speed, and the way the physics acted on the cars. It was similar in style to WipeoutXL. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

In article <tIZS7.12175$[email hidden]>, "Nockston" <[email hidden]> writes: >FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the >greatest racing game of all-time?? > Dethkarz? Never heard of it. Looking for the demo now...<g> -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Nockston <[email hidden]> wrote on 16 Dec 2001: <snip> > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was > flabbergasted. What an appalling piece of shit this must be for you > guys <snip> For me at least, it's not so much the software itself as Microsoft's attitude - John elsewhere in this thread puts it in a nutshell. I'm sticking with Win98SE for as long as I can, and if XP is still the best Windows on offer when I eventually have to change, then... "Hi diddly dee, the Linux life for me!" (GPLinux *will* be available by then, wont it? ;0) ) -- "We are not very far from fascism. In fact, Mugabe has endorsed fascism in his rule" - Takura Zhangazha, Zimbabwean political scientist. The GPL Scrapyard returns (slowly): http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

John wrote: > > You forgot a couple... > > No fair use, no privacy, no freedom of thought... ... easily cracked... :-P -- Fester

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> > FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the > greatest racing game of all-time?? > > :-) > > Just a quirk of mine. I just love the game and have donated a couple > marriages to it.

Dethkarz was kinda cool, but 2 marriages?? I mean, it's no GPL! -- Fester

Windows XP is gonna have to be REAL good before it gets near my pc... and since i have 3 of em ..won't that mean i gotta buy 3 copies of the thing ..hehe thats 3 times as good then.... Over macho grande ? Liked the link .. especially this fellow ... http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame71.html hehe jv "redTed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dX_S7.7950$[email hidden]...

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> Great post. Absolutely marvellous etc...etc... > > First: What's the problem with Windows XP ? > Second: You are getting dangerously close to being > http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame38.html > Third: Dethkarz was pretty cool. But, two marriages ???? That's a little > far fetched, mate. > >

Great post but I have XP and the only program I cannot run is Pcanywhere 10.0. Everything else works better and I wouldn't go back. Symantec won't patch it either, you have to buy 10.5 or you are out of luck. Now, that's the kind of company attitude I despise ... Phillip > > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted.What > an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys >

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> > John wrote: > > > > You forgot a couple... > > > > No fair use, no privacy, no freedom of thought... > > ... easily cracked... :-P

Not to mention that with SP1 MS has eased up on the reregistering requirements when swapping your hardware about Ran Rally Trophy on my V5 equipped PC with WinXP this weekend, no problems there either Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Lol, its no GPL :) ....i reckon i am going to search google to see how many times that phrase has come up over the years :) brb Ash > Dethkarz was kinda cool, but 2 marriages?? I mean, it's no GPL! > > -- > > Fester >

Bugger it I couldnt be arsed - 588 was my best guess :) Ashley McConnell wrote:

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> Lol, its no GPL :) > > ....i reckon i am going to search google to see how many times that > phrase has come up over the years :) > > brb > > Ash > > >> Dethkarz was kinda cool, but 2 marriages?? I mean, it's no GPL! >> >> -- >> >> Fester >> >

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> > Uncle Fester wrote: > > > > John wrote: > > > > > > You forgot a couple... > > > > > > No fair use, no privacy, no freedom of thought... > > > > ... easily cracked... :-P > > Not to mention that with SP1 MS has eased up on the reregistering > requirements when swapping your hardware about > > Ran Rally Trophy on my V5 equipped PC with WinXP this weekend, no > problems there either

Very cool. I got it for it's much improved stability. Just disabled the stuff I didn't like/agree with. -- Fester

Ashley McConnell wrote: > > Bugger it I couldnt be arsed - 588 was my best guess :) Oh yeah? Which month was that? :-) -- Fester

Uncle Fester wrote: > > Very cool. I got it for it's much improved stability. Just disabled > the stuff I didn't like/agree with. There you go :-) I must admit that once I found out about the V5 drivers for XP I just had to try it myself, my brother has been running XP for a while on his PC and we've seen very little trouble with it, I haven't had a chance to test many games so far, but both "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" and "Rally Trophy" works very well so far, and yes, it's very very stable, although I can't OC my CPU as much as I could with 98SE, but those days are almost over for me anyways so I don't consider that much of a drawback really Like I said in another thread, if I had a fully working 98SE I probably wouldn't go out and buy XP, but if I had to pay for a Windows license at this point anyway....... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

>"Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote > Lol, its no GPL :) > > ....i reckon i am going to search google to see how many times that > phrase has come up over the years :) The Google-o-tron gave me 141 instances of "it's no GPL" and 16 of "its no GPL" ;-) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QloT7.5768 > > The Google-o-tron gave me 141 instances of "it's no GPL" and 16 of "its no > GPL" ;-) > LMAO@Google-o-tron. No clue why i found that so funny...insomnia is a b*tch. =) -- - Will DeRivera - GPL Rank 105.63, damn the 'ring! - http://www.numic.net - http://www.luxt.com

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> > >"Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Lol, its no GPL :) > > > > ....i reckon i am going to search google to see how many times that > > phrase has come up over the years :) > > The Google-o-tron gave me 141 instances of "it's no GPL" and 16 of "its no > GPL" ;-)

I found 482 under "not GPL" & 682 under "no GPL". -- Fester

Google-o-tron is no GPL! Really it's not GPL. I'm just saying, its no GPL. No it's really not GPL. Of course GPL is no Googlo-o-tron either. <g> "Uncle Fester" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> ymenard wrote: > > > > >"Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote > > > Lol, its no GPL :) > > > > > > ....i reckon i am going to search google to see how many times that > > > phrase has come up over the years :) > > > > The Google-o-tron gave me 141 instances of "it's no GPL" and 16 of "its

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> > GPL" ;-) > > > I found 482 under "not GPL" & 682 under "no GPL". > > -- > > Fester

Rob Adams wrote: > > Google-o-tron is no GPL! Really it's not GPL. I'm just saying, its no GPL. > No it's really not GPL. > > Of course GPL is no Googlo-o-tron either. Forgot to take your Prozac again did you ? :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

They are charging for the .5 update? Baastaads. -Larry "Phillip Malphrus, Jr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c1d48ba$[email hidden]...

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> Great post but I have XP and the only program I cannot run is Pcanywhere > 10.0. Everything else works better and I wouldn't go back. Symantec won't > patch it either, you have to buy 10.5 or you are out of luck. Now, that's > the kind of company attitude I despise ... > > Phillip > > > > > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted. > What > > an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys > > > > >

>Not to mention that with SP1 MS has eased up on the reregistering >requirements when swapping your hardware about Service Pack 1? Already? What, so the original release of XP was so bugged they had to release a service pack already? Good ol' Microsoft, don't you just love em!! Lol SpeedFreek.

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> > >Not to mention that with SP1 MS has eased up on the reregistering > >requirements when swapping your hardware about > > Service Pack 1? Already? > What, so the original release of XP was so bugged they had to release a > service pack already? > > Good ol' Microsoft, don't you just love em!! > > Lol SpeedFreek.

Yeah, they should learn from video card manufacturers, nothing but stable and bugfree drivers there, each and every release is just a speed/feature upgrade, maybe they should hire some nVidia coders..... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

>"Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote > Google-o-tron is no GPL! Really it's not GPL. I'm just saying, its no GPL. > No it's really not GPL. > > Of course GPL is no Googlo-o-tron either. LOL hey no padding! -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

They probably should, at least there would be an increase in performance with each driver release. Unlike MS which seems to open a new security hole and problem with each service pack/fix. Look at Windows ME.. the worst patch for Win95 to date! <VBG> Or better yet, maybe they should form a union so there will be no more patches or drivers of any kind to ever worry about! That's probably what 3dfx did... ;P Scott PA-Scott "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > SpeedFreek wrote: > > > > >Not to mention that with SP1 MS has eased up on the reregistering > > >requirements when swapping your hardware about > > > > Service Pack 1? Already? > > What, so the original release of XP was so bugged they had to release a > > service pack already? > > > > Good ol' Microsoft, don't you just love em!! > > > > Lol SpeedFreek. > > Yeah, they should learn from video card manufacturers, nothing but > stable and bugfree drivers there, each and every release is just a > speed/feature upgrade, maybe they should hire some nVidia coders..... > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Sounds like Sierra. <VBG> Scott PA-Scott "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:x7sT7.363$[email hidden]...

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> They are charging for the .5 update? > > Baastaads. > > -Larry > > "Phillip Malphrus, Jr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3c1d48ba$[email hidden]... > > Great post but I have XP and the only program I cannot run is Pcanywhere > > 10.0. Everything else works better and I wouldn't go back. Symantec

won't > > patch it either, you have to buy 10.5 or you are out of luck. Now,that's

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> > the kind of company attitude I despise ... > > > > Phillip > > > > > > > > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted. > > What > > > an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys > > > > > > > > > > >

Ignorance is bliss! "Nockston" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tIZS7.12175$[email hidden]...

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> (...and who gives a shit about your impressions anyways, eh?:) > > > I was turned on to this group by a fellow journalist. > > I figured I was smart enough to keep my mouth shut since I was out of my > league. > > It's hard to see sometimes when you grind day in and day out at something. > > Outside looking in: > > FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted.

What > an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys > > SECOND: The discussion here and the participants pretty much exceeds every > other newsgroup I have ever witnessed on Usenet. You have a special > community here. Work hard to maintain that. It's as rare as an Unicorn. It > will be mentioned in the mainstream press. At least you'll know thesource.

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> > Bravo, guys. It's a very special thing. > > FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the > greatest racing game of all-time?? > > :-) > > Just a quirk of mine. I just love the game and have donated a couple > marriages to it. > > OK .. now that I've lost all credibility, I'll move back to lurker mode. > > Great newsgroup. Just fantastic. > > An avid fan now .. > > > >