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occam wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On 24/01/2014 04:45, Pneuma wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:36:52 -0500, "Silver Slimer" wrote:


That IS likely.
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Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!

My thoughts were the exact opposite - he is not helping the cause of
GNU/Linux by equating it to communism, given the negative gut reaction
of most Americans to the word "communism".

He's a troll, nothing more. As the "Slimer" should clue one in, instantly.

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:45:36 -0500, Pneuma wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:36:52 -0500, "Silver Slimer"
wrote:


That IS likely.
--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!

*drumroll*, LOL.

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Silver Slimer

On 2014-01-24, occam wrote:
On 24/01/2014 04:45, Pneuma wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:36:52 -0500, "Silver Slimer" wrote:


That IS likely.
--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!


My thoughts were the exact opposite - he is not helping the cause of
GNU/Linux by equating it to communism, given the negative gut reaction
of most Americans to the word "communism".

That's precisely his intention.

Of course he ignores the actual characteristics of the things he's comparing.

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On 1/24/14, 8:38 AM, in article net,
"JEDIDIAH" wrote:

On 2014-01-24, occam wrote:
On 24/01/2014 04:45, Pneuma wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:36:52 -0500, "Silver Slimer" wrote:


That IS likely.
--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!


My thoughts were the exact opposite - he is not helping the cause of
GNU/Linux by equating it to communism, given the negative gut reaction
of most Americans to the word "communism".

That's precisely his intention.

Of course he ignores the actual characteristics of the things he's
comparing.

Stallman has specifically said his ideal would be to have the code of all
commercial software taken from private hands and forced to be communal.


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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion
against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world... would
do this, it would change the earth. -- William Faulkner

On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:38:07 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:

My thoughts were the exact opposite - he is not helping the cause of
GNU/Linux by equating it to communism, given the negative gut reaction
of most Americans to the word "communism".

That's precisely his intention.

Of course he ignores the actual characteristics of the things he's
comparing.

I've already explained how Communism (as defined by Marx) and GNU/Linux
are similar. If you choose to ignore that, it's up to you but don't act as
though I haven't already properly informed you because it fits your
objective of discrediting me.
--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

"You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!" -
Pneuma

On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:21:27 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom
wrote:

occam wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On 24/01/2014 04:45, Pneuma wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:36:52 -0500, "Silver Slimer"
wrote:


That IS likely.
--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!

My thoughts were the exact opposite - he is not helping the cause of
GNU/Linux by equating it to communism, given the negative gut reaction
of most Americans to the word "communism".

He's a troll, nothing more. As the "Slimer" should clue one in,
instantly.

A troll wouldn't provide evidence of his claims as I always do. Every time
you consider something 'trolling,' I always post a link with evidence of
my claim. Meanwhile, you and your GNUtard friends never bother to post any
kind of evidence of anything even when this is requested by people,
preferring to get your friends to gang up on whoever requests this
evidence and insult him ad nauseum until he goes away. Face it, GNU/Linux
*IS* Communism and anyone who is aware of what Marx preached as well as
what RMS preaches (I am, you apparently are not) would see the
similarities.

--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

"You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!" -
Pneuma

On 1/24/14, 10:14 AM, in article ,
"Silver Slimer" wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:38:07 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:

My thoughts were the exact opposite - he is not helping the cause of
GNU/Linux by equating it to communism, given the negative gut reaction
of most Americans to the word "communism".

That's precisely his intention.

Of course he ignores the actual characteristics of the things he's
comparing.

I've already explained how Communism (as defined by Marx) and GNU/Linux
are similar. If you choose to ignore that, it's up to you but don't act as
though I haven't already properly informed you because it fits your
objective of discrediting me.

It is one thing to disagree - but they just attack and spew nonsense.


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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion
against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world... would
do this, it would change the earth. -- William Faulkner

On 1/24/14, 10:28 AM, in article ,
"Silver Slimer" wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:21:27 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom
wrote:

occam wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On 24/01/2014 04:45, Pneuma wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:36:52 -0500, "Silver Slimer"
wrote:


That IS likely.
--
Silver Slimer
GNU/Linux is Communism

You know you are giving communism a bad name by use that .signature!

My thoughts were the exact opposite - he is not helping the cause of
GNU/Linux by equating it to communism, given the negative gut reaction
of most Americans to the word "communism".

He's a troll, nothing more. As the "Slimer" should clue one in,
instantly.

A troll wouldn't provide evidence of his claims as I always do. Every time
you consider something 'trolling,' I always post a link with evidence of
my claim. Meanwhile, you and your GNUtard friends never bother to post any
kind of evidence of anything even when this is requested by people,
preferring to get your friends to gang up on whoever requests this
evidence and insult him ad nauseum until he goes away. Face it, GNU/Linux
*IS* Communism and anyone who is aware of what Marx preached as well as
what RMS preaches (I am, you apparently are not) would see the
similarities.

Ahlstrom today noted that the difference between "decent people" and others
is that "decent people" can show references and links.

He admitted his herd is lacking in "decent people"... but I doubt he did so
on purpose and will deny it. And his herd will attack me for noting it.

Oh, the irony.


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Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion
against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world... would
do this, it would change the earth. -- William Faulkner

On 1/23/2014 1:45 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:35:59 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote:


Every drive maker takes their turn at the bottom of the barrel. Even when
they ride high, they can deliver a bad batch or a bad sample within a good
batch.

Even if the advice right now is to avoid Seagate, which is doubtful, a month
or 6 months from now it will be someone else's turn to be avoided.



For what it's worth, this article says Hitachi is the best
http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21...-should-i-buy/

At one time or another, I've had problems with virtually all of the HD
brands for one reason or another, over a span of time going back to the
late 80's.

On 1/23/2014 5:26 PM, Paul wrote:
What I'm waiting for, is what difference the new
helium-filled drives are going to make. As they'll be
sealed, and the field failure rate characteristics
just might be entirely different. I'm more than
a little curious, as to why the helium wants
to stay inside one of those drives :-) That'll be
the magic part of the design.

Well I had worked 10 years with ultra-high vacuum systems on electron
microscopes. We had to open them up from time to time for cleaning
and/or replacing parts. Plus there were accessories that also used
independent vacuum chambers. And it isn't really tough to make something
large or small to hold a vacuum for decades. After all, incandescent
light bulbs and CRTs are always under a vacuum. And there are watches
that can handle 300 feet of water pressure without leaking. So keeping
something in or out (including helium) isn't really all that hard.

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Bill
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Intel Atom Z670 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 7 Pro SP1