| Bill Jonas on Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:38:04 -0400 |
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 01:23:51PM -0400, Paul wrote: > Come on, what's wrong with asking anyone to try your latest recipe? Nothing wrong with asking. Insisting's another matter entirely. While I agree that trying other platforms besides the most common one is good, there's something to be said for freedom of choice (even if it's the default choice). Isn't that what Free and Open software is all about? > I wonder what it would be like to be married to female open-source > hacker. I fail to see how this follows this discussion. I don't think that one's choice of computing platform is a make-or-break proposition as far as dating or marriage goes. Love is rare enough and wonderful enough that you had best grab onto it when you find it. Granted, a shared interest in the same sorts of computer things is a huge bonus to those of us who live and breathe computers (and mere toleration of my computer habit would be essential for me), but that's in no way something on which to base a relationship decision. > On our Windows PC we had many spyware and adware programs running, one > of which caused a severe pop-up problem. On MS Windows, AdAware and Spyboy Search & Destroy (hit Google or download.com) are excellent choices for removing the excrement that software publishers like to shovel into systems nowadays. -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your front door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." -- Bilbo Baggins Attachment:
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