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04-27-08, 05:36 AM
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ERACC wrote:
> .... snip ... > > The point is not whether or not Fox News is worth viewing to you > or anyone else. The point is they *are* a major news organization > and they *should* be operating system indifferent. I think > ignoring these problems at large organizations like Fox News is > the wrong approach for us in the Linux community. Actually, I have no objection to their being biased. I do object to their claims of non-bias, or even lack of admission of bias. |
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#17
04-27-08, 06:22 PM
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:51:49 -0500, ERACC wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:35:03 -0500 > Nico <email> wrote: >> Yeah, that was a lame excuse to be lazy. I would drop that card too. :) >> The point is not whether or not Fox News is worth viewing to you or anyone > else. The point is they *are* a major news organization and they *should* be > operating system indifferent. I think ignoring these problems at large > organizations like Fox News is the wrong approach for us in the Linux community. > > Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com) It's probably a good thing that the people who get their news from Fox News stay far away from anything Linux... |
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#18
04-28-08, 10:44 AM
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Wonder what fun it will be if GNU threatens to makes GPL release
mandatory for applications compiled with GCC.. Bad medicine, and it goes against the free software philosophy, but still.. That day the morons will start obeying.. /varghese ERACC wrote: [..] |
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#19
04-28-08, 05:40 PM
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"Ignoramus3107" <ignoramus3107> wrote in message
news:nz2d > On 2008-04-26, Ed Edelenbos <eded> wrote: >> I don't see why anyone smart enough to use Linux would want to stoop so >> low >> as to look at FoxNews anyway. > > Faux news does not want intelligent people to read their website (so Then why would they block linsux users? |
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#20
04-28-08, 05:40 PM
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"Phil Stovell" <phil> wrote in message
news:4830 > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:03:19 -0500, Stephen J. Rush wrote: > >> They fixed it. I just looked, using Firefox in Mint Linux. Looks like >> their Web developers were just lazy. Outside Microsoft itself, there >> aren't many Web pages coded to actually exclude non-M$ browsers. > > Doesn't work with FF 2.0 on Ubuntu 7.04. > That's because they hate you |
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#21
04-28-08, 08:45 PM
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:40:33 +0000, whoknew wrote:
> > "Phil Stovell" <phil> wrote in message > news:4830 >> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:03:19 -0500, Stephen J. Rush wrote: >> >>> They fixed it. I just looked, using Firefox in Mint Linux. Looks like >>> their Web developers were just lazy. Outside Microsoft itself, there >>> aren't many Web pages coded to actually exclude non-M$ browsers. >> >> Doesn't work with FF 2.0 on Ubuntu 7.04. >> > That's because they hate you Good. I don't give a fuck, I use the British Broadcasting Corporation's fine British news service (it is in Britain, which is outside the USA). |
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#22
05-01-08, 04:06 AM
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On 2008-04-28, Phil Stovell <phil> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:40:33 +0000, whoknew wrote: >> > Good. I don't give a fuck, I use the British Broadcasting Corporation's > fine British news service (it is in Britain, which is outside the USA). > Ha! Liar! We all know that there is nothing outside the good ole USA. ;-) |
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#23
05-01-08, 04:10 AM
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On 2008-04-27, CBFalconer <cbfalconer> wrote:
> ERACC wrote: >> > ... snip ... >> >> The point is not whether or not Fox News is worth viewing to you >> or anyone else. The point is they *are* a major news organization >> and they *should* be operating system indifferent. I think >> ignoring these problems at large organizations like Fox News is >> the wrong approach for us in the Linux community. > > Actually, I have no objection to their being biased. I do object > to their claims of non-bias, or even lack of admission of bias. > Do CNN, MSNBC or CNBC admit to bias? I find the only way to get any sort of even keel is to read as many sources as possible and try to figure out the truth from there... |
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#24
05-01-08, 10:35 AM
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:06:19 -0500, Joe wrote:
> On 2008-04-28, Phil Stovell <phil> wrote: > Ha! Liar! We all know that there is nothing outside the good ole USA. > ;-) There's very little outside prison in the USA, I read on the BBC's finest news service. |
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