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It's still winter in some parts of the earth and here is a great location: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Jobst.BIGBOY/Favorites/Nature/Weathe r %20Wind%20%26%20Tides/Ice/Ice_Town_China.pps#16 Jay Bollyn wrote: You are really glad we do not have access to your C: drive. wrote: I again, inadvertently dragged a bookmark from Internet Explorer jim beam wrote: you're using i.e??? so what operating system are you running then bigboy? your newsgroup sigs say: user agent: tin/1.7.10-20050929 ("Tahay") (UNIX) Linux/2.4.32-A-STAND (i686)) so, either you're running linux and bull****ting about your browser, /or/ you're running windoze and bull****ting about your news reader. Bret wrote: He could be running a Windows virtual machine on a Linux host and trying to cut/paste between the two. jim beam wrote: yeah. like that's a /great/ idea! virtualize 'doze just so you can run the worlds worst browser! utterly brilliant. Bret wrote: Try to use your imagination. A virtual Windows machine is a great solution for people like me who don't like Windows but can't do their job without it. I run an OSX machine at home and use a virtual WinXP machine to VPN into work. I run four different browsers for various reasons and IE is my least favorite, but we have browser based tools at work that only run on IE so I need to have it available. There are also apps that I have for personal use that have no OSX or Linux (I run a Linux server too) equivalent. I need to keep a copy of MS IE on one machine because my required State monthly tax reports can _only_ be filed through IE. write and complain. seriously. this is america. monopolies are supposed to be illegal. |
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Andrew Muzi wrote:
jim beam wrote: A Muzi wrote: [...] I need to keep a copy of MS IE on one machine because my required State monthly tax reports can _only_ be filed through IE. write and complain. seriously. this is america. monopolies are supposed to be illegal. My state is run by the democrat party. I can't afford the 'pay to play' fees. Wasn't the DOA [1] a creation of Tommy Thompson? The DOA runs the state government, irregardless of elected politicians. [1] Dept. of Administration aka Dead On Arrival. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll |
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jim beam wrote:
A Muzi wrote: It's still winter in some parts of the earth and here is a great location: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Jobst.BIGBOY/Favorites/Nature/Weathe r %20Wind%20%26%20Tides/Ice/Ice_Town_China.pps#16 Jay Bollyn wrote: You are really glad we do not have access to your C: drive. wrote: I again, inadvertently dragged a bookmark from Internet Explorer jim beam wrote: you're using i.e??? so what operating system are you running then bigboy? your newsgroup sigs say: user agent: tin/1.7.10-20050929 ("Tahay") (UNIX) Linux/2.4.32-A-STAND (i686)) so, either you're running linux and bull****ting about your browser, /or/ you're running windoze and bull****ting about your news reader. Bret wrote: He could be running a Windows virtual machine on a Linux host and trying to cut/paste between the two. jim beam wrote: yeah. like that's a /great/ idea! virtualize 'doze just so you can run the worlds worst browser! utterly brilliant. Bret wrote: Try to use your imagination. A virtual Windows machine is a great solution for people like me who don't like Windows but can't do their job without it. I run an OSX machine at home and use a virtual WinXP machine to VPN into work. I run four different browsers for various reasons and IE is my least favorite, but we have browser based tools at work that only run on IE so I need to have it available. There are also apps that I have for personal use that have no OSX or Linux (I run a Linux server too) equivalent. I need to keep a copy of MS IE on one machine because my required State monthly tax reports can _only_ be filed through IE. write and complain. seriously. this is america. monopolies are supposed to be illegal. My state is run by the democrat party. I can't afford the 'pay to play' fees. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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