Re: news not linked

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: Simon <http://www.wlu.edu/~s>
 > Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 16:19:27 -0400
 >
 > > 
 > > Hopefully, with S/MIME support.  My S/MIME support right now is very weak.
 > > A good project for me would be to paste the various MIME pieces together
 > > automatically so I can feed it to PGP.  Thankfully, it's so far been a
 > > non-issue since I'm the only person I know who uses encryption.
 > 
 > In general, I'm pretty sick of Linux, its half-assed apps, and all their
 > cruftiness.  Let's face it, on Windows, if you wanted to use PGP for
 > your e-mail, there would be an easy, automatic way to do it.  I just had
 > the latest Fedora installed on my desktop machine, and it's a whole new
 > set of horrors (can't print for some reason).  I'm currently having to
 > pull the power cord on this machine because gnome-pilot crashes the
 > whole O/S every time I try to hotsynch. 

I found a bug report on the Linux kernel the other day that, when running
this 15-line program, will halt the system.  I was convinced that my
system couldn't be affected, so I downloaded the source, compiled it, and
ran it.  I was wrong.  Halt-o-rama.  Pretty scary stuff.  So, I'm now not
at all surprised that something like gnome-pilot would crash your system.

 > I had Windows installed on my laptop and got all this nice functionality
 > included.  

I have had a number of problems with my Windows machine, too.  Basically,
I've become distrustful of everything at this point.

OTOH, you're right -- my father runs PGP on his Windows computer and he
can decrypt the messages I send to him no-problem.

 > > Is this because the closest theaters are so far away, or is it something
 > > else?
 > 
 > There are a bunch of theaters near (1 hr or less) here, including a
 > cheap drive-in run by the Greens.  It's just that literally don't have
 > time to take off to see a movie.  Plus theaters suck ass -- small
 > screen, stupid ads, hordes of noisy morons.  I wait a few months and
 > rent the DVD.

I could definitely see that.  Yesterday, I went to a matinee with a couple
of people from my job-seeking group and the movie was $8!  For a matinee!
Sadly, it seems like DVDs may end up being our fate, too -- and not
because we lack time!

 > > Yeah.  It's especially unfortunate that Schwartzanegger has no
 > > intellectual curiosity, much like George B.  (Apparently, Arnold dislikes
 > > reading as much as George.)
 > 
 > Last week's New Yorker had a piece on him.  He's purely about power and
 > force of personality, has no principles or beliefs that I could see.  

I'm not surprised.  Remember that scene in Demolition Man when Sandra
Bullock said that the demanded that Schwartzenegger be declared
Supreme-Emporer due to his sheer popularity?  OTOH, it could not possibly
be worse than what we have now.

 > > I voted Nader, but I was safe in doing so.  I'll probably hold my nose and
 > > vote Kerry.
 > 
 > I'm more interested in voting against both these plutocrats.

Yeah.  I'm tempted to vote Green (I'm a registered Green), but I think
I'd never hear the end of it from Noelle (who personally blamed me for
letting George Bush win ;-).

 > -- Simon