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Topic:	Religions > Atheism
User:	"Mel"
Date:	26 Jan 2005 02:45:57 PM
Object:	Microsoft Anonymous (MA)

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:40:01 GMT, MÐ <mÃÐMÁ×¹@ÅsSrEmOvEr.çøm> wrote in
message <R2GJd.48135$ju.8116@news.easynews.com>:

Greg Evans wrote:

MÐ wrote:

I don't see Microsoft falling any
time soon as Mel predicts, but having used Linux for a relatively
short time now, I can say without a doubt I'll never use Microsoft
anything again, pending any forthcoming lawsuits.

You'd think that, people being what they are, "getting something for
nothing" would have enormous appeal...yet Linux still has only a sliver-thin
share of the desktop pie. I suppose it's hard to effectively market
something that doesn't "belong" to any one corporation. Apple and MS can
spend buttloads of money advertising their OSs, and it shows. I will say
I'm very impressed with OS X (which is, of course, based on BSD Unix). I
started setting up a Linux system a 2-3 years ago - Suse, I believe - but
didn't really have the time to devote to the required incessant tinkering.
Maybe it's time to try again. It'll be interesting to see what apps are
available, and whether the file formats are compatible with mainstream
programs like Word, Excel, Photoshop, Quark, InDesign, etc.

It isn't marketed because very few can make a profit off open source.

yeah. that's the whole idea. free software so that all mankind can benefit.
no proprietary closed source programs, which are doing god knows what behind
the scenes. software IS source code. if you can read the source, you can
know for sure exactly what it is and what it is not doing.

Red Hat took the Linux kernel, perfected it, and then spun off Red Hat
Enterprise (their version of XP Professional). To keep the Red Hat
'spirit' of open source alive, they used the Fedora project as a guinea
pig for new development in the open source community, effectively
'hiring' thousands of developers the world over, for free. They take
the proven, stable aspects of Fedora and incorporate it into
their Enterprise software ..and Fedora remains the cutting edge of
everything Linux. As for compatibility, there's CodeWeaver, which
effectively allows Word, Excel... to be fully compatible with
OpenWriter, OpenCalc, Impress (Powerpoint), and ODBC (Access). Even
without CodeWeaver, most files are already recognized between the two
environments. These versions have only recently caught up with the
complexity and usefulness of their XP counterparts, so anything
you saw/used on Suse 2-3 years ago is way outdated.
www.google.linux.com (a blurb on the new Suse)

yeah, with Novell's recent acquisition of SuSe and Ximian, Linux is going
mainstream fast now. Linux servers already power the Internet and have done
so for years. Those Windows servers (and Windows desktops) out there just
power the worms, viruses, trojans, spam networks etc.
when i was young, i wanted to be a Microsoft Systems Engineer. I'm all
better now.
i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for all those
people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.
Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.
Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could destroy
Microsoft.
Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of bringing
Microsoft down.
Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our Microsoft
inventory.
Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever used (to
our shame).
Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft software.
Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in the
commands to uninstall Windows.
Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever possible,
except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a difference
anymore.
Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones and other
electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When we found them, we
erased them.
Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of open
source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our software, seeking
only the best for our computers and the processing power to run it all.
Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we
told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an enormous fat joint and
blew our minds.
[ see, Greg, even the most mundane of subjects lends itself to humour.
that's the atj Way! ]
--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfaq.com
http://www.atjfaq.com/
.

User: "=?UTF-8?B?TcOQ?="
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 02:04:29 AM

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:40:01 GMT, MÃ <mÃƒÃMÃÃ—Â¹@Ã…sSrEmOvEr.Ã§Ã¸m> wrote in
message <R2GJd.48135$ju.8116@news.easynews.com>:

Greg Evans wrote:

MÃ wrote:

It isn't marketed because very few can make a profit off open source.

yawp

yeah, with Novell's recent acquisition of SuSe and Ximian, Linux is going
mainstream fast now. Linux servers already power the Internet and have done
so for years. Those Windows servers (and Windows desktops) out there just
power the worms, viruses, trojans, spam networks etc.

when i was young, i wanted to be a Microsoft Systems Engineer. I'm all
better now.

i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for all those
people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could destroy
Microsoft.

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of bringing
Microsoft down.

Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our Microsoft
inventory.

Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever used (to
our shame).

Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft software.

Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in the
commands to uninstall Windows.

Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever possible,
except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a difference
anymore.

Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones and other
electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When we found them, we
erased them.

Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of open
source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our software, seeking
only the best for our computers and the processing power to run it all.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we
told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an enormous fat joint and
blew our minds.

...heh..
.

User: "Gregory Gadow"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 03:10:21 PM

Mel wrote:

i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for all those
people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could destroy
Microsoft.

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of bringing
Microsoft down.

Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our Microsoft
inventory.

Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever used (to
our shame).

Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft software.

Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in the
commands to uninstall Windows.

Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever possible,
except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a difference
anymore.

Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones and other
electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When we found them, we
erased them.

Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of open
source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our software, seeking
only the best for our computers and the processing power to run it all.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we
told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an enormous fat joint and
blew our minds.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.
Not a very big switch, really.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"[T]hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;
and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
-- Pres. George W. Bush, Hypocrite, his inauguration speech, 2005
.

User: "Liberalsareliars"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 09:30:35 PM

Gregory Gadow wrote:
|| Mel wrote:
||
||| i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for
||| all those people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.
|||
||| Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to
||| Microsoft software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.
|||
||| Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves
||| could destroy Microsoft.
|||
||| Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of
||| bringing Microsoft down.
|||
||| Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our
||| Microsoft inventory.
|||
||| Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever
||| used (to our shame).
|||
||| Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft
||| software.
|||
||| Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in
||| the commands to uninstall Windows.
|||
||| Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
||| Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.
|||
||| Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever
||| possible, except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it
||| to make a difference anymore.
|||
||| Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones
||| and other electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When
||| we found them, we erased them.
|||
||| Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of
||| open source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our
||| software, seeking only the best for our computers and the
||| processing power to run it all.
|||
||| Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these
||| steps, we told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an
||| enormous fat joint and blew our minds.
||
|| Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely
|| transfering your addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a
|| dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.
||
|| Not a very big switch, really.
More likely, he has switched to believing that HIS mind, i.e. Mel's, is the
new GOD because he knows Linux and that makes him better than all the MS hoi
polloi.
|| --
|| Gregory Gadow
||

|| http://www.serv.net/~techbear
||
|| "[T]hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;
|| and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
|| -- Pres. George W. Bush, Hypocrite, his inauguration speech, 2005
.

User: "Mel"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 04:39:29 PM

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote
in message <41F7B2DD.F311AE4D@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.
--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfaq.com
http://www.atjfaq.com/
.

User: "Me1"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 06:11:49 AM

"Mel" <mel@atj.fag.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote
in message <41F7B2DD.F311AE4D@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for all
those
people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to
Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could
destroy
Microsoft.

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of
bringing
Microsoft down.

Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our Microsoft
inventory.

Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever used
(to
our shame).

Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft
software.

Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in the
commands to uninstall Windows.

Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever possible,
except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a
difference
anymore.

Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones and
other
electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When we found them,
we
erased them.

Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of open
source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our software,
seeking
only the best for our computers and the processing power to run it all.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we
told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an enormous fat joint
and
blew our minds.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering
your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view
of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

where you don't believe fag boy?
Reasons it's great to be a guy
* Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. .
* A 5-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
* You don't have to monitor your friends' love lives.
* Your bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
* You can open all your own jars.
* Old friends don't care whether you've lost or gained weight.
* Dry cleaners and haircutters don't rob you blind.
* You don't have to lug a bag of useless stuff around everywhere you go.
* You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
* Your last name stays put. .
* If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your
friend.
* If you're 34 and single, nobody even notices.
* Chocolate is just another snack.
* Flowers fix everything.
* You can wear a white shirt to a water park.
* Three pairs of shoes is more than enough.
* You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever
thinking, "He must be mad at me."
* One mood, all the time.
* You never have to drive on to another gas station because this one's just
too dirty.
* Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.
* Wedding dress: $2,000; tuxedo rental: $75.
* You don't care if someone's talking about you behind your back.
* If you retain water, it's in a canteen.
* The remote control is yours and yours alone. .
* You can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift. .
* Your pals can be trusted to never trap you with, "So... notice anything
different?"

--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfag.com
http://www.atjfag.com/

User: "Lech K. Lesiak"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 05:12:50 PM

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Me1 wrote:

* A 5-day vacation requires only one suitcase.

In my case, a 30 day vacation requires one backpack.

* You don't have to lug a bag of useless stuff around everywhere you go.

Dunno about that one. I use a fanny pack and it has about as much stuff
in it as a woman's purse.

* Three pairs of shoes is more than enough.

Then why do I have 15 pairs?

* One mood, all the time.

Oh, really?

* Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.

Personally, I think it does in women as well. A firm ***** overrides
wrinkles any day of the week.

* You don't care if someone's talking about you behind your back.

Depends on who is doing it and why.

* The remote control is yours and yours alone. .

Yes!
Cheers,
Lech
.

User: "Gregory Gadow"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 04:58:11 PM

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote
in message <41F7B2DD.F311AE4D@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

The 12 Step view of "higher power" is identical with Calvin's and other Protestant
reformers' view of God, whether that "higher power" is called God or not. But that's my
beef with 12 Step programs; I like the idea of recovery from Microsoft :-)
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"[T]hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;
and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
-- Pres. George W. Bush, Hypocrite, his inauguration speech, 2005
.

User: "Tukla Ratte"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 06:35:59 PM

Gregory Gadow wrote:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote
in message <41F7B2DD.F311AE4D@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

< snip >

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could destroy
Microsoft.

< snip >

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

I think the higher power in this program is open-source software.
--
Tukla, Eater of Theists, Squeaker of Chew Toys
Official Mascot of Alt.Atheism, aa 1347
.

User: "Mel"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 12:59:04 AM

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:35:59 -0600, Tukla Ratte <tukla_ratte@tukla.net>
wrote in message <35q68hF4pjf0bU1@individual.net>:

Gregory Gadow wrote:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote
in message <41F7B2DD.F311AE4D@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.
Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could destroy
Microsoft.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.
Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

I think the higher power in this program is open-source software.

there's no HP. i eradicated it.
--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfaq.com
http://www.atjfaq.com/
.

User: "Me1"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 06:16:07 AM

"Mel" <mel@atj.fag.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:35:59 -0600, Tukla Ratte <tukla_ratte@tukla.net>
wrote in message <35q68hF4pjf0bU1@individual.net>:

Gregory Gadow wrote:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote
in message <41F7B2DD.F311AE4D@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to
Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.
Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could
destroy
Microsoft.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely
transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant
view of God.
Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

I think the higher power in this program is open-source software.

there's no HP. i eradicated it.

did you fart and suffocate them fag boy?
Reasons it's great to be a guy
* Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. .
* A 5-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
* You don't have to monitor your friends' love lives.
* Your bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
* You can open all your own jars.
* Old friends don't care whether you've lost or gained weight.
* Dry cleaners and haircutters don't rob you blind.
* You don't have to lug a bag of useless stuff around everywhere you go.
* You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
* Your last name stays put. .
* If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your
friend.
* If you're 34 and single, nobody even notices.
* Chocolate is just another snack.
* Flowers fix everything.
* You can wear a white shirt to a water park.
* Three pairs of shoes is more than enough.
* You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever
thinking, "He must be mad at me."
* One mood, all the time.
* You never have to drive on to another gas station because this one's just
too dirty.
* Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.
* Wedding dress: $2,000; tuxedo rental: $75.
* You don't care if someone's talking about you behind your back.
* If you retain water, it's in a canteen.
* The remote control is yours and yours alone. .
* You can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift. .
* Your pals can be trusted to never trap you with, "So... notice anything
different?"

--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfag.com
http://www.atjfag.com/

User: "Mel"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 07:41:19 PM

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:58:11 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote
in message <41F7CC23.1F9D1DE9@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote

Mel wrote:

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

of course you do, and i wrote that to amuse, not to argue about God. in fact
i removed all reference to God in my MA 12 step program. only step 2
mentioned Power, but that could mean attaching 220V to Bill Gates' *****.
why the ***** am i explaining myself to you???
eat ***** and die!!!!
--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfaq.com
http://www.atjfaq.com/
.

User: "Me1"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 06:12:55 AM

"Mel" <mel@atj.fag.com> wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:58:11 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote
in message <41F7CC23.1F9D1DE9@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote

Mel wrote:

i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for
all those
people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to
Microsoft
software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could
destroy
Microsoft.

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of
bringing
Microsoft down.

Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our
Microsoft
inventory.

Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever
used (to
our shame).

Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft
software.

Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in
the
commands to uninstall Windows.

Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever
possible,
except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a
difference
anymore.

Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones
and other
electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When we found
them, we
erased them.

Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of
open
source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our software,
seeking
only the best for our computers and the processing power to run it
all.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps,
we
told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an enormous fat joint
and
blew our minds.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely
transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant
view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

of course you do, and i wrote that to amuse, not to argue about God. in
fact
i removed all reference to God in my MA 12 step program. only step 2
mentioned Power, but that could mean attaching 220V to Bill Gates' *****.

why the ***** am i explaining myself to you???

eat ***** and die!!!!

is that how your skanky mommy taught you to do fag boy?
Reasons it's great to be a guy
* Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. .
* A 5-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
* You don't have to monitor your friends' love lives.
* Your bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
* You can open all your own jars.
* Old friends don't care whether you've lost or gained weight.
* Dry cleaners and haircutters don't rob you blind.
* You don't have to lug a bag of useless stuff around everywhere you go.
* You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
* Your last name stays put. .
* If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your
friend.
* If you're 34 and single, nobody even notices.
* Chocolate is just another snack.
* Flowers fix everything.
* You can wear a white shirt to a water park.
* Three pairs of shoes is more than enough.
* You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever
thinking, "He must be mad at me."
* One mood, all the time.
* You never have to drive on to another gas station because this one's just
too dirty.
* Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.
* Wedding dress: $2,000; tuxedo rental: $75.
* You don't care if someone's talking about you behind your back.
* If you retain water, it's in a canteen.
* The remote control is yours and yours alone. .
* You can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift. .
* Your pals can be trusted to never trap you with, "So... notice anything
different?"

--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfag.com
http://www.atjfag.com/

User: "Gregory Gadow"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 09:51:49 PM

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:58:11 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote
in message <41F7CC23.1F9D1DE9@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

of course you do, and i wrote that to amuse, not to argue about God. in fact
i removed all reference to God in my MA 12 step program. only step 2
mentioned Power, but that could mean attaching 220V to Bill Gates' *****.

why the ***** am i explaining myself to you???

eat ***** and die!!!!

Goodness, who pissed in your coffee this morning?
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"[T]hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;
and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
-- Pres. George W. Bush, Hypocrite, his inauguration speech, 2005
.

User: "Mos Not@YourHouse"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 03:28:12 PM

"Gregory Gadow" <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:41F810F5.DD23080F@serv.net

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:58:11 -0800, Gregory Gadow

why the ***** am i explaining myself to you???

eat ***** and die!!!!

Goodness, who pissed in your coffee this morning?

You caught him in a good mood.
.

User: "Mel"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 05:01:23 AM

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:51:49 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote
in message <41F810F5.DD23080F@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:58:11 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.
Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

Goodness, who pissed in your coffee this morning?

no-one. it's de rigeur for atj-ers to flip out.
--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfaq.com
http://www.atjfaq.com/
.

User: "Me1"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 06:14:02 AM

"Mel" <mel@atj.fag.com> wrote in message
news:avfgv091bbfq5tupjdh8ceigf881ovtk1b@4ax.com...

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:51:49 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote
in message <41F810F5.DD23080F@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:58:11 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
wrote

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely
transfering your
addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional,
Protestant view of God.
Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

of course you do, and i wrote that to amuse, not to argue about God. in
fact
i removed all reference to God in my MA 12 step program. only step 2
mentioned Power, but that could mean attaching 220V to Bill Gates' *****.
why the ***** am i explaining myself to you???
eat ***** and die!!!!

Goodness, who pissed in your coffee this morning?

no-one. it's de rigeur for atj-ers to flip out.

more like you didn't get your morning fix fag boy.
Reasons it's great to be a guy
* Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. .
* A 5-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
* You don't have to monitor your friends' love lives.
* Your bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
* You can open all your own jars.
* Old friends don't care whether you've lost or gained weight.
* Dry cleaners and haircutters don't rob you blind.
* You don't have to lug a bag of useless stuff around everywhere you go.
* You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
* Your last name stays put. .
* If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your
friend.
* If you're 34 and single, nobody even notices.
* Chocolate is just another snack.
* Flowers fix everything.
* You can wear a white shirt to a water park.
* Three pairs of shoes is more than enough.
* You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever
thinking, "He must be mad at me."
* One mood, all the time.
* You never have to drive on to another gas station because this one's just
too dirty.
* Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.
* Wedding dress: $2,000; tuxedo rental: $75.
* You don't care if someone's talking about you behind your back.
* If you retain water, it's in a canteen.
* The remote control is yours and yours alone. .
* You can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift. .
* Your pals can be trusted to never trap you with, "So... notice anything
different?"

--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfag.com
http://www.atjfag.com/

User: "Tukla Ratte"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 04:20:08 PM

Me1 wrote:
< snip >

more like you didn't get your morning fix fag boy.

"Fag boy"? Is that supposed to be an insult, or is it wishful thinking?
< snip >
--
Tukla, Eater of Theists, Squeaker of Chew Toys
Official Mascot of Alt.Atheism, aa 1347
.

User: "Yuk"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 05:36:14 PM

In article <35siloF4rkp28U3@individual.net>
Tukla Ratte <tukla_ratte@tukla.net> wrote:

Me1 wrote:

< snip >

more like you didn't get your morning fix fag boy.

"Fag boy"? Is that supposed to be an insult, or is it wishful thinking?

< snip >

Yawn.
.

User: "Jon Dood"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 10:14:27 PM

Mel, Mel, Mel... ^_^
Such a fine specimen of cro-magnon.
Wherever I see your filthy name, there's sure to be a post with some cuss
words in it, isn't there?
I wonder if face-to-face you're as "bad-*****" as you make yourself believe.
There's a phrase about dogs that bark, you know? They don't bite.
Little sissy-boy, do yourself a favor and be true to your nature: quit
playing hard-***** and start talking like a human being, or else one of these
days someone will get hold of you (your location is easily discernable to
any capable computer user, mind you) and you'll find yourself begging for
mercy like the true little stinker that you are, that is - if you even get
the chance to. If you see them coming.
Watch your language, boy.
Or start watching your back.
M.
"Mel" <mel@atj.faq.com> wrote in message
news:enkfv0hfpem9kng72vvhja2h5gaou0km1l@4ax.com...

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:58:11 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>

wrote

in message <41F7CC23.1F9D1DE9@serv.net>:

Mel wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>

wrote

Mel wrote:

i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for

all those

people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to

Microsoft

software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could

destroy

Microsoft.

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of

bringing

Microsoft down.

Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our

Microsoft

inventory.

Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever

used (to

our shame).

Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft

software.

Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in

the

commands to uninstall Windows.

Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever

possible,

except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a

difference

anymore.

Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones

and other

electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When we found

them, we

erased them.

Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of

open

source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our software,

seeking

only the best for our computers and the processing power to run it

all.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these

steps, we

told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an enormous fat

joint and

blew our minds.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely

transfering your

addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant

view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

hey, greg, point out where i mentioned god. duh.

The 12 Step view of "higher power" is identical with Calvin's and other

Protestant

reformers' view of God, whether that "higher power" is called God or not.

But that's my

beef with 12 Step programs; I like the idea of recovery from Microsoft

:-)

of course you do, and i wrote that to amuse, not to argue about God. in

fact

i removed all reference to God in my MA 12 step program. only step 2
mentioned Power, but that could mean attaching 220V to Bill Gates' *****.

why the ***** am i explaining myself to you???

eat ***** and die!!!!

--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfaq.com
http://www.atjfaq.com/

User: "Douglas D. Anderson"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 11:03:33 PM

"Jon Dood" <dzuto_hitori@desu.ka> wrote

Mel's (Richard's) picture has been posted... he's like the body of John
Goodman with the persona of Rosanne Barr.
.

User: "Yuk"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	26 Jan 2005 11:59:57 PM

In article <9lVJd.3581$ZD1.2228@twister.nyroc.rr.com>
"Douglas D. Anderson" <dda@rr.rochester.com> wrote:

"Jon Dood" <dzuto_hitori@desu.ka> wrote

Mel's (Richard's) picture has been posted... he's like the body of John
Goodman with the persona of Rosanne Barr.

Yawn.
.

User: "=?UTF-8?B?TcOQ?="
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 02:59:55 AM

Jon Dood wrote:

Mel, Mel, Mel... ^_^
Such a fine specimen of cro-magnon.
Wherever I see your filthy name, there's sure to be a post with some cuss
words in it, isn't there?

I wonder if face-to-face you're as "bad-*****" as you make yourself believe.
There's a phrase about dogs that bark, you know? They don't bite.

Little sissy-boy, do yourself a favor and be true to your nature: quit
playing hard-***** and start talking like a human being, or else one of these
days someone will get hold of you (your location is easily discernable to
any capable computer user, mind you) and you'll find yourself begging for
mercy like the true little stinker that you are, that is - if you even get
the chance to. If you see them coming.

Watch your language, boy.
Or start watching your back.

oh great.. yet another one that's gonna be chopped into pea-sized
cubes, shoveled into a Hefty Lawn bag, tied to a concrete block and
tossed into the Atlantic.
.

User: "Yuk"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 03:45:48 AM

In article <LOYJd.134192$f47.23714@news.easynews.com>
=?UTF-8?B?TcOQ?= <mÃÐMÁ×¹@ÅsSrEmOvEr.çøm> wrote:

Jon Dood wrote:

Mel, Mel, Mel... ^_^
Such a fine specimen of cro-magnon.
Wherever I see your filthy name, there's sure to be a post with some cuss
words in it, isn't there?

I wonder if face-to-face you're as "bad-*****" as you make yourself believe.
There's a phrase about dogs that bark, you know? They don't bite.

Little sissy-boy, do yourself a favor and be true to your nature: quit
playing hard-***** and start talking like a human being, or else one of these
days someone will get hold of you (your location is easily discernable to
any capable computer user, mind you) and you'll find yourself begging for
mercy like the true little stinker that you are, that is - if you even get
the chance to. If you see them coming.

Watch your language, boy.
Or start watching your back.

oh great.. yet another one that's gonna be chopped into pea-sized
cubes, shoveled into a Hefty Lawn bag, tied to a concrete block and
tossed into the Atlantic.

Yawn.
.

User: "Mel"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 05:01:25 AM

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:14:27 +0200, "Jon Dood" <dzuto_hitori@desu.ka> wrote
in message <41f81642$1@news.012.net.il>:

Mel, Mel, Mel... ^_^
Such a fine specimen of cro-magnon.
Wherever I see your filthy name, there's sure to be a post with some cuss
words in it, isn't there?

do i offend you?

I wonder if face-to-face you're as "bad-*****" as you make yourself believe.
There's a phrase about dogs that bark, you know? They don't bite.

who knows? you'll never find out.

Little sissy-boy, do yourself a favor and be true to your nature: quit
playing hard-***** and start talking like a human being, or else one of these
days someone will get hold of you (your location is easily discernable to
any capable computer user, mind you)

no, it's not.

and you'll find yourself begging for
mercy like the true little stinker that you are, that is - if you even get
the chance to. If you see them coming.

come and get me, ybf.

Watch your language, boy.
Or start watching your back.

you're just yet another moron in a long line of morons who reckon they can
talk dirty to me and think they can raise a sweat on me.
i call every bluff and so far all you morons just go away. i'm frankly
disappointed.
--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfaq.com
http://www.atjfaq.com/
.

User: "Me1"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	27 Jan 2005 06:14:58 AM

"Mel" <mel@atj.fag.com> wrote in message
news:21ggv051eqg9fvi3dqu90siiq4vbjbu7bv@4ax.com...

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:14:27 +0200, "Jon Dood" <dzuto_hitori@desu.ka>
wrote
in message <41f81642$1@news.012.net.il>:

Mel, Mel, Mel... ^_^
Such a fine specimen of cro-magnon.
Wherever I see your filthy name, there's sure to be a post with some cuss
words in it, isn't there?

do i offend you?

I wonder if face-to-face you're as "bad-*****" as you make yourself believe.
There's a phrase about dogs that bark, you know? They don't bite.

who knows? you'll never find out.

Little sissy-boy, do yourself a favor and be true to your nature: quit
playing hard-***** and start talking like a human being, or else one of
these
days someone will get hold of you (your location is easily discernable to
any capable computer user, mind you)

no, it's not.

and you'll find yourself begging for
mercy like the true little stinker that you are, that is - if you even get
the chance to. If you see them coming.

come and get me, ybf.

Watch your language, boy.
Or start watching your back.

more like you run crying to your skanky mommy fag boy.
Reasons it's great to be a guy
* Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. .
* A 5-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
* You don't have to monitor your friends' love lives.
* Your bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
* You can open all your own jars.
* Old friends don't care whether you've lost or gained weight.
* Dry cleaners and haircutters don't rob you blind.
* You don't have to lug a bag of useless stuff around everywhere you go.
* You can go to the bathroom without a support group.
* Your last name stays put. .
* If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your
friend.
* If you're 34 and single, nobody even notices.
* Chocolate is just another snack.
* Flowers fix everything.
* You can wear a white shirt to a water park.
* Three pairs of shoes is more than enough.
* You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever
thinking, "He must be mad at me."
* One mood, all the time.
* You never have to drive on to another gas station because this one's just
too dirty.
* Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.
* Wedding dress: $2,000; tuxedo rental: $75.
* You don't care if someone's talking about you behind your back.
* If you retain water, it's in a canteen.
* The remote control is yours and yours alone. .
* You can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift. .
* Your pals can be trusted to never trap you with, "So... notice anything
different?"

--
smash yer modem, reboot, kill yerself
Mel the Defiler
member, ATJ regs
webmaster of atjfag.com
http://www.atjfag.com/

User: "AlanS"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	04 Feb 2005 02:33:03 PM

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow wrote:

Mel wrote:

i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft Anonymous) for all
those people wanting to kick the Microsoft habit.

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction to
Microsoft software, that Microsoft had made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could
destroy Microsoft.

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to the goal of
bringing Microsoft down.

Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed all our Microsoft
inventory.

Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software we had ever used
(to our shame).

Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this Microsoft
software.

Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and entered in the
commands to uninstall Windows.

Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have ever harmed with
Microsoft software and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers, wherever possible,
except where they were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a
difference anymore.

Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs, cellphones and
other electronic devices for traces of Microsoft software. When we found
them, we erased them.

Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider community of open
source software supporters to continue to upgrade all our software,
seeking only the best for our computers and the processing power to run
it all.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we
told everyone we knew and then kicked back with an enormous fat joint
and blew our minds.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are merely transfering
your addiction to Microsoft to an addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant
view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

Unlike you Richard, this guy is funny.

AlanS

--
I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space,
were it not that I have bad dreams.
- Hamlet, William Shakespeare

--------------------------------------------
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User: "Mos Not@YourHouse"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	04 Feb 2005 03:50:38 PM

"AlanS" <sanderal2NoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.02.04.14.33.01.172000@hotmail.com

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow wrote:

Mel wrote:

i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft
Anonymous) for all those people wanting to kick the
Microsoft habit.

Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our
addiction to Microsoft software, that Microsoft had
made our lives unmanageable.

Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than
ourselves could destroy Microsoft.

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to
the goal of bringing Microsoft down.

Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed
all our Microsoft inventory.

Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software
we had ever used (to our shame).

Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this
Microsoft software.

Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and
entered in the commands to uninstall Windows.

Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have
ever harmed with Microsoft software and became willing
to make amends to them all.

Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers,
wherever possible, except where they were too obsolete
or burnt out for it to make a difference anymore.

Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs,
cellphones and other electronic devices for traces of
Microsoft software. When we found them, we erased them.

Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider
community of open source software supporters to
continue to upgrade all our software, seeking only the
best for our computers and the processing power to run
it all.

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result
of these steps, we told everyone we knew and then
kicked back with an enormous fat joint and blew our
minds.

Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are
merely transfering your addiction to Microsoft to an
addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.

Not a very big switch, really.

Unlike you Richard, this guy is funny.

AlanS

--
I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king
of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
- Hamlet, William Shakespeare

--------------------------------------------
Join the Echelon Civil Disobedience Campaign!
Let's Overload Echelon!
--------------------------------------------
sigint echelon sugar grove virginia superphosphate sabana
seca puerto rico waihopai new zealand comsat intelsat
interception wideband extraction aluminium potassium
sulphate signal analysis filtering data processing
nitroglycerin facsimile analysis nitrogen trichloride
traffic analysis phenol keyword recognition text
retrieval topic analysis ammonium hydroxide continuous
speech recognition distillate diesel naphthalene red
nitric acid ammonium nitrate machine-transcribed
speech http://www.agitprop.org.au/echelon.htm

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You could have snipped and not left all that crap just for a one line
reply.........
.

User: "Liberalsareliars"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	06 Feb 2005 11:38:26 AM

Mos wrote:
|| "AlanS" <sanderal2NoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
|| news:pan.2005.02.04.14.33.01.172000@hotmail.com
||| On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow wrote:
|||| Mel wrote:
||||
||||| i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft
||||| Anonymous) for all those people wanting to kick the
||||| Microsoft habit.
|||||
||||| Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our
||||| addiction to Microsoft software, that Microsoft had
||||| made our lives unmanageable.
|||||
||||| Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than
||||| ourselves could destroy Microsoft.
|||||
||||| Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to
||||| the goal of bringing Microsoft down.
|||||
||||| Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed
||||| all our Microsoft inventory.
|||||
||||| Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft software
||||| we had ever used (to our shame).
|||||
||||| Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all this
||||| Microsoft software.
|||||
||||| Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us and
||||| entered in the commands to uninstall Windows.
|||||
||||| Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have
||||| ever harmed with Microsoft software and became willing
||||| to make amends to them all.
|||||
||||| Step 9: We made direct amends to all these computers,
||||| wherever possible, except where they were too obsolete
||||| or burnt out for it to make a difference anymore.
|||||
||||| Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers, PDAs,
||||| cellphones and other electronic devices for traces of
||||| Microsoft software. When we found them, we erased them.
|||||
||||| Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the wider
||||| community of open source software supporters to
||||| continue to upgrade all our software, seeking only the
||||| best for our computers and the processing power to run
||||| it all.
|||||
||||| Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result
||||| of these steps, we told everyone we knew and then
||||| kicked back with an enormous fat joint and blew our
||||| minds.
||||
|||| Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are
|||| merely transfering your addiction to Microsoft to an
|||| addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.
||||
|||| Not a very big switch, really.
|||
||| Unlike you Richard, this guy is funny.
|||
||| AlanS
|||
||| --
||| I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king
||| of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
||| - Hamlet, William Shakespeare
|||
||| --------------------------------------------
||| Join the Echelon Civil Disobedience Campaign!
||| Let's Overload Echelon!
||| --------------------------------------------
||| sigint echelon sugar grove virginia superphosphate sabana
||| seca puerto rico waihopai new zealand comsat intelsat
||| interception wideband extraction aluminium potassium
||| sulphate signal analysis filtering data processing
||| nitroglycerin facsimile analysis nitrogen trichloride
||| traffic analysis phenol keyword recognition text
||| retrieval topic analysis ammonium hydroxide continuous
||| speech recognition distillate diesel naphthalene red
||| nitric acid ammonium nitrate machine-transcribed
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|| You could have snipped and not left all that crap just for a one line
|| reply.........
You a net cop?
.

User: "Mos Not@YourHouse"
Title: Re: Microsoft Anonymous (MA)	06 Feb 2005 02:32:57 PM

"Liberalsareliars"
<l$#"''.,?,.,,XXX=@liberalzarelwankers.com> wrote in
message news:SknNd.10861$L_3.9831@clgrps13

Mos wrote:
|| "AlanS" <sanderal2NoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
|| news:pan.2005.02.04.14.33.01.172000@hotmail.com
||| On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:10:21 -0800, Gregory Gadow
||| wrote: |||| Mel wrote:
||||
||||| i'm thinking maybe someone will start MA (Microsoft
||||| Anonymous) for all those people wanting to kick the
||||| Microsoft habit.
|||||
||||| Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our
||||| addiction to Microsoft software, that Microsoft had
||||| made our lives unmanageable.
|||||
||||| Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than
||||| ourselves could destroy Microsoft.
|||||
||||| Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives over to
||||| the goal of bringing Microsoft down.
|||||
||||| Step 4: We were searching and fearless. We destroyed
||||| all our Microsoft inventory.
|||||
||||| Step 5: We disclosed to all, all the Microsoft
||||| software we had ever used (to our shame).
|||||
||||| Step 6: We became entirely ready to uninstall all
||||| this Microsoft software.
|||||
||||| Step 7: We humbly asked our computers to forgive us
||||| and entered in the commands to uninstall Windows.
|||||
||||| Step 8: We made a list of all the computers we have
||||| ever harmed with Microsoft software and became
||||| willing to make amends to them all.
|||||
||||| Step 9: We made direct amends to all these
||||| computers, wherever possible, except where they
||||| were too obsolete or burnt out for it to make a
||||| difference anymore. |||||
||||| Step 10: We continued to scour all our computers,
||||| PDAs, cellphones and other electronic devices for
||||| traces of Microsoft software. When we found them,
||||| we erased them. |||||
||||| Step 11: We sought through the Internet and the
||||| wider community of open source software supporters
||||| to continue to upgrade all our software, seeking
||||| only the best for our computers and the processing
||||| power to run it all.
|||||
||||| Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a
||||| result of these steps, we told everyone we knew and
||||| then kicked back with an enormous fat joint and
||||| blew our minds.
||||
|||| Posting from alt.atheism, it seems to me that you are
|||| merely transfering your addiction to Microsoft to an
|||| addiction on a dysfunctional, Protestant view of God.
||||
|||| Not a very big switch, really.
|||
||| Unlike you Richard, this guy is funny.
|||
||| AlanS
|||
||| --
||| I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a
||| king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad
||| dreams. - Hamlet, William Shakespeare
|||
||| --------------------------------------------
||| Join the Echelon Civil Disobedience Campaign!
||| Let's Overload Echelon!
||| --------------------------------------------
||| sigint echelon sugar grove virginia superphosphate
||| sabana seca puerto rico waihopai new zealand comsat
||| intelsat interception wideband extraction aluminium
||| potassium sulphate signal analysis filtering data
||| processing nitroglycerin facsimile analysis nitrogen
||| trichloride traffic analysis phenol keyword
||| recognition text retrieval topic analysis ammonium
||| hydroxide continuous speech recognition distillate
||| diesel naphthalene red nitric acid ammonium nitrate
||| machine-transcribed ||| speech http://www.agitprop.org.au/echelon.htm
|||
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