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Re: Free aquarium screensaver?
de anti-net.nanny 04/09/2006 07:46
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:41:00 -0700 John Corliss
<jcorliss@fake.invalid> issued another diktat:
>Maynard Man wrote:
>> "John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:123gbqur2u76j8b@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>> http://www.timfanelli.com/images/no_idea.jpg
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>> The reason you have no idea is because you seem very tunnel visioned John.
>
>No, I don't have any idea what you're talking about because your
>sentences made no sense.
Maybe you have a problem with vision.
>> I can't see the point of jumping down peoples throats because they (maybe
>> niavely) mention payware.
>
>I've already apologized to Gimpy for coming on too strong. If that's not
>good enough for you, that's simply too bad.
All you have to do now is apologise to all the others who have found
themselves at the receiving end of your self-appointed net fascism.
>> They have not been rude, abusive or used foul
>> language. Freeware can only take you so far and do a fair job doing so, but
>> there are often times when there isn't an instant fix with freeware. It's
>> almost impossible to run a reliable system on freeware alone anyway. I agree
>> that a screensaver probably wasn't the right time to mention payware, but I
>> disagree that you needed to lecture him pubicly. I just don't see the point
>> of arguing over trivial matters.
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>This group is supposed to be for the discussion of freeware. It amazes
>me that you don't seem to understand that simple and fundamental point.
>If the group gets any more cluttered up with off topic mentions of
>non-freeware, it will lose it's effectiveness.
And what you don't seem to understand is that many people who are
looking around for a piece of software which does X, may be pleased to
get advice of what is available regardless of whether it's free. It
may be that the the free s/w available which does X has already been
found by others to be less than good. Pointing out that a pay program
available is highly regarded is being helpful, not off topic. To
ignore pay s/w in providing help when appropriate is dumb.
As the OP says you suffer from tunnel vision.
>You can continue posting to this thread and have the last word, but it
>won't matter to me because I'm not going to be reading your posts.
>
>End of discussion.
Pathetic.