[Rhodes22-list] Politics, kinda sorta

[Ronald Lipton]

Gee, I thought it was about travel, not politics.

Ron
On Dec 21, 2004, at 11:43 PM, Michael Meltzer wrote:

> was not worth yelling about, mostly main sail batten, but I am 
> watching -mjm
>
> brad haslett wrote:
>
>> We're back on politics?  I thought MJM put the brakes
>> on that until after New Years.  Anyway, while all you
>> kids think Rudolph and the Elves union is busy
>> delivering toys, us "freight dogs" are busting our
>> arses de-icing every takeoff, working fourteen hour
>> duty days, surfing the net on dial-up in hotel rooms,
>> and eating mysterious dead farm animals labeled
>> catering. Booh, hoo, hoo!  Here's a shot at Gates,
>> poor bastard.  Hope you enjoy roasting chestnuts by
>> the fire, like you've ever eaten a chesnut in your
>> life.  I'll be in a hotel in Jacksonville, FL (traded
>> the Manchester, NH trip so my appendages can come out
>> of hiding) on Christmas day.   The highs are supposed
>> to be in the 60's on New Years in middle TN.  I may
>> just have to start 2005 with a sail on the "CoraShen"
>> day one. Merry Christmas ya'll! Brad
>>
>> ..............................................
>>
>> New Microsoft Patch Blocks Firefox Downloads
>> by Scott Ott
>>
>> (2004-12-19) -- Microsoft Corp. today released a new
>> security patch for its Internet Explorer (IE) web
>> browser which prevents users from accidentally or
>> intentionally downloading the new free, open-source
>> Firefox browser from The Mozilla Foundation.
>>
>> "Firefox is a dangerous and contagious browser that
>> could seriously jeopardize marketshare," said an
>> unnamed Microsoft spokesman. "Unless consumers take
>> action to block Firefox, it could speed up web surfing
>> and return control of user computers to the users
>> themselves."
>>
>> The source added that Internet Explorer is a superior
>> product because it allows computer experts, called
>> 'hackers', to control your computer.
>>
>> "Who would you rather have in control of your PC?" the
>> Microsoft spokesman asked rhetorically, "Do you want
>> an expert who knows every line of the IE code, or some
>> bozo like you who just walks into Circuit City and
>> buys the cheapest PC off the shelf?"
>> Although Microsoft recommends that IE users download
>> the anti-Firefox patch immediately, users who fail to
>> do so will get it anyway within two weeks through
>> Windows automatic updates.
>>
>> Asked whether Mozilla's free email program,
>> Thunderbird, could also pose a threat to Microsoft's
>> Outlook, the spokesman said, "There is no competition
>> for Outlook. We have not heard of Thunderbird, and we
>> are not now preparing a patch to block it, which will
>> be released in January."
>>
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