hardware array turned second hand smoke...the story?
Mark
mark@microsolve.co.uk
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:11:53 -0000
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It started out on topic (: Oops.
Partnership for a Drug Free America is sponsored by tabacco. Seems the
don't like the competition. I remember years ago they were claiming that
there were 20 million daily cocaine users in the US, when infact it was more
like 2 million. When questioned about the error, the responded that the
message was more important than the actual facts. Sums up the entire
anti-drug attitude to me.
What this has to do with Linux, I am not sure. Then again, I did catch my
computer smoking reefer the other day (:
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Vaughn Treude [mailto:vaughn@nakota-software.com]
Sent: 12 February 2001 03:42
To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: hardware array turned second hand smoke...the story?
Hello all:
I was groaning every time I saw this thread. Not that I'm a smoker
(except for the occasional cigar) but how off topic can you get? But I
definitely appreciated Brian's take on this! :-)
P. S. At the risk of being a hypocrite, I'll include just this one more
off-topic tidbit. (Sorry, can't help myself!) If you can find it (the
liberal commie media has tended to ignore it), I highly recommend the book
"For Your Own Good- The Tyranny of Public Health", by Jacob Sullum. Sullum
is himself a non-smoker, but like me he's a little worried about where all
this "health nazi" stuff is leading . . .
One interesting note from the book: did you know that the tobacco companies
were big contributors to the "Drug Free America" campaign? Kind of got
burned by their own fire, didn't they?
Vaughn Treude
A.K.A. "Crazy anarcho-capitalist fanatic"
Brian Cluff wrote:
Lemme guess how this applies to this list...........
People will roll their own cigarettes and give them out to people for free.
Then some else will come along and see that these hand rolled cigarettes
aren't rolled quite right, so they will give the origional guy a tip so that
he can start rolling better cigarettes.
After sevral people give them suggestions they are now rolling a better more
stable cigarette that everyone is enjoying more and they tend not to fall
apart as much as some other guys cigarrettes, who will remain name less...
we'll just refer to him as MS. He won't listen to anyone and thinks he
rolls the best ones around, even though they tend to fall apart when you
want them the most.
Even though MS can't seem to roll his correctly at all he goes around
and buys up all the good tobacco in town so that everyone else can't have it
and either throws it away, or blends it wil his own discusting mix....
Am I close?
Brian Cluff
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=745441110-13022001>It
started out on topic (: Oops.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=745441110-13022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=745441110-13022001>Partnership for a Drug Free America is sponsored by
tabacco. Seems the don't like the competition. I remember years ago
they were claiming that there were 20 million daily cocaine users in the US,
when infact it was more like 2 million. When questioned about the
error, the responded that the message was more important than the actual
facts. Sums up the entire anti-drug attitude to me. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=745441110-13022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=745441110-13022001>What
this has to do with Linux, I am not sure. Then again, I did catch my
computer smoking reefer the other day (:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=745441110-13022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=745441110-13022001>Mark</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Vaughn Treude
[mailto:vaughn@nakota-software.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 12 February 2001
03:42<BR><B>To:</B> plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: hardware array turned second hand smoke...the
story?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Hello all: <BR> I was groaning
every time I saw this thread. Not that I'm a smoker (except for the
occasional cigar) but how off topic can you get? But I
definitely appreciated Brian's take on this! :-)
<P>P. S. At the risk of being a hypocrite, I'll include just this one
more off-topic tidbit. (Sorry, can't help myself!) If you can find
it (the liberal commie media has tended to ignore it), I highly recommend the
book "For Your Own Good- The Tyranny of Public Health", by Jacob Sullum.
Sullum is himself a non-smoker, but like me he's a little worried about where
all this "health nazi" stuff is leading . . . <BR>One interesting note from
the book: did you know that the tobacco companies were big contributors
to the "Drug Free America" campaign? Kind of got burned by their own
fire, didn't they?
<P>Vaughn Treude <BR>A.K.A. "Crazy anarcho-capitalist fanatic"
<P>Brian Cluff wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE">Lemme guess how this applies to this list...........
<P>People will roll their own cigarettes and give them out to people for
free. <BR>Then some else will come along and see that these hand rolled
cigarettes <BR>aren't rolled quite right, so they will give the origional
guy a tip so that <BR>he can start rolling better cigarettes. <BR>After
sevral people give them suggestions they are now rolling a better more
<BR>stable cigarette that everyone is enjoying more and they tend not to
fall <BR>apart as much as some other guys cigarrettes, who will remain name
less... <BR>we'll just refer to him as MS. He won't listen to anyone
and thinks he <BR>rolls the best ones around, even though they tend to fall
apart when you <BR>want them the most. <BR> Even though MS
can't seem to roll his correctly at all he goes around <BR>and buys up all
the good tobacco in town so that everyone else can't have it <BR>and either
throws it away, or blends it wil his own discusting mix....
<P>Am I close?
<P>Brian Cluff</P></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE>--
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