[OS X TeX] Re: Worrying about MS (was Keeping this list healthy)

B. Ludvigsen b at hiof.no
Sat Dec 2 21:11:10 CET 2006 

(It being Saturday evening, I am assuming we are allowed some levity
for entertainment. :-)

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 02:26:12PM -0500, Victor Ivrii wrote:
> On 12/2/06, B. Ludvigsen <b at hiof.no> wrote:
> >I have used this standard reply for the last 10 years. It is sent
> >automatically to anyone I know to be under the age of seventy,
> 
> It is called "Age discrimination". So in addition to the whitelist and
> blacklist you have a graylist of people who you know are under 70. I
> understand that you update such list daily

Being above 60 myself surely allows me to discriminate by age both up
and down! :-) 

> >including the administration of my university.
> 
> Administration should be considered as protected species and exempted.
> Administration of my University has documents typed in M$W, printed,
> signed, scanned without OCR into PDF and then sent to faculties :-(

Ours does this too. It's almost approaching a formula for computing
what levels and extent of useless inefficiency administrations will
go to to justify their existence.

> Finally, is your message sent as ASCII, or ... as M$W Attachment? :-)

If anyone would like to contribute a script to add to my .procmailrc,
I would be very grateful.

- Børre

> >
> >- Børre
> >
> >
> >  You have sent me a text file as a     Du har sendt meg et tekstdokument
> >  Microsoft Word attachment which I     som et MicroSoft Word vedlegg som
> >  have deleted. Because my mail is      jeg har fjernet. Fordi min epost
> >  read from a variety of machines       leses på en rekke maskiner både
> >  both while travelling and at          under reiser og fra forskjellige
> >  various places of work, I do not      arbeidssteder, har jeg ikke
> >  always have access to MS Word, nor    alltid tilgang til MS Word. Jeg
> >  do I use MS Word on a daily basis     bruker heller ikke MS Word daglig
> >  and the version of MS Word I do       og den versjonen jeg har er
> >  have is probably hopelessly out of    sansynligvis vesentlig eldre og
> >  date and incompatible with your       ukompatibel med det dokumentet du
> >  document anyway. By attaching a       har sendt. Ved å vedlegge et
> >  message that could have been          dokument som ganske enkelt kunne
> >  inserted into your mail as plain      ha vært lagt direkte inn i din
> >  text using simple cut-and-paste,      epost som alminnelig tekst med
> >  you are forcing me to save, decode    vanlig klipp-og-lim teknikk, må
> >  and move your message to a            dokumentet lagres, konverteres og
> >  different machine which is a          flyttes til en annen maskin. En
> >  labourious and time-consuming         noe komplisert og tidkrevende
> >  procedure. It also forces me          prosess. Det utsetter også den
> >  involuntarily to expose the other     andre maskinen ufrivillig for
> >  machine to potential viruses both     muligheten av såvel binære som
> >  binary and macro, which is            makro-viruser som kan ligge i
> >  unecessary and inconsiderate. If      dokumentet. Noe som er både
> >  you feel that your document has       unødvendig og lite hensynsfullt.
> >  formatting which is essential for     Hvis du mener at ditt dokument
> >  my understanding kindly save it as    har spesiell formatering som er
> >  html or RTF before sending.           viktig for min forståelse av
> >  Otherwise, plain text is also an      innholdet, vennligst send det i
> >  open and free standard potentially    html eller RTF format. Ellers er
> >  rich in both grammar and syntax.      også vanlig tekst en åpen og
> >                                        gratis standard med en potensiell
> >  Do not construe this notice as an     rik og uttrykksfull grammatikk og
> >  unwillingness to read your message    syntaks.
> >  on my part. Its is an expression
> >  of solidarity with other users who    Ikke tolk denne notisen som
> >  don't know what to do with            uvilje fra min side til å lese
> >  attachments and are too               din melding. Dette er et uttrykk
> >  embarrassed to say so. A protest      for solidaritet med andre brukere
> >  against a monopolizing industry       som ikke vet hva de skal gjøre
> >  that is trying to brow-beat us        med vedlegg til epost og ikke tør
> >  into submission to proprietory        si det. Det er en protest mot en
> >  standards, user-unfriendliness,       monopoliserende industri som
> >  arrogance of power and greedy         mobber oss til underkastelse for
> >  pricing. And an effort on my part     proprietære standarder,
> >  to spend less time moving files       bruker-uvennlighet,
> >  and more time doing something         makt-arroganse og grådighet. Det
> >  useful.                               er også et forsøk fra min side å
> >                                        bruke mindre tid på å flytte
> >  I apologize if this is an             filer og mer til noe nyttig.
> >  inconvenience to you, but unless
> >  you feel that your message is         Jeg beklager hvis dette er til
> >  important enough to convey in a       bry for deg, men dersom du
> >  simpler and more readable fashion     ikke føler at meldingen er viktig
> >  it must be considered unread.         nok til å formidle på en enklere
> >                                        og mer leselig måte, må den
> >                                        regnes som ulest.
> >
> >  - Børre Ludvigsen <borrel at hiof.no>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 10:37:39AM -0500, Fernando Pereira wrote:
> >>
> >> On Dec 2, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
> >>
> >> >Time to set your filter to junk any file with "Keeping this list
> >> >healthy" in the subject.
> >>
> >> Well, there's also the issue of thread hijacking :) This thread went
> >> so long because it started to be used for that hardy perennial among
> >> free software users, worrying about MS.
> >>
> >> -- F
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