"In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of this 
century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new 
mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending 2010. 
This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just launched a 
mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure and wild 
speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. "

<http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-tech-pundits-perplexed/> 

In article <ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net>,
 "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:

> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of this 
> century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new 
> mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending 2010. 
> This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just launched a 
> mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure and wild 
> speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. "
> 
> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-te
> ch-pundits-perplexed/> 

"Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I 
intend to write in� January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the 
success of WP7� and a response to all the naysayers and doom and gloom 
specialists. The numbers are contingent on the OS being released in 
October;� a November release will halve that number.� With everyone 
jumping into the forecasting bandwagon, I decided join the fray. I ask 
our readers to� give their� WP7 sales projections for the end of 2010, 
one for an October release and one for November. We will then revisit 
the numbers in January and see who got the closest!"

-- 
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"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone 
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'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' -- 
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the 
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM) 
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included 
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun) 

"Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote in message 
news:ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net...
> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of this 
> century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new 
> mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending 
> 2010. This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just 
> launched a mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure 
> and wild speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 
> 2011. "
>
> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-tech-pundits-perplexed/>

"Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I intend to 
write in  January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the success of WP7 
and a response to all the naysayers and doom and gloom specialists. The 
numbers are contingent on the OS being released in October;  a November 
release will halve that number.  With everyone jumping into the forecasting 
bandwagon, I decided join the fray. I ask our readers to  give their  WP7 
sales projections for the end of 2010, one for an October release and one 
for November. We will then revisit the numbers in January and see who got 
the closest! " 

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message 
news:alangbaker-D4267E.11450609112010@news.shawcable.com...
> In article <ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net>,
> "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:
>
>> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of 
>> this
>> century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new
>> mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending 
>> 2010.
>> This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just launched 
>> a
>> mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure and wild
>> speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. "
>>
>> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-te
>> ch-pundits-perplexed/>
>
> "Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I
> intend to write in January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the
> success of WP7 and a response to all the naysayers and doom and gloom
> specialists. The numbers are contingent on the OS being released in
> October; a November release will halve that number. With everyone
> jumping into the forecasting bandwagon, I decided join the fray. I ask
> our readers to give their WP7 sales projections for the end of 2010,
> one for an October release and one for November. We will then revisit
> the numbers in January and see who got the closest!"

Polly want a cracker? 

In article <ibc8jh$521$1@news.albasani.net>,
 "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message 
> news:alangbaker-D4267E.11450609112010@news.shawcable.com...
> > In article <ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net>,
> > "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:
> >
> >> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of 
> >> this
> >> century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new
> >> mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending 
> >> 2010.
> >> This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just launched 
> >> a
> >> mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure and wild
> >> speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. "
> >>
> >> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and
> >> -te
> >> ch-pundits-perplexed/>
> >
> > "Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I
> > intend to write in January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the
> > success of WP7 and a response to all the naysayers and doom and gloom
> > specialists. The numbers are contingent on the OS being released in
> > October; a November release will halve that number. With everyone
> > jumping into the forecasting bandwagon, I decided join the fray. I ask
> > our readers to give their WP7 sales projections for the end of 2010,
> > one for an October release and one for November. We will then revisit
> > the numbers in January and see who got the closest!"
> 
> Polly want a cracker? 

LOL

What? All of a sudden you don't want cherry-picking to be exposed?

-- 
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" -- 
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone 
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X) 
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' -- 
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the 
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM) 
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included 
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun) 

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message 
news:alangbaker-3D3C10.12062809112010@news.shawcable.com...
> In article <ibc8jh$521$1@news.albasani.net>,
> "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:
>
>> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message
>> news:alangbaker-D4267E.11450609112010@news.shawcable.com...
>> > In article <ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net>,
>> > "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of
>> >> this
>> >> century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new
>> >> mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending
>> >> 2010.
>> >> This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just 
>> >> launched
>> >> a
>> >> mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure and 
>> >> wild
>> >> speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. 
>> >> "
>> >>
>> >> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and
>> >> -te
>> >> ch-pundits-perplexed/>
>> >
>> > "Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I
>> > intend to write in January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the
>> > success of WP7 and a response to all the naysayers and doom and gloom
>> > specialists. The numbers are contingent on the OS being released in
>> > October; a November release will halve that number. With everyone
>> > jumping into the forecasting bandwagon, I decided join the fray. I ask
>> > our readers to give their WP7 sales projections for the end of 2010,
>> > one for an October release and one for November. We will then revisit
>> > the numbers in January and see who got the closest!"
>>
>> Polly want a cracker?
>
> LOL
>
> What? All of a sudden you don't want cherry-picking to be exposed?

Sure I want your cherry picking exposed!

LOL 

Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
> In article <ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net>,
>  "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:
>
>> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of
>> this century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of
>> their new mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the
>> year ending 2010.  This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is
>> now known  just launched a mere two months ago in October amid
>> prognostications of failure and wild speculations of Microsoft
>> leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. "
>> 
>> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-tech-pundits-perplexed/> 
>
> "Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I
> intend to write in  January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the
> success of WP7
[snip]

What sort of person writes an article about something that hasn't yet
happened, and may never happen, in a way that suggests this event has
already occurred, then sits back and hopes for his prophesy to become
reality?

Is Microsoft a software company or a religion?

If it's the latter, what specifically are its followers worshipping?

It can't be their buggy; virus-infected software, so one assumes it's
some mysterious ideology they haven't yet clearly articulated.

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"Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote in message 
news:ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net...
> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of this 
> century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new 
> mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending 
> 2010. This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just 
> launched a mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure 
> and wild speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 
> 2011. "
>
> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-tech-pundits-perplexed/>
>
Hi zara 

In article <rk0pq7-cis.ln1@sky.matrix>, Homer <usenet@slated.org> 
wrote:

> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
> > In article <ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net>,
> >  "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:
> >
> >> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of
> >> this century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of
> >> their new mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the
> >> year ending 2010.  This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is
> >> now known  just launched a mere two months ago in October amid
> >> prognostications of failure and wild speculations of Microsoft
> >> leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. "
> >> 
> >> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and
> >> -tech-pundits-perplexed/> 
> >
> > "Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I
> > intend to write in  January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the
> > success of WP7
> [snip]
> 
> What sort of person writes an article about something that hasn't yet
> happened, and may never happen, in a way that suggests this event has
> already occurred, then sits back and hopes for his prophesy to become
> reality?
> 
> Is Microsoft a software company or a religion?
> 
> If it's the latter, what specifically are its followers worshipping?
> 
> It can't be their buggy; virus-infected software, so one assumes it's
> some mysterious ideology they haven't yet clearly articulated.

"About Rush24
Rush24 loves everything Microsoft and is fascinated by the influence of 
technology in everyday life. He is waiting patiently for the next 
generation WP7 and takes every opportunity to tell everyone about it."

Can you say: "fanboi"?

:-)

-- 
"The iPhone doesn't have a speaker phone" -- "I checked very carefully" -- 
"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone 
"It is Mac OS X, not BSD.' -- 'From Mac OS to BSD Unix." -- "It's BSD Unix with Apple's APIs and GUI on top of it' -- 'nothing but BSD Unix' (Edwin on Mac OS X) 
'[The IBM PC] could boot multiple OS, such as DOS, C/PM, GEM, etc.' -- 
'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the 
IBM PC. (Edwin on GEM) 
'Solaris is just a marketing rename of Sun OS.' -- 'Sun OS is not included 
on the timeline of Solaris because it's a different OS.' (Edwin on Sun) 

Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:

>> Is Microsoft a software company or a religion?
[...]
> "About Rush24
> Rush24 loves everything Microsoft and is fascinated by the influence
> of technology in everyday life. He is waiting patiently for the next
> generation WP7 and takes every opportunity to tell everyone about it."
>
> Can you say: "fanboi"?
>
>:-)

I can say it, but I don't understand it.

Neither products nor companies are political or religion ideologies.
What is there, exactly, to be fanatical about?

Where is the cult of Tricity Bendix washing machine followers, and the
tales of their brave battles against the dark forces of Hotpoint?

Unless one actually works for a company, or is trying to sell its
products, I really don't understand why anyone would become fanatical
about it. In fact I've never even been fanatical about companies that I
/did/ work for, much less those I had no connection to.

Now certainly, I can see the case for /criticising/ a company (e.g.
Enron, Haliburton, etc.), when it's engaged in criminal or immoral
activity, but to dedicate oneself to the /promotion/ of a company one
has no vested interest in, simply makes no sense whatsoever.

That's why whenever I see such a thing, I automatically assume the
protagonist is a shill. Unless there's some undisclosed conflict of
interest, I fail to see what else could possibly motivate such people.

The only other possibility I can imagine, is that Microsoft is somehow
representative of something more than just the products it sells. But
this ideology, whatever it is, is one that no Microsoft "fanboi" has
ever articulated. I suspect it may be something to do with far-right
politics, or money, or both. Are Microsoft acolytes merely a gang of
Bill O'Reillys and Gordon Gekkos?

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"Homer" <usenet@slated.org> wrote in message 
news:rk0pq7-cis.ln1@sky.matrix...
> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
>> In article <ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net>,
>>  "Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote:
>>
>>> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of
>>> this century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of
>>> their new mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the
>>> year ending 2010.  This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is
>>> now known  just launched a mere two months ago in October amid
>>> prognostications of failure and wild speculations of Microsoft
>>> leaving the mobile space by the end of 2011. "
>>>
>>> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-tech-pundits-perplexed/>
>>
>> "Disclaimer: The post above consists of the headline and article I
>> intend to write in January 2011. It is based on my prediction of the
>> success of WP7
> [snip]
>
> What sort of person writes an article about something that hasn't yet
> happened, and may never happen, in a way that suggests this event has
> already occurred, then sits back and hopes for his prophesy to become
> reality?
>
> Is Microsoft a software company or a religion?

A religion.  Something like Jobsism or AppleFreakelia.  But not as fucked 
up.


> If it's the latter, what specifically are its followers worshipping?

Windows - much like the worship of Macs, OSX, iPods, iPhones, iPads and all 
things i.



> It can't be their buggy; virus-infected software, so one assumes it's
> some mysterious ideology they haven't yet clearly articulated.

No-No, it is the virus-infecteded software. It induces a feeling of 
euphoria. It makes us feel as one with the other 96%. Something like the 
Borg.

Fucking Freak.

"Homer" <usenet@slated.org> wrote in message 
news:23apq7-02i.ln1@sky.matrix...
> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
>
>>> Is Microsoft a software company or a religion?
> [...]
>> "About Rush24
>> Rush24 loves everything Microsoft and is fascinated by the influence
>> of technology in everyday life. He is waiting patiently for the next
>> generation WP7 and takes every opportunity to tell everyone about it."
>>
>> Can you say: "fanboi"?
>>
>>:-)
>
> I can say it, but I don't understand it.
>
> Neither products nor companies are political or religion ideologies.
> What is there, exactly, to be fanatical about?
>
> Where is the cult of Tricity Bendix washing machine followers, and the
> tales of their brave battles against the dark forces of Hotpoint?
>
> Unless one actually works for a company, or is trying to sell its
> products, I really don't understand why anyone would become fanatical
> about it. In fact I've never even been fanatical about companies that I
> /did/ work for, much less those I had no connection to.
>
> Now certainly, I can see the case for /criticising/ a company (e.g.
> Enron, Haliburton, etc.), when it's engaged in criminal or immoral
> activity, but to dedicate oneself to the /promotion/ of a company one
> has no vested interest in, simply makes no sense whatsoever.
>
> That's why whenever I see such a thing, I automatically assume the
> protagonist is a shill. Unless there's some undisclosed conflict of
> interest, I fail to see what else could possibly motivate such people.
>
> The only other possibility I can imagine, is that Microsoft is somehow
> representative of something more than just the products it sells. But
> this ideology, whatever it is, is one that no Microsoft "fanboi" has
> ever articulated. I suspect it may be something to do with far-right
> politics, or money, or both. Are Microsoft acolytes merely a gang of
> Bill O'Reillys and Gordon Gekkos?


You have found another kindred spirit!!!  How fortunate for the both of you. 
Maybe you should get a room.

Fucking Freaks. 

Mocassin Joe pulled this Usenet face plant:

> "Homer" <usenet@slated.org> wrote in message 
> news:23apq7-02i.ln1@sky.matrix...
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
>>
>>> Can you say: "fanboi"?
>>
>> I can say it, but I don't understand it.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> That's why whenever I see such a thing, I automatically assume the
>> protagonist is a shill. Unless there's some undisclosed conflict of
>> interest, I fail to see what else could possibly motivate such people.
>
> You have found another kindred spirit!!!  How fortunate for the both of you. 
> Maybe you should get a room.
>
> Fucking Freaks. 

Can you say "shill"?

(I wouldn't walk a *millimeter* in *his* moccasins!)

-- 
If people see that you mean them no harm, they'll never hurt you, nine
times out of ten!

Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
> Mocassin Joe pulled this Usenet face plant:
>> "Homer" <usenet@slated.org> wrote in message 
>> news:23apq7-02i.ln1@sky.matrix...
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> Can you say: "fanboi"?
>>>
>>> I can say it, but I don't understand it.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> That's why whenever I see such a thing, I automatically assume the
>>> protagonist is a shill. Unless there's some undisclosed conflict of
>>> interest, I fail to see what else could possibly motivate such
>>> people.
>>
>> You have found another kindred spirit!!!  How fortunate for the both of you. 
>> Maybe you should get a room.
>>
>> Fucking Freaks. 
>
> Can you say "shill"?

Yes, I can say "bigot" too. Lashing out without even attempting to
counter an argument is fairly indicative of bigotry.

> (I wouldn't walk a *millimeter* in *his* moccasins!)

He should be wearing Wellington boots, with all the astroturfing he
does.

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In article <23apq7-02i.ln1@sky.matrix>, Homer <usenet@slated.org> 
wrote:

> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
> 
> >> Is Microsoft a software company or a religion?
> [...]
> > "About Rush24
> > Rush24 loves everything Microsoft and is fascinated by the influence
> > of technology in everyday life. He is waiting patiently for the next
> > generation WP7 and takes every opportunity to tell everyone about it."
> >
> > Can you say: "fanboi"?
> >
> >:-)
> 
> I can say it, but I don't understand it.
> 
> Neither products nor companies are political or religion ideologies.
> What is there, exactly, to be fanatical about?
> 
> Where is the cult of Tricity Bendix washing machine followers, and the
> tales of their brave battles against the dark forces of Hotpoint?

Strip away the terminology that you're using to frame this practice as 
unreasonable ("fanatic", "cult"), and what you're left with is a 
question like "Why should people care intensely about the design of the 
tools they use for dozens of hours a week?"

Which doesn't really require an answer. In fact, it makes quite a bit 
more sense to care about that than to care about old books full of 
unlikely stories (i.e. religion) or, for instance, professional sports.

[snip]

-- 
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anyone who is entirely exempt from the gambling instinct; whilst he who has it
must pay to this propensity the appropriate toll." -- John Maynard Keynes

"Homer" <usenet@slated.org> wrote in message 
news:23apq7-02i.ln1@sky.matrix...
> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
>
>>> Is Microsoft a software company or a religion?
> [...]
>> "About Rush24
>> Rush24 loves everything Microsoft and is fascinated by the influence
>> of technology in everyday life. He is waiting patiently for the next
>> generation WP7 and takes every opportunity to tell everyone about it."
>>
>> Can you say: "fanboi"?
>>
>>:-)
>
> I can say it, but I don't understand it.

Try to figure out why you're excluding the Apple fan boys from your musings 
while you're at it.

> Neither products nor companies are political or religion ideologies.
> What is there, exactly, to be fanatical about?

Yes, why the Apple fan boys so fanatical about Apple?   Especially when 
they're cheering Apple's profits and margins in spite of the cost to those 
who buy them.

> Where is the cult of Tricity Bendix washing machine followers, and the
> tales of their brave battles against the dark forces of Hotpoint?

You forgot to ask why there's an Apple cult.

> Unless one actually works for a company, or is trying to sell its
> products, I really don't understand why anyone would become fanatical
> about it. In fact I've never even been fanatical about companies that I
> /did/ work for, much less those I had no connection to.

So you're saying all these Apple fan boys are Apple employees?

> Now certainly, I can see the case for /criticising/ a company (e.g.
> Enron, Haliburton, etc.), when it's engaged in criminal or immoral
> activity, but to dedicate oneself to the /promotion/ of a company one
> has no vested interest in, simply makes no sense whatsoever.

So all of these Apple fan boys have a vested interest in Apple?

> That's why whenever I see such a thing, I automatically assume the
> protagonist is a shill. Unless there's some undisclosed conflict of
> interest, I fail to see what else could possibly motivate such people.
>
> The only other possibility I can imagine, is that Microsoft is somehow
> representative of something more than just the products it sells. But
> this ideology, whatever it is, is one that no Microsoft "fanboi" has
> ever articulated. I suspect it may be something to do with far-right
> politics, or money, or both. Are Microsoft acolytes merely a gang of
> Bill O'Reillys and Gordon Gekkos?

What are the possibilities you imagine for Apple fan boys? 

"Homer"  wrote in message news:5hjqq7-tub.ln1@sky.matrix...

Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
> Mocassin Joe pulled this Usenet face plant:
>> "Homer" <usenet@slated.org> wrote in message
>> news:23apq7-02i.ln1@sky.matrix...
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Alan Baker spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> Can you say: "fanboi"?
>>>
>>> I can say it, but I don't understand it.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> That's why whenever I see such a thing, I automatically assume the
>>> protagonist is a shill. Unless there's some undisclosed conflict of
>>> interest, I fail to see what else could possibly motivate such
>>> people.
>>
>> You have found another kindred spirit!!!  How fortunate for the both of 
>> you.
>> Maybe you should get a room.
>>
>> Fucking Freaks.
>
> Can you say "shill"?

Yes, I can say "bigot" too. Lashing out without even attempting to
counter an argument is fairly indicative of bigotry.

> (I wouldn't walk a *millimeter* in *his* moccasins!)

He should be wearing Wellington boots, with all the astroturfing he
does.

I'd rather be standing in your pencil neck with hob nail boots.

Verily I say unto thee, that Mocassin Joe spake thusly:
>
> Yes, I can say "bigot" too.

So not only are you apparently unable to counter arguments, but you
can't even devise your own insults.

I've clearly and extensively justified my reasons for supporting my
principles over the years, so there can be no question of my ideals
being founded upon any kind of bigotry. However /you/ OTOH have yet
to explain what /your/ motives are. So which is it, shill or bigot?

Perhaps you should consider a new hobby, unless you really derive a
twisted pleasure from being a human piñata.

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"Homer"  wrote in message news:n80rq7-a9a.ln1@sky.matrix...

Verily I say unto thee, that Mocassin Joe spake thusly:
>
> Yes, I can say "bigot" too.

So not only are you apparently unable to counter arguments, but you
can't even devise your own insults.

I've clearly and extensively justified my reasons for supporting my
principles over the years, so there can be no question of my ideals
being founded upon any kind of bigotry. However /you/ OTOH have yet
to explain what /your/ motives are. So which is it, shill or bigot?

Perhaps you should consider a new hobby, unless you really derive a
twisted pleasure from being a human piñata.


You seem to have posters confused, Pencil Neck.

FYI: I'm neither a shill nor a bigot.  I'm a troll.  And you are amusing 
entertainment.

Fucking Freak - rephrase - Fucking pencil necked Freak. 

On 11/10/10 2:22 PM, Mocassin Joe wrote:

> You seem to have posters confused, Pencil Neck.
>
> For your information, I'm neither a shill nor a bigot. I'm a troll. And you are amusing
> entertainment.
>
> Fucking freak. Rephrase, fucking pencil necked freak.

Correction, you are a shill, troll, and a fucking pencil necked freak, zara.

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.]
Mocassin Joe pulled this Usenet face plant:

> I'd rather be standing in your pencil neck with hob nail boots.

Go for it, Big Boy.

-- 
How doth the little crocodile
	Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
	On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
	How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
	With gently smiling jaws!
		-- Lewis Carrol, "Alice in Wonderland"

"Clavicus Vile" <clavicus.vile@oblivion.org> wrote in message 
news:ibc7uv$41k$1@news.albasani.net...
> "In what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest comebacks of this 
> century, Microsoft just released the latest sales figures of their new 
> mobile OS touting 5 million devices sold worldwide for the year ending 
> 2010. This comes as a surprise to many as WP7 as it is now known  just 
> launched a mere two months ago in October amid prognostications of failure 
> and wild speculations of Microsoft leaving the mobile space by the end of 
> 2011. "
>
> <http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-sales-top-five-million-analysts-and-tech-pundits-perplexed/>
>
Hi zara