Drag and Drop (D&D) is the stupidest thing ever. D&D is all over the
place in Micro$hit Winblows -- and that's where it belongs.
But on GNU/Linux D&D is a tool for idiots. I certainly have never used
it and none of my GUI software supports it. D&D does exist, I assume,
inside those ridiculous "desktop" environments.
Why do extra work?
Drag and Drop (D&D) is the stupidest thing ever. D&D is all
over the place in Micro$hit Winblows -- and that's where it
belongs.
But on GNU/Linux D&D is a tool for idiots. I certainly have
never used it and none of my GUI software supports it. D&D
does exist, I assume, inside those ridiculous "desktop" environments.
Do you need to copy/move files? Just open a file manager
with a split pane that allows directory contents to be listed
side-by-side. Then woosh! A quick keypress and it's done!
What more could one ask for?
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
Now cue some fool who will object with what he believes is
a slick counterexample.
Usually a web site that needs you to upload a file will have a
"Choose File" link, which opens the default file browser
(in my case, Thunar).
Drag and Drop (D&D) is the stupidest thing ever. D&D is allYou literally provide nothing beyond "I don't like it, waaaaah!" as a
over the place in Micro$hit Winblows -- and that's where it
belongs.
But on GNU/Linux D&D is a tool for idiots. I certainly have
never used it and none of my GUI software supports it. D&D
does exist, I assume, inside those ridiculous "desktop" environments.
Do you need to copy/move files? Just open a file manager
with a split pane that allows directory contents to be listed
side-by-side. Then woosh! A quick keypress and it's done!
What more could one ask for?
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
Now cue some fool who will object with what he believes is
a slick counterexample.
You literally provide nothing beyond "I don't like it, waaaaah!" as a
reason why drag and drop is "The Stupidest Thing".
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:40:02 +0000, Lester Thorpe wrote:
Drag and Drop (D&D) is the stupidest thing ever. D&D is all over the
place in Micro$hit Winblows -- and that's where it belongs.
But on GNU/Linux D&D is a tool for idiots. I certainly have never used
it and none of my GUI software supports it. D&D does exist, I assume,
inside those ridiculous "desktop" environments.
Why in the hell would I raise my left hand to use a keyboard command
when I can just use the hand I'm already using the mouse with, my right
hand, to drag and drop or copy and paste to another pane?
That makes no sense. Why do extra work? Do you enjoy extra steps and
making things more difficult just for the sake of it?
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like Blender, without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:02:04 +0000, CtrlAltDel wrote:
Why do extra work?
You are an idiot,
but a fortunate idiot.
Entire commercial industries (e.g. Micro$hit, Apphole) exist to serve you.
Entire FOSS projects (e.g. freedesktop, KDE) exist to smooch your ass.
A dog should have it so good.
Usually a web site that needs you to upload a file will have a
"Choose File" link,
which opens the default file browser (in my case, Thunar).
Or the web site will let you drag and drop from any open
file browser that supports (again, here, Thunar).
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:20:55 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
Usually a web site that needs you to upload a file will have a
"Choose File" link, which opens the default file browser
(in my case, Thunar).
Odd. I've never seen that.
A browswer is based on some GUI toolkit like GTK+ or Qt and
both of these toolkits have file choosers that allow the
user to select files:
Any program, a browser or otherwise, should employ the
file chooser of the underlying toolkit and not invoke
a separate program.
But then I do not use one of those ridiculous things called
a "desktop environment."
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like Blender, without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:54:58 -0700, Alan wrote:
You literally provide nothing beyond "I don't like it, waaaaah!" as a
reason why drag and drop is "The Stupidest Thing".
I really don't have to provide anything "beyond."
The lunacy of "drag and drop" should be innately obvious to any
technically competent person.
On 2025-08-15 01:40, Lester Thorpe wrote:
Drag and Drop (D&D) is the stupidest thing ever. D&D is allYou literally provide nothing beyond "I don't like it, waaaaah!" as a
over the place in Micro$hit Winblows -- and that's where it
belongs.
But on GNU/Linux D&D is a tool for idiots. I certainly have
never used it and none of my GUI software supports it. D&D
does exist, I assume, inside those ridiculous "desktop" environments.
Do you need to copy/move files? Just open a file manager
with a split pane that allows directory contents to be listed
side-by-side. Then woosh! A quick keypress and it's done!
What more could one ask for?
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
Now cue some fool who will object with what he believes is
a slick counterexample.
reason why drag and drop is "The Stupidest Thing".
So, a web browser is good at browsing web. And a file
browser is good a browsing files. Those are two different things.
Lester Thorpe wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
Drag and Drop (D&D) is the stupidest thing ever. D&D is all over the
place in Micro$hit Winblows -- and that's where it belongs.
But on GNU/Linux D&D is a tool for idiots. I certainly have never used
it and none of my GUI software supports it. D&D does exist, I assume,
inside those ridiculous "desktop" environments.
Do you need to copy/move files? Just open a file manager with a split
pane that allows directory contents to be listed side-by-side. Then
woosh! A quick keypress and it's done!
What more could one ask for?
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of the mental
variety.
Now cue some fool who will object with what he believes is a slick
counterexample.
Usually a web site that needs you to upload a file will have a "Choose
File" link, which opens the default file browser (in my case, Thunar).
Or the web site will let you drag and drop from any open file browser
that supports (again, here, Thunar).
Thunar is part of Xfce, but I'm running Fluxbox.
Now Lester, in your reply, don't bust a blood vessel :-D
On 15 Aug 2025 20:03:24 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
So, a web browser is good at browsing web. And a file
browser is good a browsing files. Those are two different things.
Shut up you ignoramus freak.
You are NOT a programmer.
You are NOT a programmer.
You are NOT a programmer.
A GUI program, like a web browser, can only use the GUI API
via the file chooser to allow the user to select a file.
There is no other fucking way.
If the browser calls the "default" (and how is supposed to
know what is "default?") file manager to select a file then
how is the identity of the selected file supposed to be
communicated back to browser? Huh? How?
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!!
On 2025-08-15 13:32, Farley Flud wrote:
On 15 Aug 2025 20:03:24 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
So, a web browser is good at browsing web. And a file
browser is good a browsing files. Those are two different things.
Shut up you ignoramus freak.
You are NOT a programmer.
A GUI program, like a web browser, can only use the GUI API
via the file chooser to allow the user to select a file.
There is no other fucking way.
If the browser calls the "default" (and how is supposed to
know what is "default?")
file manager to select a file then
how is the identity of the selected file supposed to be
communicated back to browser? Huh? How?
Are you a programmer?
And you don't understand that there can be mechanism for applications to
know what the default program is for various functions on the machine?
When you click a "Contact" link on your machine, does it open the email program you prefer?
It certainly does on mine.
You are an idiot, but a fortunate idiot.
Entire commercial industries (e.g. Micro$hit, Apphole) exist to serve
you.
Entire FOSS projects (e.g. freedesktop, KDE) exist to smooch your ass.
A dog should have it so good.
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 20:53, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like
Blender, without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and
nonsense!!!
The same is true for all Libre Office apps, especially for LO Writer
word processor.
I'm going to stop what I'm doing with my mouse and reposition my hands
and type in some fuckstick command instead of just staying with the
mouse I was already using.
You are a relic of the inadequate past. Stay with G[e]ntoo; it suits
you well.
There we go again, the hidebound Dimdows user cannot help but assume
that Linux is just like all those proprietary systems in that the GUI is somehow inextricably tied into the OS or distro, rather than being a separately configurable/replaceable layer.
And Gentoo is among the top of the league of Linux distros in terms of configurability, too.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:25:55 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
There we go again, the hidebound Dimdows user cannot help but assume
that Linux is just like all those proprietary systems in that the GUI
is somehow inextricably tied into the OS or distro, rather than being a
separately configurable/replaceable layer.
And Gentoo is among the top of the league of Linux distros in terms of
configurability, too.
[Ad-hominem smokescreen]
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:24 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
You are an idiot, but a fortunate idiot.
Entire commercial industries (e.g. Micro$hit, Apphole) exist to serve
you.
Entire FOSS projects (e.g. freedesktop, KDE) exist to smooch your ass.
A dog should have it so good.
Mint kisses my ass too. What kind of backward retard taps on an
antiquated keyboard all day when a mouse is so much easier, smoother,
error free, and simple to use.
I'm going to stop what I'm doing with my mouse and reposition my hands and type in some fuckstick command instead of just staying with the mouse I
was already using.
You are a relic of the inadequate past. Stay with Gintoo; it suits you
well.
Le 15-08-2025, CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> a écrit :
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:24 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
You are an idiot, but a fortunate idiot.
Entire commercial industries (e.g. Micro$hit, Apphole) exist to serve
you.
Entire FOSS projects (e.g. freedesktop, KDE) exist to smooch your ass.
A dog should have it so good.
Mint kisses my ass too. What kind of backward retard taps on an
antiquated keyboard all day when a mouse is so much easier, smoother,
error free, and simple to use.
I'm going to stop what I'm doing with my mouse and reposition my hands
and type in some fuckstick command instead of just staying with the
mouse I was already using.
You are a relic of the inadequate past. Stay with Gintoo; it suits you
well.
You mean you are using your mouse to write this message instead of a keyboard?
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:14:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:25:55 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
There we go again, the hidebound Dimdows user cannot help but assume
that Linux is just like all those proprietary systems in that the GUI
is somehow inextricably tied into the OS or distro, rather than being
a separately configurable/replaceable layer.
And Gentoo is among the top of the league of Linux distros in terms of
configurability, too.
[Ad-hominem smokescreen]
Pro Internet tip: trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies is
a tacit way of admitting I’m right.
On 16 Aug 2025 08:01:38 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
You mean you are using your mouse to write this message instead of a
keyboard?
Is typing a command?
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:28:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On 16 Aug 2025 08:01:38 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:What the stupid-fuck does is the following:
You mean you are using your mouse to write this message instead of a
keyboard?
Is typing a command?
1) He clicks on some icon to open a virtual keyboard on his monitor.
2) Then he selects each key he wants to enter, one by one, by moving the mouse pointer over it and clicking.
That is how a "modern" user does it. There's none of that backward, primitive entering-keys-by-using-the-fingers stuff.
file manager to select a file then
how is the identity of the selected file supposed to be
communicated back to browser? Huh? How?
Because a program returns a message, which, by the way, isn't limited to
OK or error number. So providing the right options to the right browser works. That's the Linux way: learn how to use pipes and you'll get a
better understanding of Linux.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 09:02:19 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:28:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On 16 Aug 2025 08:01:38 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
You mean you are using your mouse to write this message instead of a
keyboard?
Is typing a command?
What the stupid-fuck does is the following:
1) He clicks on some icon to open a virtual keyboard on his monitor.
2) Then he selects each key he wants to enter, one by one, by moving the
mouse pointer over it and clicking.
That is how a "modern" user does it. There's none of that backward,
primitive entering-keys-by-using-the-fingers stuff.
Silly Farley. I maintain that it is idiotic to use the keyboard to enter
in a bunch of ridiculous keyboard commands when the mouse is much easier
and more comfortable and takes much less effort.
Seriously, what type of a neanderthal uses the keyboard for a task as
simple as dragging and dropping a few files from one folder to another
other than a Farley? It would take a verified idiot to go to all that trouble.
On 2025-08-15, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> wrote:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 20:53, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like Blender, >>> without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
The same is true for all Libre Office apps, especially for LO Writer
word processor.
Have you tried dragging and dropping into LibreOffice Writer? It works for me. Not that I like drag and drop for documents.
On 2025-08-15, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> wrote:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like Blender,
without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
Of course it's stupid. Consider the source. The killfile is your friend.
W dniu 16.08.2025 o 09:39, RonB pisze:
On 2025-08-15, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> wrote:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like Blender, >>> without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
Of course it's stupid. Consider the source. The killfile is your friend.
Killfile is against freedom of speech. I swear I will never use killfile!!!
On 2025-08-16 7:14 a.m., 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote: Killfile is against freedom of speech.
I swear I will never use killfile!!!
W dniu 16.08.2025 o 09:39, RonB pisze:
On 2025-08-15, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> wrote:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like Blender, >>> without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
Of course it's stupid. Consider the source. The killfile is your friend.
Killfile is against freedom of speech. I swear I will never use killfile!!!
Le 15-08-2025, CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> a écrit :
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:24 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
You are an idiot, but a fortunate idiot.
Entire commercial industries (e.g. Micro$hit, Apphole) exist to serve
you.
Entire FOSS projects (e.g. freedesktop, KDE) exist to smooch your ass.
A dog should have it so good.
Mint kisses my ass too. What kind of backward retard taps on an
antiquated keyboard all day when a mouse is so much easier, smoother,
error free, and simple to use.
I'm going to stop what I'm doing with my mouse and reposition my hands
and type in some fuckstick command instead of just staying with the
mouse I was already using.
You are a relic of the inadequate past. Stay with Gintoo; it suits you
well.
You mean you are using your mouse to write this message instead of a keyboard?
W dniu 16.08.2025 o 09:39, RonB pisze:
On 2025-08-15, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> wrote:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of the
mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like
Blender,
without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
Of course it's stupid. Consider the source. The killfile is your
friend.
Killfile is against freedom of speech. I swear I will never use
killfile!!!
Le 16-08-2025, CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> a écrit :
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 09:02:19 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:28:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On 16 Aug 2025 08:01:38 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
You mean you are using your mouse to write this message instead of a >>>>> keyboard?
Is typing a command?
For me, typing is using my keyboard instead of my mouse. For you, it's a stupid effort. So, I'm asking you if you are using your mouse to write messages on usenet.
What the stupid-fuck does is the following:
1) He clicks on some icon to open a virtual keyboard on his monitor.
2) Then he selects each key he wants to enter, one by one, by moving
the mouse pointer over it and clicking.
That is how a "modern" user does it. There's none of that backward,
primitive entering-keys-by-using-the-fingers stuff.
That's the question I was asking: does it write like that?
Silly Farley. I maintain that it is idiotic to use the keyboard to
enter in a bunch of ridiculous keyboard commands when the mouse is much
easier and more comfortable and takes much less effort.
Yes, and you maintain that a Fedora iso need ext4 to be installed when a
Mint iso doesn't. Your lack of knowledge makes you claim stupid things. That's obvious.
Seriously, what type of a neanderthal uses the keyboard for a task as
simple as dragging and dropping a few files from one folder to another
other than a Farley? It would take a verified idiot to go to all that
trouble.
Once again, you are insulting all the guys who provide you your beloved
Mint. It's not a good way to thank them.
Unlike you, they know how to use a terminal, how to use a keyboard, how
to type commands effortlessly and how to avoid writing twice the same command. Well, they know how to write commands effortlessly.
A lot of efforts have been make in terminals, shells and commands to
help people use more efficiently the keyboard. Of course you can't
understand that. You can only believe your limited knowledge of Linux is
all that matter.
Paul might have said "For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves
are wise." but I'm not a good Christian.
as if it someone makes their teeny-tiny penis larger by having done so,
are you?
On 16 Aug 2025 08:01:38 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
Le 15-08-2025, CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> a écrit :
On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:00:24 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
You are an idiot, but a fortunate idiot.
Entire commercial industries (e.g. Micro$hit, Apphole) exist to serve
you.
Entire FOSS projects (e.g. freedesktop, KDE) exist to smooch your
ass.
A dog should have it so good.
Mint kisses my ass too. What kind of backward retard taps on an
antiquated keyboard all day when a mouse is so much easier, smoother,
error free, and simple to use.
I'm going to stop what I'm doing with my mouse and reposition my hands
and type in some fuckstick command instead of just staying with the
mouse I was already using.
You are a relic of the inadequate past. Stay with Gintoo; it suits
you well.
You mean you are using your mouse to write this message instead of a
keyboard?
Virtual keyboard! You can turn one on in GNOME if you're weird enough.
I think in KDE it has to detect a touchscreen.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 05:40:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:14:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:25:55 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
There we go again, the hidebound Dimdows user cannot help but assume
that Linux is just like all those proprietary systems in that the GUI
is somehow inextricably tied into the OS or distro, rather than being
a separately configurable/replaceable layer.
And Gentoo is among the top of the league of Linux distros in terms
of configurability, too.
[Ad-hominem smokescreen]
Pro Internet tip: trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies
is a tacit way of admitting I’m right.
This is not the Internet, sir; it's called Usenet.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:32:16 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 05:40:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:14:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:25:55 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>>>
There we go again, the hidebound Dimdows user cannot help but assume >>>>> that Linux is just like all those proprietary systems in that the
GUI is somehow inextricably tied into the OS or distro, rather than
being a separately configurable/replaceable layer.
And Gentoo is among the top of the league of Linux distros in terms
of configurability, too.
[Ad-hominem smokescreen]
Pro Internet tip: trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies
is a tacit way of admitting I’m right.
This is not the Internet, sir; it's called Usenet.
Unless you are still accessing it via UUCP over dialup lines, you don’t have a point.
Trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies, strike two.
Drag and Drop (D&D) is the stupidest thing ever. D&D is all over the
place in Micro$hit Winblows -- and that's where it belongs.
But on GNU/Linux D&D is a tool for idiots. I certainly have never used
it and none of my GUI software supports it. D&D does exist, I assume,
inside those ridiculous "desktop" environments.
Do you need to copy/move files? Just open a file manager with a split
pane that allows directory contents to be listed side-by-side. Then
woosh! A quick keypress and it's done!
What more could one ask for?
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of the mental variety.
Now cue some fool who will object with what he believes is a slick counterexample.
Says the dumbass who thinks that using Linux somehow lowers the cost of bread.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:16:22 +0000, Tyrone wrote:
Says the dumbass who thinks that using Linux somehow lowers the cost of
bread.
Competition does lower prices. Think Microsoft could charge as much for Windows and Office if there weren’t cheaper alternatives?
I've another way to diminish the number of messages I read is my ISP.
It's broken and doesn't transfer everything. As I can't read everything,
you could say it's a kind of fighting freedom of speech. But I choose to
stay with it because it helps me to take less time on Usenet.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:14:59 +0200, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:
W dniu 16.08.2025 o 09:39, RonB pisze:
On 2025-08-15, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl>
wrote:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of the
mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like
Blender,
without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and nonsense!!!
Of course it's stupid. Consider the source. The killfile is your
friend.
Killfile is against freedom of speech. I swear I will never use
killfile!!!
Paul might have said "For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves
are wise." but I'm not a good Christian.
On 16 Aug 2025 23:21:00 GMT, rbowman wrote:
Paul might have said "For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves
are wise." but I'm not a good Christian.
You aren't one those pitiful souls who cackle to the world that they
have just kill-filed someone, as if it someone makes their teeny-tiny
penis larger by having done so, are you?
If you want to kill-file someone, just do it and go about your business. There is no need to prance and strut, seeing how much attention you can
suck up, in front of the board participants while announcing an imminent kill-file inclusion, as if anyone really gives two shits one way or
another.
Self-importance is one of the ugliest and most pathetic of human traits.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:31:45 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:32:16 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 05:40:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:14:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:25:55 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >>>>>
There we go again, the hidebound Dimdows user cannot help but
assume that Linux is just like all those proprietary systems in
that the GUI is somehow inextricably tied into the OS or distro,
rather than being a separately configurable/replaceable layer.
And Gentoo is among the top of the league of Linux distros in terms >>>>>> of configurability, too.
[Ad-hominem smokescreen]
Pro Internet tip: trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies
is a tacit way of admitting I’m right.
This is not the Internet, sir; it's called Usenet.
Unless you are still accessing it via UUCP over dialup lines, you don’t
have a point.
Trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies, strike two.
Sir Lawrence, you are going to be hard-pressed to convince any but the
most wide-eyed and gullible that Usenet is, in fact, the Internet.
Try another angle; start over and forget about this tangent.
Already showed it to Mrs. vallor,
Sir Lawrence, you are going to be hard-pressed to convince any but the
most wide-eyed and gullible that Usenet is, in fact, the Internet.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:43:57 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
Sir Lawrence, you are going to be hard-pressed to convince any but the
most wide-eyed and gullible that Usenet is, in fact, the Internet.
Hmm. Let's see. I can access Usenet via the NNTP protocol on
TCP port 119. That sure sounds like "Internet" to me.
In fact, Usenet, just like ftp, used to accessible within browsers.
I suspect that this ignoramus buffoon actually meant to claim that
Usenet is not the "World Wide Web."
On 16 Aug 2025 15:10:48 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote
in <68a09f78$0$423$426a34cc@news.free.fr>:
I've another way to diminish the number of messages I read is my ISP.
It's broken and doesn't transfer everything. As I can't read everything,
you could say it's a kind of fighting freedom of speech. But I choose to
stay with it because it helps me to take less time on Usenet.
Well that sucks.
Have you considered an account at eternal-september.org or
individual.net? The former is gratis, and the latter is 10 euros/yr.
Text only.
Le 17-08-2025, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a écrit :
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:16:22 +0000, Tyrone wrote:
Says the dumbass who thinks that using Linux somehow lowers the cost of
bread.
Competition does lower prices. Think Microsoft could charge as much for
Windows and Office if there weren’t cheaper alternatives?
Now, they advertisement in Windows to level up their revenues.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 11:17:11 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:43:57 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
Sir Lawrence, you are going to be hard-pressed to convince any but the
most wide-eyed and gullible that Usenet is, in fact, the Internet.
Hmm. Let's see. I can access Usenet via the NNTP protocol on
TCP port 119. That sure sounds like "Internet" to me.
In fact, Usenet, just like ftp, used to accessible within browsers.
I suspect that this ignoramus buffoon actually meant to claim that
Usenet is not the "World Wide Web."
I forgot to mention that Usenet has it's own URL scheme. To access
Usenet just enter into your browser:
news://<message-id>
But most, if not all, current browsers, will choke on that. The fault,
of course, is the browser as this is a perfectly legitimate URL scheme.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:03:57 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
as if it someone makes their teeny-tiny penis larger by having done so,
are you?
as if it *somehow* makes their teeny-tiny penis larger by having done
so, are you?
You aren't one those pitiful souls who cackle to the world that they
have just kill-filed someone, as if it someone makes their teeny-tiny
penis larger by having done so, are you?
I state that I don't prefer to use keyboard commands to move files in a
file manager, and people outlandishly suggest I am being hypocritical by typing out messages on Usenet.
Le 17-08-2025, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a écrit :
Competition does lower prices. Think Microsoft could charge as much
for Windows and Office if there weren’t cheaper alternatives?
Now, they advertisement in Windows to level up their revenues.
On 17 Aug 2025 10:12:08 GMT, vallor wrote:
Already showed it to Mrs. vallor,
Got a picture?
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:05:13 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:03:57 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
as if it someone makes their teeny-tiny penis larger by having done
so,
are you?
as if it *somehow* makes their teeny-tiny penis larger by having done
so, are you?
I prefer to compensate for my teeny-tiny penis with large caliber
firearms. My pickup won't work since it is well before the era of
Monster Trucks and doesn't require a stepladder to mount and two parking spaces.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:16:58 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com>
wrote in <107sa6q$2783v$1@dont-email.me>:
On 17 Aug 2025 10:12:08 GMT, vallor wrote:
Already showed it to Mrs. vallor,
Got a picture?
Sure, why not?
https://ibb.co/RTR9jD5C
The thing about Subarus is that they are built by Fuji Heavy Industries
-- an aircraft company. I think they're the best bang for the buck on
the market, which is why we now drive an Ascent.
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 22:20, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 20:53, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like
Blender, without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and
nonsense!!!
The same is true for all Libre Office apps, especially for LO Writer
word processor.
The same is true for all non-linear audio and video editors, like for
e.g. Audacity and Kdenlive.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 11:17:11 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:43:57 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:
Sir Lawrence, you are going to be hard-pressed to convince any but the
most wide-eyed and gullible that Usenet is, in fact, the Internet.
Hmm. Let's see. I can access Usenet via the NNTP protocol on
TCP port 119. That sure sounds like "Internet" to me.
In fact, Usenet, just like ftp, used to accessible within browsers.
I suspect that this ignoramus buffoon actually meant to claim that
Usenet is not the "World Wide Web."
I forgot to mention that Usenet has it's own URL scheme. To access
Usenet just enter into your browser:
news://<message-id>
But most, if not all, current browsers, will choke on that. The fault,
of course, is the browser as this is a perfectly legitimate URL scheme.
On Librewolf, it just asks what program to open it in, and offers to set default. Doesn't work with slrn, but it does definitely /sort of/
support the scheme.
🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> wrote at 23:57 this Friday (GMT):
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 22:20, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
W dniu 15.08.2025 o 20:53, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze: >>>> W dniu 15.08.2025 o 10:40, Lester Thorpe pisze:
Brother, if you actually use D&D then you need treatment of
the mental variety.
This sentence is stupid as hell!!! eg.: How about graphic editor like
Gimp or Krita, or how about CAD, or how about 3D modelling like
Blender, without drag-and-drop feature?!? This is impossible and
nonsense!!!
The same is true for all Libre Office apps, especially for LO Writer
word processor.
The same is true for all non-linear audio and video editors, like for
e.g. Audacity and Kdenlive.
GUI file managers and Desktop file icons also use drag and drop.
On 18 Aug 2025 18:08:58 GMT, vallor wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:16:58 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com>
wrote in <107sa6q$2783v$1@dont-email.me>:
On 17 Aug 2025 10:12:08 GMT, vallor wrote:
Already showed it to Mrs. vallor,
Got a picture?
Sure, why not?
https://ibb.co/RTR9jD5C
?? That's nice, but I meant some pix of Mrs. Vallor.
In article <107vui5$381o7$3@dont-email.me>, Altie@BHam.com says...
https://postimg.cc/Lnkv2dTB
On 18 Aug 2025 18:08:58 GMT, vallor wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:16:58 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com>
wrote in <107sa6q$2783v$1@dont-email.me>:
On 17 Aug 2025 10:12:08 GMT, vallor wrote:
Already showed it to Mrs. vallor,
Got a picture?
Sure, why not?
https://ibb.co/RTR9jD5C
?? That's nice, but I meant some pix of Mrs. Vallor.
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