Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)
Steve Lamb wrote:
>Hal Vaughan wrote:
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>>On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
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>>>It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian
>>>related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this
>>>very much...
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>>C'mon. Give everyone a break. Some of us have no life at all, so
>>arguing about pumping gas is the highlight of the week. You don't want
>>to take that away from such people, do you?
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> Besides, as is brought up every time someone whings about off-topic, this
>is Debian User. We're users of Debian. While being users of Debian it does
>not follow that all we will talk about is Debian, just most of the time.
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> Furthermore (not to you Hal) I find it mildly Ironic that anyone from
>Brazil would worry about what other people are doing on a mailing list.
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His/her point of view is as relevant as anybody ele's here.
> When
>Brazil decides to crack down on its own prolific black-hacker community and
>widely open spam relays
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Nothing, even remotely close to the volumes generated by Americans and
their contracted bodies in Korea and China.
They hire out entire ISPs for the purpose.
http://research.ciphertrust.com/statistics.php
http://www.linuxmagic.com/products/bms/statistics.php
http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/countries.lasso
> is the day anyone from Brazil can say anything
>disparaging to people who are at least mildly on topic in a mailing list.
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...and to counterbalance what Brazil do put out, the have one of the
most active programmes as regards promotion of open concepts on the
planet, endorsed and actively implemented by government.
Do try to keep up now, Steven.
Regards,
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