Re: [LAD] [OT] Richard Stallman warns against ChromeOS

From: gene heskett <gheskett@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Dec 16 2010 - 02:38:08 EET

On Wednesday, December 15, 2010 07:34:43 pm Folderol did opine:

> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:51:20 -0500
>
> Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:42 PM, gene heskett <gheskett@email-addr-hidden>
wrote:
> > > Fons, no dis-respect intended, but I was there, observing closely,
> > > sitting behind the keyboard of a full house supercharged amiga back
> > > in those years.
> > >
> > > He did do 2 or 3 years. Don't forget, this is a prime example of
> > > that old saw about history being written by the winners, so the
> > > whole thing may have been white washed to a high polish by now.
> >
> > if so, they appear to have wiped google (and wikipedia) clean too.
> > there is no record that i can find of zimmerman ever spending time in
> > prison for PGP.
>
> They seem to have wiped my memory as well. Also, I was under the
> impression his first name was Phil, not Pete.

A slip of a mind suffering from flash wearout syndrome? It has been around
76 years now, and I realized the mistake _after_ I hit the send button.
It wasn't the first time, and if I wake up in the morning, likely won't be
the last. ;-)

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist --
the taxidermist leaves the hide.
		-- Mortimer Caplan
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