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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: spreadsheet ergonomics
Date	2017-04-05 21:30 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
Message-ID	<abzdie880.a@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
References	(9 earlier) <ax8002.bue3@rooftop.invalid> <D509A8AF.9CCC8%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <aiz00b3.ahue3@rooftop.invalid> <D509B7E0.9CD96%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <kav3ga.u4ue@rooftop.invalid>

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owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 4/4/17, 8:45 PM, in article aiz00b3.ahue3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>> On 4/4/17, 7:15 PM, in article ax8002.bue3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> Interesting Linux does not offer such protections. I would have thought
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> would.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> That's for downloaded files.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Which is what I did... downloaded them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> No, you downloaded a tarball that contained those files.
>>>> 
>>>> So in your mind when you download a tarball you are not downloading the
>>>> contents of it? Interesting perspective. Just so you can see how macOS
>>>> protects you from such things:
>>>> 
>>>>     <https://youtu.be/4_8Coa1UXp0>
>>>> 
>>>> I am pretty sure for the first time I downloaded it I was not even given the
>>>> option to say "OK" -- had to right-click and select open (there are also
>>>> other methods). Could be macOS recognizes it as the same file? But then why
>>>> show the dialog at all? Maybe I missed it -- do not think so.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Let's try something...
>>>>
>>> From that video, it looks like your broken-ass newsreader
>>> chopped off everything below the inline uuencoded file.
>>> If that's true, then you won't be able to see this part.
>> 
>> Correct. I cannot see it at all. :)
>> 
>>> That would be a way for people to reply publicly to your
>>> messages and make you look like an idiot,
>> 
>> Clearly this is a goal of many who troll COLA... they keep seeking to make
>> me look as they do but the closest they get is having me response to their
>> trolling.
>> 
>>> but you would not even be aware of it.  LOL.  Let me know if you or one of
>>> your socks can read this.
>> 
>> My shoe read it to me.
>> 
>>> I'm going to snip the rest of this boring crap and see how this experiment
>>> turns out.
>> 
>> It worked. I have no idea your text is even there. Cool!
>> 
> 
> What happened here?
> http://imgur.com/a/AZP3F
> There was a ton of text below that.
> 

*crickets*

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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 02:15 +0000
  Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-03 19:24 -0700
    Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 02:39 +0000
      Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-03 20:35 -0700
        Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 04:15 +0000
          Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-03 21:31 -0700
            Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 05:01 +0000
              Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 08:51 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 13:56 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 21:12 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 14:53 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 22:42 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 18:08 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-05 01:49 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 18:57 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-05 02:15 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 19:46 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 20:51 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-05 04:03 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-05 21:30 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-05 15:02 -0700

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