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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

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On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:12:25 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 23:05:44 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 03:20:13 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:48:28 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 22:21:07 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 22:05:15 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 21:35:57 +0100, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article <op.yypck4s1js98qf@red.lan>, James Wilkinson Sword
>>>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >> Windows 7 is easy to get for free.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > not legally it isn't.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I never said anything about legally.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> then you're a criminal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So are half the population in some way or another.  Get used to it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thinkof all those people doing side jobs, and not paying income or Social
>>>>> Security taxes.
>>>>> All criminals.
>>>>> Every babysitter would do time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Felon: "What are you in for?"
>>>>> Sitter: "Watching Timmy, bitch!"
>>>>
>>>> Now imagine 90% of people in jail (because that's what you'd get).  The gullible 10% who play by the rules would have to pay for them.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> >> Which used to (and still does?) upgrade to 10 for free.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > the free upgrade ended last summer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There's a workaround - you pretend you're disabled.  Something to do with
>>>>>>>> activating the ease of access controls.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> like i said, you're a criminal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> do you steal from stores too or just software companies?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not the same kind of theft.  If I copy a piece of software or an mp3, they still have the original.  If I steal a TV from a store, they have one less TV.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >> Isn't MacOS just linux with another GUI on top?
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > fuck no. it's way more advanced than that. *way* more.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's more fluffy, nice little icons for kids to use.  But you can't say
>>>>>>>> anything is more advanced than linux.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> linux wishes it was as advanced.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> modern state of the art software targets mac and windows. not linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because they're more popular, not necessarily better.
>>>>>
>>>>> I always figured Windows and Mac had Photoshop because their users were
>>>>> uglier.
>>>>
>>>> Er....
>>>> http://i.imgur.com/A7mbk.jpg
>>>>
>>>
>>> Mac user.
>>> The ghostbuster tshirt is a dead give-away.
>>>
>>> Linux user...
>>> http://imgur.com/a/dC42Y
>>
>> No, linux users:
>> https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RW_K7_YgMYg/maxresdefault.jpg
>>
>
> You the one on the right?
> Nice photoshopping.

No photoshop involved.  It's a completely immersive system, you go inside the computer game.

-- 
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"Oh! That doesn't sound good," one says to the other.
As soon as the words were spoken, an Indian jumps out from behind a tree and said, "Yeah, our regular drummer is out sick."

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-17 23:05 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-04-17 22:12 +0000
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-19 01:33 +0100

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