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echo: fidonews
to: Paul Quinn
from: mark lewis
date: 2019-07-02 23:32:00
subject: WWIII

 On 2019 Jul 03 08:22:18, you wrote to me:

 PQ>>> So, it's on the internet.  It must be true.

 ml>> i could have sent a picture of the text in the book ;)

 PQ> I owe you an apology.  I'm sorry for not checking your quoted Google
 PQ> search properly.

we're ok, paul... well, not so much after receiving the news about ben ritchey 
but yeah, we're ok...

 PQ> The default Chromium web browser on -this- netbook is not
 PQ> fully-fleshed out, and is essentially still in an OOTB condition.  It
 PQ> didn't show the basis for your advice,

i can understand that... it is one of the reasons why i still much prefer a 
fullblown computer than a hand held device of which i have several... they're 
mostly used for playing solitare, though... other than that, being handy to 
google things real quickly when needed...

 PQ> which I now appreciate after looking from my Xubuntu desktop last
 PQ> night.

:)

 PQ> I see that the PC mag probably rephrased/plagiarized HHGTTG, without
 PQ> attribution.  Oops.

interesting... i hadn't noticed but i did recognize that some things were 
slightly different ;)

 PQ>>> History is written by those who live the longer...

 ml>> there is that... plus it might be stated as

 ml>>    History is rewritten by those who live the longer...

 PQ>>> ;)

 ml>> indeed :)

 PQ> You are a gentleman.  Thank you.

thank you, too, my friend...

)\/(ark

And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which was
so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had been connected
up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got as far as deducing
the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone managed to turn
it off.
... He recently graduated from the McDonald's Fine Food Academy.
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