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Rich Grise
Guest
[crossposted to alt.os.linux.slackware,sci.electronics.design,rec.puzzles
- please manage crossposted followups intelligently. Thanks.]
Have any of you encountered this: http://messenger.yahoo.com yet?
Well, I know anyone using KDE on Slackware will have seen it using
Konqueror - it probably shows up in all the browsers, but I'm
terribly, terribly curious as to what shows up on a Doze comp.
i.e., I'm sure the page is there, but is the heading, "Yahoo!
Messenger for Unix"?
I have my computer and router configured such that I can sit at
my desk, and boot Slack 10.0 and do everything I need to do
except AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop 6 and my weekly time sheet,
which they _insist_ is in MS Word 2000 format. Frankly, I'm
still a little iffy about Free Software (not like free beers)
that tries to do what Micro$oft's stuff does, which was written
by paid programmers.
But what works, works.
But this thing on Yahoo - Yikes!
I've heard of "instant messaging", and have actually "chat"ted
with someone, but I'd thought that "instant messaging" was in
the purview of AOL, with MS dabbling, and lessee, I don't
remember what vehicle I was using for my most recent chatting,
except that "vehicle" was the name of the computer I was using
at the time, but previous to that, I was using IRC, Internet
Relay Chat, which I even wonder if there still is such of a
thing, and if so, I wonder if you can still get live kiddie
porn on it.
Anyway, it seems that Yahoo has a script that can tie into
some sort of instant messaging thing, but you have to download
a precompiled binary, which apparently it makes a difference
which version of Redmond^H^H^H^HHat or Debian or FreeBSD you're
using, and I've either forgotten in this tirade whether the
source is there or if being sent off on a wild goose hunt to
look for source is what triggered me off into rant mode, when
I figured out that _some_body is making some money there, on
a Linux base, and I don't know how I should feel about it. I
really, well, part of me, has aspirations to being a Linux
purist, but then another part wonders, "But is that just to
make some kind of _statement?_" and another part wonders, "Is
this a good thing, or a bad thing?" and another part wonders,
"Are people going to think we're crazy for having these
discussions?" and The Pig Bladder From Uranus slaps us upside
the head while we're posting our stoned rantings and says,
"SHUT THE F#CK UP, YOU STUPID #~!!@@#$%^^&*(()))_!!!!!!!!!"
ObPuz:
So, what's everybody's opinion of Yahoo Instant Messaging,
and should I care about it?
Thanks,
Rich
- please manage crossposted followups intelligently. Thanks.]
Have any of you encountered this: http://messenger.yahoo.com yet?
Well, I know anyone using KDE on Slackware will have seen it using
Konqueror - it probably shows up in all the browsers, but I'm
terribly, terribly curious as to what shows up on a Doze comp.
i.e., I'm sure the page is there, but is the heading, "Yahoo!
Messenger for Unix"?
I have my computer and router configured such that I can sit at
my desk, and boot Slack 10.0 and do everything I need to do
except AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop 6 and my weekly time sheet,
which they _insist_ is in MS Word 2000 format. Frankly, I'm
still a little iffy about Free Software (not like free beers)
that tries to do what Micro$oft's stuff does, which was written
by paid programmers.
But what works, works.
But this thing on Yahoo - Yikes!
I've heard of "instant messaging", and have actually "chat"ted
with someone, but I'd thought that "instant messaging" was in
the purview of AOL, with MS dabbling, and lessee, I don't
remember what vehicle I was using for my most recent chatting,
except that "vehicle" was the name of the computer I was using
at the time, but previous to that, I was using IRC, Internet
Relay Chat, which I even wonder if there still is such of a
thing, and if so, I wonder if you can still get live kiddie
porn on it.
Anyway, it seems that Yahoo has a script that can tie into
some sort of instant messaging thing, but you have to download
a precompiled binary, which apparently it makes a difference
which version of Redmond^H^H^H^HHat or Debian or FreeBSD you're
using, and I've either forgotten in this tirade whether the
source is there or if being sent off on a wild goose hunt to
look for source is what triggered me off into rant mode, when
I figured out that _some_body is making some money there, on
a Linux base, and I don't know how I should feel about it. I
really, well, part of me, has aspirations to being a Linux
purist, but then another part wonders, "But is that just to
make some kind of _statement?_" and another part wonders, "Is
this a good thing, or a bad thing?" and another part wonders,
"Are people going to think we're crazy for having these
discussions?" and The Pig Bladder From Uranus slaps us upside
the head while we're posting our stoned rantings and says,
"SHUT THE F#CK UP, YOU STUPID #~!!@@#$%^^&*(()))_!!!!!!!!!"
ObPuz:
So, what's everybody's opinion of Yahoo Instant Messaging,
and should I care about it?
Thanks,
Rich