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"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<li><a HREF="#authors">About This Month's Authors</a>
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<li><a HREF="#notlinux">Not Linux</a>
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">About This Month's Authors</font></H3></center>
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Shane Collinge</H4>
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Part computer programmer, part cartoonist, part Mars Bar. At night, he runs
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around in a pair of colorful tights fighting criminals. During the day... well,
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he just runs around. He eats when he's hungry and sleeps when he's sleepy.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Matteo Dell'Omodarme</H4>
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I'm a student at the University of Pisa and a Linux user since 1994.
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Now I'm working on the administrations of Linux boxes at the Astronomy section
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of the Department of Physics, with special experience about security. My
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primary email address is
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<A HREF="mailto:matt@martine2.difi.unipi.it">matt@martine2.difi.unipi.it</A>.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Mark Fevola</H4>
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Mark Fevola earned a BA in Technical Writing and a minor in Computer
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Science, Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maine. In 1994 he brought
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the commercial Internet to the State of Maine by founding the oldest Maine
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ISP. He spells grey with an 'e', never wears watches, hates mushrooms,
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reads books, and collects minerals.
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<h4><img align=bottom alt="" src="../gx/note.gif">Mark Nielsen</h4>
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Mark works at ZING
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(<A HREF="http://www.genericbooks.com">www.genericbooks.com</A>) and
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<A HREF="http://GNUJobs.com">GNUJobs.com</A>. Previously,
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Mark founded <A HREF="http://www.gnujobs.com">The Computer Underground</A>.
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Mark works on non-profit and volunteer projects which promote free literature
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and software. To make a living, he recruits people for GNU related jobs and
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also provides solutions for web/database problems using Linux, FreeBSD, Apache,
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Zope, Perl, Python, and PostgreSQL.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Ben Okopnik</H4>
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A cyberjack-of-all-trades, Ben wanders the world in his 38' sailboat, building
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networks and hacking on hardware and software whenever he runs out of cruising
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money. He's been playing and working with computers since the Elder Days
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(anybody remember the Elf II?), and isn't about to stop any time soon.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Juraj Sipos</H4>
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I live and work in Bratislava, Slovakia as a library
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information worker, translator and research reader at the Institute for
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Child Psychology. I published some of my poetry here and in USA, I
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translated some books from English (e.g., Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul
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Reps). You can see some of my stories and poetry at
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<A HREF="http://www.crosswinds.net/~aproximetri/index.htm">
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http://www.crosswinds.net/~aproximetri/index.htm</A>.
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Computers are my hobby.
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">Not Linux</font></H3></center>
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<H3> News flash! Next version of Windows just announced</H3>
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<IMG ALT="[Windows CEMENT logo: CE + Me + NT]" SRC="misc/backpage/mscement2.png"
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</CENTER>
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<P> I wouldn't trust it any farther than I can throw it.
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<H3>Spams I have known</H3>
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<H4> Some of the funnier spams found in the <EM>Gazette</EM> mailbox.</H4>
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<P> I have got your e-mail from the Web site and I am very interested in working
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for your company. I have a BS in Electrical Engineering and computer science
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and worked on my Master degree in Telecommunication engineering (not finished
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due to the lucrative market!).
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Oh really? And which e-mail are you referring to? </EM>LG<EM> has
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certainly not been soliciting for engineers. -Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> Hello Again answerguy! If this message has reached you in error,
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please use the removal link at the end of this e-mail. However,
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I will do my part by keeping you informed...
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Thanks for keeping us informed. NOT! -Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> Imagine how wealthy you would be now if you owned a chunk of a company like
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Yahoo or Hotmail. You would be loaded. However, if someone had contacted you a
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few years ago and offered you the opportunity to own a slice of one of these
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companies, what would you have done? I will tell you. You would have ignored
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the chance because you would have considered it a get-rich-quick scheme and
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relegated the proposal to the trashcan.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Darn right. -Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> Well, in January a brand new online community <EM>(name)</EM> is being
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launched and it is generally felt, by people who know about these things, that
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it is going to be as big, if not bigger, than the companies I have mentioned.
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<P> I am offering you a chance to be part of this Company for FREE! True,
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there is an opportunity to invest $25, if you want to increase your earning
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power, but that choice is purely optional.
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<P> You can condemn this message to the waste bin, but if you decide to do
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this, remember: in a few years time when [the company] is really big--you
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had the opportunity to be on board for no cost and you just couldn't be
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bothered.
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<P> This is not Spam: This message is sent in compliance of the new
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email Bill HR 1910. Under Bill HR 1910 passed by the 106th US
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Congress on May 24, 1999, this message cannot be considered SPAM
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as long as we include the way to be removed.
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<P> Having purchased a CD or CD package from DWE in the past, you are
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elegible for this special one time deal.
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<PRE>
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MS Windows 98 SE - $20.00
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MS Windows 2000 Pro - $20.00
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MS Office 2000 Premium - $20.00
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MS Windows ME - $20.00
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</PRE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Since when has </EM>LG<EM> ever bought a CD? -Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> We are responding to your request for FREE analysis of your site.
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We feel there is very substantial potential to promote your site on the
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Internet. We have proprietary software and assortment of other Internet tools
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designed to make your site popular and bring traffic that is interested in your
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product area. This can put dollars in your pocket.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Oh dear, </EM>LG<EM> doesn't have enough readers! Never mind the
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mirrors in 50 countries we've attracted without an Internet consultant.
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-Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<HR WIDTH="40%" ALIGN="center"> <!-- ************************************** -->
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<P> International Aviation CD Database
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<P> - 650,000 Aircraft Owners and Operators in 105 countries worldwide -
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includes telephone #'s and address corrections.
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<P> - 54,000 Aviation Companies - Includes contacts, email addresses, website,
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phone, fax, much more.
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<P> - 600,000 Pilots - Updated pilot list with phone #'s and address
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corrections.
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<P> ALL ON ONE $259 CD-ROM.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Hmm, I guess this might be useful for something. -Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> This IPO company is reserving a portion of the shares offered for sale to
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individual investors and will not sell these shares to institutional investors.
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Shares will be sold on a first come first serve basis; you will not be bumped
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for a large investor! It is anticipated that the offering will close within
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the next 30 days. Any Subscription Agreement received after the deadline will
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be promptly returned. You need not purchase through a stockbroker and there
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are no commissions to be paid. Only a few investors have been chosen to invest
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in the IPO of a revolutionary company that may change the way real estate is
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sold.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[So buying shares is now a "privilege"? -Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> Hello answerguy,
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Get Your Free Vacation Now. Go to the URL below an enter your email address and you are finished.
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THAT's IT. Enjoy you Free Vacation.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Why does <STRONG>Jim</STRONG> get all the free vacation offers?
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-Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H4>And the award for most ironic spam goes to...</H4>
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<P> Are you still using an old operating system? Why not upgrade to a newer and
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more reliable version? You'll enjoy greater features and more stability.
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<PRE>
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Microsoft DOS 6.22 $15
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Microsoft Windows 3.11 $15
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Microsoft Windows 95 $15
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Microsoft Windows 98 SE $20
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Microsoft Windows Millenium $20
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro $20
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Server $50
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server (25CAL) $65
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</PRE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Oh, so DOS 6.22 is a "new" Operating System? I wonder what kind of
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"old" Operating System they expect somebody in 2001 to replace with DOS 6.22.
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-Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P> Happy Linuxing!
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<P> Michael Orr<br>
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Editor, <A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/"><i>Linux Gazette</i></A>, <A
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HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</a>
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Copyright © 2001, the Editors of <I>Linux Gazette</I>.<BR>
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Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
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Published in Issue 64 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, March 2001</H5>
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