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   DFS to All   
   Re: When MightGrowSoft says I'm a phony   
   05 Jan 26 19:38:54   
   
   From: nospam@dfs.com   
      
   On 1/5/2026 4:55 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 11:35:20 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/4/2026 4:32 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 11:15:18 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 12/31/2025 4:31 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:51:30 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> ... in practice, it's so difficult to make those source code   
   >>>>>> mods and recompile that it's extremely rare.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Even a child can do it .   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Go ahead and add a simple string concat(a,b) function - or other   
   >>>> trivial function - to the source code (and menus) of LibreOffice.   
   >>>   
   >>> Nothing really to do with the Linux kernel, but anyway ...   
   >>>   
   >>> Tools → Macros → Edit Macro → type in a few lines of BASIC, and   
   >>> you’re away.   
   >>   
   >> Here's one that might be a little easier:   
   >   
   > You asked a question, I answered it -- for free.   
      
      
   You didn't answer anything, liar.   
      
   I TOLD you to back up your hooey, and you couldn't.   
      
   Then I TOLD you a 2nd time to back up your hooey, and again you couldn't.   
      
   According to you "even a child can do it".  So why can't you add a   
   function to the LibreOffice source code and menus?   
      
      
      
   > You don’t get another free question. If you want to pose a new   
   > source-code hacking challenge, then you will have to offer your own   
   > Microsoft-based answer to it as well, as a comparison to any   
   > open-source one.   
      
   You didn't respond to either source-code challenge.  You wrote a non-answer.   
      
   Another Ludicrous Larry Duh fail.   
      
   pwned   
      
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