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   Alan to Tom Elam   
   Re: Sorry, Linux Fans: Mac Is Actually t   
   06 Sep 25 13:32:29   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-09-06 12:44, Tom Elam wrote:   
   > On 9/5/2025 10:02 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2025-09-05 18:55, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>> On 9/5/2025 9:01 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I'm not comparing my device to any of the Mac ones.  It's meant   
   >>>>>>>>> to meet the basic standards of a device.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You're... ...really not bright.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I am bright enough to recognize the logical flaw in buying a   
   >>>>>>> license at an absurdly low price.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I thought it was an ethical flaw.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> You said that, right?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Is there a meaningful difference?  It's either right or wrong.   
   >>>   
   >>>> You must be very young.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> 48, but this isn't something one needs to be old to know.   
   >> It's usually the very young who see the world in just black and white.   
   >>   
   >> So I'll just assume you're very immature.   
   >   
   > Really, Alan Baker is not the one who detects the slightest flaw in a   
   > post and from that point on labels the author a liar?   
      
   Is deliberately mislabelling a personal LinkedIn page as a "company   
   website" when the writer knows precisely what a personal LinkedIn page is...   
      
   ..because he has one...   
      
   ...is that a "slight flaw"?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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