From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology (was Re:...Bug in Emacs 21.3.50) Date: 10 Dec 2002 18:01:28 +0000 Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <5l3cpalpa1.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84bs3xsyi8.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <5l1y4qj8mc.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039546107 16822 80.91.224.249 (10 Dec 2002 18:48:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18LpQb-0004MV-00 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 19:48:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18LolF-0006U6-0A for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:05:37 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!server3.netnews.ja.net!south.jnrs.ja.net!server2.netnews.ja.net!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.text.tex,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: bromine.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Original-X-Trace: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk 1039543290 1801 193.62.192.35 (10 Dec 2002 18:01:30 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@net.bio.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:01:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.93 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.mac.apps:348506 gnu.emacs.help:107960 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4498 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4498 >>>>> "Galen" == Galen Boyer writes: Galen> On 10 Dec 2002, p.lord@russet.org.uk wrote: Galen> [Snip of a reasonable explanation, not laden with PCP...] Galen> I still don't understand how, if someone can buy a computer, Galen> a little more disk space is going to kill them. You are assuming that they have bought the computer. Perhaps they go it on a freebie. The first world gets through a lot of computers, and many of the old ones head out to the third world. I know its hard to believe, but there are many many people out there still using 486's. >> Incidentally, on the pot front, you did know about M-x dealer I >> presume? Galen> I didn't get any matches. Damn. M-x spark. Also worth while is M-x bogart, if you start to cop a whitey. Phil