================================================ Subject: Re: Origins ... From: "King_Dovregubben" To: Date: Fri 24 Aug 2001 23:32:40 -0700 ================================================ Your credibility would have to INCREASE to be nil. > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List > [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of creed -7m3 - live > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:10 PM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: Origins ... > > > The reason that I am starting to feel even more strongly > about the microsoft subscription issue is the way that a lot > of rather ill equiped people would like to reduce my > credibility to nil. > > If you think that outdated material is what I have found. > That is great!!! ... I just hope that the climate for > Microsoft to start charging people a monthly fee for software > is pretty much tensed public towards the ability for them to > start such a scheme. > > Don't you think that you could stop this worthless search > engine crap!!!! > > Here is a dictonary definition for Microsoft. > Microsoft The new Evil Empire (the old one was IBM). The > basic complaints are, as formerly with IBM, that (a) their > system designs are horrible botches, (b) we can't get source > to fix them, and (c) they throw their weight around a lot. > See also Halloween Documents. > > Halloween Documents n. A pair of Microsoft internal strategy > memoranda leaked to ESR in late 1998 that confirmed > everybody's paranoia about the current Evil Empire. These documents > (http://www.opensource.org/halloween/) praised the technical > excellence of Linux and outlined a counterstrategy of > attempting to lock in customers by "de-commoditizing" > Internet protocols and services. They were extensively cited > on the Internet and in the press and proved so embarrassing > that Microsoft PR barely said a word in public for six months > afterwards. > > > Jim > > > On Sat, 2001-08-25 at 01:32, Keith P. Mears wrote: > > Wow! You DO know how to do a "Search". Too bad the only thing you > > ever seem to come up with is either a dictionary entry or badly > > outdated. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "creed -7m3 - live" > > To: "Keith P. Mears" > > Cc: > > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 12:20 AM > > Subject: Origins ... > > > > > > > I heard the phrase from people that were Jewish. But, I looked up > > > the definition Yiddish and came up with the below definition. > > > > > > Yiddish Yid"dish, n. G. j"udisch, prop., Jewish, fr. Jude > > > Jew. See Jew, Jewish. > > > A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle > > > German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. > > > It is written in Hebrew characters. > > > > > > For schmuck, I got the below: > > > schmuck > > > n : someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric syn: > creep, weirdo, > > > weirdie, weirdy, spook > > > > > > No definition regarding the origin.I tried German translation to > > > English. It returned decoration. I tried Russian to > English and got > > > schyumuchk. I guess the translator could qualify the word > as being > > > Yiddish. > > > > > > Done... > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, > > visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > -- > Where am I? Who am I? Am I? I > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp