From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/4160 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Muller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery. Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:50:18 GMT Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com Message-ID: <_Ro8d.14186$Qv5.5674@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com> References: <5i7jq6cpku.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878yam5n9v.fsf@koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138670134 22076 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:15:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:15:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:33:19 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!newshosting.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!prodigy.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01a.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr33.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!871f8e91!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, windows-nt) Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.255.165.101 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr33.news.prodigy.com 1096948218 ST000 68.255.165.101 (Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:50:18 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:50:18 EDT X-UserInfo1: OHXQBYCDPBUOVP\[BBHNO_TDFZ\@@FXLM@TDOCQDJ@_@FN@ANVUEAE[YETZPIWWI[FCIZA^NBFXZ_D[BFNTCNVPDTNTKHWXKB@X^B_OCJLPZ@ET_O[G\XSG@E\G[ZKVLBL^CJINM@I_KVIOR\T_M_AW_M[_BWU_HFA_]@A_A^SGFAUDE_DFTMQPFWVW[QPJN Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:4301 Original-Lines: 23 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 4301 Tue Jan 17 17:33:19 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:4160 Archived-At: Tim McNamara writes: > Dan Muller writes: > >> asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes: >> >>> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:20:49 GMT, Don wrote: >>> >>>> The argument looked arrogant because the whole idea of computer >>>> software technology is to simplify ! >>> >>> Let say someone wants to boil some water for a nice cup of tea. >>> >>> Two ways of boiling water are putting a kettle on the stove, and >>> heating up the water with a blowtorch. >> >> First thought that came to mind: Put the kettle on the stove, _and_ >> use the blowtorch! > > The belt and suspenders approach. Sort of like Mac OS X! Hey, now, don't mix metaphors. This is about brewing tea faster, not keeping pants up. :)