Subject: Re: Q: What OS to use?
From: Martin 53N 1W
Date: 25/08/2004, 17:05
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

Hi Al,

(:->)


Al Wilson wrote:
[...]
Martin sounds like a broken record and is best killfiled. I killfiled him

You're very welcome to.


[...]
over and over. The guy has never even used 2000 or XP and so only knows

So how might you know?...

I can honestly claim a deeper knowledge of those systems and others than you can possibly guess. I've also seen the design philosophy behind them. And your credentials?


[...]
In that thread I asked him if he could play a .wav file. He went nuts. All
I asked him is whether he could play the file, that's all. I couldn't when
I tried SuSE 8 - I was wondering if Linsux had made any progress on that
issue. I guess not. Incidentally, the file type TrueSpeech isn't obscure
[...]

And good bait it was too. There may be decoders available for your 'test'. I haven't installed them on this machine, nor am I inclined for you to needlessly waste my time.


Good luck,
Martin

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