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Comment My mother does... (Score 1) 620

by jonesvery on Thursday October 18, 2007 @01:03PM (#21028445) Attached to: Do OpenOffice Users Save In Microsoft Format?

...but that's just because I set it as the default when I installed OO on her laptop. I never actually mentioned to her that I installed OpenOffice rather than Word on her computer, and she has yet to notice.

Comment Re:Another approach... (Score 1) 631

by arget on Friday December 10, 2004 @12:32PM (#11052854) Attached to: De-spamming Your Inbox The Hard Way

That's only partially effective. The browser has to let you use javascript. What works 100% is html encoding:

@ = @ : = : . = . arbitrary characters in mailto = exercise left to reader

This can also be used to beat a webbot trying to follow links.

Journal Journal: Insomnia and Classic Rock Radio

Journal by jonesvery on Thursday March 18, 2004 @12:21PM

Awake at 4AM, eyes burning, radio on...

Sting thinks that he has a big enough umbrella, but he always ends up getting wet, anyway. It appears that he's wrong about that umbrella being big enough. You'd think that Sting would have enough money to buy a new, bigger umbrella. Or possibly a global weather control machine, to keep it from ever raining again.

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