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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    Well KiwiNZ, I have given you much longer than 24 hours to either apologise or give me permission to use the PMs as evidence in a complaint to the relevant community councils, you have done neither....
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    Re: You know you're a geek when........

    ...you add your blog to your estate in your last will and testimony so your family can inherit your traffic.
    ...you add your MMORPG "toons", your MMORPG "bank toons" and your multiple MMORPG GUI...
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    Re: Mark Shuttleworth is my hero.

    You might also want to check out The Shuttle Foundation where Mark is directly investing in bridging the digital divide.
    You can check out one of their projects at http://www.translate.org.za
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  4. Thread: BBC iPlayer

    by Beamerboy
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    Re: BBC iPlayer

    Petitioning has its place, but it doesn't do anything apart from prove public opinion, it rarely leads to action.

    Letter writing campaigns ake up real man hours and budgets to deal with, so it...
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    Re: Which OS visits your site?

    My blog is not a Linux blog, it covers many different types of post, mostly political in nature.

    Paladine
  6. Thread: BBC iPlayer

    by Beamerboy
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    Re: BBC iPlayer

    Actually the 6 month review is not new either. The original official statement from the BBC stated it would bring out a player for other OS' within 2 years (although they only hinted at MacOS not...
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    Re: Which OS visits your site?

    My stats were for 13635 unique visitors over the past 6 weeks.

    Paladine
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    Re: Which OS visits your site?

    * Windows Windows 57.4%
    o Windows Windows XP 41.9%
    + Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Maxthon; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1)...
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    Re: BBC 'Windows users only' petition

    The worst thing about the government's official response is that it is just a regurgitation of what the BBC Trust stated several months ago. They clearly haven't paid any serious interest to the...
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    Re: WOW the iPod touch!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I am a sociologist, I recently wrote a paper on globalisation, I know a little bit about the evils of the world. Your comments about Nike are utterly false, they are a hideous company. I agree many...
  11. Re: Should the WOW iPod touch thread be moved to another subforum?

    No-one is trying to censor anything, the request was to move the thread to a more relevant forum, not to delete the thread. This thread has been put together from some of the posts in the original...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    I am not asking nor did I ask that people's right to post about Apple products be removed, I requested the thread be moved to a more appropriate forum. I personally don't think it is appropriate to...
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    Re: WOW the iPod touch!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I refuse to use any product or service offered by Apple the same as I refuse to go to the movies, refuse to buy cd's or dvds, refuse to buy Nike footwear, refuse to buy non fair trade coffee etc etc...
  14. Re: Should the WOW iPod touch thread be moved to another subforum?

    In response to http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3317920&postcount=33

    Yes I think there should be a new subforum for proprietary devices such as the iPod, the iPhone, the MS Zune and other...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    KiwiNZ, if this should go before the relevant council meetings, I hereby formally request your permission to include our PMs as evidence in those meetings. I ask because I will not post private...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    Well I will give this thread 24 hours to run its course and give KiwiNZ a chance to apologise. However, if he feels he is unable to make that apology, I will have to take this further as indicated...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    I did not insult you. You PM'd me saying I should respect you, I explained that respect needs to be earned and is not granted by default. Your response to that was to threaten to ban me on the back...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    My apologies I missed the last line. I presume the above is what you are referring to? Yes that would be an acceptable compromise. However, I still feel I am owed an apology for your behaviour in...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    Actually according to the rules of this resolution forum, I don't need to walk away, I can take it to the Ubuntu CC. Please advise me on how I would do that. I simply will not accept that it is OK...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    I fail to see how "I am buying one" as the first post of a thread titled Wow Ipod Touch!!!! (or whatever the exact wording was) is an attempt at discussion. To me it came across as nothing short of...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    I haven't threatened anyone. He said he could be a great foe, which is why I questioned whether or not it was a threat.

    Paladine
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    Jdong, you know me well, you also know I respect you.

    There should be no "spam" of Apple or any other proprietary products in Cafe or any of the other forums on this board. It goes against the...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    Was that yet another veiled threat?

    Paladine
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    You appear to be completely ignoring my point. If it is ok to advertise Apple products on a GNU/Linux forum, it should also be acceptable to do the same for -any- product. To give preference to...
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    Re: Moderator/Admin Abuse

    Respectfully jdong, I beg to differ. If you read the first post for the iPod thread you can see it is not so dissimilar to the first post in the Vista thread I created.

    And my point still stands...
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