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  one of the many reasons I think Slashdot sucks now
 
What is it with Slashdot? With all the idiots on there now moderating their trolls and crap up and other things that are valid but don't agree with them down it's like some stupid popularity contest. Makes me wonder if "article scoring" here might (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Trying to understand
 
(...) the (...) of (...) Hmmmm, well, I would have thought that the High School perspective would be that we needed guns to overthrow existing governments that got out of hand, so what do I know? :-) I was actually responding from what I perceive to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Trying to understand
 
(...) Very true. In addition, the 2nd Amendment was written when the latest in firearms technology took quite a while to reload. Even today, I understand the concerns of some citizens who feel they must have their guns to protect themselves (against (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Website
 
(...) Here's the "real" press release... (not for the humor-impaired!) (URL) for the bookmarks. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Trying to understand
 
(...) It may say that to you now, looking back on things from a modern high school American history perspective, but it didn't mean just that when it was written. Think about the people involved in writing the first batch of ammendments and what (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Website
 
(...) Easy to fix (in fact, one of the very first things I do with a new install): Open an Explorer window; open up the Options dialog (Menu "View" -> "Options") Unselect "Hide file extensions for known file types" Also, select "Show all files" (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Website
 
(...) LOL! --Karim (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Website
 
(...) "Windows is so friendly and easy to use..." "How friendly is it!" "Windows is so friendly and easy to use, that you can now choose your own custom background color and patterns for the BSOD!" --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Website
 
(...) Windows is so friendly and easy to use that it hides extensions from you as often as possible. I use Dreamweaver to assemble the site, but I was lazy and just used explorer to copy the dat files in... somewhere along the way, the extensions (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Website
 
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:06:26 GMT Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Website': (...) in programming it's easy - if I want to name a variable FILE, I don't want it to be misinterpeted as a command, if one day an upgrade introduces (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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