Well, I see Mr. Oyen is bringing his propensity to attack folks on lists to
a new forum. What Sam was doing was criticizing the perspective of a man,
who was quoted in an article. Why can't Mr. Oyen/Hawk manage to disagree
with Sam without being disagreeable. I advocate an exchange of views about
computing without engaging in food fights.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hawke <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Louisville, Ky., Firm Makes Products,Promotes Ideas to Help the
Blind (fwd)
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>Sam,
>what the hell is your problem?
>Obviously, you have enough eyesight to navigate in windows quite well.
>I, on the other hand, do not, and have had to learn a great many tricks to
>get around the problem.
>
>MS-DOS had is uses 9I still have it here on my machine, right along side
>winblows and UNIX. Until now, I didn't have anything to say on the subject.
>
>Until you can walk a mile in my moccassins, you have absolutely NO CLUE
>as to what you are talking about.
>
>Hawke
>
>Sam Troia wrote:
>
>> This report is abysmal and most obnoxious! I am sick to death of blind
>> people like the person from APH mentioned in the article crying and
moaning
>> about how difficult Windows is for poor little blind people. And they
also
>> complain that Windows lacks intuitiveness. Well, I for one would like to
>> know where the intuitiveness is in DOS? Ok, I never found DOS difficult
>> but I can assure you one hundred percent that Windows is a whole lot
easier
>> and a whole lot more intuitive. These people who like to moan and cry
>> should get over it and grow up.
>>
>> At 04:26 PM 12/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> >Posted at 11:38 a.m. PST Monday, December 14, 1998
>> >------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >Louisville, Ky., Firm Makes Products, Promotes Ideas to Help the Blind
>> >
>> >
>> >By Louise Taylor, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.
>> >Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
>> --remainder snipped
>>
>> --Sam Troia
>> (Your Alternative Uncle Sam)
>> KHUM rules!
>>
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>
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>
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>Sam,
><br>what the hell is your problem?
><br>Obviously, you have enough eyesight to navigate in windows quite well.
><br>I, on the other hand, do not, and have had to learn a great many tricks
>to
><br>get around the problem.
><p>MS-DOS had is uses 9I still have it here on my machine, right along
>side
><br>winblows and UNIX. Until now, I didn't have anything to say on the
>subject.
><p>Until you can walk a mile in my moccassins, you have absolutely NO CLUE
><br>as to what you are talking about.
><p><font face="Braille">Hawke</font>
><p>Sam Troia wrote:
><blockquote TYPE=CITE>This report is abysmal and most obnoxious!
>I am sick to death of blind
><br>people like the person from APH mentioned in the article crying and
>moaning
><br>about how difficult Windows is for poor little blind people.
>And they also
><br>complain that Windows lacks intuitiveness. Well, I for one would
>like to
><br>know where the intuitiveness is in DOS? Ok, I never found DOS
>difficult
><br>but I can assure you one hundred percent that Windows is a whole lot
>easier
><br>and a whole lot more intuitive. These people who like to moan
>and cry
><br>should get over it and grow up.
><p>At 04:26 PM 12/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
><br>>Posted at 11:38 a.m. PST Monday, December 14, 1998
><br>>------------------------------------------------------------
><br>>
><br>>Louisville, Ky., Firm Makes Products, Promotes Ideas to Help the Blind
><br>>
><br>>
><br>>By Louise Taylor, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.
><br>>Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
><br>--remainder snipped
><p>--Sam Troia
><br>(Your Alternative Uncle Sam)
><br>KHUM rules!
><p>VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List.
><br>To join or leave the list, send a message to
><br>[log in to unmask] In the body of the message,
simply
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tjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html</a></blockquote>
>
><p>--
><br>Visit my webpage (now located at <A
HREF="http://www.users.uswest.net/~proudhawk">http://www.users.uswest.net/~p
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>)
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