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Date:      Fri, 29 May 2009 18:11:12 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291805530.12347@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20090529161704.dfe4001e.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <b79ecaef0905270909kd81dabcpf22289b7781c2885@mail.gmail.com> <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> <b79ecaef0905280413v28529afye2037e3c5cb5da0a@mail.gmail.com> <20090528083057.554dca76@scorpio> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905281434040.59970@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090528090941.1b39b676@scorpio> <20090528183141.107ff3e4.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090528170909.GA1841@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090528193719.97764c30.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282140400.61809@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090528220640.77ebc490.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905282220580.62503@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090528222948.6d1649b0.freebsd@edvax.de> <4a1f9e34.DbcPFQYdcplLHIxv%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090529152519.2f268de9.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291535280.11412@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090529154818.ef59e8c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291600270.11692@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090529161704.dfe4001e.freebsd@edvax.de>

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>> printer and then install, so user HAVE TO FOLLOW the steps.
>
> Allthough CUPS is for UNIX (the U in CUPS), I think it's a bit sad

it runs on unix. But it was written by people that thinks windows-way.
Like most of new soft for unix.

"Well it's really bad printer support on unix, lets make it as good as in 
windows".

And yes they did a lot of hard work, just sad they did it that way.

Anyway - great work.

> Translated from a PC commercial: "My computer knows who I am, and knows
> what I want."

There wasn't THAT BAD commercials in Poland already. But for sure will.

> Another attitude at least famous among german "Windows" users: If the
> PC says (!) something, it is alright. Asking for the bankomatcard PIN?
> Well, enter it! An obscure web page wants your name and postal address

so make use of it. Pecunia non olet :)

> MICROS~1 initiated misbelief that "Windows" administers itself.

No it doesn't administer itself. It does administer it's slave.

> If you think that's stupid - well, at least it's the reality here. :-)

While i was always laughing about "artifical inteligence" ideas, now i 
found it's possible to make computer as smart or smarter than people.

You just need to make people mode dumb :)



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