Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 06:27:08 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, webmaster@www.al.com Subject: Re: Microsoft Quality Control (lack of:) Message-ID: <200009221127.GAA22168@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> of "Fri, 22 Sep 2000 03:53:44 EDT." <Pine.BSI.4.21.0009220335320.12522-100000@blues.jpj.net>
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Trevor Johnson writes: > > > http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/Sep2000/20-e2919.html > > > > Can you read that? I get a thin blue bar on the left of the screen, > > then a text par about a third of the width, with the text overlapping > > the blue bar. > > It looks okay to me (bsdi-netscape-navigator-4.75, no images nor > Javascript, and "always use my colors, overriding document" not checked > (it's buggy)). I tried loading a couple of images and there was indeed a > thin, blue bar toward the bottom. The little blue bar is supposed to have a "Back" button on the far left. > > There's obviously something missing too: > > > > > > Davis doesn't know Gates, the chairman of > > Microsoft Corp., but she and her husband > > gave his company their checking account > > number while purchasing a computer in > > March. The Huntsville cou"Don't do any > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > automatic withdrawals out of your checking > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > account with a debit card." Ken Davis of > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Huntsville, the victim of a Microsoft billing > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > error ple received a $400 rebate on their > ^^^^^^ > > Elide the part I've underlined (with "he said" it becomes the penultimate > paragraph), and the word "couple" will appear. The remainder makes sense > to me. That site does this kind of crap in most every article. Maybe a little public embarrassment from out of town will help them get their ducks in order. Then again, they might be full of ex-microsofties and not understand. Come to think of it, the above messed up text is exactly the kind of thing that could happen when one uses a 3rd party MS-Word reader on a file that has been "quick saved". -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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