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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5445 comp.os.linux.misc:35495 comp.os.os2.advocacy:79836 alt.folklore.computers:73497 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!night.primate.wisc.edu!aplcenmp!darwin.sura.net!spitfire.navo.navy.mil!lynx!booda From: booda@lynx.navo.navy.mil (Martin H. Booda) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Date: 9 Feb 1995 13:47:22 GMT Organization: Naval Oceanographic Office Lines: 35 Sender: booda@lynx (Martin H. Booda) Distribution: world Message-ID: <3hd6da$gtc@spitfire.navo.navy.mil> References: <3fv5jm$ie6@plato.simons-rock.edu> <3gdkq2$eu2@acorn.acorn.co.uk> Reply-To: booda@lynx.noo.navy.mil NNTP-Posting-Host: lynx.noo.navy.mil In article <3gdkq2$eu2@acorn.acorn.co.uk>, wturner@acorn.co.uk (William Turner) writes: |> In article <3fv5jm$ie6@plato.simons-rock.edu> karl@plato.simons-rock.edu (Karl A. Krueger) writes: |> |> >Thunderbird? Try Lada! |> > |> >(cheap Soviet car, falls apart, coughs gak in the air like no tomorrow, |> >and breaks down.) |> |> Sorry, but I'm going to have to stand up for the poor maligned Lada - |> mine _Was_ cheap, but they _DONT_ fall apart (try a head-on with a |> Range Rover & see the RR come off worst), and don't cough gak into |> the air either..... |> My first and only experience with Ladas came in '91 between Metz and Nancy at the Lorraine '91 International Balloon Festival. During the usual midday lull in activities one day, I wandered around inspecting the chase rigs sported by other crews. Balloon chase vehicles generally are required to be "all- terrain"; you can expect to have to drive anywhere the balloon might land, which can include forests, pastures, plowed fields, swamps and occasionally lakes. We, like most of the Americans and a lot of others, had a rent-a-van (which proved to be much more sturdy than we had initially expected). Most of the continental crews brought their own vehicles; Range Rovers seemed to be the predominant choice, followed closely by the Citroen and other 4x4's. There were a few crews from Russia and the other former SSR's and eastern european nations. Yes, some of them were pulling their trailers and diving into bogs with Ladas and Trabants. I recall even seeing a Moscva. I laughed it off at the time, but after thinking about it, these crews hauled their rigs and two week's worth of luggage across two or three thousand km's, survived (I assume) the festival and fully expected their Ladas to haul them the 2-3Kkm back to Moscow. -- NOW ON THE WEB!!! We made a beautiful HomePage. It was colorful, informative, and an intriguing multimedia experience! Then upper management got their hands on it! http://www.navo.navy.mil/navo/warfighting/warfighting.html - see it to- day, then mail root@us1.navo.navy.mil and tell them just what you think of it!!