Cogs can think.

I’m not particularly fond of France, but this French proverb is genious:

If you’re going to drain a swamp, you can’t ask the frogs for their opinions.

Kmail sucks ass. So does Evolution. I’m saying it up-front, as these two so-called “Outlook Killers” lack some fundamental options. Options every email client should have– even crappy ones.

I have, suprise surprise, many computers. On all of them, I configure email clients to my one, single address. So, I set all of them to leave messages on my ISP’s pop server, so that when I boot into another machine, I will get the same emails there.

Now, this means that every once in a while, I run out of email space at my ISP’s. I’ll get a nice warning mail, after which I will remove all messages from server in one click. I used to do this with Mail.app, but since I’m MacOS X-less for a while, I need to resort to other clients. Outlook 2003, which I use on Windows, has this option to remove all messages from server. However, my Windows partition’s boot sector is fcuked– I need to fix that but I’m short on time and will. So, I figured I’d just use Evolution to do it, no big deal.

Fcuk it. Evolution, an email client promoted as an “Outlook-killer” does not have this option. Let me repeat it to you in case you do not believe me: Evolution does not have the option to remove all messages at once from a pop server. I am not kidding you. Fcuking ridiculous!

So, I fired up my brand-new Xandros Desktop 4.0 installation (I have it for review), figuring Kmail’d have this option. But again. No go. Let me also repeat that for you: Kmail does not have the option to remove all messages at once from a pop server. However, it does not end there. Kmail is even worse. Kmail does not even have the option to i.e. remove mails from a pop server after x days, or after removal from inbox!

I am flabbergasted. These email clients dare to call themselves ‘full featured’ email clients, ready to replace Outlook 200x/Express/Mail.app?

How sad it is I actually have to fire up Outlook 5.2… On fcuking MacOS 9, to perform this basic email option. Dear lord.

And today was the 2nd time a 15-17 year old dared to use the Dutch form of politeness when talking to me. This form, “u”, and as a possesive, “uw”, are generally used to address people who are socially or in any other way hierarchially above us. For instance, when I talk to Renate’s parents, I address them using the forms of politeness. Even though Renaat already said I could use the normal terms (je, jij, jouw, etc.), I insist on using the polite, well-mannered forms. Some people even want to be addressed the polite way by their children (my parents not, luckily). German (”Sie”, capitalised) and French (”vous”) also have these forms.

Another instance when one uses the forms of politeness is when the addressee is significantly older than the addresser.

Fcuk that fcukerthefuck shit. I’m not fcuking old, ok? Just 21, for Christ’s fcuking sake >:(.

I bow deep for David Beckham. He is one unusual character, not very bright, and has his share of weirdness; but he is a fighter. He never gives up. Even when in pain, he continues to battle for the ball. I admire him for that. Yesterday, he gave up the captain’s position of the English national team.

I also want to thank England for their match against Portugal. Even with Rooney off the pitch with a (deserved, for once) red card, they continued to fight for what they were worth, almost heroic. Again, deep admiration.

England glory.