Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
Borsenkow Andrej wrote: While the review itself may be a joke (and I honestly hope it is), comments seem to be real. It was funny as I started to read them; at the end I was really frightened. http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/9/30/83943/2736 -andrej Actually, I love to see these types of articles when they are NOT a joke. What better advertising. A review slamming Mandrake filled with lies and distortions, not to mention profanity. If this is not a joke, it is a very upfront hatchet job and it is so totally transparent that even the most loyal Microsoft customers will see through it. It is certainly shocking at first, but when the intitial shock wears off it doesn't leave much of an impact. If anything it will very likely make more people curious about Mandrake. A while back Linux finally appeared on Microsoft radar. Now it looks like they are seeing Mandrake as a threat worthy of direct attack. Does this tell us something? -George Mitchell
Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
Allow me to explain adequacy.org. They pick an issue. There is the side in favor, and the side opposed. The write a fake article that is pretending to be from the POV of one of those extremely ignorant and stubbornly opposed people that has no clue what they are talking about. You know the type. Like my father and Linux. The article is very extensive and precise in its false detailed statements. Then they plant the fake comments that are supposed to be from the POV of one of those people who has sorta touched on the subject in his or her lifetime. Take in linux...someone who downloaded peanut linux five years ago, had no idea what it was, popped into kde, and rebooted to delete it (peanut) from the hd. Someone sorta kinda like that. Anyway, so these people (the ones who the comments are supposed to sound like) think they know what they're talking about. These comments of course are inherently almost as wrong as the article itself. So it goes on, and as you can see, those who think these articles are serious often get quite pissed off. Yes, Mr. Borsenkow, you could say the article is a joke. Most(all) of the comments are, too. Everyone needs to stop sh*ting in their pants about the author who thinks Linux Torvalds is the sole developer of Linux. (yes, I thought the name was a nice touch ;p).
Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
Thanks for enlightning us all on the mo of this seemingly useless website that specializes in the high tech practical joke carried to the extreme. Do some people really find this entertaining? Oh well at least we all are now aware of what is going on here. Thanks Blue Lizard! Blue Lizard wrote: Allow me to explain adequacy.org. They pick an issue. There is the side in favor, and the side opposed. The write a fake article that is pretending to be from the POV of one of those extremely ignorant and stubbornly opposed people that has no clue what they are talking about. You know the type. Like my father and Linux. The article is very extensive and precise in its false detailed statements. Then they plant the fake comments that are supposed to be from the POV of one of those people who has sorta touched on the subject in his or her lifetime. Take in linux...someone who downloaded peanut linux five years ago, had no idea what it was, popped into kde, and rebooted to delete it (peanut) from the hd. Someone sorta kinda like that. Anyway, so these people (the ones who the comments are supposed to sound like) think they know what they're talking about. These comments of course are inherently almost as wrong as the article itself. So it goes on, and as you can see, those who think these articles are serious often get quite pissed off. Yes, Mr. Borsenkow, you could say the article is a joke. Most(all) of the comments are, too. Everyone needs to stop sh*ting in their pants about the author who thinks Linux Torvalds is the sole developer of Linux. (yes, I thought the name was a nice touch ;p).
Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
George Mitchell wrote: the extreme. Do some people really find this entertaining? Yes. Yes they do. ;) To any and all: My apologies for not checking or responding to my email for however long, the doc thought it was pneumonia, and when those antibiotics didn't work, i got a new round of antibiotics. These are really killin' my intestines :). -Blue
Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
These guys are looking for flames. My advice is just to ignore it. They are looking for comments from us and every one we give them will just add fuel to their fire. Judging by the number of comments, it is already too late... Borsenkow Andrej wrote: While the review itself may be a joke (and I honestly hope it is), comments seem to be real. It was funny as I started to read them; at the end I was really frightened. http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/9/30/83943/2736 -andrej -- grumpy statistics: 10:55am up 14 days, 23:15, 7 users, load average: 0.04, 0.16, 0.10
RE: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
Adequacy.org is a troll site; it's satire taken to the extreme. I hope :-) This is one of my favorites: How to increase the lifespan of your PC. http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/9/3/95745/18731 I agree, it is really good. -andrej
Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
Le Mardi 2 Octobre 2001 11:28, Borsenkow Andrej scribit : Adequacy.org is a troll site; it's satire taken to the extreme. I hope :-) This is one of my favorites: How to increase the lifespan of your PC. http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/9/3/95745/18731 I agree, it is really good. there's also a Taliban ( named Massoud ) interview on an IRC channel ( http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/9/24/12648/1811 ) Unfortunately the pb seems to come from the readers that post comments -- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/linux_wizard/index.html - Celui qui copie la nature est impuissant, celui qui l'interprète est ridicule, celui qui l'ignore n'est rien du tout. René Barjavel, Colomb de la Lune
Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
Borsenkow Andrej wrote: While the review itself may be a joke (and I honestly hope it is), comments seem to be real. It was funny as I started to read them; at the end I was really frightened. http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/9/30/83943/2736 -andrej I just quickly skimmed through that story and I too think it's sad that people can make uninformed judgements about things they apparently know nothing about; maybe you could pursue this further and find out if it's a joke or if someone can be held accountable for their remarks? Mike
Re: [Cooker] Read this. It's unbelievable
Le Mardi 2 Octobre 2001 15:34, Mike Tracy Holt scribit : http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/9/30/83943/2736 -andrej I just quickly skimmed through that story and I too think it's sad that people can make uninformed judgements about things they apparently know nothing about; maybe you could pursue this further and find out if it's a joke or if someone can be held accountable for their remarks? The review is a joke. When you read the others articles you understand that ( interview of a taliban bigot in an IRC channel, etc ... ). the pb comes from the comments ... Some seems to really believe what was written -- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/linux_wizard/index.html - L'avenir de l'homme, c'est la femme. Aragon Et l'homme n'est l'avenir de rien. Renaud
