Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
So that's how his response read to me. Perhaps I've just been corrupted by too much sarcasm, and if that's the case then I'm in the wrong, and for that I'll apologize. ROFL! No more apologies! Make it stop! LOL! You all crack me up. I have to say, apologetic flame wars are way better than other ones we have seen. :) eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
, JoeHill. 25 2004 ., 0:19:50: J On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:47:38 +0300 J maxxik disseminated the following: Hi ppls ! http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135aid=2 what do you think about it ? ) dont you want to support out favorite distributive ? ) PS sorry for offtopic ... J I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to J automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. o ... i'm so SORRY because i've got this link by e-mail ^( and i dont expect so much confuse ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] concurrents ... i love mandrake maxxik mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:14 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 did it Don't know what it proves though? -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. ...Henry David Thoreau ___ This email is guaranteed to be Wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Experience what others using Mandrake Linux have experienced at:- http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Friday 25 June 2004 02:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:14 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 did it Don't know what it proves though? -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. ...Henry David Thoreau ___ This email is guaranteed to be Wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Experience what others using Mandrake Linux have experienced at:- http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane. Favorite Linux Distro for 2004? | Log in/Create an Account | -- Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
Best 2004 distribution? Fedora Core 2. --- Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 June 2004 02:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:14 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 did it Don't know what it proves though? -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. ...Henry David Thoreau ___ This email is guaranteed to be Wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Experience what others using Mandrake Linux have experienced at:- http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane. Favorite Linux Distro for 2004? | Log in/Create an Account | -- Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Friday 25 June 2004 09:49 am, nut megger wrote: Best 2004 distribution? note to self,,, don't feed trolls -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
Hi ppls ! http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135aid=2 what do you think about it ? ) dont you want to support out favorite distributive ? ) PS sorry for offtopic ... maxxik mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:47:38 +0300 maxxik disseminated the following: Hi ppls ! http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135aid=2 what do you think about it ? ) dont you want to support out favorite distributive ? ) PS sorry for offtopic ... I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 17:12:37 up 6 days, 22:36, 7 users, load average: 1.80, 1.89, 1.38 +++ President Bush is asking Congress for $80 billion dollars to rebuild Iraq. And when you make out that check, remember there are two L's in Halliburton. -- David Letterman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:19:50 -0400 JoeHill wrote: I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. It is more than that!!! It is a deliberate plant NO ONE named maxxik has Ever before posted to either the newbie or expert list!! He Is Now entered in my May They Rot in Hell filter Charles -- If Microsoft built cars, you could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought Car95 or CarNT. But, then you would have to buy more seats. - Mandrake Linux 10.1 on PurpleDragon 2.6.5-1.tmb.6mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgpFvRnPFUavM.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles A Edwards wrote: | On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:19:50 -0400 | JoeHill wrote: | |I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems |to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. | | It is more than that!!! | It is a deliberate plant | | NO ONE named maxxik has Ever before posted to either the newbie or | expert list!! | | He Is Now entered in my May They Rot in Hell filter | | Charles The little p---ant did, however, remind us (well, me, anyway ... I can't speak or anyone else) of the hazards of indiscriminately clicking proffered links. - -- Chuck MATTSEN / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Mahnomen, MN / RLU #346519 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-9mdk MT Lookup: http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm Random Thought/Quote for this Message: ~ This life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been an actual life, you would have received further instructions as to what to do and where to go. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFA21Ai+qbiwggubBwRAjhBAJ4/vVQJnbYQd7wm9AuHIhM/IJe4UQCdHWbY DaQ1a7hr/qHK+8eCYJNEsJM= =Kxux -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:54:14 -0400 Charles A Edwards disseminated the following: It is more than that!!! It is a deliberate plant NO ONE named maxxik has Ever before posted to either the newbie or expert list!! I'm not surprised. Most Gentoo users I've communicated with are pretty hardcore, and not all of them have been particularly mature. In general, they seem to look on other Linux distros the same way we look at Windows, which is entirely without merit. I can definitely see a Gentoo user pulling a stunt like this, which explains of course the 'poll' results. Heh. I voted for Mandrake like 4 times to try and make up for this. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 18:04:26 up 6 days, 23:28, 7 users, load average: 1.47, 1.41, 1.43 +++ If I said yes, that would then suggest that that might be the only place where it might be done which would not be accurate ... necessarily accurate ... it might also not be inaccurate, but I mean ... I'm disinclined to mislead anyone. -- Donald Rumsfeld Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:05:22 -0500 Chuck MATTSEN disseminated the following: The little p---ant did, however, remind us (well, me, anyway ... I can't speak or anyone else) of the hazards of indiscriminately clicking proffered links. ya, I'm kickin' myself right now, the pollBooth.pl?qid=1135aid=2 should have triggered alarm bells, or at least like a Spider Sense or something ;-) -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 18:11:19 up 6 days, 23:34, 7 users, load average: 1.35, 1.41, 1.41 +++ Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. -- John Maynard Keynes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 04:19 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:47:38 +0300 maxxik disseminated the following: Hi ppls ! http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135aid=2 what do you think about it ? ) dont you want to support out favorite distributive ? ) PS sorry for offtopic ... I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:14:33 -0500 Randall D. Hobbs disseminated the following: I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 ...did better than that: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=189893 -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 18:20:16 up 6 days, 23:43, 7 users, load average: 2.07, 1.78, 1.58 +++ Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth. -- Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:14:33 -0500 Randall D. Hobbs disseminated the following: I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 ...did better than that: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=189893 Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong they've done. *shrugs* Oh well, it is ~just~ a /. poll. I'm just annoyed that I ended up voting for a distribution I've never even run! Gotta love stupid human tricks... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 JoeHill wrote: | ...did better than that: | | http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=189893 Love it. - -- Chuck MATTSEN / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Mahnomen, MN / RLU #346519 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-9mdk MT Lookup: http://eot.com/~mattsen/mtsearch.htm - -- Random Thought/Quote for this Message: ~ I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed shrink is our friend. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFA21VI+qbiwggubBwRArJAAJ9oWg8rvrUaFWPfjaNmg3IIREzQgACggo74 XkRCZrNDHxznb0PUjhOCtiY= =iveo -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:14:33 -0500 Randall D. Hobbs disseminated the following: I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 ...did better than that: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=189893 Looks like they already figured it out and posted the correct link for gentoo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On June 24, 2004 15:19, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:47:38 +0300 maxxik disseminated the following: Hi ppls ! http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135aid=2 what do you think about it ? ) dont you want to support out favorite distributive ? ) PS sorry for offtopic ... I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. Is that what happened? I went to vote and got told I had already voted. Doh! The scumbag scammed me! Just can't let your guard down, even on a friendly list like this. -- Ron Hunter-Duvar ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 05:25 pm, Amy wrote: Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong they've done. *shrugs* Oh well, it is ~just~ a /. poll. I'm just annoyed that I ended up voting for a distribution I've never even run! Gotta love stupid human tricks... Ah yes, but if you're intelligent enough to read the posting then you'll KNOW who you're voting for with my post... I shall repost the relevant information so you can see it yet again: If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: No flashing or offensively bold text, but I figured it was enough to point out which distribution you were voting for. Sorry if you felt misled, for whatever reason... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 05:33 pm, John Drouhard wrote: Looks like they already figured it out and posted the correct link for gentoo Well it sorta' hits me as funny, as they had to post the cheating link to get it ahead. I would assume that that means they don't have enough faith in their favorite operating system to win on its own, either that or Gentoo's fanbase must be comprised by quite a few teenagers who think that's the way to fix the polls... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
Randall D. Hobbs wrote: On Thursday 24 June 2004 05:25 pm, Amy wrote: Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong they've done. *shrugs* Oh well, it is ~just~ a /. poll. I'm just annoyed that I ended up voting for a distribution I've never even run! Gotta love stupid human tricks... Ah yes, but if you're intelligent enough to read the posting then you'll KNOW who you're voting for with my post... I shall repost the relevant information so you can see it yet again: If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: No flashing or offensively bold text, but I figured it was enough to point out which distribution you were voting for. Sorry if you felt misled, for whatever reason... You know, I could get offended that you're implying I'm stupid because you assume I haven't been reading the posting. Just because I didn't send off a post right away when I read the first message in the thread doesn't mean I didn't read that one before all the other posting happened on the list. I has assumed that maybe I'd done something wrong, because I had thought that this list was safe and friendly and therefore I didn't have to watch out for underhanded idiots who'd drop links that aren't what they say they are. I suppose that makes me the idiot to try to make sure I hadn't done something stupid before crying foul on someone who's posted to a list I'd otherwise gotten a good impression of? And it makes me an idiot because I couldn't read the messages that hadn't been posted yet at the time I read the first message? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 05:49 pm, Amy wrote: You know, I could get offended that you're implying I'm stupid because you assume I haven't been reading the posting. Just because I didn't send off a post right away when I read the first message in the thread doesn't mean I didn't read that one before all the other posting happened on the list. I has assumed that maybe I'd done something wrong, because I had thought that this list was safe and friendly and therefore I didn't have to watch out for underhanded idiots who'd drop links that aren't what they say they are. I suppose that makes me the idiot to try to make sure I hadn't done something stupid before crying foul on someone who's posted to a list I'd otherwise gotten a good impression of? And it makes me an idiot because I couldn't read the messages that hadn't been posted yet at the time I read the first message? OK, I do apologize... I was the one that didn't fully read your post (and understand it). In the mad rush of things, I had thought you were responding to my post, so I was totally in the wrong. I will slow down next time and try to read what's going on, instead of rushing through the posts and trying to do 10 things at once. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:25:54 -0700 Amy disseminated the following: Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong they've done. Oh here we go, the voice of reason. Come on, it's just a silly unscientific poll, and no one really gives a rat's ass how the poll comes out anyhow. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 18:59:02 up 7 days, 22 min, 7 users, load average: 1.47, 1.36, 1.38 +++ One of the most dangerous errors of our time is the belief that human beings are uniquely violent animals, barely restrained from committing atrocities on each other by the constraints of ethics, religion, and the state. -- Eric S. Raymond Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:25:54 -0700 Amy disseminated the following: Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong they've done. Oh here we go, the voice of reason. Come on, it's just a silly unscientific poll, and no one really gives a rat's ass how the poll comes out anyhow. Thus my Oh well, it is ~just~ a /. poll. comment which followed that one directly. ^_^ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:49:59 -0700 Amy disseminated the following: No flashing or offensively bold text, but I figured it was enough to point out which distribution you were voting for. Sorry if you felt misled, for whatever reason... You know, I could get offended that you're implying I'm stupid because you assume I haven't been reading the posting. Just because I didn't send off a post right away when I read the first message in the thread doesn't mean I didn't read that one before all the other posting happened on the list. I has assumed that maybe I'd done something wrong, because I had thought that this list was safe and friendly and therefore I didn't have to watch out for underhanded idiots who'd drop links that aren't what they say they are. I suppose that makes me the idiot to try to make sure I hadn't done something stupid before crying foul on someone who's posted to a list I'd otherwise gotten a good impression of? And it makes me an idiot because I couldn't read the messages that hadn't been posted yet at the time I read the first message? ...take a deeep breath. He was *apologizing*. Sheesh. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 19:02:50 up 7 days, 26 min, 7 users, load average: 1.86, 1.67, 1.50 +++ Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. -- Martin Luther Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:49:59 -0700 Amy disseminated the following: No flashing or offensively bold text, but I figured it was enough to point out which distribution you were voting for. Sorry if you felt misled, for whatever reason... You know, I could get offended that you're implying I'm stupid because you assume I haven't been reading the posting. Just because I didn't send off a post right away when I read the first message in the thread doesn't mean I didn't read that one before all the other posting happened on the list. I has assumed that maybe I'd done something wrong, because I had thought that this list was safe and friendly and therefore I didn't have to watch out for underhanded idiots who'd drop links that aren't what they say they are. I suppose that makes me the idiot to try to make sure I hadn't done something stupid before crying foul on someone who's posted to a list I'd otherwise gotten a good impression of? And it makes me an idiot because I couldn't read the messages that hadn't been posted yet at the time I read the first message? ...take a deeep breath. He was *apologizing*. Sheesh. I'm sorry if I misread the tone of his whole response, but then I'm used to people who use heavy sarcasm and often when an apology like that follows directly after a correction which is phrased in such a manner as to includes phrases like ...if you're intelligent enough to... the apology is usually a very sarcastic one and means absolutely nothing. So that's how his response read to me. Perhaps I've just been corrupted by too much sarcasm, and if that's the case then I'm in the wrong, and for that I'll apologize. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:04:07 -0700 Amy disseminated the following: Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong they've done. Oh here we go, the voice of reason. Come on, it's just a silly unscientific poll, and no one really gives a rat's ass how the poll comes out anyhow. Thus my Oh well, it is ~just~ a /. poll. comment which followed that one directly. ^_^ ya, I gotcha. The hilarious part for me was the disclaimer *clearly stated*: Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks. ...and what's the first post? Mac option? Shows you the level of intelligence of people who live at /., it's not even a Linux distro :-D -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 19:21:32 up 7 days, 45 min, 7 users, load average: 1.54, 1.40, 1.39 +++ One of the most dangerous errors of our time is the belief that human beings are uniquely violent animals, barely restrained from committing atrocities on each other by the constraints of ethics, religion, and the state. -- Eric S. Raymond Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:16:31 -0700 Amy disseminated the following: So that's how his response read to me. Perhaps I've just been corrupted by too much sarcasm, and if that's the case then I'm in the wrong, and for that I'll apologize. ROFL! No more apologies! Make it stop! -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org 19:26:59 up 7 days, 50 min, 7 users, load average: 1.72, 1.65, 1.49 +++ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 03:25 pm, Amy wrote: JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:14:33 -0500 Randall D. Hobbs disseminated the following: I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135section=indexaid=7 ...did better than that: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=189893 Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong they've done. *shrugs* Oh well, it is ~just~ a /. poll. I'm just annoyed that I ended up voting for a distribution I've never even run! Gotta love stupid human tricks... Point is the poll as all internet polls is subject to manulipation. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 04:16 pm, Amy wrote: JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:49:59 -0700 Amy disseminated the following: No flashing or offensively bold text, but I figured it was enough to point out which distribution you were voting for. Sorry if you felt misled, for whatever reason... You know, I could get offended that you're implying I'm stupid because you assume I haven't been reading the posting. Just because I didn't send off a post right away when I read the first message in the thread doesn't mean I didn't read that one before all the other posting happened on the list. I has assumed that maybe I'd done something wrong, because I had thought that this list was safe and friendly and therefore I didn't have to watch out for underhanded idiots who'd drop links that aren't what they say they are. I suppose that makes me the idiot to try to make sure I hadn't done something stupid before crying foul on someone who's posted to a list I'd otherwise gotten a good impression of? And it makes me an idiot because I couldn't read the messages that hadn't been posted yet at the time I read the first message? ...take a deeep breath. He was *apologizing*. Sheesh. I'm sorry if I misread the tone of his whole response, but then I'm used to people who use heavy sarcasm and often when an apology like that follows directly after a correction which is phrased in such a manner as to includes phrases like ...if you're intelligent enough to... the apology is usually a very sarcastic one and means absolutely nothing. So that's how his response read to me. Perhaps I've just been corrupted by too much sarcasm, and if that's the case then I'm in the wrong, and for that I'll apologize. You guys gotta learn OTlist Sacrism #scarcism mode on /#scarcism mode off simple Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
