surely I could just put the live CD onto my working ubuntu desktop and do a PXE boot to it
On 15 September 2010 19:17, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15 September 2010 15:40, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 15:15:24 +0100, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> On 15 September 2010 14:04, Jacob Mansfield <cyberja...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > I just type where it puts the curser by default, I can type where I > >> > like. yes I did try with a USB cd drive and if you actualy read my > >> > posts rather than yelling at my grammer will know that I did try > >> > with a USB memory stick > >> > >> Aaaaaand *that* is right where I stop trying to offer any help or > >> guidance. HAND. Goodbye. > > > > Is there something we can do to persuade you to stop contributing to > > this list altogether, Liam? If so, please let us know and we shall be > > only too happy to do it for you. > > In general, all I ask is that people abide by the rules and etiquette > of the medium, do their best to ask questions the smart way (q.v. Eric > Raymond), and are polite and friendly. > > I make my living from freelance IT support and advice. It is what I do > and have done for the bulk of the last 14 years. I charge £75 per hour > or part thereof for my services, and I have clients from Scotland to > Brussels. I have worked with everything from a myriad of individuals > and home users to multinational banks. > > I give help and guidance here because I see it as giving something > back, repaying in some small way the huge amount of use I've had out > of Linux since I started playing with it in 1996 and using it > seriously in 1997. > > I do not expect, nor will I tolerate, rudeness, ingratitude and so on. > If someone can't be bothered to learn how to reply to an email - and > indeed is willing to *say* they can't be bothered to - or is just > plain rude - then why should I help them? They're getting a service > from me that large corporations pay me tens of thousands of pounds > for. > > Sadly it is human nature to value things according to what you pay for > them. I am not like that; if I get something for free and it's of a > large degree of use to me, I prize it and am very grateful. > > Most people seem to figure, hey, I didn't pay, so it's not worth anything. > > The same clearly goes for help and advice. > > If a paying client of mine is slow to understand, impatient, rude, or > calls at 2AM with a problem, I bend over backwards to help. That's > what they are paying for. > > However, personally, I don't tolerate fools. Never mind gladly, not at all. > > If someone can't be bothered to write proper English when it is their > native language, or can't be bothered to learn how to use a mailing > list, but they still want support - well, from me, they get what they > pay for. Nothing. > > So, a good way to stop getting helpful replies from me is to be > unhelpful, bolshie, rude or uncooperative. > > Do unto others as thou wouldst have them do unto thee. > > -- > Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com > Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 > AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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