2009/2/6 [email protected] <[email protected]> > Flem D. Williams wrote: > > WHAT'S UP WITH THIS DOWNLOAD CRAP? > > > > For more than five hours I've started the download for OpenOffice3. > > Each and every time, this damn download hangs, stops, or crashes around > 28% of completion. > > After this, the whole operation is frozen into a dead state where > everything on the pc and keyboard is immobile, frozen or dead! > > > > In order to bail out of such a predicament, the only available option is > to press the Reset button because of the preplanned, malicious hacking > wrought on by this listless, academic crackpot who devised and programmed > this damming crap into the system in the first place! > > > > Needless to say, this type of shutdown has happened before, causing > severe hard drive damage, resulting in the purchase of several new hard > drives. There is no valid reason for such reckless, wanton behavior in > operating a website > > > > To cut through the chase: This website: > http://download.openoffice.org/ simply sucks, and is doing so all the way > up to the gates of hell! > > I cannot understand why a big company such as Sun Microsystems would > shell out their products to some unknown, questionable characters who's > very intention are clouded with ulterior motives. > > > > For the reasons stated above, I will simply get a copy of OpenOffice3 > from my neighbor. > > > > Thanks for the hassle! > > > > Flem > > > > > > > Oh boy, this is either a M$ Evangelist spreading fud > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt>, or a troll > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29> (dnftt!) The > ignorance in linking shut-downs with "causing severe hard drive damage, > resulting in the purchase of several new hard drives", and causing a > highly probable M$ non-journalling FS crash can only be smiled at. (S)He > should buy M$ office and be happy with it. Nobody forces anyone to use > oss <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software> or foss > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS>. Nobody has the right either to > shout at others or insult the philanthropic work of others for providing > a oss democracy. Such infantile behaviour only reflects a troubled > personality (DSM-IV <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-IV> and > Personality Disorder > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_disorder>). People who > honestly need help and looks for help do not react with such an "off the > wall" insulting attitude. > > :-) > Al
Perhaps the best way of dealing with a troll on a list such as ours is to ignore it.... Henri
