Re: emachines warranty void w/linux
From: Dave Uhring (daveuhring_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/20/05
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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:38:09 -0500
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:19:39 -0400, Ed Cregger wrote:
>
> "Dave Uhring" <daveuhring@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.06.19.21.31.58.116881@yahoo.com...
>> On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:06:49 -0400, Ed Cregger wrote:
>>> I started with Basic, went to DOS and then to Windows. Why? Because that
>>> is
>>> what the offices I worked in used. I had no choice.
>>
>> If that is really true (and I doubt it) then you should still have some
>> knowledge of the CLI of MS-DOS and your transition to Linux should be
>> painless:
>
> You don't know me, but you doubt what I say? What is the point of talking to
> you then? You have managed to change a conversation into a pissing contest.
Yes, I doubt you. Basic is not an operating system; it is not even a
programming language as is BASIC, something which you might have known.
>> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html
Your original complaint was "You folks that have been using Linux for a
while do not realize the learning curve involved when switching from
Windows to Linux. It is HUGE!" I gave you the Rosetta Stone to reduce the
slope of that learning curve and you rejected it.
>> Because you *are* a Windows slave. You refuse to even try to use Linux.
>> Your concepts of what makes an OS useful are totally warped.
>
> You have no idea of what my concepts are. So, I either blindly follow the
> Linux nazis, or I am a Windows loser. Right? You are revealing far more
> about your intellectual depth than you may imagine. I came here looking for
> constructive dialog with an adult. I have found neither, as of yet. Unlike
> you, I do not assume that all Linux users are like you. Some have been very
> helpful. All you do is argue and never once address the issues at hand.
Rather than arguing, I took the time and effort to direct you to resources
which you could use.
> I have work to do. I don't need another hobby at this stage of my life. I
> need an operating system that does its own drudgery. I could care less about
> compiling this, or selecting that. I'm an adult that is not on a power trip.
Then do your work instead of spamming a Linux newsgroup with pointless
recommendations for an OS which you do not know. What you really want to
use is Windows. Why are you even bothering with Linux?
>>>>> Linux begs for a serious GUI that handles the housekeeping without user
>>>>> interaction.
>>>>
>>>> What "housekeeping" are you drooling about? Windows GUI is the *least*
>>>> serious GUI I have ever encountered.
>
> You know, Mr. Wiseass, if you were to make such a remark to my face in a
> crowded room, I'd deck your ass in a heart beat. Watch your mouth, sonny.
Sonny? I learned FORTRAN II and BASIC in 1966 and had you paid any
attention I also told you that I migrated to MS-DOS from CP/M.
As for your violent threats.....
> You are part of the problem, not the solution. You are so invested in the
> status quo that any mention of change that would affect your employment
> position is met with hostility. Computers programmed to behave as I know
> they can would put folks like you out of work. Then you would have to get a
> real job. "Do you want fries with that, Sir?"
Hostility??? I made an attempt to direct you to the resources which would
enable you.
>> BTW, if you are so dedicated to using Windows why in hell are you trolling
>> a Linux newsgroup?
>
> You see. That's how little attention you have paid to what I wrote
> originally. You don't even know why I'm here, which was clearly written and
> explained in the original post.
What you wrote originally was quoted above. Your other comments about
exploding heads and "serious GUI" were meaningless. BTW you still have
not told us what "housekeeping" is. If you were to clarify what you want
done you would probably get the information you want.
> You haven't addressed a single issue I have mentioned. All you want to do is
> to try to make someone look foolish on the newsgroup. Conversation
> concluded.
You don't need me to make you look foolish.
And now I will invoke Godwin's Law for that comment about "Linux nazis".
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