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Mandrake to Come Preloaded on Wal-Mart PCs
surfimp writes "Here's a story from NewsForge: 'MandrakeSoft CEO Jacques Le Marois confirms the news this morning, and company spokeswoman Margaret Waters says, while a contract with Microtel has not been finalized, the company is working on getting Mandrake certified to run like clockwork on the Microtel systems. Waters is hopeful that the dotted line will be signed and PCs up for sale by the end of next week.'" Update: 06/20 17:21 GMT by T : Ooops! The Mandrake spokeswoman's name is Margaret Waples, not Waters. Apologies, and thanks to Todd Lyons of Mandrakesoft for the correction.
What about Lothar? Nobody ever mentions Lothar!!
MoitaCarrasco "Everyday I beat my own previous record for the number of consecutive days I've stayed alive." - CARLIN
Sorry dude, not this time. As a consolation though, some noisy guitars, drums and a guy mumbling.
Is Walmart Still Evil?
Disney = Evil (Not on Tuesdays)
Walmart = Evil (Not on Wendesdays)
God im confused whens Microsofts day off?
"All I can tell the "lesser of two evils" folks is that if they keep voting for evil, they'll keep getting evil."-Lp.org
Yaeh !
Another Lesson, stupid Americans, that Frenchies are smarter than YOU !
Mandrake is the Best Distro of the World because it is French !
Put Redhat in the Trash, Burn SuSE like the Nazis burned books, keep in mind that France IS THE democracy of the World : No death Penalty, total Liberty !
France will Rule the World and you, Stupid Americans, you need to learn more about our culture, much better than American culture !
VIVE LA FRANCE !
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Yeah, yeah, I know, (-1, Offtopic) :)
Al Qaeda has ninjas!
I work as a research assistant for a psychology lab at a major university. Part of my duties includes running experiments on undergrads. I had just finished running this one experiment on a very attractive young lady. Just when I was moving to thank her for her participation and show her to the door, she interrupts.
"Look, I hate to beg, but I really need some extra credit for psych 101. If my final grade stinks as much as my current grade, my parents will cut off my allowance. Could you spot me a few extra participation points?"
"I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to do that." What a pathetic grade-grubber.
That's when the brat began sobbing and blubbering. "But I can't fail this class! I got straight A's in high school! I'll be a disgrace! I -"
"Well, I'm sorry but I can only award credit commensurate with the amount of time you give us. I -"
"What if I give you a blow job?"
Did she just say that? I'd better come up with a generic response if I didn't want to come off soundling like a big pervert in case she hadn't just tried to bribe me with oral pleasure.
"Sure, okay."
"Ten credits, I'll even swallow."
"Deal."
My remaining disbelief disappeared the minute she unzipped my trousers and opened wide. Little Jimmy was having a thoroughly good time, at first. But then I got a little nibble, and then another.
"Um, could you please stop biting me?"
"I can't help it, my braces only allow me to open my mouth so far."
Braces!?! This chick had braces? I guess The Castle Dental Center's advertised "invisible braces" really held true to their claim. Normally I would have avoided a metal-mouth right off the bat, but I'd been duped by The Castle. Common sense told me, begged me to abort immediately, but I've never been one to pull the pancakes off the griddle before they were done just because a cockroach had fallen into the batter. I was going to complete this transaction.
"ooh! ow! ooooh! ow-OW! oooh! ow!"
Five minutes later, the pancakes were done. My participant attempted to dismount, but something was wrong. My flesh was caught in her braces! I tried to work my pee-pee's way carefully and slowly out of her mouth, but she wouldn't hold still! Suddenly she jerked her head back and a flap of skin tore off. I screamed. She picked her teeth with her pinky nail, said, "Thanks for the credits!" cheerily and walked out.
I lay on the floor in a fetal position, my member bleeding, for an hour or so until a scab had formed. I get my dick cut up on Miss Piranha's maw of death and she gets ten credits?!? But she didn't have the credits yet - I had to award them! I still had control of the situation! Oh sweet revenge! Negative one-hundred for you, bitch!
I don't see your complaint. Yes, Wal-Mart's view of a magazine is powerful. That _is_ their choice, and they are not evil for making that choice. Get over it.
If you dislike this control then you should read magazines which are not sold at Wal-Mart.
But really, is asking magazines for something that is decent for families to see really asking that much?
By the way, Rolling Stone often comes close to qualifying as soft-porn - at least their covers do.
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