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Vista Bug Costs Users In Swedish Town Their Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-net-for-you dept.

Lund, Sweden refuses to work around a Vista bug, so people who live there must choose between Vista and internet access. It's nice to see the right people being held accountable for a change.

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  1. The only thing that could make this better by Nero+Nimbus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is if the city offered free Ubuntu CDs as "Windows Upgrades."

  2. So... by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Their internet is b0rked?

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    Blearf. Blearf, I say.
    1. Re:So... by ettlz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Their internet is b0rked?
      No, it's b0rk-b0rk-b0rked!
  3. "so people who live there must choose... by ettlz · · Score: 5, Funny

    "..between Vista and internet access."

    Fucking tricky one, eh?

    Like choosing between an anal probe and a cream bun.

    1. Re:"so people who live there must choose... by quonsar · · Score: 5, Funny

      cream buns often follow anal probes.

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    2. Re:"so people who live there must choose... by ettlz · · Score: 4, Funny

      To be fair: im sure there are more sex lovers in Sweden then there are Vista users worldwide, so your comparison is not very accurate.

      I think you're labouring under the false assumption that the cream bun is for eating.

  4. How's this funny again? by Wilson_6500 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this happened in my town--and if I were using Vista--I'd be pretty damn unhappy. Usually a story is funny because someone got what they deserved in a particularly humorous way, or because someone subjectively considered evil takes it in the pants. Here I see a bunch of people getting shafted by two corporations that don't want to play nice, and this perhaps for the crime of simply owning a new computer.

  5. Re:router by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 5, Funny

    A router just passes packets verbatim from one place to another verbatim


    I dearly, dearly hope you are not in charge of any network apparatus anywheres.

    Chris Mattern
  6. Re:router by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    He works in marketing for Verbatim

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    which is totally what she said
  7. Re:router by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was clearly a simple typo.

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  8. Re:router by gkhan1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The keys are like all next to each other!

  9. Swedes are Evil, o.k.? by WED+Fan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you really want Swedes on the Internet? I mean, aren't they like the Canada of Europe?

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