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PC Superstore Admits Linux Hinge Repair Mistake

Posted by Zonk on from the there-are-some-happy-endings-after-all dept.

Erris writes "PC Superstore says their store manager was wrong to turn away a client with a broken hinge whose machine should have been repaired. 'El Reg put a call in to the DSGi-owned retail giant to get some clarification on PC World's Linux support policy. A spokesman told us that there had simply been a misunderstanding at the store and that, in fact, the normal procedure would be for the Tech Guys to provide a fix. [PC World] will provide a full repair once the firm has made contact with Tikka.'

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  1. Not a big deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Given how relatively minor teh Lunix market is, it hardly matters if the company wants to piss off one (or all) of them.

    I mean really... why put up with people who whine about stuff as much as Lunix users do? If I owned a store... I wouldn't worry about it at all. There's just no upside to dealing with Lunix users.

  2. Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Day 1

    Mommy, I am only 8 inches long, but I have all my organs. I love the sound of your voice. Every time I hear it, I wave my arms and legs. The sound of your heart beat is my favorite lullaby.

    Day 2

    Mommy, today I learned how to suck my thumb. If you could see me, you could definitely tell that I am a baby. I'm not big enough to survive outside my home though. It is so nice and warm in here.

    Day 3

    You know what Mommy, I'm a girl!! I hope that makes you happy. I always want you to be happy. I don't like it when you cry. You sound so sad. It makes me sad too, and I cry with you even though you can't hear me.

    Day 4

    Mommy, my hair is starting to grow. It is very short and fine, but I will have a lot of it. I spend a lot of my time exercising. I can turn my head and curl my fingers and toes, and stretch my arms and legs. I am becoming quite good at it too.

    Day 5

    You went to the doctor today. Mommy, he lied to you. He said that I'm not a baby. I am a baby Mommy, your baby. I think and feel. Mommy, what's abortion?

    Day 6

    I can hear that doctor again. I don't like him. He seems cold and heartless. Something is intruding my home. The doctor called it a needle. Mommy what is it? It burns! Please make him stop! I can't get away from it! Mommy!! HELP me!! No . . .

    Day 7

    Mommy, I am okay. I am in Jesus's arms. he is holding me. He told me about abortion. Why didn't you want me Mommy?

    One more heart that was stopped. Two more eyes that will never see. Two more hands that will never touch. Two more legs that will never run. One more mouth that will never speak.

    REPOST THIS IF YOU HATE ABORTION

    1. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      "Why didn't you want me Mommy?"

      You were the product of rape.
      You were the product of incest.
      "Mommy" was unable to raise a child currently due to low income.

      Those are all real situations that people get abortions for. So you'd rather have a woman who was brutally raped have to give birth to and raise the child of the man who attacked her? Sweet deal.

      I know I'm 'feeding a troll' or whatever, but I'm tired of people thinking they know what's best for everybody.

    2. Re:Interesting... by Walpurgiss · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      While I tend to agree with that viewpoint, I should point out that adoption is an option. Sure, still the pain of birthing the child, but the innocent child gets to grow up somewhere rather than get aborted. But as a guy, it's not my choice in any event.

    3. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's just the Christian right trying to confuse the debate to garner support for the extreme views. Look at most of their arguments, they're not attacking the actual viewpoint of the opposition, because "liberals" don't approve of late term abortion either. They create a fictitious 3rd party that wants abortions to be legal any time and attack that. People see them doing this and assume the other side must be in favor of it, when in reality there aren't many liberals that support abortion passed the first trimester. If you frame the debate in an areligious setting (Protip: our government was created to be that way) you'll see that most of their arguments are ridiculous.

    4. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I seriously doubt there is a "rapist gene", it has more to do with how the rapist was brought up. Unfortunately children of rape tend to be brought up in that same bad environment, and the cycle of abuse continues. Abortion is, sadly, usually the best among many bad options.

    5. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Behavior is hereditary. While obviously people can be socially conditioned to act certain ways, genetics can explain behavioral differences between individuals.

    6. Re:Interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      >Uh, abortions are performed long before the level of fetal development you describe.

      They all are, are they?

      Well, maybe where you live. In the USA, however, we sometimes perform them when the fetus is viable. It isn't particularly common, but given a sample of 100 women who have had an abortion, at least one will have had it performed (legally) when the fetus (is it still a fetus at this point?) was viable with support (22+ weeks). Many people (incorrectly) believe absolutely all abortions in the USA (and other developed countries) are only performed at a point when a fetus is non-viable, so it is not unusual that you would be part of that majority. Hopefully at this point you no longer are (and some other slashdotters are also more knowledgeable as a result).

      Fortunately for those that are queasy at that proposition, many countries have moved to ban late term abortions. I do believe that no matter what your stance on abortion is, fetal viability is the absolute limit at which you can morally agree with abortion, unless you also agree with infanticide. The interesting fact is that the fetal viability age is always decreasing with technology, so at some point we will need to reconsider this issue at that point. Who knows when the level will be low enough that this occurs, though?

      Life is all about constant education. Here's a little more for you to add to your growing repository.

    7. Re:Interesting... by mrsteveman1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes lets kill children because if there is a "rapist gene", and if it was passed on, and if it has any effect whatsoever, we can't let this happen!

      idiot

    8. Re:Interesting... by Rakarra · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Right, personal choice isn't involved. It's genes that drive someone to rape.

    9. Re:Interesting... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Fortunately for those that are queasy at that proposition, many countries have moved to ban late term abortions
      ... which I for one don't agree with. I think the limit should be raised to sixteen years postpartum.

    10. Re:Interesting... by bwd234 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      200 years ago, owning a slave was a legal right too!

  3. Re:It appears... by DustyShadow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    your reading comprehension is pretty shitty.

  4. Really Cool! by Erris · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A second post from an AC mentions the fabulous twitter and you have managed to create a tag that will point to more good stories in the future. Keep advertising my friend twitter.

    Everyone else should check out the Vista Failure Log these AC's hate so much. It and most of what twitter posts is more intersting than a story about some clueless and rude manager at a big box store.

    If you want to read some really intersting news, visit Stallman's Blog, which is updated every other day.

    --
    DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
  5. Ready to burn some karma. by UncleRage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... as much as I agree with your personal outrage (that being a Woman's body is her own, etc.. etc.. et al) -- I have to say that just as important is the right of free speech. And remember, the most important time to defend free speech is when you disagree with the speaker.

    That being said, that little bit of pro-life flamebaiting actually does more for the pro-choice movement than it should probably want to.

    'Cause now yer little bastard is in the arms of the rotting Jesus... 'aint he/she?

    Hah. Saved from a life of ill begotten moral line crossing. Another for your wierdo, domineering bipolar sky fairy.

    Maybe we should all have abortions. Fill up heaven's ranks so that there are more pure angels to fight off Hell's evil.

    Abortions for Jesus! Wheeeeeeee!

    Whoops. Too much Eagle Rare and now I'm rambling. Hahahah. This is fun. Now I'm gonna go drunken babbling elsewhere. =b...

    Oh... and while I'm at it. Mods... mod me down. Go ahead and waste yer points... OFFTOPIC BABY!!!!! WHOOOOOO! SCHAWEEEEEET!!!!

    Yeah! Post drunk, post loud.

    In the words of the great Hunter... Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

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    1. Re:Ready to burn some karma. by marcello_dl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      > Maybe we should all have abortions. Fill up heaven's ranks so that there are more pure angels to fight off Hell's evil.

      To what end? God is not going to lose because of numerical superiority. He's won(*) because he's the admin while the main opponent is a user.

      (*) if the Word is correct Revelations' events are inescapable. I said "has won" instead of "will win" because whatever time reference to God's dimension is equivalent.

      If the Word isn't correct, then my reasoning is irrelevant, and so it's your point.

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  6. Huh? by gbutler69 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I too believe abortion is a personal choice of a woman; however, that being said, what is wrong with this post? This person simply presents their argument for why a woman should not choose to have an abortion. Frankly, I think anyone who chooses it is a selfish ass. They should have the right to choose though.

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    1. Re:Huh? by dhalgren · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Anyone? The 14-year-old rape victim? The forced underaged wife of a Mormon polygamist? The woman who learns on the ultrasound that the child is ancephalic and will not survive regardless? The woman who learns that she has a less than even chance of surviving the pregnancy?

      Yeah. Real selfish. Damn the child. Make it suffer through whatever hell it must. As long as we take no steps, we are morally clean and righteous. Utter bullshit.

      If you're wondering, yes, I have been faced with learning that my unborn son would have physical abnormalities, and that we would have to make the decision on whether to abort or not. A life spent as a staunch pro-choice supporter, and the doctor saying this flat-out made me feel like I'd been punched in the gut by a tractor. The defect turned out to be non-chromosomal and not that bad, as such things go, and we had the child. Best thing that ever happened to me. But had the risks to my wife's life been large, or had the likelihood been that we would have been condemning a human to a life of suffering, I firmly believe that I would have voted to abort.

      In theological terms, I would risk Eternal Damnation to save my wife her life and/or keep my child from a life of suffering.

      All that said, I do not agree with all abortions, and I do feel that abortion can be and has been abused for selfish reasons. However, banning it outright because of this is simply throwing out the baby with the bathwater. (Sorry.)

    2. Re:Huh? by bwd234 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      "Anyone? The 14-year-old rape victim? The forced underaged wife of a Mormon polygamist? The woman who learns on the ultrasound that the child is ancephalic and will not survive regardless? The woman who learns that she has a less than even chance of surviving the pregnancy?"

      Yeah, we've all heard the "14 yeard old rape victim" line a million times. Only thing is, that just a very small percentage of abortions, most are for birth control because some lazy assholes forgot or just didn't care to use a condom, pill, etc.