The agriculture companies can't forbid you from purchasing or using their products. An insurance company can.
I, like many, lost my job. Thankfully, I have a very marketable service and have been able to strike out on my own very successfully after having a very difficult time trying to find a "regular job". When I had insurance, I went to the doctor like I'm encouraged to do, and I was diagnosed with heart disease.
Now, I'm on my own. My insurance is gone, and I no longer qualify for insurance under the 'pre-existing condition' clauses. So, even though I'm a productive, contributing, and tax-paying member of society, I am not entitled to stay alive.
If you're so jaded as to not see how that is wrong, then I hope with all my being that you end up in my position someday.
I have been so completely appalled by Apple's "quality control". I have been through FIVE "refurb" macbook pros. I'm on the fifth, I should say. This one has *fewer* issues than the previous ones, but I've been worn down by them and don't feel like playing their games anymore. The good thing? I've decide to write about my weird technical exploits, because these failures are not limited to Apple. Demand is high, customers are impatient, and everyone is under pressure to deliver because there are so many other options. In the case of Apple, they have a contingent who is used to paying a little extra for better quality, and now they're just making me feel like I'm buying a generic. Anyway, my post about my experiences can be found here:
Unfortunately, I've attempted to get VC money, bank loans, personal loans, private investment capital, everything. Sadly, noone wanted to step up to the plate, despite the glowing references of our customers and the GNU/OSS community. If we had the money tomorrow, we'd be back online, believe me!! This business is my life, working for this cause only makes my life better.
How can I express the thanks and gratitude I have for the overwhelming amount of support I have received from the community. Amazing, simply amazing. I have been at a loss for words for some time now, and that has remained mostly unchanged, however I feel it's my duty to make an appearance to let you all know how I feel personally about this. I had lost a lot of faith in people since the troubles started brewing, but thanks to all of you I have renewed energy and hope!
For those of you wishing to make donations or send money, you may do so by sending check/money order/cash/shoelaces/whatever to:
MassLinux 55 Water Street Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 USA
I wish I had something more prolific to say, but unfortunately I am still sincerely at a loss for words both over our tragedy and over your generosity and support. We really believe in Open Source and the OSS community at large. We have always been avid supporters of linux since that cold autumn day in 1994 when I first discovered SLS Linux:-)
As it has been known for some time, the domain name LINUXBOX.COM has been for sale. We wanted to use that revenue to expand our GNU/OSS offerings and create a nice site dedicated soleley to those efforts. It's still for sale:-) Unfortunately, due to lack of investors, this was a necessity for us.
I have been getting a TON of email, I will respond to all of it. Right now my hands are shaking and I'm too excited and shellshocked to be of much use, but let me just say one last thing: From the bottoms of our hearts, we thank you all tremendously!!
We contribute a great deal to the Open Source community by offering free hosting to anyone who wants it. We host hundreds of Open Source projects and we also advertise our use of RedHat for our servers on our site and we got skipped, too. Sadly, we do have some money to invest, would anyone care to allow us to "piggy back" and contribute some cash to their pool? Heck, we sure could use some extra money to aid our efforts here! Thanks a million!
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I think it's the male body adapting to the vast amount of internet porn available.
The agriculture companies can't forbid you from purchasing or using their products. An insurance company can.
I, like many, lost my job. Thankfully, I have a very marketable service and have been able to strike out on my own very successfully after having a very difficult time trying to find a "regular job". When I had insurance, I went to the doctor like I'm encouraged to do, and I was diagnosed with heart disease.
Now, I'm on my own. My insurance is gone, and I no longer qualify for insurance under the 'pre-existing condition' clauses. So, even though I'm a productive, contributing, and tax-paying member of society, I am not entitled to stay alive.
If you're so jaded as to not see how that is wrong, then I hope with all my being that you end up in my position someday.
I have been so completely appalled by Apple's "quality control". I have been through FIVE "refurb" macbook pros. I'm on the fifth, I should say. This one has *fewer* issues than the previous ones, but I've been worn down by them and don't feel like playing their games anymore. The good thing? I've decide to write about my weird technical exploits, because these failures are not limited to Apple. Demand is high, customers are impatient, and everyone is under pressure to deliver because there are so many other options. In the case of Apple, they have a contingent who is used to paying a little extra for better quality, and now they're just making me feel like I'm buying a generic. Anyway, my post about my experiences can be found here:
http://aspiringcto.com/?p=3
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Unfortunately, I've attempted to get VC money, bank loans, personal loans, private investment capital, everything. Sadly, noone wanted to step up to the plate, despite the glowing references of our customers and the GNU/OSS community. If we had the money tomorrow, we'd be back online, believe me!! This business is my life, working for this cause only makes my life better.
Thanks again!!
--Chris
For those of you wishing to make donations or send money, you may do so by sending check/money order/cash/shoelaces/whatever to:
MassLinux
55 Water Street
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
USA
I wish I had something more prolific to say, but unfortunately I am still sincerely at a loss for words both over our tragedy and over your generosity and support. We really believe in Open Source and the OSS community at large. We have always been avid supporters of linux since that cold autumn day in 1994 when I first discovered SLS Linux :-)
As it has been known for some time, the domain name LINUXBOX.COM has been for sale. We wanted to use that revenue to expand our GNU/OSS offerings and create a nice site dedicated soleley to those efforts. It's still for sale :-) Unfortunately, due to lack of investors, this was a necessity for us.
I have been getting a TON of email, I will respond to all of it. Right now my hands are shaking and I'm too excited and shellshocked to be of much use, but let me just say one last thing: From the bottoms of our hearts, we thank you all tremendously!!
--Chris
Chris Gann
MassLinux
We contribute a great deal to the Open Source community by offering free hosting to anyone who wants it. We host hundreds of Open Source projects and we also advertise our use of RedHat for our servers on our site and we got skipped, too. Sadly, we do have some money to invest, would anyone care to allow us to "piggy back" and contribute some cash to their pool? Heck, we sure could use some extra money to aid our efforts here! Thanks a million!
--Chris
chris@linuxbox.com