You have to remember that the majority of tech support drones learned their stuff from a teen pregnancy pamphlet. Their intelligence rivals that of a house plant. Hell, the house plant can probably give better tech support.
I'm not surprised they don't support Linux.
Okay, so the guy with the Linux pumpkin on his desk has a nasty crack habit. Or at least I hope that's his excuse after coming up with an idea as retarded as that. He could have at least put more thought into the design.
Yep, definitely a crack habit. Unless he's French, in which case it comes naturally.
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Are we going to have to put up with this tripe when Slashdot switches to a subscription model?
And please tell me you plan on firing Jon Katz. That alone is worth the price of admission.
My ISP told me the same thing about my DSL connection. And whaddaya know, I had PPPoE running on my Linux box in just a few minutes. It's been running beautifully for over a year now.
"The submitter's write-up is wrong. Read the story. Keep in mind, as usual, that a "news" story whose sole source is an executive with an agenda to push is unlikely to portray the situation accurately."
Translation: We didn't read the article either. And since we're basically turning into another ZDNet knockoff, we love posting self-serving flamebait regardless of the content's validity, as long as it generates more page views for us and starts holy wars among tech guru's.
Next up on ZDNet:News for Nerds, CNet style banner ads and subscription services for sub-standard reporting and..Jon Katz!
My ISP told me the same thing when WinME first came out. And they told me the same thing when XP first came out. This is standard practice. They won't support any Operating System until they've trained their staff how to use it.
Most ISP's take about a month or two to start supporting a new OS. Well, Linux not included. My ISP has no plans to support Linux. I'll wager a lot of them never will.
Thanks to the wonder that is digital photography, the Goatse.cx man will be forever immortalized in the hearts and minds of trolls a thousand worlds over!
Im a 34 yr old divorced woman with 2 teenagers. I tried several times putting ads on internet sites. I am a reasonably attractive woman. I wear a size 9 and I work out. I have been very disappointed in the responses I have gotten. As soon as I submit my picture I just either get no response back or I get a critical response. I must take a really horrible picture. I find that these men, and most of them could not be considered handsome, only average are looking for some model type woman. I just don't live up to their expectations.
I never have a problem when I meet someone in person, many men have found me attractive in person. I'm not very photogenic. I've had comments made about my weight and my hair and it really hurts the self esteem. I don't have opportunites to meet men because I don't have any single women friends to go out with and i'm not into sports activities.
I guess I can cancel the internet out too because of the picture thing. Why do very average looking men expect women to look like beauty queens?
Not only that but if they don't like a person's picture why not just not reply why make rude comments?
I have met a wonderful man and we have had ecstatic sex together. We have not had sexual intercourse, however, because he cannot wear a condom. He is allergic to the latex in it. I will not have intercourse without a condom. I am concerned for his sexual pleasure because he does not come to a climax, even if I give him oral sex. We both want to have sexual intercourse , but under the circumstances, I am frustrated and do not know what to do. Should I just wait until a safe time of the month without him using a condom?
"Citing a controversial U.S. copyright law, a top Linux developer announced this week that Americans would not be given details about the security fixes in an update to the open source operating system, a first for a software development community that prides itself on transparency.
An update to version 2.2 of the Linux kernel, an older version of Linux that's still in wide use, was released Monday, conspicuously shorn of information about a number of security holes patched in the software."
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Do not give in to the vile temptations of Communism!
Nice try, go back to your cave hippy.
And I have reached a tentative first post!
You have to remember that the majority of tech support drones learned their stuff from a teen pregnancy pamphlet.
Their intelligence rivals that of a house plant. Hell, the house plant can probably give better tech support.
I'm not surprised they don't support Linux.
Okay, so the guy with the Linux pumpkin on his desk has a nasty crack habit. Or at least I hope that's his excuse after coming up with an idea as retarded as that. He could have at least put more thought into the design.
Yep, definitely a crack habit. Unless he's French, in which case it comes naturally.
Are we going to have to put up with this tripe when Slashdot switches to a subscription model?
And please tell me you plan on firing Jon Katz. That alone is worth the price of admission.
My ISP told me the same thing about my DSL connection. And whaddaya know, I had PPPoE running on my Linux box in just a few minutes. It's been running beautifully for over a year now.
Don't forget their disclaimer: Scr1pt k1dd135 and rabid Open Source hippies will be shot on sight.
Translation: We didn't read the article either. And since we're basically turning into another ZDNet knockoff, we love posting self-serving flamebait regardless of the content's validity, as long as it generates more page views for us and starts holy wars among tech guru's.
Next up on ZDNet:News for Nerds, CNet style banner ads and subscription services for sub-standard reporting and..Jon Katz!
My ISP told me the same thing when WinME first came out. And they told me the same thing when XP first came out. This is standard practice. They won't support any Operating System until they've trained their staff how to use it.
Most ISP's take about a month or two to start supporting a new OS. Well, Linux not included. My ISP has no plans to support Linux. I'll wager a lot of them never will.
Thanks to the wonder that is digital photography, the Goatse.cx man will be forever immortalized in the hearts and minds of trolls a thousand worlds over!
Dear Dr. Tracy,
Im a 34 yr old divorced woman with 2 teenagers. I tried several times putting ads on internet sites. I am a reasonably attractive woman. I wear a size 9 and I work out. I have been very disappointed in the responses I have gotten. As soon as I submit my picture I just either get no response back or I get a critical response. I must take a really horrible picture. I find that these men, and most of them could not be considered handsome, only average are looking for some model type woman. I just don't live up to their expectations.
I never have a problem when I meet someone in person, many men have found me attractive in person. I'm not very photogenic. I've had comments made about my weight and my hair and it really hurts the self esteem. I don't have opportunites to meet men because I don't have any single women friends to go out with and i'm not into sports activities.
I guess I can cancel the internet out too because of the picture thing. Why do very average looking men expect women to look like beauty queens?
Not only that but if they don't like a person's picture why not just not reply why make rude comments?
You pretty much summed up all of science in one simple sentence.
Besides, selling your stock is the un-patriotic thing to do!
Oh, well then you'll love this sexy girl!
It's a good thing you didn't say Gnome. ;p~
But in the case of Enlightenment, I'll have to agree with you.
Netscape is still not as sexy as this woman.
I believe the man you're looking for is Dr. Dos.
What the hell would a guy from Maxis know about gaming anyways?
Dr. Ruth, you're my hero!
I have met a wonderful man and we have had ecstatic sex together. We have not had sexual intercourse, however, because he cannot wear a condom. He is allergic to the latex in it. I will not have intercourse without a condom. I am concerned for his sexual pleasure because he does not come to a climax, even if I give him oral sex. We both want to have sexual intercourse , but under the circumstances, I am frustrated and do not know what to do. Should I just wait until a safe time of the month without him using a condom?
This is funny stuff.
Have any of you guys ever thought of E-mailing this to VA Linux's management to see what kind of response you might get?
From the article:
"Citing a controversial U.S. copyright law, a top Linux developer announced this week that Americans would not be given details about the security fixes in an update to the open source operating system, a first for a software development community that prides itself on transparency.
An update to version 2.2 of the Linux kernel, an older version of Linux that's still in wide use, was released Monday, conspicuously shorn of information about a number of security holes patched in the software."
*point*
"=== Proud owner of a self-restored 1968 Ford Fairlane, 302 V8, 9" 3.11 geared. ==="
btw, if the parent poster reads this, which one did you get, the convertible, or the hardtop?
Heh, and you thought this guy had it bad?