Just like how open-source works in running software -- it's the difference between Linux and Microsoft.'"
All these years I have been half expecting RMS to shout "YEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" to conclude a Linux/GNULinux rant.
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In fact, I'll probably have to get someone to help me add in the tags necessary to convert this review to readable HTML.
If you post your/. ID and password, I'd be happy to log in with your ID and add the HTML links to goats^c^c^c^c^c... um, I mean the HTML to post your story.
I first used RedHat and Mandrake back in 1998. Stayed away from Slack because people said it was hard.
I tried Slackware version 9.0. I Downloaded it from a mirror and had no issues running it whatsoever. I loved compiling apps from source and the using Slackware packager wasn't nearly as hard as I was led to believe. I purchased 9 even though I already had the CDs and also purchased the Slackware fundamentals book for an overview.
I just got my Slack 10 CDs this past weekend and also my Slackware caseplates and my mousepad. I didn't even bother downloading the ISOs because I know this is a quality distro and have no doubts that it will run on all of my machines.
I have seen this sort of post on Slashdot alot: "Monopoly Company X provided crappy service and then bent me over for the termination fee when I cancelled early. I'm never using them again!" Why not play the game and keep your money rather than take this holier than thou - I'm not going to play with the big-money company attitude
I hardly took a "holier than thou" attitude. I won't use them again because their services aren't cheaper than AT&T or Wide Open West. I played the game by getting 2 district managers on the line and MAKING them show me the exact lines in the TOS that said I had to pay $200 if I cancelled early. It only only took them an hour to find the sentence in their TOS doc. Not bad considering it was almost a 100 page document.
SBC charged me the $200 not for breaking the contract with them, but for breaking the contract with the Yahoo! portal. That's how they got me. Your TOS agreement may be different. Print it out and see how big it is.
I'm impressed you get the speed you are getting for only $26/month. I was only getting 1/10th of your speed for almost double the cost. I didn't have a problem paying the $200. I had a problem with calling SBCs support and management and the fact they couldn't tell me where exactly their policy said I owed them money for cancellation.
For $49 a month (which they say was discounted because I signed up for a year with Yahoo) plus $34 for local service, I had ISDN speed that they claim was 348kbps. I NEVER saw any speed faster than 100kbps. Their website test said the speed was 340kbps, but DSL reports.com and manually clocking my downloads told a different story.
I cancelled their service and ate the $200 cancellation fee for not using their service for a year. I'll never use SBC again.
I now use Wide Open West cable for my cable and broadband.
Are companies really so desperate for money that they need the revenue from used hard drives?
You mean the same type of company that would lay off an employee and hire the employee back as a contractor at 1.5x's the employees original salary to avoid paying health insurance premiums and so they don't have to pay as much to the employees pension???
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...I mean, what grounds would they have to object?
I don't think hardcore gay actors would want to sully their reputations by being associated with Microsoft.
You should have upgraded to the new Quijibo chipset.
They've even gone so far as to publish fake jury duty summons and sick notes for you to give to your boss."
I just gave one of these to my boss and he told me not to bother coming in the next day or the day after that. Isn't that awesome?!
Oh...crap.
Q> What's the difference between SCO and Santa Claus?
A> Some people actually believe in Santa Claus
...that the future company of MicroSCOft will claim they have a patent on "Frobzub and the Gleems" and own the source code.
The aliens will determine that a lawsuit isn't worth their time and will instead demolish our planet to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
Just like how open-source works in running software -- it's the difference between Linux and Microsoft.'"
All these years I have been half expecting RMS to shout "YEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" to conclude a Linux/GNULinux rant.
In fact, I'll probably have to get someone to help me add in the tags necessary to convert this review to readable HTML.
/. ID and password, I'd be happy to log in with your ID and add the HTML links to goats^c^c^c^c^c ... um, I mean the HTML to post your story.
If you post your
Free Bobby!
I first used RedHat and Mandrake back in 1998.
Stayed away from Slack because people said it was hard.
I tried Slackware version 9.0. I Downloaded it from a mirror and had no issues running it whatsoever. I loved compiling apps from source and the using Slackware packager wasn't nearly as hard as I was led to believe. I purchased 9 even though I already had the CDs and also purchased the Slackware fundamentals book for an overview.
I just got my Slack 10 CDs this past weekend and also my Slackware caseplates and my mousepad. I didn't even bother downloading the ISOs because I know this is a quality distro and have no doubts that it will run on all of my machines.
Buy your copy of Slackware today! (or kill me)
I'll take "crap booth" over Daikatana any day.
Quick! Someone send Steve Ballmer a TCO study that shows how much money they will save if Microsoft migrates to Linux!!!
(In the style of Zork)
You are in a brightly lit room.
You are likely to be blessed by a Grue
(In the style of Zero Wing)
How art thou?
All thine church are belong to us.
You have no chance to resurrect, make thine prayers.
(In the style of Mortal Kombat)
After performing a fatality, your opponent comes back to life 3 rounds later.
(In the style of Dance Dance Revolution)
(to a chant with a techno beat)
KNEEL, PRAY, GENUFLECT, HAIL MARY, NOVENA, NOVENA, GENUFLECT, KNEEL...
you might end up with fewer cats hanging around the yard...
...or one cat all over the yard.
Mom Installing Linux Fervently
What about Muffit from Battlestar Gallactica?
Wasn't he like a robotic Ewok?
I have seen this sort of post on Slashdot alot: "Monopoly Company X provided crappy service and then bent me over for the termination fee when I cancelled early. I'm never using them again!" Why not play the game and keep your money rather than take this holier than thou - I'm not going to play with the big-money company attitude
I hardly took a "holier than thou" attitude. I won't use them again because their services aren't cheaper than AT&T or Wide Open West. I played the game by getting 2 district managers on the line and MAKING them show me the exact lines in the TOS that said I had to pay $200 if I cancelled early. It only only took them an hour to find the sentence in their TOS doc. Not bad considering it was almost a 100 page document.
SBC charged me the $200 not for breaking the contract with them, but for breaking the contract with the Yahoo! portal. That's how they got me. Your TOS agreement may be different. Print it out and see how big it is.
I'm impressed you get the speed you are getting for only $26/month. I was only getting 1/10th of your speed for almost double the cost. I didn't have a problem paying the $200. I had a problem with calling SBCs support and management and the fact they couldn't tell me where exactly their policy said I owed them money for cancellation.
I used to have SBC until April of this year.
For $49 a month (which they say was discounted because I signed up for a year with Yahoo) plus $34 for local service, I had ISDN speed that they claim was 348kbps. I NEVER saw any speed faster than 100kbps. Their website test said the speed was 340kbps, but DSL reports.com and manually clocking my downloads told a different story.
I cancelled their service and ate the $200 cancellation fee for not using their service for a year. I'll never use SBC again.
I now use Wide Open West cable for my cable and broadband.
Not nearly as bad as the virus I got from that public pay phone!
That shanker lasted a week!
You nitwit! That was the Mozilla logo on your browser!!!
Gives new meaning to BSOD (Blue Sky of Death).
Another clot! Since when does /. allow javascript postings? Like I said - not true. (read it before replying next time eh?)
I can't reat you insensitive clot!
Are companies really so desperate for money that they need the revenue from used hard drives?
You mean the same type of company that would lay off an employee and hire the employee back as a contractor at 1.5x's the employees original salary to avoid paying health insurance premiums and so they don't have to pay as much to the employees pension???
*choke* Bwahahahahahahaha
He sent me an email today offering to send my website to over 30,000,000 email addresses!
Is this the one with Will Smith, and is Will Smith computer generated?
No, Will Smith makes his acting appear mechanical and artificial on his own.
It is immortalized in duped articles on /.