WINBLOWS SUCKS!!!!

[Digital Wokan]

Hmmm.  You're right.  I'd blow off more steam in Quake 3, but it won't
play under Linux on an S3 Savage4 (1 FPS).  (And yes, Windows freezes
often on me after about an hour of playing Q3, sending the anger level
right back up again.)

George Toft wrote:
> Digi Boy,
> You are a very angry person, perhaps from too much monoethylamine in
> your recycled air and your 10 year old coffee and five year old meat.
> You need to let go.  I know, I've been there.  I used to be hard-core
> Microsoft.  I was brain-washed.  I was a drone.  I eagerly bought and
> stole every tool they put out.  Then, the bubble burst - many have heard
> my rant about the hourly BSOD's.  I was enlightened with the ay of Linux
> sunshine.  I was angry over how much money I spent on Microsoft
> products.
> I am better now.
> 
> FSCK it!!!  May your DOS partition have a corrupted FAT.  Jim, I'm
> trying, but the Pro-GNU/Linux schtick isn't working either.  MSFT is
> evil.
> We all know it, and we are passionate about it.
> </goofiness>
> 
> George
> 
> Digital Wokan wrote:
> >
> > XML formatted messages and responses these days... Now *that's* geeky.
> >
> > Excerpt from m-w.com for bigot:
> >
> > Pronunciation: 'bi-g&t
> > Function: noun
> > Etymology: Middle French, hypocrite, bigot
> > Date: 1661
> > : a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own
> > opinions and prejudices
> >
> > I am anti-Microsoft, but you'd be hard pressed to call me a bigot for
> > it.  I once loved MS's work.  My eyes have since been opened to the
> > wasteland they leave behind in their conquest of all things
> > technological.
> >
> > As for the intolerant part of the definition... Should I tolerate a
> > complete disregard for consumer well-being?  Should I tolerate a company
> > who insists that they know what's better for me than I do?  Should I
> > tolerate a company who disables 3rd party software because it poses a
> > threat to their in-house built solutions?
> >
> > If you answer yes, what more should we tolerate?  Maybe Manson wasn't
> > such a bad guy.  Perhaps Saddam Hussein is just a misunderstood man.  We
> > shouldn't have been so hard on Hitler.  He was just expressing his own
> > artistic vision of the world.  How much do we tolerate?
> >
> > You want a chant/rant?
> > Fsck irresponsible OS monopolies!  Get *any* other OS!
> > Fsck irresponsible OS monopolies!  Get *any* other OS!
> > Fsck irresponsible OS monopolies!  Get *any* other OS!
> >
> > Todd Hought wrote:
> > > <zombie>
> > > We are not anti-Microsoft bigots, we are GNU/Linux enthusiasts.
> > > We are not anti-Microsoft bigots, we are GNU/Linux enthusiasts.
> > > We are not anti-Microsoft bigots, we are GNU/Linux enthusiasts.
> > > </zombie>
> > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Chris Cowan wrote:
> > > > <rant>
> > > > Let me just say if I had it my way the entire world would run LINUX... But
> > > > unfortunately I sometimes have to deal with Micro$oft WinBlows...
> > > > I'm doing an install and Bam!!! BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH... I have never done a
> > > > Linux install that has been so frustrating... Even when I was trying my
> > > > first Debian installs, At least I made it to a command prompt... Even if I
> > > > didn't know what to do with it... <grin>
> > > > W I N B L O W S  S U C K S !
> > > > </rant>
> > > > <apology)
> > > > Sorry I had to tell someone!
> > > > </apology)