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  Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-23 11:43 -0400
    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-04-23 16:51 +0100
      Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-23 20:25 -0400
        Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 01:28 +0000
          Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-23 18:38 -0700
          Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-24 06:16 -0400
            Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-24 06:50 -0500
              Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-24 09:30 -0400
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-24 09:38 -0400
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-04-24 09:39 -0400
              Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-24 07:42 -0700
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-24 10:18 -0500
                  Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-24 12:14 -0400
                    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-24 20:44 +0000
                  Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-24 20:42 +0000
                    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-24 17:45 -0400
                      Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-24 22:02 +0000
                        Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-24 18:26 -0400
                    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-24 15:52 -0600
                Comcast. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-04-24 09:41 -0700
    The dude also probably beats up women. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 08:58 -0700
      Re: The dude also probably beats up women. Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-04-26 18:20 -0500
        Re: The dude also probably beats up women. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-27 07:57 -0500
    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-23 11:01 -0500
      Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-04-23 12:15 -0400
        Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-23 22:32 -0400
    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-04-23 09:22 -0700

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#291072 — Fixing a broken Windows machine

Here's one way to do it:

   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/22/colorado_dell_execution/

(Thanks, William! :-D)

-- 
My geometry teacher was sometimes acute, and sometimes obtuse, but always,
always, he was right.
	[That's an interesting angle.  I wonder if there are any parallels?]

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#291081

It was reported that Chris Ahlstrom posted:

> Here's one way to do it:
>
>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/22/colorado_dell_execution/
>
> (Thanks, William! :-D)

Saves wiping C:\, reinstalling & rebooting numerous times! ;-p

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KDE 4.14.6
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#291216

William Poaster wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> It was reported that Chris Ahlstrom posted:
>
>> Here's one way to do it:
>>
>>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/22/colorado_dell_execution/
>>
>> (Thanks, William! :-D)
>
> Saves wiping C:\, reinstalling & rebooting numerous times! ;-p

I predict some trolls will end up with the same fate.

-- 
Reality is just a convenient measure of complexity.
		-- Alvy Ray Smith

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#291232

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:25:26 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> William Poaster wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> It was reported that Chris Ahlstrom posted:
>>
>>> Here's one way to do it:
>>>
>>>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/22/colorado_dell_execution/
>>>
>>> (Thanks, William! :-D)
>>
>> Saves wiping C:\, reinstalling & rebooting numerous times! ;-p
> 
> I predict some trolls will end up with the same fate.

Yeah, but it's kind of cruel to allow the poor PC to be infected with 
Windows Virus, then take it out on the PC when all that was really needed 
was installing Linux over the top of that vile WinCrap. 

-- 
To WinDrones and iCultists obsessed with Linux. Get a life.

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#291236

On 4/23/15, 6:28 PM, in article mhc68d$ecg$6@dont-email.me, "ronb"
<ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:25:26 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> 
>> William Poaster wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> 
>>> It was reported that Chris Ahlstrom posted:
>>> 
>>>> Here's one way to do it:
>>>> 
>>>>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/22/colorado_dell_execution/
>>>> 
>>>> (Thanks, William! :-D)
>>> 
>>> Saves wiping C:\, reinstalling & rebooting numerous times! ;-p
>> 
>> I predict some trolls will end up with the same fate.
> 
> Yeah, but it's kind of cruel to allow the poor PC to be infected with
> Windows Virus, then take it out on the PC when all that was really needed
> was installing Linux over the top of that vile WinCrap.

There are many viruses for Windows... love how you refer to it as just one.

And, yes, I get how you were *trying* to be funny and call Windows itself a
virus. Ha ha. 

Really... you need new material. Maybe from your imaginary friends. :)


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#291315

ronb wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:25:26 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> William Poaster wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> 
>>> It was reported that Chris Ahlstrom posted:
>>>
>>>> Here's one way to do it:
>>>>
>>>>    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/22/colorado_dell_execution/
>>>>
>>>> (Thanks, William! :-D)
>>>
>>> Saves wiping C:\, reinstalling & rebooting numerous times! ;-p
>> 
>> I predict some trolls will end up with the same fate.
>
> Yeah, but it's kind of cruel to allow the poor PC to be infected with 
> Windows Virus, then take it out on the PC when all that was really needed 
> was installing Linux over the top of that vile WinCrap. 

How would the poor bastard even know about Linux?  It isn't smeared in his
face hourly on Teevee or the Internet.  It isn't foisted upon every Peecee
he sees in Walmart or Office Depot.

Currently, you actually have to get up off your ass to find and install
Linux.

-- 
Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.
		-- Thomas Tusser

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#291338

Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

>How would the poor bastard even know about Linux?  It isn't smeared in his
>face hourly on Teevee or the Internet.  It isn't foisted upon every Peecee
>he sees in Walmart or Office Depot.

It's an amazingly fscked-up situation, that one brand so dominates the
desktop that when "bad news", such as virus outbreaks and malware, are
reported in the media, they don't even bother to mention that it's a
Windows issue.  Everyone just assumes.

Could anyone imagine any other market so devoid of choice?

"In the news today, cars are being recalled.  If you have a car, bring
it to the dealer and have it fixed."

But there's nothing wrong with the desktop PC market.  "Luminaries",
such as Kreep and Slime, have said so.  No one is *forced* to buy
Windows, you see, so there is nothing for anyone to complain about.

Sheesh.

-- 
"You have nothing to complain about. You just confirmed that it *IS*
possible to buy a computer without an OS."  -  trolling fsckwit
"Ezekiel"

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#291366

On 04/24/2015 07:50 AM, chrisv wrote:
> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> How would the poor bastard even know about Linux?  It isn't smeared in his
>> face hourly on Teevee or the Internet.  It isn't foisted upon every Peecee
>> he sees in Walmart or Office Depot.
>
> It's an amazingly fscked-up situation, that one brand so dominates the
> desktop that when "bad news", such as virus outbreaks and malware, are
> reported in the media, they don't even bother to mention that it's a
> Windows issue.  Everyone just assumes.
>
> Could anyone imagine any other market so devoid of choice?
>
> "In the news today, cars are being recalled.  If you have a car, bring
> it to the dealer and have it fixed."
>
> But there's nothing wrong with the desktop PC market.  "Luminaries",
> such as Kreep and Slime, have said so.  No one is *forced* to buy
> Windows, you see, so there is nothing for anyone to complain about.
>
> Sheesh.


What part of the market is or was ever not fair or free, ignoramus?

Everyone has always been free to buy, sell, develop or install any 
computer operating system.

It's not Microsoft's fault the world chose Windows.

Your employer demands Windows: "I buy a lot of Windows PC's to use as 
test stations, and I've been buying refurbished XP machines and have no 
plans to change."

So does your household, and probably you, too.

You whiny idiot.

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#291372

On 2015-04-24 9:30 AM, DFS wrote:
> On 04/24/2015 07:50 AM, chrisv wrote:
>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> How would the poor bastard even know about Linux?  It isn't smeared
>>> in his
>>> face hourly on Teevee or the Internet.  It isn't foisted upon every
>>> Peecee
>>> he sees in Walmart or Office Depot.
>>
>> It's an amazingly fscked-up situation, that one brand so dominates the
>> desktop that when "bad news", such as virus outbreaks and malware, are
>> reported in the media, they don't even bother to mention that it's a
>> Windows issue.  Everyone just assumes.
>>
>> Could anyone imagine any other market so devoid of choice?
>>
>> "In the news today, cars are being recalled.  If you have a car, bring
>> it to the dealer and have it fixed."
>>
>> But there's nothing wrong with the desktop PC market.  "Luminaries",
>> such as Kreep and Slime, have said so.  No one is *forced* to buy
>> Windows, you see, so there is nothing for anyone to complain about.
>>
>> Sheesh.
>
>
> What part of the market is or was ever not fair or free, ignoramus?
>
> Everyone has always been free to buy, sell, develop or install any
> computer operating system.
>
> It's not Microsoft's fault the world chose Windows.
>
> Your employer demands Windows: "I buy a lot of Windows PC's to use as
> test stations, and I've been buying refurbished XP machines and have no
> plans to change."
>
> So does your household, and probably you, too.
>
> You whiny idiot.

clitorisv is still talking about me rather than putting up decent 
arguments? I'm literally shocked.

-- 
Slimer
Encrypt.

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#291374

"DFS" <nospam@dfs.com> wrote in message news:mhdgfb$ane$2@dont-email.me...
> On 04/24/2015 07:50 AM, chrisv wrote:
>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> How would the poor bastard even know about Linux?  It isn't smeared in 
>>> his
>>> face hourly on Teevee or the Internet.  It isn't foisted upon every 
>>> Peecee
>>> he sees in Walmart or Office Depot.
>>
>> It's an amazingly fscked-up situation, that one brand so dominates the
>> desktop that when "bad news", such as virus outbreaks and malware, are
>> reported in the media, they don't even bother to mention that it's a
>> Windows issue.  Everyone just assumes.
>>
>> Could anyone imagine any other market so devoid of choice?
>>
>> "In the news today, cars are being recalled.  If you have a car, bring
>> it to the dealer and have it fixed."
>>
>> But there's nothing wrong with the desktop PC market.  "Luminaries",
>> such as Kreep and Slime, have said so.  No one is *forced* to buy
>> Windows, you see, so there is nothing for anyone to complain about.
>>
>> Sheesh.
>
>
> What part of the market is or was ever not fair or free, ignoramus?
>
> Everyone has always been free to buy, sell, develop or install any 
> computer operating system.
>
> It's not Microsoft's fault the world chose Windows.
>
> Your employer demands Windows: "I buy a lot of Windows PC's to use as test 
> stations, and I've been buying refurbished XP machines and have no plans 
> to change."
>
> So does your household, and probably you, too.
>
> You whiny idiot.
>

The other day someone posted a link to a 13" Dell laptop with a high-res 
display that runs Linux.

People are free to buy it. But don't blame Dell for not having a Linux 
option across their entire desktop/consumer line if the demand simply isn't 
there.


-- 
"M$ holds OEMs to monopolistic contracts that exclude competing OSes from 
new computers."

"NONE of these "competitors" can be installed on OEM machines due to 
contracts with Microsoft."

"Major manufacturers bundle Windows with all of their computers because if 
they don't then MS will revoke their licence and they won't be able to 
bundle any computers with Windows."

"NONE of these "competitors" can be installed on OEM machines due to 
contracts with Microsoft."

"a clause in the Microsoft OEM License agreement in which the OEM must agree 
to pre-install Windows on the disks of each machine he ships."

"Microsoft's grip on businesses and its OEM is still very strong."

"Thanks to those "mafia" OEM contracts, complete systems come with some kind 
of winbloze pre-installed."

"Because they (OEMs) are forced by Microsoft in order to get OEM pricing. 
It's price fixing and extortion rolled into one."

"The fact that they (Microsoft) have the major computer companies locked 
into OEM contracts that exclude any other operating system being 
preinstalled on systems."

"You can also bet that Microsoft calibrates its "tiers" based on market 
predictions of how many PCs OEMs are likely to shift, to effectively coerce 
them into committing each PC to Windows."

"the mere fact of Microsoft's predatory pricing structure means no OEM can 
afford to support anything but Windows."

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#291391

On 04/24/2015 04:50 AM, chrisv wrote:
> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> 
>> How would the poor bastard even know about Linux?  It isn't smeared in his
>> face hourly on Teevee or the Internet.  It isn't foisted upon every Peecee
>> he sees in Walmart or Office Depot.
> 
> It's an amazingly fscked-up situation, that one brand so dominates the
> desktop that when "bad news", such as virus outbreaks and malware, are
> reported in the media, they don't even bother to mention that it's a
> Windows issue.  Everyone just assumes.
> 
> Could anyone imagine any other market so devoid of choice?
> 
> "In the news today, cars are being recalled.  If you have a car, bring
> it to the dealer and have it fixed."
> 
> But there's nothing wrong with the desktop PC market.  "Luminaries",
> such as Kreep and Slime, have said so.  No one is *forced* to buy
> Windows, you see, so there is nothing for anyone to complain about.
> 
> Sheesh.
> 

Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
supposed to mean.

Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
a Linux system?

If you did, I think the windrones' heads would explode!

Regarding monopolies:  there was a time when people couldn't fathom what
it would mean to break up Ma Bell, too...

-- 
 -v

The only real argument for marriage is that it remains the best method
for getting acquainted.
		-- Heywood Broun

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#291405

vallor wrote:

>Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>supposed to mean.
>
>Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>a Linux system?

I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.  Windows is
unavoidable in my job.  It's all over the place.

I have nothing against proprietary software, as long as people have
real choice.  That is, as long as there is something resembling a
level playing field in the market, and people are reasonably free to
switch vendors without unreasonable costs or difficulties.

I do have something against Micro$oft's "business tactics", which have
succeeded in denying real choice to consumers in the desktop OS
market.  No, I'm not going to quit my job in protest, and no, that
does not make me a "hypocrite".

-- 
'/realistically/ (what Michael Dell said) negates the entire "theory"
(about Microsoft controlling OEMs) for which not one person has yet to
produce even the slightest bit of evidence other than some Halloween
documents from the early 1990's.'  -  trolling fsckwit "Ezekiel"

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#291420

chrisv wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> vallor wrote:
>
>>Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>>of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>>with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>>supposed to mean.
>>
>>Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>>a Linux system?
>
> I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.  Windows is
> unavoidable in my job.  It's all over the place.

Same here.  But almost all of our developers use Linux as their main system,
and run Windows only in virtual machines.

> I have nothing against proprietary software, as long as people have
> real choice.  That is, as long as there is something resembling a
> level playing field in the market, and people are reasonably free to
> switch vendors without unreasonable costs or difficulties.

People still tend to fixate needlessly on brand names.

I was talking to some Winboi about mounting other kinds of file systems, and
he asked me what application do I use to mount them.

"Uh, mount.  The command-line command."

> I do have something against Micro$oft's "business tactics", which have
> succeeded in denying real choice to consumers in the desktop OS
> market.  No, I'm not going to quit my job in protest, and no, that
> does not make me a "hypocrite".

 +1

-- 
Utopia

Let your community be small, with only a few people;
Keep tools in abundance, but do not depend upon them;
Appreciate your life and be content with your home;
Sail boats and ride horses, but don't go too far;
Keep weapons and armour, but do not employ them;
Let everyone read and write,
Eat well and make beautiful things.
Live peacefully and delight in your own society;
Dwell within cock-crow of your neighbours,
But maintain your independence from them.
		-- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching"

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#291477

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> chrisv wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

>> vallor wrote:
>>
>>>Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>>>of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>>>with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>>>supposed to mean.
>>>
>>>Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>>>a Linux system?
>>
>> I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.  Windows is
>> unavoidable in my job.  It's all over the place.

> Same here.  

You too.  Get back to work.  You're not getting paid to hand out in cola
all day.  Does Jayne know what you're up to when you're supposed to be
bringing in the bacon?

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#291476

chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> vallor wrote:

>>Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>>of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>>with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>>supposed to mean.
>>
>>Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>>a Linux system?

> I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.

Why don't you try working while at work, instead of wasting time on
usenet?  You are exactly the kind of slacker that is causing all the
societal decay around the world.
 

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#291490

On 2015-04-24 4:42 PM, owl wrote:
> chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> vallor wrote:
>
>>> Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>>> of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>>> with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>>> supposed to mean.
>>>
>>> Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>>> a Linux system?
>
>> I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.
>
> Why don't you try working while at work, instead of wasting time on
> usenet?  You are exactly the kind of slacker that is causing all the
> societal decay around the world.

chrisv is one of the few Linux losers who has a job. He makes up for 
this anomaly by doing the same thing that the unemployed ones sitting in 
their underwear within their mom's basements do: nothing.

-- 
Slimer
Encrypt.

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#291501

Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
> On 2015-04-24 4:42 PM, owl wrote:
>> chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>> vallor wrote:
>>
>>>> Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>>>> of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>>>> with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>>>> supposed to mean.
>>>>
>>>> Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>>>> a Linux system?
>>
>>> I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.
>>
>> Why don't you try working while at work, instead of wasting time on
>> usenet?  You are exactly the kind of slacker that is causing all the
>> societal decay around the world.

> chrisv is one of the few Linux losers who has a job. He makes up for 
> this anomaly by doing the same thing that the unemployed ones sitting in 
> their underwear within their mom's basements do: nothing.

The one-percenters don't have to lift a finger.

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#291512

On 2015-04-24 6:02 PM, owl wrote:
> Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
>> On 2015-04-24 4:42 PM, owl wrote:
>>> chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>> vallor wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>>>>> of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>>>>> with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>>>>> supposed to mean.
>>>>>
>>>>> Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>>>>> a Linux system?
>>>
>>>> I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.
>>>
>>> Why don't you try working while at work, instead of wasting time on
>>> usenet?  You are exactly the kind of slacker that is causing all the
>>> societal decay around the world.
>
>> chrisv is one of the few Linux losers who has a job. He makes up for
>> this anomaly by doing the same thing that the unemployed ones sitting in
>> their underwear within their mom's basements do: nothing.
>
> The one-percenters don't have to lift a finger.

I love the irony in that statement.

-- 
Slimer
Encrypt.

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#291492

owl wrote:

> chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> vallor wrote:
> 
>>>Chris, you make a good point, and you've always been a strong advocate
>>>of fair markets and capitalism.  I haven't seen you ever be inconsistent
>>>with that message, and I'm glad you have a sense of what capitalism is
>>>supposed to mean.
>>>
>>>Having said that -- and devil's advocate here -- why don't you post from
>>>a Linux system?
> 
>> I post from my office PC at work, which runs Windows.
> 
> Why don't you try working while at work, instead of wasting time on
> usenet?  You are exactly the kind of slacker that is causing all the
> societal decay around the world.

LOL!!!

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#291431 — Comcast.

<PRE Style='Font-Family: OCR A !important;'><big><big> 
Scott·Doty wrote:
> Regarding monopolies:  
> there was a time when people couldn't fathom
> what it would mean to break up Ma Bell, too...

Quoting 
Wikipedia.ORG/wiki/Comcast#Criticism_and_controversy
＜＜
  In 2004 and 2007, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
  survey found that Comcast had the worst customer satisfaction rating
  of any company or government agency in the country,
  including the Internal Revenue Service.  ＞＞ ＜＜

  As its customer satisfaction eroded by 7% over the past year, 
  revenue increased by 12%." 

  The ACSI analysis also addresses this contradiction, stating that

  " Such pricing power usually comes with some level of 
    monopoly protection and most cable companies 
    have little competition at the local level.

    This also means that a cable company can do well financially
    even though its customers are not particularly satisfied. "  ＞＞ ＜＜

  Comcast spends millions of dollars annually on government relationships.
  Wikipedia.ORG/wiki/Comcast#cite_note-152

  Comcast employs the spouses, sons and daughters of mayors, 
  councilmen, commissioners, and other officials to assure 
  its continued preferred market allocations.  ＞＞

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