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| From | Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Why all the hate for Linux? |
| Date | 2016-04-30 07:36 -0400 |
| Organization | None |
| Message-ID | <ng25dh$1k3$4@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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meat wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:29:38 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> meat wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: >> >>> All I am seeing is dozens of messages with carefully concocted >>> situations where the deck is stacked against Linux. >> >> You do? What a surprise! :-) >> >>> Anyone with enough time on their hands could do the same for any >>> operating system. One of my professors called it the hammer syndrome. >>> When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. >> >> Most people don't have much in the way of imagination. They can barely >> utilize the common hammer they've had access to all their lives. > > Wrong. No, I am right. At work, when something gets torqued on their Windows boxes (and this happens nearly daily to someone in the room in which I sit), every damn one of them (non-developers) whine helplessly and turn their machine over to the help desk. > People have wonderful imaginations and social media is a perfect example > of that. The point that you missed is that anyone can concoct a scenario > where their side will win. Using the hammer example a person could > concoct a situation where a backyard picnic table has a loose leg. The > leg is held by nails and one of them backed out. Given a hammer, it's > trivial to fix. Given a screwdriver, not so much. However if the leg was > screwed in then the person with the screwdriver could concoct a similar > scenario where he would have the advantage. True, but those are simple common tools. Computers are not simple tools, though they are common. And even though they are common, only a few have the imagination to even think they can figure out the problem on their own. > That is what is going on with these pee-pee-pee threads. Those are simply childish idiocy purveyed by mentally-ill individuals. > They are pointless because one can set up a situation where any operating > system or piece of software will have the advantage. > And when these scenarios get coupled with statements implying that these > are typical tasks that users are interested in performing it becomes even > more ridiculous. > I read the recipe thread and truthfully laughed my ass off. I'm a fairly > typical user and I have never had a situation even remotely similar to > what that chap was claiming to be common tasks. Once a person has demonstrated himself to be a persistent asshole, I have no interest in interacting directly with that person. > And that assessment leads right back to a carefully concocted experiment > where the deck is loaded against Linux. Of course. That's what corporate shills and obsessive k00ks do. -- Q: What do you call 15 blondes in a circle? A: A dope ring. Q: Why do blondes put their hair in ponytails? A: To cover up the valve stem.
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Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-29 23:22 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-29 23:28 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-29 23:39 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-29 23:54 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 00:03 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-30 00:22 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 21:18 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 13:38 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-29 20:29 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 00:56 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 07:36 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 13:57 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 14:11 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 20:21 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 17:22 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 04:15 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-05-01 06:34 +0200
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 04:45 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-02 08:22 -0500
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-05-02 07:20 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-02 14:50 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-02 20:41 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-03 01:28 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-03 05:25 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-03 06:58 -0500
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-03 13:01 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-03 10:43 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-03 07:49 -0500
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-03 12:59 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 19:04 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-01 07:12 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 13:17 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-30 09:38 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 16:38 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 14:12 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-30 13:10 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-30 20:24 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-30 17:23 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-04-30 23:35 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-05-01 07:20 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 13:24 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 16:51 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 16:47 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 16:52 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-05-01 20:40 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 13:45 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-05-01 21:02 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? meat <meat.stretcher@linuxmail.org> - 2016-05-01 22:40 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-05-01 22:54 +0000
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-01 16:44 -0400
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-29 19:31 -0700
Drop dead, Snit! John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-30 05:33 -0700
Re: Why all the hate for Linux? 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-04-30 14:11 +0000
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