Re: [Way OT] Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-10-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
s. keeling wrote: Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Paul E Condon wrote: On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:13:59AM -0500, Kent West wrote: [schnip] Kent, there is a nice sociology/anthropology term for your attitude toward Microsoft; for you (and me), Microsoft is 'ritually unclean

Re: [Way OT] Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-10-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:18:12AM +, s. keeling wrote: > > I like both characterizations, though the former is an insult to pigs. > That reminds me of a great teaser I heard I heard for the Neal Boortz show once. He said something to the effect of, "That newspaper is a hard left rag and I w

[Way OT] Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-10-01 Thread s. keeling
Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:13:59AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > [schnip] > > > > Kent, there is a nice sociology/anthropology term for your attitude > > toward Microsoft; for you (and me), Microsoft is 'ritually unclean', > > like pork to Musl

Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-10-01 Thread Marty
Paul E Condon wrote: On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:13:59AM -0500, Kent West wrote: DonDashGuitar wrote: >Boot method: Net install. I've done four of them so far. > snip... >created the file with no problems if it was named "cddr.img" and, happily >enough, the Linux installer wasn't picky about

Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-06-19 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 10:05 -0500, DonDashGuitar wrote: > I attempted to report a problem with my video resolution following the > outlined protocol I found in the support files as best I could. Given a > space for commentary, and a stomach full of suppressed frustration I > couldn't resist the ur

Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-06-19 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:13:59AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > DonDashGuitar wrote: > >Boot method: Net install. I've done four of them so far. > > snip... > >created the file with no problems if it was named "cddr.img" and, happily > >enough, the Linux installer wasn't picky about the name assigne

Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-06-19 Thread Kent West
DonDashGuitar wrote: Boot method: Net install. I've done four of them so far. Image version: 31R2i386netinst Date: The last was today (6-18) and the others over the last week or so. 1.IBM, Aptiva, 266 MHz, AMD-K6tm with 128 MB RAM 2.Dell, OptiPlex G1, 333 MHz, Intel, Celeron, 192 MB

Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-06-19 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:05:02AM -0500, DonDashGuitar wrote: > The official "Debian Bug Tracking System" notified me that "Message with no > Package: tag cannot be processed!". So, it turns out that even complaining > about Debian is an unnecessarily complicated process ... Unnecessarily? Wit

Re: Not a query, but an observation.

2006-06-19 Thread edwardsa
At times I can say " I share your pain." This list has been very useful, however. Are you installing the distribution labeled testing or stable? I ask this because the former has an older version of XFree86. What graphics card(s) are you using? lspci should give you direction about which drive

Not a query, but an observation.

2006-06-19 Thread DonDashGuitar
I attempted to report a problem with my video resolution following the outlined protocol I found in the support files as best I could. Given a space for commentary, and a stomach full of suppressed frustration I couldn't resist the urge to do some venting. It all went for nothing however because