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   Rotten Apple to Justin   
   Re: Three Year Old Laptop - tool old for   
   25 Jun 10 14:27:07   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: rotten@pple.com   
      
   "Justin"  wrote in message   
   news:i02ttg$pm9$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   > On 06/25/2010 08:42 AM, XX wrote:   
   >> "Ezekiel"  wrote in message   
   >> news:i01138$g8q$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> "XX"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:qDTUn.406$sR2.91@newsfe24.iad...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "Justin"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:i00rej$aci$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>>> On 06/24/2010 05:03 PM, XX wrote:   
   >>>>>> "Justin"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> news:i00ge6$gaa$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>>>>> On 06/24/2010 04:41 PM, XX wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> "Justin"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>> news:i00f8p$svd$4@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>>>>>>> On 06/24/2010 04:14 PM, XX wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> "Justin"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>> news:i00chc$865$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Here is yet another failure for Windows 7.   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Here's the Readers' Digest version of whats going on.  The Win7   
   >>>>>>>>>>> drivers   
   >>>>>>>>>>> aren't fully compatible with the Wireless 802.11. So it works   
   >>>>>>>>>>> fine   
   >>>>>>>>>>> without any encryption but the instant I secure the network -   
   >>>>>>>>>>> "Windows   
   >>>>>>>>>>> 7   
   >>>>>>>>>>> was unable to connect to the network."   
   >>>>>>>>>>> I installed Ubuntu on the machine - worked like a champ - WPA2   
   >>>>>>>>>>> personal   
   >>>>>>>>>>> and all.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> So, how about if one of you Microsoft trolls explain how this is   
   >>>>>>>>>>> actually a design feature or is somehow my fault.  Remember I   
   >>>>>>>>>>> have   
   >>>>>>>>>>> 10+   
   >>>>>>>>>>> years of IT experience I know how to solve driver problems.   
   >>>>>>>>>>> The fact that there are no Win 7 drivers for this wireless   
   >>>>>>>>>>> adapter   
   >>>>>>>>>>> is   
   >>>>>>>>>>> all Microsoft's fault.  I guess Microsoft just doesn't have the   
   >>>>>>>>>>> resources or brainpower to fix this little problem.   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Oh well.   
   >>>>>>>>>>> The laptop is my brother's.  He told me to spec out a new laptop   
   >>>>>>>>>>> for   
   >>>>>>>>>>> him.  A Macbook Pro.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "Ten years experience" and what you learned in the first month is   
   >>>>>>>>>> as   
   >>>>>>>>>> far   
   >>>>>>>>>> as   
   >>>>>>>>>> you progressed!   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Now that reply was pure genius.   
   >>>>>>>>> Half an hour response time?  You're slipping, kiddo!   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I was reading stuff from the better trolls and posting there first   
   >>>>>>>> and   
   >>>>>>>> working on my own material first.  You shouldn't flatter yourself,   
   >>>>>>>> you   
   >>>>>>>> are   
   >>>>>>>> close to last on my reading agenda.  A "bottom of the barrel"   
   >>>>>>>> thing.   
   >>>>>>>> But   
   >>>>>>>> keep the faith; there are some Freaks here whose material I don't   
   >>>>>>>> even   
   >>>>>>>> bother opening.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Trolls?   
   >>>>>>> I was simply stating that Linux does something Windows can't.  You   
   >>>>>>> see   
   >>>>>>> I   
   >>>>>>> was "advocating" an OS in an advocacy group. Which leads me to   
   >>>>>>> believe   
   >>>>>>> you don't actually know what a troll is.  Get off your parents'   
   >>>>>>> Optiplex   
   >>>>>>> and buy a convertible - its Summer!   
   >>>>>>> I'm looking at a 35th anniversary Z28 convertible.  I doubt I'll buy   
   >>>>>>> it   
   >>>>>>> though.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I drive a Ferrari, son.  You couldn't afford to buy one of its   
   >>>>>> wheels.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> HAHA!   
   >>>>> Does anyone take you seriously?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'll remember your remark next time I drive it.   
   >>>   
   >>> So Moccasin Joe - you phoney. Why don't you post a picture of it along   
   >>> with a sign inside the car with a message so we know that it's really   
   >>> your   
   >>> car.   
   >>   
   >> Why would I waste my time doing that?  I have no need to prove anything   
   >> to a   
   >> nothing like you. Does MJ drive a Ferrari also?   
   >>   
   >>> Fact is that you're some broke turd who lives in a trailer park. The   
   >>> closest you'll ever come to a Ferrari is if you happen to see one on   
   >>> your   
   >>> way to work at the bowling alley.   
   >>   
   >> Is that a fact?  Look at it this way; if I did live in a trailer park,   
   >> and I   
   >> did work in a bowling alley, I would still have a much larger revenue   
   >> stream   
   >> than you,   
   >> and my dog Mugsy would still be eating better than you. But if your   
   >> fantasy   
   >> comforts you, stick with it.  It's really all you got.   
   >>   
   >>> So where' the picture that proves you own one?   
   >>   
   >> Asked and answered.   
   >>   
   >>> Like anyone's surprised that you're a pathetic wannabe liar.   
   >>   
   >> Again - what you think doesn't matter - unless you can contribute to my   
   >> income.  But a stumblebum like you can't even contribute to your own .   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Oh come now!   
   > Certainly you have the brains to think of something better.  After all Mr.   
   > Ferrariman you have somuch to live for!   
   > Even if you had such a car - you still can't get laid.   
      
   Why not, are you just a tease?   I don't think you're his type.   
      
   --   
   "I don't need one either. My MacBook Pro goes nearly everywhere I go. I   
   simply have no need for one. " -- Alan Baker on the iPad   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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