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   Ezekiel to All   
   Re: Three Year Old Laptop - tool old for   
   25 Jun 10 18:10:14   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: not-zeke@the-zeke.com   
      
   "Justin"  wrote in message   
   news:justin-177E05.18063925062010@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi...   
   > In article ,   
   > "XX"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Yaaawn - your getting more boring by the minute.  I'm starting to get   
   >> fatigued.   
   >   
   > Well, then go take the Ferrari for a spin!   
   > HAHAHAH!   
      
   Ha-ha indeed. That attention seeking idiot most likely has to borrow money   
   from his mom to ride the city bus.   
      
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