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   XX to Ezekiel   
   Re: Three Year Old Laptop - tool old for   
   25 Jun 10 18:23:21   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: dosexes@dsahiuargd.net   
      
   "Ezekiel"  wrote in message   
   news:i0399i$c0e$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >   
   > "XX"  wrote in message   
   > news:XF9Vn.545$Lj2.62@newsfe05.iad...   
   >>   
   >> "Ezekiel"  wrote in message   
   >> news:i036lr$vm$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>   
   >>> "XX"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:853Vn.2399$RC5.994@newsfe08.iad...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "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?   
   >>>   
   >>> If you don't need to prove anything then why do you go out of your way   
   >>> to try and impress people with your stupid claims Moccasin Joe or   
   >>> whatever BS nym you're using this week? You evidently have *unlimited*   
   >>> time to waste trying to impress people with your BS so why not prove   
   >>> everyone wrong.   
   >>>   
   >>> (Like anyone is stupid enough not to know why you run away like a scared   
   >>> little girl.)   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>> 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?   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes. Certainly closer to reality than your Ferrari, mansion and boat.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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,   
   >>>   
   >>> Yawn... talk is cheap. And that's all you can afford is talk.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> So the answer is that you don't own shit and that's why you're unable to   
   >>> post any picutres. It is certainly answered.   
   >>>   
   >>> After all, a photo of your 1983 Chrysler K-car isn't going to impress   
   >>> anyone. Your bullshit talking doesn't impress anyone either. Of course   
   >>> you know that... you're just out for a (s)troll. Trying to get that   
   >>> attention that your two dads never gave you when you were a child.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>> 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 .   
   >>>   
   >>> I'll contribute to your income by dropping a quarter in the tin-cup of   
   >>> some subway hobo.   
   >>   
   >> What makes me happy reading the disjointed drivel that you wasted so much   
   >> time on is; I have a lot of money, and you don't.   
   >>   
   >> I'm going over to Palm Beach for dinner in a little while, one of the   
   >> higher end places, I'll have the chef make a filet for Mugsy.  I'll think   
   >> of you with your Taco Bell special when I give it to him.  We'll both be   
   >> happy.   
   >>   
   >> What do you give to charity?  Nothing like Steve Jobs?   
   >>   
   >   
      
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