Fri Jun 14 20:41:59 2002
I can't do everything here, you know! :)
Fri Jun 14 20:55:33 2002
Fri Jun 14 21:09:03 2002
My self-imposed 5999-post temporary exile from the BF is driving me nuts. How am I supposed to fill the hours at work now?
Not that there are any good threads in the BF anyway... :(
Fri Jun 14 21:20:43 2002
Fri Jun 14 21:48:42 2002
Aaah! It has the word that the Knights Who Say Ni! must not hear!
Fri Jun 14 22:20:01 2002
:)
Uhh, I have nothing to say.
Fri Jun 14 23:40:47 2002
Sat Jun 15 10:51:53 2002
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Sat Jun 15 17:34:25 2002
That says it all.
Let the fucking rednecks try to use Linux/GNU.
I don't care as all it does is take more people out of the online commuity that are wasting my bandwidth.
Sat Jun 15 18:33:15 2002
Sat Jun 15 19:03:02 2002
Originally proposed Lindows Menu:
:D
Sat Jun 15 19:40:50 2002
Scenario #1:
People buy into the hype, grab Lindows at Wally World, and then are utterly disgusted by it when it won't run most of their software. People quickly get the idea and spread the word. This should set popular opinion nicely against Loonix.
Scenario #2:
Wally World employees, knowing just enough to realize that customers will be upset and disappointed when Lindows won't run their stuff, voluntarily steer people away from it. People quickly get the idea and spread the word. This should set popular opinion nicely against Loonix.
So, if this succeeds, Loonix takes a hit. If it fails, Loonix takes a hit. Sounds good to me. :D
Sun Jun 16 06:16:49 2002
Lindows most likely blows goats, but give the consumer some credit and allow that he might know what makes an OS suck.
Sun Jun 16 17:50:22 2002
Sun Jun 16 19:26:24 2002
from Magus posted at 12:50 pm on June 16, 2002So, based on all the people I saw, I assume that the average consumer isn't very knowledgable. Note that I don't say stupid.
To paraphrase an elderly friend, going to Walmart makes me feel thin, smart, and rich. Still, I haven't noticed that the clientele is that much different from Target or Kmart, or, for that matter, Fry's or Rat Shack, and, as little as many of the shoppers at the latter establishments might know about electronics or software, I'm fairly sure they A) know if they aren't getting Windows and B) if they happen to be aware of Linux at all, know that Lindows ain't the same thing. But I could be wrong.
Sun Jun 16 19:31:45 2002
going to Walmart makes me feel thin, smart, and rich.
:sagrin: :evilgrin: :EVILKING: :evilgrin: :sagrin:
[size=7]OUCH[/size]
Good one.
Sun Jun 16 19:41:31 2002
that was a nefarious lineup of smileys :cheesy:
Sun Jun 16 20:00:46 2002
Sun Jun 16 23:47:22 2002
Still, I haven't noticed that the clientele is that much different from Target or Kmart
Well in my area, Target is seen as "upscale" compared to *mart; the Walmart people tend to be lower-income people, and Kmart denizens go to the other two because they don't know when their Big K will be closing. Plus, the closest K has turned into a real dump inside -- probably falling personnel morale, but it doesn't provide a decent shopping environment. (Though it is better than the Ames I was in recently. <shudder>)
Mon Jun 17 10:20:57 2002
Everyone buying stuff inside was under 20, had at least 1 kid, wore gold, had stuff like Honda's and Toyota's with big exhaust pipes, 2" from the ground with 12' fins, Japanese writing all over them and tinted windows, not to mention a predominance of BMW 5 and 7 series all "riced" out. Hell I KNOW they don't have any jobs because I see the same cars at the unemployment office that the local DMV was near... It must be great to not have to speak a word of English, get knocked up by your boyfriend at 16 and live off of welfare whom pays for your Chapter 8 housing and your 70K car. The Cambodians in Mass have it made.
Mon Jun 17 14:09:19 2002
<rhetorical>
And why, exactly, would you want your car's exhaust system to sound like a riding lawn mower? :confused:
</rhetorical>
Mon Jun 17 15:41:18 2002
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Mon Jun 17 16:24:36 2002
from Magus posted at 12:00 pm on June 17, 2002
Me, I just don't understand why ricers think all that crap is any sort of improvement.
It makes me think of the trend in US cars of the mid-1970s. When emission controls took effect and performance took a nose dive, auto manufacturers made up for it by adding "racing stripes/decals" to their previously-sporty vehicles. Blech.
At least racing stripes don't make your 4-cylinder car sound like a Yamaha dirt track motorcycle.
Mon Jun 17 16:24:47 2002
Mon Jun 17 16:45:07 2002
Mon Jun 17 17:01:01 2002
Kinda like the 16 kid you see working at Shaws sweeping the floor really makes the payments on the BMW 5 series you see him driving in, can you say DRUGS? and WELFARE cash?
Mon Jun 17 17:04:55 2002
When I worked in a Wally World, it always disgusted me to see welfare queens (with a dozen kids all about the same age) pull out food stamps and proceed to buy steak, while I was working my ass off and eating hamburger.
Mon Jun 17 17:12:11 2002
Mon Jun 17 17:15:17 2002
I mean, what good is having a pickup if you can't haul anything?!? Any item you plop into the bed will cause the truck to scrape asphault as soon as you put it in gear. [Yeah, I know it's for looks only, but still... :rolleyes: ]
I'm waiting for some moron to do the same treatment to a Hummer.
Mon Jun 17 18:50:01 2002
from Harbinger posted at 9:09 am on June 17, 2002
EM, in my locale, we see the exact same riced-out stuff except that the vast majority is white/trailer trash.
Sounds like the parking lot at Fry's, but there it's detritus of all races.
Mon Jun 17 20:14:39 2002
(Edited by Evil Merlin at 1:15 pm on June 17, 2002)
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Tue Jun 18 02:54:07 2002
Let me know the next time you're in Dallas. We must go beat up Kyle Bennet.
Tue Jun 18 10:30:45 2002
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Wed Jun 19 01:05:05 2002
I used to post on the [H]oards about the same time I started on Ars. It seems the average intelligence on Ars used to be higher... I don't know anymore, as the collective intelligences of Hitman, Ema and MWNH are dragging the average lower.
It's true, the BF is totally being taken over by the trolls. MWNH is one of the biggest trollers known to mankind, that's the real sad thing. The BF started to go downhill once he took over moderation duties.
And I think it stinks that he can move, delete and lock threads, whereas PeterB can only lock them. What kind of equitable moderation is that??
Wed Jun 19 01:23:35 2002
from longmarch posted at 7:54 pm on June 17, 2002
jdsmith575:We must go beat up Kyle Bennet.
I'm in Duncanville actually.
Wed Jun 19 03:01:37 2002
from jdsmith575 posted at 8:23 pm on June 18, 2002
Who's Kyle Bennet?
Guy who runs HardOCP. Nothing wrong with him really, except that his forums suck.