On Monday 19 January 2004 05:27, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
On 2004-01-18, Mac McCaskie penned:
ROFLOL,
Richard Lyons wrote:
But this has been a bad week for tempers here. Quite a few rants and
upsets. Has anyone else wondered if it's seasonal? Subject for a
little paper, perhaps?
On 2004-01-19, Richard Lyons penned:
On Monday 19 January 2004 05:27, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
I was sick this weekend, which meant I sat around the house all
weekend with my also-sick fiance rather than going skiing or mountain
biking on a gorgeous weekend. So, here's one vote for cabin
On 2004-01-18, Mac McCaskie penned:
ROFLOL,
Richard Lyons wrote:
But this has been a bad week for tempers here. Quite a few rants and
upsets. Has anyone else wondered if it's seasonal? Subject for a
little paper, perhaps? SUBTLE - Seasonal Usenet Bad Temper Loss
Episodes... Climatic
When you first boot the install cd at the boot: prompt type 'bf24'.
Now you can choose ext2/3 reiserfs, more choices that redhat gives now
aint it?
Please before you explode again, ask nicely.
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On 2004-01-17, Joseph Guida MD penned:
Sometimes I think that open source geeks intentionally complicate
things to keep the borderline geeks (like me) from experimenting with
and learning about O/Ses like Debian. The install menus USED TO ALLOW
A CHOICE BETWEEN EXT2 and EXT3...before you
Bye, have a nice trip.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 07:38:32PM -0700, Joseph Guida MD wrote:
Sometimes I think that open source geeks intentionally complicate
things to keep the borderline geeks (like me) from experimenting with
and learning about O/Ses like Debian. The install menus USED TO
I will have to ditto Monique's frustration.
I am a debian noobie. However, I started working with IBM PC's in '83
and later graduated to XT's on the job. The first windows I installed
was 2.0 (a runtime version for a tape backup program). Over the years
I've seen Novell perfect it's
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 08:46:31AM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
I will have to ditto Monique's frustration.
It wasn't Monique.
If you want Debian to eventually follow DOS, then neglect new users and
ignore documentation. Keep knowledge to yourselves and allow only club
members to know the
Hi!
The problem is not what Joseph Guida MD asked, IMHO the problem is HOW he asked.
I'm a newbie too, but I managed to use Debian. I read documentation or ask
people who are using Debian too.
Best wishes:
Viktor Hercinger
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Colin Watson wrote:
It wasn't Monique.
oops, so sue me
rigid and spout rubbish about secret incantations.
.
.
patronizing nonsense.
rigid? not hardly, I am asking everyone to be less rigid on what the
noobies must to do. It should not be asked of them to bow down and
scrape in order to
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:23:37AM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
Colin Watson wrote:
rigid and spout rubbish about secret incantations.
.
.
patronizing nonsense.
rigid? not hardly, I am asking everyone to be less rigid on what the
noobies must to do. It should not be asked of them to bow
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:23:37AM -0600 or thereabouts, Mac McCaskie wrote:
[...]
Now that I have your attention.
Just get over yourself and look at it from the viewpoint of someone
trying to learn a very complicated and disjointed system with an immense
amount of mostly barely useful
Mac McCaskie wrote:
I will have to ditto Monique's frustration.
Frustration over Joseph Guida MD's trolling? Excellent, that's how the
majority that have responded to this post feel as well! =)
I am a debian noobie. However, I started working with IBM PC's in '83
and later graduated to XT's
On 2004-01-17, Mac McCaskie penned:
Colin Watson wrote:
It wasn't Monique.
oops, so sue me
I was remarking on the OP's incredibly poor form in asking a question.
Quite a misattribution, in this case. I'm glad that Colin pointed it
out.
rigid? not hardly, I am asking everyone to be less
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 08:46:31AM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
If you want Debian to eventually follow DOS, then neglect new users and
ignore documentation. Keep knowledge to yourselves and allow only club
members to know the secret incantations.
IMO one of the strengths of Debian is that it
Monique Y. Herman wrote:
I love debian, and I do try to help people in those limited places where
I might have a clue. But if someone posts to a debian user list
insulting the entire debian (volunteer) organization and threatening to
take their ball and go home, I say, good riddance.
I honestly
On 2004-01-17, Kent West penned:
Whereas the regulars, such as Monique above, are correct in what they
say, I'd like to speak up in behalf of the OP.
He's not been with us long, and doesn't yet understand the culture of
this list. He got frustrated, and he vented. I've done worse, even on
On Saturday 17 January 2004 22:35, Kent West wrote:
Monique Y. Herman wrote:
[...]
I honestly wonder how people who are as impolitic as the OP manage
to keep their day jobs.
[...]
Whereas the regulars, such as Monique above, are correct in what they
say, I'd like to speak up in behalf of
ROFLOL,
Richard Lyons wrote:
But this has been a bad week for tempers here. Quite a few rants and
upsets. Has anyone else wondered if it's seasonal? Subject for a
little paper, perhaps? SUBTLE - Seasonal Usenet Bad Temper Loss
Episodes... Climatic Recurring Influences on the Internet
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:04:26AM +, Richard Lyons wrote:
On Saturday 17 January 2004 22:35, Kent West wrote:
Monique Y. Herman wrote:
[...]
I honestly wonder how people who are as impolitic as the OP manage
to keep their day jobs.
[...]
Whereas the regulars, such as Monique
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:23:37 -0600, Mac McCaskie [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
rigid? not hardly, I am asking everyone to be less rigid on what
the noobies must to do. It should not be asked of them to bow down
and scrape in order to gain admission into the great and sacred
learning hall.
Sometimes I think that open source geeks intentionally complicate
things to keep the borderline geeks (like me) from experimenting with
and learning about O/Ses like Debian. The install menus USED TO ALLOW A
CHOICE BETWEEN EXT2 and EXT3...before you loaded up the HD with the
O/S. Now, you
Joseph Guida MD wrote:
Sometimes I think that open source geeks intentionally complicate
things to keep the borderline geeks (like me) from experimenting with
and learning about O/Ses like Debian. The install menus USED TO ALLOW
A CHOICE BETWEEN EXT2 and EXT3...before you loaded up the HD
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