# why.pl
print "Who Cares about Wal_Mart AKA -> Wally WORLD!";
print "hmmmmmmm whyyyyyyyy ohhhhhhh whyyyyyyyyy";
sub winnblows {
print "sing with me -> windows is gay ohhhh windows is gay and its sooooooo godamn gayyyyyyyy ! yeah.";
}
if ( $useful_information =~ /^$useful) {
print "Weeeeeeee ! ";
} else {
print "Nothing Useful INstall windows now ! }
exit;
}
#EOF
thats it from me. hehehehehehehe
"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote:
Paul Lussier wrote:
> Or, it's for people who have *either* a clue *or* someone willing to
> be their sysadmin :)
>
> I could easily set my parents up to use Linux were *I* willing to
> take the time to maintain their systems for them.
>
> (now they call Kenny instead, who made the mistake of admitting he
> knows Windows :)But herein lies the difference. I built a new computer for one parent
( I don't remember which one, and they each have their own) so that I
could use their old computer to build a Linux firewall for them
because they have a cable modem and know nothing about computer
security. I would gladly give up my free time for a few hours to make
sure that someone's system is secure, because in the long, it will
save me time. If there system is secure, then it can't be used by
someone else to attack my system (or yours).<Sarcastic and annoyed rant>
I happen to think that Linux is perfectly normal software. Sure, it
takes some getting used too, but it's normal. If it were only for
people "with a clue", then how exactly did these people get said clue?
Is it genetic or osmosis? Were these people just born with that clue?
What classifies someone as clueless? Is it because, they, like a
majority of the worlds computer users, are used to a Windows
environment, and they have a difficult time there first time out with
Linux? Are they clueless because they made a brave step and went to a
local retailer and bought a boxed copy of Linux and are having a tough
time? Or are they clueless just because they have not yet gained
enough experience with Linux to get everything working the way that
they want it to? Does that make every person who sends an e-mail to
this list clueless because they don't know the answer? Because I know
that when I started using Linux, I had a CD and a four-foot high stack
of manuals. My tools included a Packard Bell 486 and very little free
time. There was no "Certificate of Clufulness" included in the CD
case. I didn't know a single thing about Linux, UNIX, or anything
other than Windows 3.11. Believe it or not, people can learn.I don't think that we need to worry about bad word-of-mouth stemming
from a Windows user trying to switch to Linux. If we write off those
people, then we have no one to educate or convert. Makes our efforts
pretty much pointless, doesn't it? I think that a majority of the bad
word-of-mouth will stem from people who are referred to as "clueless"
by elitist Linux users that send e-mails that are barely readable
because of bad spelling, poor grammar, little to no capitalization and
punctuation, whose message is completely lost because it is too
painful to read. We need to exercise some form of patience when
helping new users, because those are the people that will walk away
from Linux. Not because it is too difficult, but because the people
that they went to for help were techno-snobs and called them
"clueless".
</Sarcastic and annoyed rant>--
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