On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:41:22 -0500 Came this utterance fomulated by Flem D. Williams to my mailbox:
> WHAT'S UP WITH THIS DOWNLOAD CRAP? > Boy, you are asking for it! You have emailed a mailing list where several thousand happy OpenOffice.org users recieve every email. > For more than five hours I've started the download for OpenOffice3. > Each and every time, this damn download hangs, stops, or crashes > around 28% of completion. After this, the whole operation is frozen > into a dead state where everything on the pc and keyboard is immobile, > frozen or dead! > > In order to bail out of such a predicament, the only available option > is to press the Reset button because of the preplanned, malicious > hacking wrought on by this listless, academic crackpot who devised and > programmed this damming crap into the system in the first place! > This would be entirely an issue with your computer or perhaps a 1% chance of it being your ISP. Most of us get OO.o downloaded without issue; even those of us on dial-up connections. Some of us have resorted to download programs like"get-right" which will restart a download from the last drop-off point although the latest firefox (version 3.x) may have a proper download continue built in anyway. > Needless to say, this type of shutdown has happened before, causing > severe hard drive damage, resulting in the purchase of several new > hard drives. There is no valid reason for such reckless, wanton > behavior in operating a website > > To cut through the chase: This website: > http://download.openoffice.org/ simply sucks, and is doing so all the > way up to the gates of hell! I cannot understand why a big company > such as Sun Microsystems would shell out their products to some > unknown, questionable characters who's very intention are clouded > with ulterior motives. > > For the reasons stated above, I will simply get a copy of OpenOffice3 > from my neighbor. > > Thanks for the hassle! > Yep, you are one frustrated puppy, but you are likely to get flamed big time if you take on an attitude like this on this mailing list. Best you go and buy a flame retardent suit and probably bring the barbie indoors to sit on while you answer your emails for the next three or four days. Chur -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
