In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flatfish
<flatfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:25:57 -0500
<3vvjl31c0ptu3oqiahckdsdval41jke64m@xxxxxxx>:
> On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:09:06 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>____/ thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Friday 07 December 2007 23:38 : \____
>>
>>> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> At this point, I'm just very glad that both ATI/AMD and NVIDIA are
>>>>> offering enhanced 3D OpenGL support. Remember, Microsoft has been
>>>>
>>>> Source of this FUD please?
>>>
>>> OK, maybe I missed something in this thread, but how is that FUD?
>>> ATI and nVidia providing better OpenGL support can only be considered
>>> a good thing and should hardly create and Fear, Uncertainty, or Doubt.
>>>
>>> Thad
>>
>>Troll handbook:
>>
>>1. Pick one among many x00-line posts from Rex Ballard
>>2. Nitpick and find something that can be questioned
>>3. Attack Rex Ballard
>>4 ...
>>5. [Microsoft] Profit!
>>
>>Carry on with the good posts, Rex. Don't reply to the trolls because they'll
>>never stop. They'll just waste your time.
>
>
> More like:
>
> 1. Read about how the military broke into Rex's high school locker to
> steal his plans for some new secret weapon.
> 2. Read about Rex running around in a dress chasing men so he could
> catch women.
> 3. Read how nuts like you support this stuff.
> 4. Associate Schestowit, Rex, Mark Kent, William Poaster with Linux
> and reach the logical conclusion that Linux advocates in COLA are ALL
> NUTS!
>
> See how easy that was Roy?
>
About as useful a conclusion as concluding that all
Winvocates are useless bloody raving loonies.
Of course, it's obvious that *some* Winvocates *are* in
fact useless bloody raving loonies. These are the ones
who can't figure out vi (at least, the rudiments thereof,
anyway; vi does have quite a bit of functionality), who
haven't a clue as to how or where to type in the command
'ls -l', and who can't read a small C program to save
themselves; they just relax, push the buttons, and hope
that the blinkylights don't blink too fast.
(Be careful. The blinkylights might bite.)
And, to be fair, some Linvocates have, one might say,
a unique perspective shared by no other poster. Certainly
'7' qualifies as one whose sense of humor is well off the
beaten path, though given Microsoft's behavior in the past
one might forgive him. 'chrisv' is pithy. Roy loves to
dig up articles. I'm probably way too verbose.
And then there's the wandering n00b, who occasionally comes
into COLA asking for help. Hopefully we can direct him
gently to the right places, and have him answering the
right questions. Trouble is that the casual lurker has to
distinguish between the truly n00by (to coin a term) from
the wayward troll who merely wants to confuse the issue by
claiming that (pick one):
- Linux doesn't support all hardware because it doesn't support
my very esoteric (sound|video|RAID|lab|radio|??!?) setup.
- Linux can't possibly do that! (If one's lucky, "that" is
explained somewhere.)
- Linux can't be bothered to support the "standard" Windows file
formats such as Microsoft Word.
- OpenOffice is a bloated porker. (It is a bit big, but there's
a lot in there, and some of it is because of Microsoft quirks.
Personally, I prefer a mix of XML, XSL, and CSS. I like LyX
for math typesettings; MathML is a little strange.)
- Linux destroyed my (monitor|microprocessor|hard drive|Windows
data partition|Windows|document|speakers|laptop|desktop|
battery|breadmaker|car|mobile phone|house|spare light bulbs|
interstellar drive prototype unit I happened to, erm, liberate
from Beta Antares IV).
- Where's the BSOD? There was supposed to be a system-shattering
BSOD...
- Can I infect my system using a single click? Can I? Huh? C'mon,
everyone else is doing it. It's really simple on Windows.
- Help! I've moved /etc/ to a different partition and now Linux
won't boot! [*]
- Windows Vista will take over the world. (With our luck, it will,
but hopefully Linux will go down fighting.)
- Windows Vista can do anything like beautiful (DX10|applications|
transparency|market share|gizmos|UAC security|highly sophisticated
firewalling|INNOVA~1 features|ability to cook one's breakfast|
retrieve the working interstellar drive prototype units from Beta
Antares IV, leaving the non-working ones to blow up or something).
- Hi, l33t beautiful girls drugs shoes at <insert random website here>
- ???? ??? ?????? ???? ????? http://?????.????.com ???? ?? ?!
- You're a <insert random term here>.
- No, you are.
- Prove it.
- No, you prove it.
- I dare you.
- I dare you back.
- I double dare you.
- I double dog dare you with a cherry on top.
- I triple dare you.
- I think you're still a <insert random term here>.
- Prove it.
- I already did.
- No you didn't.
- Yes you did.
- Liar!
- No, you're the liar.
- Look 10 posts back!
- I can't, and you're a ...
(continue until LEGO [+])
- This is the official FAQ. (Yes, we do post it occasionally.)
- This is the "official" FAQ from what used to be the Linux Reality
Team but we no longer identify ourselves as such because we got
reamed a new one by those who actually have a clue. (Ha!)
- Hi, I'm <insert random poster> and I <insert random
impossible/offensive action>. (Usually done by someone out
there who can't figure out how to impersonate someone. Not
sure I really want them to try harder though.)
[*] This *has* happened, though not on Linux. We never did get the
MIPS machine functional again, AFAIK. Nowadays a Livedisc would
easily assist in the repair.
[+] Lurker's Eyes Glaze Over. Not to be confused with a certain
Danish toy manufacturer. ;-) Well, OK, maybe a little.
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