__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 06 April 2007 17:23 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flyer
> <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:07:51 -0700
> <MPG.207f91a0d9bd71a7989766@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> In article <3812512.aILZ0dKCgp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> __/ [ flyer ] on Friday 06 April 2007 02:56 \__
>>>
>>> > In article <aesfe4-g7s.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> > ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flyer
>>> >> <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> wrote
>>> >> on Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:52:48 -0700
>>> >> <MPG.207de83f38fc1ba7989757@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> >> > In article <1466420.lyArG6xLiZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> >> > newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> >> >> Hunt for software can be frustrating, time-consuming -- and
>>> >> >> fruitless
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> >> >> | Marko Pohjola knows tech. But even a consultant for a Web hosting
>>> >> >> | company can find himself spending hours trying to find the
>>> >> >> | drivers he needs to make some of his gadgets work with Windows
>>> >> >> | Vista, Microsoft's new operating system.
>>> >> >> `----
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>>
http://www.shadiemon.com/2007/04/04/without-vista-drivers-its-2001-all-over-again/
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> The following says it all, doesn't it?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> How to Downgrade Vista Business to XP Pro
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Slight correction: How to UPGRADE Vista to XP Pro.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Bleah. Just upgrade to a Linux distro such as Ubuntu,
>>> >> Fedora, or Gentoo and be done with it. :-P :-)
>>> >>
>>> >> [rest snipped]
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> #191, ewill3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> Useless C++ Programming Idea #12995733:
>>> >> bool f(bool g, bool h) { if(g) h = true; else h = false; return h;}
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Yeah I know, I was just getting in a swipe at Vista, the new "WOW" from
>>> > MS.
>>>
>>> Don't you mean the new "MisS from Ow"? ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Heh heh.
>
> No, "WOW" can be legitimate here, as in
>
> "WOW. What a [censored] piece of junk! They actually *sell* this?"
>
> :-)
Have a look!
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/wow.html
BTW, Seth's agents offered to send me a free early copy of his book.
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