[LONGISH] My Linux Journey

External Since: May 04, 2007 Posts: 179

It was on, or about, Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:04:27 +1000, that as I was
halfway through a large jam doughnut, Gregory Shearman wrote:

> William Poaster wrote:
>
>>>>> Gregory Shearman says you are either stupid or a liar. He says Linux
>>>>> was ready for the average desktop 10 years ago. Really.
>>
>> Perhaps the Halfwit Hadron can point out where Gregory Shearman
>> actually said this? Message-ID, date, etc..
>
> I never said it.

No, I didn't think you had.

> Quark made it up, as he usually does. What I actually
> said was that I had no trouble installing Redhat 5.0 and onwards. All
> you needed was to know your machine really well, ie video card, monitor,
> etc....

Yup, as I recall that's just what you said.

> Quark then misquoted me... how unusual!

Quack's good at that. He's also good at misreading things, &
comprehension problems.

--
The universe exploded out of nothingness 14 billion years ago.
14 billion years later, & some of us have 100 trillion
interconnected cells, & a self-aware consciousness.
Others post through GoogleGroups, & insist on installing Vista.

External Since: May 10, 2007 Posts: 117

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:29:00 -0400, Robert wrote:

> Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:
>>
>> What part of the universe are you in? I might be interested, depending on
>> cost of system, shipping cost, etc.
>
> i live in West Virginia U.S.A.
>
> i am not asking for any money for it but the actual shipping cost.
> however, it will take me some time to get it all together & packed. most of
> the components are up in my attic & the user manuals are in my basement.
> there is only one problem. if your not in the U.S. it would be hard for me
> to get the "actual" shipping cost because i have no access to a scale to
> weigh the package. i also have three ruptured disks in my back & i am not
> able to lift anything over five pounds.
>
> Kelsey
> is your email address valid?

It is indeed. Call it doing my part in the spam wars; by inviting as much
as possible to a collective mailer such as gmail, it helps feed the
filters to kill off more, faster, for everyone. Smile

kbjarnason.DeleteThis@gmail.com