Well, Windows is back on the disk.

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:40:50 +0800
"Michael T. Richter" <ttmrichter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Basically, Sasha, you're dealing with fanaticism and you can't win
> against fanatics in a reasoned debate.  Don't bother trying.  Fanatics
> do, however, make wonderful exercises for killfile filters.

I've followed this thread with a mixture of besument and amusement.

I haven't really seen anything that looks to me like fanaticism in the
responses to your complaints - I would characterise them as irritation, I
suppose.

I could quote some of the *cough* colourful phrases you have indulged in,
but it would be a waste of bandwidth.

Of course it is possible that I've misinterpreted your apparently
combative attitude, and that you really are all sweetness and light ;-) 

I'm not sure if it has occurred to you that your attitude comes across as
implacacbly negative most of the time. I won't be sending you to the
killfile -thanks for the general invitation to do so anyway - because as I
said, the thread has been quite amusing in some respects.

As you see from my .sig,  ;-)  I recognise that Unix/Linux is not for the
faint of heart, and sympathise with your sound troubles. We all have a
choice as to what operating systems we use, and evidently you are
persevering with Ubuntu, for the moment at least. That's nice - I  hope
you continue to enjoy it, as you so evidently enjoy contributing to this
list....

You seem to have high expectations, which is admirable. I hope your rather
specific problems have resulted in useful bug reports, so that the
"fanatics"in Ubuntu who produce the OS for you can pursue their fanaticism,
and fix your particular problem with the software.

As for your other problem, I fear this isn't the right list for assistance.

Sincerely, with a smile,

Peter

 -- Unix is hard to learn. The process of learning it is one of
multiple small epiphanies. -- Neal Stephenson