Win98 -- all kidding aside

[Bart Silverstrim]

Jimmy Montague wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 08:05 -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
>>> The question is: Can you or can you not tell me how to
>>> make the Ubuntu GUI administer my floppy drive correctly without my
>>> having to learn the command line? 
>> Your turn to quote where you asked that question previously. You started 
>> out ranting about having a mis-named floppy icon stuck on your desktop 
>> and not being able to rename it.
> 
> Jimmy wrote on July 30:
> 
> > So, Mr. Silverstrim: Can you tell me how to make Ubuntu manage my
> floppy drive or not? If the answer is not, then point me to someone who
> can do so or butt out of this thread.
> 
>> I'd do as much for you.
> 
>> Jimmy
> 
> So there's the quote you asked for. It's a yes or no question which you
> will not answer. You won't butt out, either, but instead hang around and
> keep throwing sandbags. I suspect the answer is (or should be) that you
> simply lack the cojones to admit that you have no answer.

Still with the reading comprehension problem? Reread my last post.

And again...read what you said. Ubuntu isn't a GUI. Ubuntu manages 
floppies fine. There is a difference in the two questions you asked for.

And you still haven't answered for your own factually WRONG assertions, 
and you still seem totally oblivious to the fact that your statement are 
inflammatory flamebait.

Your posts are perfect examples of the boneheaded approach to asking 
questions and asking for help in this list, and when someone calls you 
out on it it prompt netnannies and listmommies to start a thread 
bitching about how we're not "friendly" to noobs and scare away users, 
as if somehow being new to the topic gives license to be a jerk.

You still don't even acknowledge that your personal attacks are 
completely illogical, either...calling me a mossback, implying I'm 
archaic in my experience, while asserting that I don't know anything 
about the topic (even though my command line solution I offered to you 
apparently was way over your head), and this "mossback" isn't even the 
one using floppies; you claim experience with Win3.x, far superior in 
handling your floppy than today's modern Linux, apparently.

So...You have fond memories of MacOS and Win3.x, both discontinued, and 
can't use the command line.

My system doesn't even use floppies and some very simple commands at the 
command line are over your head.

But I'm the creaky oldster picking on the young noob.

Uh huh.

You won't even acknowledge that you understand what I previously said 
about the floppy sensor and how it interacts with the system, or that 
the problem you're running into is with the automatic file 
mounting-slash-nautilus. No, no...you're just going to continue reveling 
in Ubuntu is crap compared to Win3x, and then bitch me out instead of 
acknowledging that you're peeing in an Ubuntu group denouncing Ubuntu. 
Smart move, straight from page one of how to win friends and influence 
people.

> Well, rave on as it suits you. From this point forward, I'll respond to
> anyone who can make the Ubuntu GUI administer my floppy drive as it's
> supposed to. Know-nothing sandbaggers like you, Mr. Silverstrim, are a
> waste of everyone's time.

I'm sure you've done plenty to help people here. I look forward to you 
sharing your immense wisdom with the group.