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Re: Gimme some ketchup...

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From: sven the unpleasant
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:31
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:57:53 +0200, Byers ex machina wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:52:07 GMT, sven the unpleasant
> <would...@liketoknow.com> wrote:
> 
>>...cause I'm gonna have to eat my words. Once upon a time not too long
>>ago, some of you may remember me expressing my hatred towards Linux.
>>Bitching about this, bitching about that, the usual whining that occurs on
>>an elementary school playground (probably not a valid comparison, as
>>AGSC's average IQ is less than that of an average third grader). Well,
>>after installing Gentoo, all my complaints have been whisked away. Portage
>>ensures working software that is easily installed, and it's not too hard
>>to add an ebuild to it. Everything works, with easy setup. So, for the
>>first time in my Usenet career, I've made an ass of myself. Enjoy this
>>while you can, for I doubt that this fluke will happen again.
> 
> Oh, I don't know. I'm pretty sure you make an ass of yourself on a
> regular basis. 

Let's not kid ourselves, here.

>That aside, Linux is teh sux0r!!!1
> And you have reached ultimate geekness by being comfortable using it.
> Enjoy.

Yeah, I hate that geeky feeling I get, but the only reason I haven't gone
back to Windows is that XP is installed on this computer and, for some
reason, it refuses to connect to the Internet for more than 5 minutes.
Instead of trying to solve the problem, I took the easy way out and
installed another OS.
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Subject: Re: Gimme some ketchup...
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