From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RrygK-0000w8-Hl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:22:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21BA4E08C0; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:22:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C34E089B for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:21:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenr8 with SMTP id r8so2374894yen.40 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:21:05 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rdalek1967@gmail.com designates 10.236.128.173 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.236.128.173; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rdalek1967@gmail.com designates 10.236.128.173 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rdalek1967@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=rdalek1967@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.236.128.173]) by 10.236.128.173 with SMTP id f33mr30110940yhi.107.1327958465995 (num_hops = 1); Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:21:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XA8AJXThu3cPY+S+1vUwPIqSw3X9/TrC8Norao5Fvg8=; b=PuDCoRYXM30PwymCEEYSfFJTXAKuLm1+6qUGjJx0eA3JVE8Qiv18FvmDpOMBmXK642 s+K+ve9gvwjvV/anlVPr2ER73Sq98pEtF4SpVfcOJcJAor53nsNATf2bmlyUEpc0plfM OC2xBWkY/HOCnVAvj6jd/dFHvKg1UTF5scBAY= Received: by 10.236.128.173 with SMTP id f33mr24339532yhi.107.1327958465894; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:21:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-147-47.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.147.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n72sm34110527yhh.21.2012.01.30.13.21.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:21:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F2709BB.5060605@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:20:59 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20120120 Firefox/9.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.6.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol References: <4F2546BC.3010608@gmail.com> <4F258AAF.9090504@gmail.com> <4F26939E.3030003@kutulu.org> <4F2696A7.40407@hadt.biz> In-Reply-To: <4F2696A7.40407@hadt.biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4f05c410-4e4a-4a77-8ffe-d195f024e39f X-Archives-Hash: 062a1548e77136bb4dd3f170858f84e2 Michael Hampicke wrote: >> Technically, they did, it was just impossible for an OS to make it >> actually work: >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/04/02/9528175.aspx > > > Quote >> And you certainly don't want to make the user go through this >> training session when they unpack their computer on Christmas >> morning. "Thank you for using Window 95. Before we begin, please >> insert a floppy disk in drive A:." > > I wish they would have tought of that when they forced users to activate > and/or register Windows. > > "Thank you for using Window XP. Before we begin, please enter your 100 > digit serial number" > > I had to replace a mobo and hard drive for a friend once. For some reason the drive and controller went out. Anyway, when we reinstalled winders, it said we had to call M$ to get some long freaking number. While on the phone with them, I told them I had never heard of such nonsense before. She progressed to telling me all the canned responses but she didn't expect my response. I told her I used Linux and when you get a CD and install it on more than one system, the Linux folks have a party instead of requiring a confirmation number. I then went on to explain how I was doing this for a friend and that I wouldn't install M$ crap on my rig if it was free. I could tell she was not happy about my thoughts on her product since she got quiet. Me being a chatter box at times, I just kept explaining the advantages of Linux over M$. I got my number tho. My friend is happy. I have converted a few people over to Linux since then too. She just thought she hated me back then. lol Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"