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 1ODIpy-000694-IB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 15 May 2010 14:59:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A137E0632; Sat, 15 May 2010 14:58:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD28E0632 for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 14:58:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32BDD1B403A for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 14:58:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.944 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.944 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.345, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MMmWXKKDWvMs for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 14:58:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CD01B4067 for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 14:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ODIoe-0006Z8-JX for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 15 May 2010 16:58:12 +0200 Received: from adsl-69-234-185-238.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net ([69.234.185.238]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 16:58:12 +0200 Received: from w41ter by adsl-69-234-185-238.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 May 2010 16:58:12 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org connect(): No such file or directory From: walt Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot gentoo with GTP Disk label Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 07:58:00 -0700 Message-ID: References: <7600D741-6B57-45C8-92CE-6FC17A2C72D6@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <201005132312.25252.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4BED3559.4030403@libertytrek.org> <20100514132305.2d865143@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <4BED6216.2070808@libertytrek.org> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-69-234-185-238.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.3a5pre) Gecko/20100515 Thunderbird/3.2a1pre In-Reply-To: <4BED6216.2070808@libertytrek.org> X-Archives-Salt: a16afb74-1570-4f62-9580-d47221a2f304 X-Archives-Hash: 2c944c742078ab3429e0e5d72b215ed9 On 05/14/2010 07:45 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2010-05-14 8:23 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Fri, 14 May 2010 07:34:49 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: >>>> AFAIK most laptops don't (yet) have 2TB disks, which is why Vista is >>>> a poor choice for laptops. Vista needs most of a terabyte after >>>> installing all the bug fixes and service packs > >>> Ok, either you are joking (but the wording doesn't make that very >>> clear), or you are just one of those antimicrosoft idiot/trolls. If you >>> were joking, then obviously the latter doesn't apply to you, though you >>> might want to make the joke a little more evident... > >> Sarcasm and irony don't work if you have to explain them. > > It wasn't worded that way - as written, it was just plain dumb. As released, Vista was just plain crap. You're right, though, I let my anger overwhelm my sense of humor when I wrote that, and it came across badly. I'll try to do better next time.