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What real people think of Linux (it sucks) 10 10 (2/24/2013 1:55:46 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Go here and peruse the thread by real people contemplating Linux. Not the 'tards here. RL https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt/TnrVMvHHetg ... RayLopez99

OT: live by the bullet, die by the bullet (American Sniper author shot dead Saturday) 21 14 (2/3/2013 11:24:11 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy "Guns do kill people". Imagine the perp trying to kill with a knife. It'd be less deadly. And a fellow American did what the Iraqi insurgents could not. How ironic? RL http://www.huffingtonpost.co... RayLopez99

Real life Linux advocacy (from outside this newsgroup) 0 9 (2/1/2013 5:42:19 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy In the spirit of Doofus, I will post "real world" Linux advocacy. In order= to qualify, the post must be from another person other than the poster, fr= om another forum other than this one, from an actual L... RayLopez99

Facts on Linux, gun control 6 8 (1/22/2013 1:06:00 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy The bald facts (from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) are as follows: The U.S. has a gun-ownership rate of 88 per 100 people, and a gun-homicide rate of 2.97 per 100,000 people. Australia has... RayLopez99

Guns don't stop dictators, academic studies show 0 9 (1/15/2013 6:43:48 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Nor does Linux for that matter. RL http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2013/01/can-.html Joshua Keating gathers evidence that widespread gun ownership doesn't trans= late into successful uprisings... RayLopez99

Which would you prefer to face: madman with assault rifle or biker gang with metal bats? 7 13 (1/12/2013 11:55:10 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Just to make this on-topic, let's assume the madman uses Linux OS at home (= a reasonable assumption if you ask me) and the biker gang uses Windows. Background here: http://marginalrevolution.com/margina... RayLopez99

Linus Trovalds admits: Linux is not for Serious Work 32 15 (1/2/2013 10:51:04 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy For an OS that you can connect to so everybody is on the same page, and all= being able for example to use Microsoft Office, you need Windows. =20 As I defined it, this is Serious Work. And Trovalds agr... RayLopez99

Doofus Xmas dream come true: man rams explosives filled car into schoolchildren (but nobody died--Doofus crying now) 0 15 (12/25/2012 8:16:00 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Last week DFS tried to say guns are no more dangerous than any other tool, = despite me saying it's harder to kill many with a knife, citing that China = man that stabbed lots of schoolkids but killed none. ... RayLopez99

Anti-gun line in James Bond Skyfall: 'M, pull out your cell phone and call for aid!' 4 16 (12/20/2012 8:52:13 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Have you seen the movie "Skyfall"? There's an anti-gun line in it, where M= is told: 'M, pull out your cell phone and call for aid!' That one line underscores a truism: a cell phone is more powerful than... RayLopez99

The Expiration of The U.S. Assault Weapons Ban Increased Homicides in Mexico (and why Linux is bad) 14 15 (12/19/2012 12:20:55 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy In the same way that 'too much choice' in an OS leads to chaos, like Linux,= too much choice in how and what people can buy as personal weapons leads t= o harmful spillover effects. We need to have rules of... RayLopez99

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Surface Pro Teardown Reveals =?iso-8859-7?b?SXSicw==?= Virtually Unrepairable 2 1 (2/14/2013 5:51:14 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy The Surface Pro is not a repair-friendly machine. In fact, it’s one of the least repairable devices iFixit has seen: In a teardown of Microsoft’s tablet-laptop hybrid, the company gave it a rock-bottom ... crabbit.bampot (390)

Donated $25 to Ubuntu today 48 7 (2/15/2013 3:28:42 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Donated $25 to Ubuntu today --------------------------- The donation page has sliders for several contribution causes and defaults to $2 for each cause and there are 8 topics. I increased donation amount... email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com (4713)

Obama says patent reform needs to go farther 4 6 (2/15/2013 4:09:55 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-obama-patent-idUSBRE91E03320130215> (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, in an unusual foray into patent law, on Thursday said U.S. patent reform needs to go fa... crabbit.bampot (390)

Mint crapware: folders now in Japanese... I want my Engrish folder names back! 17 20 (2/19/2013 2:48:42 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy "I recently changed to Linux Mint, which is an absolute blinder, I love it! There is one small problem. In order to ensure I can replace everything that was previously available on the previous drive, which... nospam2091 (10052)

Richard Stallman Dead 15 9 (2/21/2013 1:06:04 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1959343288/Area-deaths-for-Feb-18 We all know what Gluey would attribute this to. ... stevecarrroll (282)

SSHD rootkit heads up 33 9 (2/22/2013 11:51:57 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy https://isc.sans.edu/diary/SSHD+rootkit+in+the+wild/15229 SSHD rootkit in the wild Published: 2013-02-21, Last Updated: 2013-02-22 09:23:59 UTC There are a lot of discussions at the momen... OFeem1987 (708)

Columbine survivor says NO to more gun control 3 7 (2/22/2013 11:16:05 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/02/21/watch-columbine-survivor-evan-todd-discusses-letter-to-obama-opposing-gun-control-proposals/ (video interview) http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/20/columbine-survi... owl (2115)

Tremendous success for Office 365, fastest-growing businesses in Microsoft history. 48 11 (2/27/2013 9:15:23 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Feb13/02-27OfficeCommercialGAPR.aspx "Since launching in mid-2011, Office 365 is one of the fastest-growing businesses in Microsoft history. After only 18 mon... Cola_Zealot (536)

March and candidate for dumbest post of the year : bbgruff 26 11 (3/1/2013 12:08:37 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Congratulations to bbgruff who, in Gortard's absence, seems a sure thing for the "dumbest post of the year 2013" despite it being only Feb/March! I'm still reeling that he actually suggested that Google h... hadronquark (20916)

Google : grrrr 10 26 (3/16/2013 8:23:03 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Well, no surprise there. Heard about http://www.gefs-online.com/ ? Sounds great! A free online flight sim using google earth. The problems? Linux users need not apply since the google earth plugin... hadronquark (20916)