[GRLUG] Hostile Attitudes

[Greg Folkert]

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:06 -0400, Tim Schmidt wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Collin <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> >  Sheesh... I should learn to read before I post... It does seem like Tim
> >  is right and largely the discussion wasn't hostile until the original
> >  poster got lippy... Sorry Tim.
> 
> No problem.
> 
> Glad I got this one before firing off the exhaustive "87 reasons
> you're wrong" missive I was working on.  ;)

Only 87? I can think of another 200+ reasons why *YOU* are wrong...
don't let me get my Debian Developer and Debian User Flamewarz suit back
on!

> Seriously though, there are so many variables left out of the original
> question, including any demonstration of effort expended to solve said
> problem, that there's no way one could reasonably expect anyone - even
> a Windows Vista expert to solve said problem over email.
> 
> This is why OEM support channels and computer repair shops exist.

But going to Best Buy's Geek Squad is provably the most expensive route.

I mean DAMN, if he is going to go there and pay $300 to get it looked at
possibly fixed, I'd hit that if its regular or something, I'd only need
to do 20-30 of those a month to make ends meet.

/me stops pondering and continues on with his writing chores (bleah)
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