In <1178244254.032571.75870@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups. com>, on 3 May
2007 19:04:14 -0700, Richard Herb wrote:

Cue Dan C. for a well deserved thrashing. As for
me... I'll just pick.

> couldnt type in the old topic

What topic? Where? Why not? What was the error
message?

> anyways
>
> I havent seen a Windows crash in 6 years, of course, we only use MS
> logo approved apps and hardware, but still
>
> MS logo approved apps have the windows logo on the box, like Symantec,
> Adobe and Dragon Dictate

Dunno what those are. Well, Adobe rings a bell.

> Is the blue screen still blue? in XP? in Vista?

What's a blue screen? What's XP? What's Vista?
This is a Linux newsgroup. None of those terms mean
anything to me... though I'm sure many of the M$
converts will know what you're referring to.

> tried to instal linix yesterday,

What does instal mean? What's linix?

> took me all day,

Wouldn't know about that. Linix may be some odd
Unixish OS I've never heard of. Do you mean Minix?
Or... since this is a Linux newsgroup, do you mean
Linux (rhymes with Linus)?

> and I had to resort to command line

I would say judging from your typing skills that
something as powerful as the CLI could really mess you
up. Better not use it.

> COMMAND LINE IS FROM THE 1960'S!!!

Command line is for power users and for those with
a curiosity about the engine underneath that shiny GUI
hood and for those interested in scripting. Obviously
you're WAY out of your league.

> LONG LIVE THE GUI!!

Sure for people who care more about the color of
their car than the type of engine under the hood.

> anyways, now I'm in a linix chatroom,

Again, what's linix? What chatroom? You should ask
THEM what they're talking about.

> and they are telling me I have
> to recompile the colonel (whatever that means)

I think it means they can't spell any better than you
can... but maybe there's some kind of Windows thing
known as a colonel. Anyway, how are WE supposed to
know what kind of discussions you're having in some
chatroom?

> OMG

I know you're a troll and all, but...
On the very remote chance that this was a serious post,
forget about Linux (rhymes with Linus) and go back to
your Redmondware... or better yet, buy a Mac.
When my father ran into problems with Red Hat many
years ago (RH 5.1, IIRC), and I was thousands of miles
away so could no longer go over and rescue him, I
recommended Mac to him, and he's been happy and
productive with it ever since. Use the OS that suits
you best. Obviously it's not Linux (rhymes with Linus).