On 2009-04-30, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:22:42 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>[color=green]
>> On 2009-04-29, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:12:46 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2009-04-28, Doctor Smith <iaintgotnostinkinemail@ols.net> wrote:
>>>>> [url]http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24700/1231/[/url]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "By October the story was different. MSI claimed Linux netbooks were being
>>>>> returned four times as often as Windows netbooks. Their internal research
>>>>> showed this could be attributed to consumers being turned off by an
>>>>> operating system which was different to what they were used to."
>>>>>
>>>>> People hate Linux when they try it.
>>>>> No amount of "free" is able to overcome this.
>>>>
>>>> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>>>>
>>>> They never really existed.
>>>>
>>>> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.
>>>
>>> Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you claim
>>> doesn't exist.
>>>
>>> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url][/color]
>>
>> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia article.
>>
>> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti monster.[/color]
>
> What part of *MY* MSI Wind didn't you understand?
>
> I own one. It's sitting here on my desk next to me. I bought it at
> MicroCenter about 4 months ago. Yes, in a brick and morter store.[/color]

Now why did that little detail require something akin to an
impacted molar extraction to get out.

Yes... because you Lemmings being the ultimate HERD animal only
believe in the claims of other people you don't even know. Nevermind
your own personal firsthand experiences. It's like you're some sort
of religious cult that would burn anyone at the stake for translating
your holy writings into some vulgar language that the common man might
be able to read.

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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:34:32 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
[color=blue]
> On 2009-04-30, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:22:42 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> On 2009-04-29, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:12:46 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2009-04-28, Doctor Smith <iaintgotnostinkinemail@ols.net> wrote:
>>>>>> [url]http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24700/1231/[/url]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "By October the story was different. MSI claimed Linux netbooks were being
>>>>>> returned four times as often as Windows netbooks. Their internal research
>>>>>> showed this could be attributed to consumers being turned off by an
>>>>>> operating system which was different to what they were used to."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> People hate Linux when they try it.
>>>>>> No amount of "free" is able to overcome this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>>>>>
>>>>> They never really existed.
>>>>>
>>>>> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.
>>>>
>>>> Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you claim
>>>> doesn't exist.
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url]
>>>
>>> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia article.
>>>
>>> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti monster.[/color]
>>
>> What part of *MY* MSI Wind didn't you understand?
>>
>> I own one. It's sitting here on my desk next to me. I bought it at
>> MicroCenter about 4 months ago. Yes, in a brick and morter store.[/color]
>
> Now why did that little detail require something akin to an
> impacted molar extraction to get out.
>
> Yes... because you Lemmings being the ultimate HERD animal only
> believe in the claims of other people you don't even know. Nevermind
> your own personal firsthand experiences. It's like you're some sort
> of religious cult that would burn anyone at the stake for translating
> your holy writings into some vulgar language that the common man might
> be able to read.[/color]

*boggle*

I didn't realize that using the word "my" was so cryptic. You have opened
my eyes to the burden I'm putting on this newsgroup by using simple english
that everyone but a COLA person seems to understand.

I appologize.

On 2009-04-30, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:34:32 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>[color=green]
>> On 2009-04-30, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:22:42 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2009-04-29, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:12:46 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2009-04-28, Doctor Smith <iaintgotnostinkinemail@ols.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> [url]http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24700/1231/[/url]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "By October the story was different. MSI claimed Linux netbooks were being
>>>>>>> returned four times as often as Windows netbooks. Their internal research
>>>>>>> showed this could be attributed to consumers being turned off by an
>>>>>>> operating system which was different to what they were used to."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> People hate Linux when they try it.
>>>>>>> No amount of "free" is able to overcome this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They never really existed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.
>>>>>
>>>>> Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you claim
>>>>> doesn't exist.
>>>>>
>>>>> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url]
>>>>
>>>> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia article.
>>>>
>>>> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti monster.
>>>
>>> What part of *MY* MSI Wind didn't you understand?
>>>
>>> I own one. It's sitting here on my desk next to me. I bought it at
>>> MicroCenter about 4 months ago. Yes, in a brick and morter store.[/color]
>>
>> Now why did that little detail require something akin to an
>> impacted molar extraction to get out.
>>
>> Yes... because you Lemmings being the ultimate HERD animal only
>> believe in the claims of other people you don't even know. Nevermind
>> your own personal firsthand experiences. It's like you're some sort
>> of religious cult that would burn anyone at the stake for translating
>> your holy writings into some vulgar language that the common man might
>> be able to read.[/color]
>
> *boggle*
>
> I didn't realize that using the word "my" was so cryptic. You have opened[/color]

...like I already said.

That would be much like "My Acer Revo".
[color=blue]
> my eyes to the burden I'm putting on this newsgroup by using simple english
> that everyone but a COLA person seems to understand.
>
> I appologize.[/color]

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In article <slrngvhdoi.g7s.jedi@nomad.mishnet>,
JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
> >>
> >> They never really existed.
> >>
> >> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.[/color]
> >
> > Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you claim
> > doesn't exist.
> >
> > [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url][/color]
>
> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia
> article.
>
> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti monster.[/color]

This is going to come as a great surprise to the OSx86 community, where
the MSI Wind netbook is a popular choice for those who want an OS X
netbook. It violates Apple's EULA, but for those who aren't put off by
that, it

It will also come as a great surprise to Amazon, Target, Bestbuy, and
the numerous other retailers that think they have been selling them for
quite a while.


--
--Tim Smith

On 2009-04-30, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <slrngvhdoi.g7s.jedi@nomad.mishnet>,
> JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >>
>> >> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>> >>
>> >> They never really existed.
>> >>
>> >> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.
>> >
>> > Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you claim
>> > doesn't exist.
>> >
>> > [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url][/color]
>>
>> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia
>> article.
>>
>> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti monster.[/color]
>
> This is going to come as a great surprise to the OSx86 community, where
> the MSI Wind netbook is a popular choice for those who want an OS X
> netbook. It violates Apple's EULA, but for those who aren't put off by
> that, it[/color]

....again with the "my own experience is subservient to random strangers
I don't know" Cult of Bill mentality.
[color=blue]
>
> It will also come as a great surprise to Amazon, Target, Bestbuy, and
> the numerous other retailers that think they have been selling them for
> quite a while.[/color]

I've never seen one in a Target, nor a BestBuy.

You're conflating "mail order" with "brick and mortar" again.

Like I said: you might as well start talking about Microway at that point.

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In article <slrngvk80l.lsb.jedi@nomad.mishnet>,
JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> >> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
> >> >>
> >> >> They never really existed.[/color][/color][/color]
....[color=blue][color=green]
> > This is going to come as a great surprise to the OSx86 community, where
> > the MSI Wind netbook is a popular choice for those who want an OS X
> > netbook. It violates Apple's EULA, but for those who aren't put off by
> > that, it[/color]
>
> ...again with the "my own experience is subservient to random strangers
> I don't know" Cult of Bill mentality.
>[color=green]
> >
> > It will also come as a great surprise to Amazon, Target, Bestbuy, and
> > the numerous other retailers that think they have been selling them for
> > quite a while.[/color]
>
> I've never seen one in a Target, nor a BestBuy.
>
> You're conflating "mail order" with "brick and mortar" again.
>
> Like I said: you might as well start talking about Microway at that point.[/color]

So your contention is that the MSI Wind does not exist, and Target is
*lying* when they tell me they can ship me one in 1-2 business days?

Bestbuy is lying when they say they can ship one in a week?

Amazon is lying when they say that if I order in the next 22 hours and
50 minutes, they will get one to me by Monday, May 4th?

Erik is lying when he talks about the MSI Wind he claims to own?

All the reviewers were lying in the numerous magazines who have reviewed
it?

Do you think everything that you personally have not observed does not
exist?

--
--Tim Smith

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:10:35 -0700, Tim Smith wrote:
[color=blue]
> In article <slrngvk80l.lsb.jedi@nomad.mishnet>,
> JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> >> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> They never really existed.[/color][/color]
> ...[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> This is going to come as a great surprise to the OSx86 community, where
>>> the MSI Wind netbook is a popular choice for those who want an OS X
>>> netbook. It violates Apple's EULA, but for those who aren't put off by
>>> that, it[/color]
>>
>> ...again with the "my own experience is subservient to random strangers
>> I don't know" Cult of Bill mentality.
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> It will also come as a great surprise to Amazon, Target, Bestbuy, and
>>> the numerous other retailers that think they have been selling them for
>>> quite a while.[/color]
>>
>> I've never seen one in a Target, nor a BestBuy.
>>
>> You're conflating "mail order" with "brick and mortar" again.
>>
>> Like I said: you might as well start talking about Microway at that point.[/color]
>
> So your contention is that the MSI Wind does not exist, and Target is
> *lying* when they tell me they can ship me one in 1-2 business days?
>
> Bestbuy is lying when they say they can ship one in a week?
>
> Amazon is lying when they say that if I order in the next 22 hours and
> 50 minutes, they will get one to me by Monday, May 4th?
>
> Erik is lying when he talks about the MSI Wind he claims to own?
>
> All the reviewers were lying in the numerous magazines who have reviewed
> it?
>
> Do you think everything that you personally have not observed does not
> exist?[/color]

Perhaps Jedidiah is a solipsist.

Or a solecist.

--
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JEDIDIAH wrote:
[color=blue]
> On 2009-04-30, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> In article <slrngvhdoi.g7s.jedi@nomad.mishnet>,
>> JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> >>
>>> >> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>>> >>
>>> >> They never really existed.
>>> >>
>>> >> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.
>>> >
>>> > Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you
>>> > claim doesn't exist.
>>> >
>>> > [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url]
>>>
>>> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia
>>> article.
>>>
>>> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti
>>> monster.[/color]
>>
>> This is going to come as a great surprise to the OSx86 community, where
>> the MSI Wind netbook is a popular choice for those who want an OS X
>> netbook. It violates Apple's EULA, but for those who aren't put off by
>> that, it[/color]
>
> ...again with the "my own experience is subservient to random strangers
> I don't know" Cult of Bill mentality.
>[color=green]
>>
>> It will also come as a great surprise to Amazon, Target, Bestbuy, and
>> the numerous other retailers that think they have been selling them for
>> quite a while.[/color]
>
> I've never seen one in a Target, nor a BestBuy.
>
> You're conflating "mail order" with "brick and mortar" again.
>
> Like I said: you might as well start talking about Microway at that
> point.
>[/color]

I have never seen a MSI wind 'small notebook' for sale at any shops where I
live. Plenty of Asus Aspire Ones, and EeePCs, and even the Dell Mini, but
no MSI units.

I have only seen the MSI Wind for sale via the Net. And I'd never waste my
money on one.

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indeed listen to. Trolls are not among those people, as trolls, more or
less by definition, *promote* ignorance.
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On 2009-04-30, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <slrngvk80l.lsb.jedi@nomad.mishnet>,
> JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >> >> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> They never really existed.[/color][/color]
> ...[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > This is going to come as a great surprise to the OSx86 community, where
>> > the MSI Wind netbook is a popular choice for those who want an OS X
>> > netbook. It violates Apple's EULA, but for those who aren't put off by
>> > that, it[/color]
>>
>> ...again with the "my own experience is subservient to random strangers
>> I don't know" Cult of Bill mentality.
>>[color=darkred]
>> >
>> > It will also come as a great surprise to Amazon, Target, Bestbuy, and
>> > the numerous other retailers that think they have been selling them for
>> > quite a while.[/color]
>>
>> I've never seen one in a Target, nor a BestBuy.
>>
>> You're conflating "mail order" with "brick and mortar" again.
>>
>> Like I said: you might as well start talking about Microway at that point.[/color]
>
> So your contention is that the MSI Wind does not exist, and Target is
> *lying* when they tell me they can ship me one in 1-2 business days?[/color]

No. It just makes it "yet another obscure mail order option".

It changes the dynamics of the sale considerably.

A Target end cap full of Linux machines is considerably more
interesting than any website. This is why Apple has their own stores
and why they also have their gear in many conventional retailers.
Their mp3 players are everywhere and their computers are in Frys and
Best Buy.

This was the final deciding factor that led me to have 3 Macs.
There simply weren't any PCs of that same form factor being sold
anywhere "physical". This meant that I couldn't "see the product
for myself" or "try it out" or see for myself if some of the FUD
about the product is really true.

Considering the keyboards on some of these netbooks and how
"cramped" they are generally, you would have to be pretty "faithful"
to buy one sight unseen.
[color=blue]
>
> Bestbuy is lying when they say they can ship one in a week?
>
> Amazon is lying when they say that if I order in the next 22 hours and
> 50 minutes, they will get one to me by Monday, May 4th?
>
> Erik is lying when he talks about the MSI Wind he claims to own?
>
> All the reviewers were lying in the numerous magazines who have reviewed
> it?
>
> Do you think everything that you personally have not observed does not
> exist?
>[/color]

Like I said... it would be like me talking about an Acer Revo.

Although you probably don't even have a clue what that is.

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JEDIDIAH wrote:

<snip>[color=blue]
> Considering the keyboards on some of these netbooks and how
> "cramped" they are generally, you would have to be pretty "faithful"
> to buy one sight unseen.[/color]

Absolutely right!

The keyboards can vary from tiny like mine, to reasonable like the Acer
Aspire A110.

The screen nay be too big, or too small or not to your liking.

The case may be too ugly, or too pretty, or it may not have enough, or too
many SD or USB ports, or their location may be unacceptable to you.

If it has a hard drive and Windows, put your hand underneath and feel the
*heat*, you won't get that with a SSD and Linux.

I always suggest handling a netbook before buying one.


<snip>

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indeed listen to. Trolls are not among those people, as trolls, more or
less by definition, *promote* ignorance.
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JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> writes:
[color=blue]
> On 2009-04-29, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:12:46 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> On 2009-04-28, Doctor Smith <iaintgotnostinkinemail@ols.net> wrote:
>>>> [url]http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24700/1231/[/url]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "By October the story was different. MSI claimed Linux netbooks were being
>>>> returned four times as often as Windows netbooks. Their internal research
>>>> showed this could be attributed to consumers being turned off by an
>>>> operating system which was different to what they were used to."
>>>>
>>>> People hate Linux when they try it.
>>>> No amount of "free" is able to overcome this.
>>>
>>> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>>>
>>> They never really existed.
>>>
>>> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.[/color]
>>
>> Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you claim
>> doesn't exist.
>>
>> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url][/color]
>
> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia article.
>
> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti
> monster.[/color]

Crikey. Jeb falls to new levels of stupidity. The word "my" is still
playing havoc with his antiquated brain.

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On 2009-05-04, Hadron <hadronquark******.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> writes:
>[color=green]
>> On 2009-04-29, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@despam-funkenbusch.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:12:46 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2009-04-28, Doctor Smith <iaintgotnostinkinemail@ols.net> wrote:
>>>>> [url]http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24700/1231/[/url]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "By October the story was different. MSI claimed Linux netbooks were being
>>>>> returned four times as often as Windows netbooks. Their internal research
>>>>> showed this could be attributed to consumers being turned off by an
>>>>> operating system which was different to what they were used to."
>>>>>
>>>>> People hate Linux when they try it.
>>>>> No amount of "free" is able to overcome this.
>>>>
>>>> Where exactly did you ever see an MSI netbook?
>>>>
>>>> They never really existed.
>>>>
>>>> This whole story about MSI is a total fabrication.
>>>
>>> Uhh.. what? Tell that to my MSI Wind. You know, the netbook you claim
>>> doesn't exist.
>>>
>>> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook[/url][/color]
>>
>> IOW, the only thing you've ever seen this thing is in a wikipedia article.
>>
>> That makes this thing about as real as the flying spaghetti
>> monster.[/color]
>
> Crikey. Jeb falls to new levels of stupidity. The word "my" is still
> playing havoc with his antiquated brain.[/color]

Not at all.

Someone whining about "his" personal experience doesn't need to cite
an Encyclopedia of all things in order to make his point. If anything, all
this does is make "his" alleged personal experience seem like a fabrication.

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