Re: Annoyances-floppies

"Mr. Baldwin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
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How about top-posting?
Like this, without editing the previous post, too!

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DATE: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:38:34
From: David Vehrs <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: 

>Still not on topic, or relevant to any of what was discussed.
>
>You post to Usenet and Slashdot a lot, don't you?
>
>This maybe one of my biggest annoyances.  People that are so eager to 
>help that they do not read the question or any of the previous postings 
>and just throw out ideas that have nothing to do with the topic at hand.  
>
>While some say that any help is a good thing, I think that this does 
>as much harm as good.  It never gets the user to the destination that 
>they wanted and often adds a significant amount of confusion to an 
>already stressfull situation.  
>
>OK, maybe we need a HOWTO ANSWER SMART QUESTIONs to go withe ESRs Howto.
>
>Dave V.
>
>On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 09:44:45PM +0200, Daniel C. von Asmuth wrote:
>> From: "Daniel C. von Asmuth" <asmuth-8LkvcxCLB6JmR6Xm/[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Annoyances] Annoyances-floppies
>> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:44:45 +0200
>> 
>> Thus quoth David Vehrs on Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:17:35PM -0600:
>> > 
>> > The question was (basically) how to make Linux work more like 
>> > Windows in regard to floppy mounting and unmounting.
>> 
>> If you want an Operating System that looks like Windows and is cheaper
>> than Windows 2003, have a look at http://www.reactos.com
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Daniel von Asmuth
>> 
>> -- 
>> 	wat heb je nodig bij een uitzichtloos leven? euthanasie?
>> 	nee, windows.
>> 	van microsoft?
>> 	nee, van glas.
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