From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from blaax6-a157.dialup.optusnet.com.au ([198.142.210.157] helo=localhost.localdomain) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18dR7B-0005nK-00 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 03:29:06 -0500 Received: from localhost (borg [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h0S8TtD2002539 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:29:56 +1100 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:29:55 +1100 (EST) From: Shaun Oliver X-X-Sender: shaun_oliver@localhost.localdomain To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: unbootable HD, the solution In-Reply-To: <20030128022549.GA14246@rednote.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: *SNIP* Of course, it was my fault. It was the speech. It was the screen reader. It was the OS. It was the everything except what it was--a bad hd. *SNIP* How many times have I heard people say linsux linfucked and various other varients. I tell you, it shits me. people critisize things they don't understand. and why's this? it's because they refuse to open they're minds to something different. something that is possibly one of the best operating systems around. let's face it, I ain't had as much access to the installation of an os as I have to Gnu/Linux. currently just for something different, I'm running red hat 8.0. I haven't had any problems with it apart frm a couple of bad hdds. and those were due to one falling out of the drive caddy, and the other surcoming to a lose cmos batery. but shit happens. let's get out there and teach these poor unfortunates that when something goes wrong hardware wise, it ain't the fault of the os, or the screen reader, or the anything other than the hardware that fucked up in the first place. I have a tendancy to get them back and blame windows for their constant bitching, complaining and various other ills for runningthat dreaded os. that's my $0.02 worth. -- Shaun Oliver "We're upgrading /dev/null" EMAIIL: shaun_oliver@optusnet.com.au ICQ: 76958435 MSN: blindman_2001@hotmail.com YAHOO: blindman01_2000