new to ubuntu

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 13:06 -0800, Mark wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 14:53 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> >> On 12 November 2010 14:44, Cybe R. Wizard <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:22:37 +0000
> >> > Alan Pope <popey at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> >> I would recommend NOT giving that URL out.
> >> >
> >> > Reasoning?  What's wrong with the URL or the manual it hosts?
> >>
> >> Click it and see for yourself. :)
> >>
> >> The URL I posted takes you directly to the team who created the ubuntu
> >> manual. The page Tapas posted takes you to a system for farming
> >> details and generating revenue for the blogger who posted the link
> >> originally... and what do you get for that? The same Ubuntu manual,
> >> but via a system generating revenue for someone who does absolutely
> >> zero for the ubuntu manual team.
> >
> > I absolutely loathe that kind of garbage happening on the net. Ric
> >
> Me too - why the hell didn't *I* think of that? First!???
> 
> 'swhy I'm broke and some ignoranus is getting rich off our clicks....

Nothing gets me to swearing more than waiting on a website to get
finished sending me to adclick, especially when it's slow to respond.
The air turns blue around here and I know I'll pay for that when I go to
meet the Creator of the Universe. <swears again> Ric


-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
Linux user# 44256