Stop it already!

Key Schmidt khbgschmidt at gmail.com
Sun Nov 10 10:45:17 UTC 2013


Am 10.11.2013 10:26, schrieb Ric Moore:
> On 11/08/2013 06:39 PM, William Scott Lockwood III wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:
>>> On 11/08/2013 06:27 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:27 PM, W. Scott Lockwood III
>>>> <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is it that people who post about the recent issue with Canonical
>>>
>>> /snip/
>>>
>>> I think that Tom H has got it right. There's too much arguing on the
>>> mailing lists. And if Ubuntu bugs you--you know who you are--then
>>> *don't use it!*  There are a couple of hundred Linux distros. Pick
>>> another one.
>>>
>>> --doug
>>
>> No. If you don't like that users will be critical of people who make
>> dick moves in the community, and think dissent should be silenced, I
>> suggest you pick another distro - OS X might be more to your liking,
>> or Windows.
>
> LOL, I do have to agree that this is technical question, when it relates
> to the ~behavior~ of my installed software on my machine and my
> perceived notions of how to improve it. I just bought several items from
> Amazon tonight. BUT! I have done the knee-jerk and my sharing with
> Ubuntu a couple of cents from my purchase didn't happen, as I had it
> turned off.
>
> Why not just a simple "CLICK!" and the feature is off, until I KNOW I am
> about to search for and buy something from Amazon, and CLICK! it's back
> on, and I willingly allow Ubuntu to make ten cents, as I consider myself
> to be somewhat "moral" and wish to repay my Gift Debt to Uncle Mark.
>
> We are NOT idiots nor fools. Don't treat us as such. I'd like to think
> that most of us have high foreheads and higher IQ's. Don't whiz on our
> shoes and say it's raining.
>
> Turning on that lens search by default was a boneheaded marketing
> mistake, plain and simple. And, it IS a tech issue to learn how to turn
> it off, and then how to make it better. Our non-profit works with
> convicted criminals. Once the thinking errors are pointed out, the
> DENIAL starts. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and finally
> Acceptance are it's stages. Moderating sure seems like Anger In Action
> to me, and we still have the last three stages to go. I would suggest
> just bite the bullet, get into a funk when self-realizations hits that
> such a horrendous mistake was made, and get to Acceptance fixing it so
> there is mutual benefit. :) Ric
>
>
>
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Thanks Ric - you are so right (:

Key




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