Stop it already!

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 11/10/2013 05:18 PM, Bahn, Nathan wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 1:03 PM, chris <chevhq at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10/11/13 23:26, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> +1 and well put
>
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> +2
> AGREED
>
  +3

Sounds like a coup, a revolution starting....

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