Stop it already!

[Dave Woyciesjes]

All posters moderated?

On 11/10/2013 11:01 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> TOP POSTED OUT-OF-BAND MESSAGE:
>
> The moderators have declared this thread closed.  Do not mistake this
> as an action by Canonical; our last contact with Canonical was over a
> year ago. We do this rarely, only when a thread strays too far from
> the technical, and has more drama than help.
>
> Posters have been moderated.  Hopefully this will be temporary.
>
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>> On Sunday 10 November 2013 10:08:04 Ric Moore did opine:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> I'll second that general feeling. I don't mind a small tax for using a
>> good, well supported distro, and if enough of us do it, then "Uncle Mark"
>> shouldn't have a problem meeting payroll.  10 cents? Do like the NRA does,
>> round it up to the next buck.  You'll find surprisingly little resistance
>> to that as long as its 100% voluntary.  A simple click to enable, a simple
>> click to disable.
>>
>>> 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
>>
>> Violent agreement with Ric here.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene
>> --
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>>   soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>>
>> You will be surprised by a loud noise.
>> A pen in the hand of this president is far more
>> dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of
>>           law-abiding citizens.
>>
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