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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!fox.almaden.ibm.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news-1.csn.net!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ixnews1.ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!stephenk From: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Message-ID: <stephenkDq8qDI.6Hy@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <stephenkDq791n.KuA@netcom.com> <317ABAFF.5F0DAAAA@lambert.org> <slrn4nlfam.2lm.root@marsgrp.tamu.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 01:48:54 GMT Lines: 38 Sender: stephenk@netcom21.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14680 comp.os.linux.development.system:21932 comp.os.linux.x:29879 comp.os.linux.hardware:36882 comp.os.linux.setup:51440 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:744 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3386 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3227 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17819 In article <slrn4nlfam.2lm.root@marsgrp.tamu.edu> semon@comp.tamu.edu writes: >On Sun, 21 Apr 1996 15:47:27 -0700, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote: >>Stephen Knilans wrote: > > > > >There is no such thing as luck. If you had bothered to obtain > >technical documentation rather than the word of a salesman prior > >to your purchase, you would never have been in the bad situation. > >Caveat Emptor. I have seen DOCUMENTATION that is WRONG! > >] >But I have a feeling it would be lost on you, since you want > >] >to impose moral restrictions on the way in which the universe > >] >is allowed to operate. > >] > >] So you WANT things to be immoral! That explains a LOT. > > > >This is a mistake by you, not a mistake by > >the universe. I never accused the universe of any mistakes. > Get a grip and dump this thread. Nobody's holding a gun > to anyone else's head at the video card mall. I certainly > do not feel sorry for some one that buys something before > realizing what they are buying, especially if you do it > a second time expecting different results. > As I said in the last post, I planned to anyway. Heck, YOU are the only one I have written to for a while, and I DIDN'T originate this thread. Did you really enjoy this? Somehow, I think you did. Maybe it is the weak insults, the pretending to be such and such, or the announcer post.