[geeks] One of these days....

R. Lonstein rlonstein at pobox.com
Tue Apr 16 20:39:34 CDT 2002


On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 04:48:36PM -0400, alex j avriette wrote:
    [snip]
> Hey. Solaris wont tell me why its installer keeps crashing
> four minutes in. Damn, I knew it. Every time I go to use a 
> Solaris box, 4 minutes later, I'm wishing I had used
> windows instead.
> Tell me I wouldnt have gotten ripped a new one for that.

Maybe, but it probably would be taken for the angry rant it is. Odds are
good someone would have asked questions and suggested solutions.

    [snip]
> but ymmv and i'm sure that (hmmm, who was it that chewed
> me out about my perl style?) $somebody will tell me how
> horrible and unintuitive this is as well. ho hum.
    [snip]

Horrible! Unintuitive! Results in acne! Leads to the heartbreak of
psoriasis! Disturbs the peace! Encourages lewd behavior! Contributes to
the delinquency of minors! It is a sin against God!
Oh, yeah. It's just a couple of lines of code.

- Ross



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