[TriLUG] RR and pre-meeting subjects :

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Dudes, I was only replying to the messages that were sent to me.  I 
dropped it like early on today.  
I even said "sorry, I was only replying and expressing my frustration on 
trying to organize this event
over email without email actually freaking working -- both mine and 
lisa's".  

Next week we'll have 30 more messages of
"gee is road runner down?".  I've tried to be constructive, now I'm just 
frustrated.  Give me access to the
trilug mail server box and I'll find SOME mail program and install it 
and we can all be happy.  I could give a
crap how sophisticated it is.  This is like the second or third time 
I've said this.  (granted not to you).
While I'm not qualified, I learn quickly.

-Andy

Tanner Lovelace wrote:

>>Whatever dude.  I agree to be jacked because i don't have a choice.  Its 
>>the only high speed available.
>>When I said I'm paying for it I didn't mean "gee they're legally 
>>obligated to blablabla"  I mean my money
>>is for a service, all the legal bs aside, their DNS and SMTP service is 
>>unsatisfactory.  At the high premium these
>>lovely monopolists charge, I'd expect them to be at least 1/4 as good as 
>>others.
>>    
>>
>
>Andy,
>
>I've been reading your rants for several days now and I've
>come to the conclusion that someone should point out to you
>the old aphormism that you can catch more flies with honey
>than vinegar.  Your constant rantings are not bringing people
>around to your cause.  Do you have a grievance, possibly, but
>at this point I'm more likely to dismiss you out of hand
>just because of your attitude.  
>
>Since you are so unhappy with RR, and you mention you can't
>get DSL, perhaps you should consider something else, like
>satellite internet.  DirecTV offers internet completely over
>satellite, no phone lines involved, and the prices, right
>now, are the same as what I pay for cable internet. $99 down,
>$99/month. http://directv.direcway.com/main/index.html for more info.
>
>If, however, you don't want to consider changing, then perhaps
>you might consider venting your frustration some place other
>than this list.  You have long since gotten off topic and I
>would tend to believe a lot of people just don't care anymore.
>If you have something more to contribute to linux or the newbie
>meeting this week, great, but please stop e-mailing list
>list about your frustration with RR.
>
>Tanner Lovelace
>(speaking for myself, not for the SC)
>  
>