From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 2 11:56:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C67916A5E2 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:56:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from magnesium.net (toxic.magnesium.net [207.154.84.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E256343D1D for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:56:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adamw@magnesium.net) Received: (qmail 39922 invoked by uid 1252); 2 Mar 2004 19:56:10 -0000 Date: 2 Mar 2004 14:56:10 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 14:56:10 -0500 From: Adam Weinberger To: Erich Dollansky Message-ID: <20040302195610.GD19708@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <138.2bd6d685.2d760939@aol.com> <4044B0E3.5090900@pacific.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4044B0E3.5090900@pacific.net.sg> X-Editor: Vim 6.2 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx X-ASL: 6/m/behind you User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: CuteStocky@aol.com cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thank you for emailing AOL X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:56:12 -0000 Isn't there a law somewhere that says the quality of the help you receive is inversely proportional to the greatest number of exclamation points appearing sequentially? But you do have to admit: it's kindof cool when a VP and treasurer chooses "CuteStocky" as a screen name. It's becoming patently obvious that somewhere there is a link to ports@freebsd.org that says "Click Here To Email AOL." There can be no other explanation for the number of "AOL IS TEH.SUXX0R" messages this list gets. However, every time I've ever emailed a sender asking where they found the address from, I get no response. Maybe spammers' toolkits have gotten so intelligent that they now believe that they are clueless AOL users. This is a rather frightening prospect vis-a-vie the Matrix's "singular intelligence that spawned an entire race of machines." OK. I think I've made enough jokes about this email now. # Adam >> (03.02.2004 @ 1105 PST): Erich Dollansky said, in 1.7K: << > Hi, > > this is a nice story but it looks a bit off topic on this list. > > Is there an off topic mailing list for FreeBSD? > > Erich > > CuteStocky@aol.com wrote: > > >I don't know whether or not this will reach anyone at AOL who cares about > >quality of service, but foer a long time now I have been unhappy with AOL, > >which to me is like a ponderous pachaderm that even the most basic > >functions are ill-performed. For example, usually aol cannot even list > >mail, much less open it. One sits for minute upon minute looking at the > >hourglass icon. > > > >Recently I bought a Dell computer that already had 9.0 on it. I began > >using 9.0 and find it so horrible that I called to complain and to ask if > >8.0 disc could be sent to me. After going thru operator after operator I > >finally was connected to the person from whom I could order 8.0. I was > >promised it would be delivered in about 4 days. That was two weeks ago. NO > >8.0. I would try again but will be giving up aol soon, so it doesn't > >matter. But I thought it was very interesting that with each operator I > >spoke with NONE bothered to even ask me WHY I didn't like > >9.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > >As a service-provider, AOL is the worst!! > > > >Fred Benton > >VP and Treasurer > >NC Consumer Council > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> end of "Re: Thank you for emailing AOL" from Erich Dollansky << -- Adam Weinberger adamw@vectors.cx // adamw@FreeBSD.org // adamw@magnesium.net http://www.vectors.cx