CleverNickName's JournalCleverNickName's Slashdot JournalOil Industry-sponsored FUD at Slashdot- June 14, 2006 I am absolutely stunned that Slashdot's editors would give credibility to a completely false story, pushed by a paid industry PR professional. As Rugrat said,The "article" is not an article, but a press release written by an employee of a public affairs company."Tom Harris is mechanical engineer and Ottawa Director of High Park Group, a public affairs and public policy company."For a website that spends so much time and energy combating FUD from Microsoft, and the MPAA and RIAA, it is baffling.http://slashdot.org/~CleverNickName/journal/137615?from=rss So, About Dapper . . .- June 9, 2006 For the last year or so, I've been happily using Debian, with a mixture of sources so I was stable, but current, just like nearly everyone who uses Debian.Then I tried to upgrade or something insane like that, using aptitude, and the whole thing went tits up on me. No amount of cussing, kicking things, or actual tinkering with the software could save my machine.I thought about asking for some advice in the Debian forums, or on one of the lists, until I ran out of fingers in my entire family...http://slashdot.org/~CleverNickName/journal/137249?from=rss |