Grex Agora46 Conference

Item 112: Installing Windows

Entered by twenex on Thu Jul 24 10:00:30 2003:

Lovin' GNU, well it's the right thing to do,
But how can i, ever switch to Linux for real,
If I could, baby i'd give you my disk,
But how can I, when Windows takes so much space?

I can install Windows, install Windows,
Run all that nifty software
I can install Windows, install Windows.

Tell me why, Windows runs aground
Back it up, back it up or get dumped in poo,
If I could, to Linux I'd give all my disk,
Open Source, makes no sense to You-Know-Who.

I can install Windows, install Windows,
Run all that nifty software,
I can install WIndows, install Windows!

(x2)

(Disk drive solo and drums till fade out)
15 responses total.
#1 of 15 by twenex on Thu Jul 24 10:39:25 2003:

Ok this is prolly a bit more obscure than the other songs. It's sung to the
tune of "Go Your Own Way", by Fleetwood Mac.

#2 of 15 by sabre on Thu Jul 24 16:07:49 2003:

The fact that you are now a confessed cocksucker destroys anyone's enjoyment

#3 of 15 by russ on Thu Jul 24 23:30:06 2003:

Looks like you need to work on your scansion a bit; the second
line doesn't fit at all with the original.  ("Convert" would
work, though the stress isn't quite right for the rhythm.)

All these new items don't really fit with Agora, which is
for discussion.  Perhaps you should devote one item to
lyrics, and let people forget it if they don't care for it.

#4 of 15 by mynxcat on Fri Jul 25 02:07:13 2003:

Oh go blow yourself. Agora has always been the general conference. I've seen
worse items posted than that. Hell if twenex just wanted to post a series of
items with the individual letters of the alphabet, I'd say go for it.

#5 of 15 by cross on Fri Jul 25 04:31:25 2003:

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#6 of 15 by mynxcat on Fri Jul 25 13:24:52 2003:

 ;) Maybe it should be linked to Jellyware instead of music, this time

#7 of 15 by twenex on Fri Jul 25 17:38:27 2003:

Thanks sapna ;-)

#8 of 15 by russ on Sat Jul 26 02:58:12 2003:

From response 4:

>Oh go blow yourself. Agora has always been the general conference.

While back in item 8....

>#267 by Joe (gelinas) on Thu, Jul 24, 2003 (10:22):
> IABB the song-parody items are proliferating.  I'd prefer one item I don't
> have time to read to a half-dozen (and growing). :(

No further comment necessary.

#9 of 15 by mynxcat on Sat Jul 26 08:17:32 2003:

But he didn't demand that they be moved. You cld have posted a bummed item,
but by actually demanding that someone not use agora to post these items is
stepping over the line. Especially "agora is for discussion". Hah! Have you
seen half the items on here lately.

#10 of 15 by twenex on Sat Jul 26 17:17:25 2003:

I haven't read item 8, recently; however, i can assure joe and anyone else
that they're not growing, anymore. In fact i plan to collate them in one item,
then delete the originals.

However, i would like to know why joe (or anyone else) thinks that 1 long item
is better than several short items?

Thanks.

#11 of 15 by russ on Sun Jul 27 08:44:22 2003:

Re #10:  One long item is much easier for the uninterested to
forget than several short items.  It also has more of a "critical
mass" of things for the interested to keep discussion going, as
opposed to several short items which can easily become idle or
fall victim to cross-drift (as opposed to regular drift, such
as this response et prequelae).

#12 of 15 by twenex on Sun Jul 27 13:16:16 2003:

Fair enough.
Thanks

#13 of 15 by naftee on Mon Jul 28 01:32:00 2003:

unluckty

#14 of 15 by twenex on Tue Jul 29 17:10:47 2003:

inteed.

#15 of 15 by gelinas on Mon Sep 15 06:04:33 2003:

Because picospan reports the number of new items and items with new responses.
Until I get caught up, I have to either use "postpone" a dozen or so times
or put the numbers of the items I want to read after a "read" command.  Both
are inconvenient.

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