[Tfug] 802.11b Pringle Can Antennas

[Judy Hayes]

Then leave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Steckman" <ynotnumber1@hotpop.com>
To: <tfug@tfug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] 802.11b Pringle Can Antennas


>
>
> Consider the topic.
>
> As someone who is relatively new to Linux, I've been able to learn a lot
> from this list...
>
> But I've also found the list to be excessively dry, boring, and
> intimidating in a "let's all pretend we're professionals" kind of way.
>
> I had honestly hoped that local Linux users would prove more interesting
> and that there would be some sense of excitement about everything that's
> going on with Unix-based systems.
>
> Instead I occasionally read a long and boring thread that could have
> just as easily been resolved with "RTFM" or instructions to navigate to
> /etc and configure the appropriate file...
>
> Or threads like this one with somebody asking how to make an antenna out
> of a pringles can.
>
> Hell, 90% of the people at TCS are over 60 and their Listserv is 100
> times more interesting than this one. And these are people who are
> primarily using Windows.
>
> Anyway, if this is the culture that is developing around the Linux OS, I
> doubt it stands much of a chance at ever gaining any kind of market share.
>
> I can sum it all up in a single word:
>
> Losers.
>
>
> Zardus@nbwrpg.com wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Derbe wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >>(I didn't put this on the list cause I don't wanna hear any shit.  Ya
know?)
> >>
> >
> > Now this is a prime example of what the flamewars are doing to the list
> > (yeah, I know I participated in the last one, but that was the first one
> > I've been in on here). We gotta do something about this, or we're gonna
> > end up scaring people/knowledge away. Already, there are people not
> > posting to the list because they don't wanna deal with some whacko
> > replying to them, calling them bungholes, and dissing everything they
say.
> >
> > - Yan
> >
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