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- From: ksuhr@unlinfo.unl.edu (karl suhr)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: 29 Feb 1996 18:30:18 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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- So you see class, here is a textbook example of the phenomenon of
- 'flamebait' What scholars have argued about is who is sillier: the
- original baiter, or the people who bother to waste the energy actually
- flaming
- oh screw it, these are the same very _smart_ europeans that bought
- VW's when us stupid americans were still driving gas guzzling,
- inelegant unsafe behemoths. It practically took the bankruptcy of the
- entire American auto industry before people caught on.
- what the hell do they teach these kids nowadays?
-
- Eddie (tl14@bton.ac.uk) wrote:
- : Brian Baltzell (brian@sound.net) wrote:
- : : amiga's suck. They still can't do SVGA, they can't run netscape, they
- : : can't run quake, they can't run nascar. But best of all they're way
- : : overpriced. It seems like europeans are the real dummies, they bought
- : : the dead body of commodore. Get with the program, get Wintel.
-
- : Ummm ... where to start? Oh Yes. Amiga's can't do SVGA. OK, they can't - as
- : if I give a flying f*ck. They can't run Netscape. Netscape isn't as good as
- : it could be by a long chalk. Browsers are available and being updated to Http
- : standard (+ Netscape eerrk). Quake? Nascar. They can't run Nascar. I'm so
- : gutted. Damn, I always wanted to play driving games hacking round in a circle
- : for hours on end, thrilling stuff really. Looks like I'll have to give up on
- : life now huh? Oh... sorry, you're probably from that part of the US that
- : doesn't understand irony huh?
- : Q: Do you like Monty Python?
-
- : Over priced? I'd rather not sell my soul to Satan though ;-)
- : You PC owners are generally all the same. Limited brain power and whats more
- : not one ounce of a sense of humour. "Get with the program, by Wintel" - what
- : are you on? You have obviously had a disturbed childhood or something. Why
- : don't you just go away and configure Word 126.45v6f to have menu bars all
- : round the screen in a pretty box or something and leave the rest of us in
- : peace.
- : --
- : ***************************************************************************
- : * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
- : * * You wouldn't know what crazy was *
- : * T.Lewis@bton.ac.uk * if Charles Manson was sitting on *
-