<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial">2014-09-03 4:41 GMT+02:00 David Christensen </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial"><<a href="mailto:dpchrist@holgerdanske.com" target="_blank">dpchrist@holgerdanske.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial">:</span><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On 09/02/2014 02:14 PM, Russell Hanaghan wrote:<br>
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Just curious? Does this center more on crappy internet access/cost? There are some miserable ISP options available in an amazingly large footprint given the day and age. WiMAX has helped in US but not much. I have always chosen to live in the boonies when possible and have utilized all of them at some point. When I'm in town on a nice CATV net connection that drops a 2.5g ISO on my drive in minutes, I don't care what's in the package so long as relevant to the system.<br>
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Yes!<br>
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Let us not forget that those of us with broadband Internet connections are privileged. I suspect that many, if not most, people on this planet have no access to this luxury.<br>
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Shame on FOSS developers that either have forgotten, or are too callous to care about, the discipline taught by operating a computer connected to the outside world via a plain old telephone system (POTS) modem.<br>
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Downloading 745 MB when only 4,423 kB is required is gluttony.<br>
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Distributing software that downloads 745 MB by default when only 4,423 kB is required is planned mass gluttony.<br>
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My mistake was assuming that the Debian developers understood. Apparently, not. It appears they are not alone.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">
debian developers are not here to fix lazy minded fools "bugs"</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">
PS file a bug report with an ice cream criteria request</div></div></div></div></div>