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What I hate most about Slackware

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Old 02-19-2008, 10:46 AM
Rich Grise
 
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Thomas Overgaard wrote:
> Rich Grise wrote :
>
>
>>Well, that stupid 4-bay plastic box doesn't open the same as a regular
>>CD jewel case - every time I want to use the CD's, when I pick up the
>>box I have to turn it around in my hands 3 or 4 times before I figure
>>out how to open it today. And when I finally do get it open, the disk
>>is on the wrong side!

>
>
> Let me guess. Rubik's cube was living hell to you.


Oh, not at all. I'm an engineer - I just took it apart and put
it back together in the right order. :-)

Cheers!
Rich

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Old 02-19-2008, 10:46 AM
Steve Youngs
 
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* On 3883 September 1993, Rich Grise wrote:

> Thomas Overgaard wrote:
>> Rich Grise wrote :
>>
>>> Well, that stupid 4-bay plastic box doesn't open the same as a regular
>>> CD jewel case - every time I want to use the CD's, when I pick up the
>>> box I have to turn it around in my hands 3 or 4 times before I figure
>>> out how to open it today. And when I finally do get it open, the disk
>>> is on the wrong side!

>> Let me guess. Rubik's cube was living hell to you.


> Oh, not at all. I'm an engineer - I just took it apart and put
> it back together in the right order. :-)


So apply the same principles to your Slack CD case. :-P

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Old 02-19-2008, 10:46 AM
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:02:36 GMT, Rich Grise <null@example.net> wrote:
>Well, it comes in that 4-CD set, right? Well, that stupid 4-bay
>plastic box doesn't open the same as a regular CD jewel case -
>every time I want to use the CD's, when I pick up the box I
>have to turn it around in my hands 3 or 4 times before I figure
>out how to open it today. And when I finally do get it open,
>the disk is on the wrong side!


Don't like the packaging? Throw it out. Nit solved.
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Old 02-19-2008, 10:46 AM
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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:31:38 GMT, Rich Grise wrote:

> Thomas Overgaard wrote:
>> Rich Grise wrote :
>>
>>
>>>Well, that stupid 4-bay plastic box doesn't open the same as a regular
>>>CD jewel case - every time I want to use the CD's, when I pick up the
>>>box I have to turn it around in my hands 3 or 4 times before I figure
>>>out how to open it today. And when I finally do get it open, the disk
>>>is on the wrong side!

>>
>> Let me guess. Rubik's cube was living hell to you.

>
> Oh, not at all. I'm an engineer - I just took it apart and put
> it back together in the right order. :-)


So... you're telling us you fixed a Rubik's cube, but can't fix a jewel
case?

-- Mike --
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Old 02-19-2008, 10:47 AM
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Mike wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:31:38 GMT, Rich Grise wrote:
>
>> Thomas Overgaard wrote:
>>> Rich Grise wrote :
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well, that stupid 4-bay plastic box doesn't open the same as a regular
>>>>CD jewel case - every time I want to use the CD's, when I pick up the
>>>>box I have to turn it around in my hands 3 or 4 times before I figure
>>>>out how to open it today. And when I finally do get it open, the disk
>>>>is on the wrong side!
>>>
>>> Let me guess. Rubik's cube was living hell to you.

>>
>> Oh, not at all. I'm an engineer - I just took it apart and put
>> it back together in the right order. :-)

>
> So... you're telling us you fixed a Rubik's cube, but can't fix a jewel
> case?
>
> -- Mike --


Am I the only one who was mean enough to take a jumbled cube and swap the
place of two pieces or flip one over and leave it laying around for one of
those brats who could solve the cube in 30 seconds or less?
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Old 02-19-2008, 10:51 AM
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> On 2004-04-17, Rich Grise <null@example.net> wrote:
>
> > every time I want to use the CD's, when I pick up the box I
> > have to turn it around in my hands 3 or 4 times before I figure
> > out how to open it today. And when I finally do get it open,
> > the disk is on the wrong side!


Shouldn't you be taking the special bus to school right about now?


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