Ha !   I forgot abuot that Futurama episode - what a hoot!

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:36:02 -0700 (PDT), Joel Dick <joel_cd at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

>> Well that's the straw that brakes my Mandrake liking.  Mandrake was my
>> first (real) install and I guess I just got used to it and kept with
>> it...
>
> I think the straw that broke my Mandrake days was the fact that the 9.1
> install messed up my drive. It had it's day with me, was the first linux
> distro I used (frankly because at the time a co-worker reccommended it)
> about 2 years back, kinda just stuck with it because of familiarity.
>
>> I think I've got enough under my belt to try out Slack and change my
>> systems over...
>
> My sentiments as well, actually I'll probably try a couple distros out
> though, Slack included. Thankfully the time of my choosing coincided with
> the installfest, what luck.
>
>> I personally HATE the amount of ads/commercials/"consumerism"/profiling
>> etcetcetc that are becoming more and more commonplace these days.
>
> Can't say I'm too thrilled about it either. I remember an episode of
> Futurama where they go online with the VR suits, and the first thing Fry
> says at "Seeing" the internet was "My God, it's full of Ads!". Then the
> droves of Ads start attacking them. Yes, wonderful outlook on the future 
> I say.
>
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