[ale] Not so OT, but still....Tux Cuff links (was OT: how to tell off the Geek Squad)

[Ned Williams]

For some reason this thread made me want Linux cuff links...maybe it's the
Geek Squad's bad ties...who knows...
After realizing the google search "Tux cufflinks" means something entirely
different to non Linux users I found the following with "Tux Penguin
cufflinks"

http://www.scotgold.com/acatalog/ScotGold_Catalogue_Linux_Tux_Stuff_2.html

only problem is their in England, anyone have a US source for such true geek
(thats right geek squad, I deny you that title)  things ?

Ned




On 6/5/07, Michael B. Trausch <fd0man at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 21:45 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>
> There is also this video about computer repair ripoffs
> http://www.fugly.com/videos/8112/computer-repair-fraud.html
>
>
> Wow.  Just plain wow.
>
> I very nearly do not believe this newscast.  The idea that people do this
> is absolutely appalling to me.  Seriously, a lose IDE cable?  That's a
> freebie unless you traveled to be on-site to fix it... then *perhaps* it
> is a one-hour minimum charge.  I'm not even sure that I would charge *that
> * much; probably just enough to cover my gas, and even then I would
> probably spend ten minutes to show them the connections in the computer so
> that they could see how to troubleshoot similar problems the next time.  Of
> course, many users would probably decline that, saying that they would feel
> uncomfortable working on such things, and that is understandable.
>
> But the sheer ignorance of some of these so-called technicians amazes me.
> And supposedly they're certified, too.
>
>     ? Mike
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