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Re: #!%&@! Firefox

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From: smr
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:16
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:40:29 -0500, Mark Anderson wrote:

> In general I have a don't fix what ain't broke policy when it comes to 
> upgrade.  I was running 3.6.24 on my Fedora Core 14 box and things were 
> starting to break on sites.  At first it was interesting and then it 
> became enough of a PITA where upgrading was less of a PITA.
> 
> There wasn't any simple upgrade button probably due to age of version so 
> I had to download from the site.  The site gave only gave me 17.01 and 
> that didn't work without upgrading other shit which was a no go.  I 
> finally found where the old versions are stored, downloaded 12 (which is 
> the stepping stone I'm at on my Windows box), ran it and it worked like 
> a charm and all the sites I frequent now work too.  Hooray.  I should be 
> good for at least a year or more.
> 
> Today, the MFer browser automatically updated to a version 18 beta and 
> started asking me all these questions like this is somehow for my 
> benefit.  I don't know how they got 18 beta to work when 17 wouldn't 
> install for me.  I reinstalled 12 again and made sure to disable the 
> auto update.  The chutzpah of these people is astonishing.

Lemme summarize: Dipshit computer "admin" fails to disable auto-update at
the start, is shocked and appalled when an update automatically happens.

-- 
smr
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Subject: Re: #!%&@! Firefox
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