On 21/03/14 08:42, PAPYRUS TECHNOLOGIES wrote: > On Wed 19 Mar 2014 at 09:32:37 +0000, Curt wrote: > >> On 2014-03-19, PAPYRUS TECHNOLOGIES <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> As I've come to realise, sound advice for anything imortant. Even >>> then you can only work within the technology of the time. >>> >> I've come to realise that giving advice (sound or otherwise) is a >> safe activity, seeing that hardly anyone ever takes it (with >> apologies to C.G. Jung). >> >> But seriously an Ancient such as yourself must appreciate the irony >> of the modern world, now so concerned about safeguarding things >> for eternity, but seeming to produce almost nothing worth >> preserving beyond a second or two, which I suppose is the ultimate >> back-up strategy (create nothing of lasting value). > > Thank you for your perceptive comment, Curt. It means a lot when I > now find myself close to death. I am sad to not live (in our > calendar) to the Year of Jessie but cannot say missing out on the > accompanying enforced change to System D for our Hieroglyphic System > is something I will grieve about. > > The camel train is crossing the Taklamakan desert. The last watering > place was dry and the camels are staggering.
Bentonite would have sealed that oasis. Cheap, simple, all-natural, non-toxic, and lasts forever. Have you heard of it? It's part of our extensive range of clay products. > The bricking was ineffective because they are all of the female > variety. How anyone who is employed by Virgin Desertways could make > such a mistake is beyond me. Perhaps if you'd paid them as handsomely as I had.... oh well, too late now. But - as any properous camel train driver will tell you, the female variant is a, um, cecum prompt sharply applied. > > I can envisage this to be my final missive. My money is on that being a fact. No hard feeling? It's just business (as I told the company pushing Beta "taypes"). But all's well that ends well - or pool in this instance. Death is not the end - be assured that we have a long-term position for you, standing in the same pool as Steve, forever beneath a shady tree loaded with luscious fruit. > Even if that poltroon Myceneaen Magic from that sheep-infestered > culture Don't forget grapes, basil, and the olives. > responds I doubt I have the strength to summon up a riposte. > Let him sew new corks onto the brim of his hat to ward off the advent > of the new technology; clay has had its day. New corks, new hats, and new range of products (thanks to a fire sale we've diversified our range of products to include "papyr"). > > To the OP: Use either CD or USB media and cross your fingers it will > last. > > And for the long term - print it on acid free stock. Eyes and scanners will be around for a long time (longer than papyrus anyway). Kind regards -- Clay - it's here to stay, the competition not so much -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/532b673f....@gmail.com
