[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-18 Thread Robin
What are you talking about ? I was brave enough to read the entire thread. And it is well worth it, just for the laugh :) On 1/17/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:07:23 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > > I haven't been brave enough to read all of this thread, but

[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-18 Thread Robin
On 1/17/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:07:23 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > > I haven't been brave enough to read all of this thread, but as we seem > > to have gotten onto the topic of spelling, has anyone noticed that the > > saviour linux website now consists

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-16 Thread Justin Hart
That was the worst knee-slapper ever. Justin On 1/14/06, Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 14 January 2006 00:38, a tiny voice compelled Mark Shields to > write: > > Can we let this thread die? Please? > > > I'm with you, but I fear it will come back around Easter. > -- > R

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:38:59 -0500, Mark Shields wrote: > Can we let this thread die? Please? It will die when people stop posting to it. Posting to it yourself only serves to prolong it. -- Neil Bothwick Love is grand. Divorce is a few grand more. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Mark Shields wrote: the parent poster never replied anyways. Yes he did, but his reply came disguised as a new thread "Sorry about the spam". The contents of which didn't suggest repentance, BTW. Cheers, Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Mark Shields
No, I can't remember a funnier one, but this thread is so far off-topic and the parent poster never replied anyways.On 1/14/06, Ernie Schroder < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Saturday 14 January 2006 00:38, a tiny voice compelled Mark Shields to write:> Can we let this thread die?  Please?I'm with yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Saturday 14 January 2006 00:38, a tiny voice compelled Mark Shields to write: > Can we let this thread die? Please? I'm with you, but I fear it will come back around Easter. -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Robin
HE is just a party pooper :) j/k On 1/14/06, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Mark Shields wrote: > > > Can we let this thread die? Please? > > > Why? Can you remember a funnier one, ever? > -- > Jorge Almeida > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gento

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Mark Shields wrote: Can we let this thread die? Please? Why? Can you remember a funnier one, ever? -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Mark Shields
Can we let this thread die? Please? On 1/13/06, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 13:34 +, Mattias Merilai wrote: > > > echo "sci-fi/saviour-linux spell" >> /etc/portage/package.use && emerge > > saviour-linux > > I think the devs moved it to "apps-vapourware/s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 13:34 +, Mattias Merilai wrote: > echo "sci-fi/saviour-linux spell" >> /etc/portage/package.use && emerge > saviour-linux I think the devs moved it to "apps-vapourware/saviour-linux". -- Iain Buchanan Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will be dea

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:34:00 +, Mattias Merilai wrote: > echo "sci-fi/saviour-linux spell" >> /etc/portage/package.use && emerge > saviour-linux LOL! Are you using the sci-fi category because there isn't one for fantasy? :) -- Neil Bothwick LISP: Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parentheses

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Dale
On Friday 13 January 2006 07:34, Mattias Merilai wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > >Yes, it now just says > > > >"Saviour Linux > >comming soon!" > > > >I wonder when the distro will include a spell checker... > > echo "sci-fi/saviour-linux spell" >> /etc/portage/package.use && emerge > saviour-l

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Mattias Merilai
Neil Bothwick wrote: Yes, it now just says "Saviour Linux comming soon!" I wonder when the distro will include a spell checker... echo "sci-fi/saviour-linux spell" >> /etc/portage/package.use && emerge saviour-linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:14:57 +, Justin Hart wrote: > Also of note, it looks as though they took down the site. Yes, it now just says "Saviour Linux comming soon!" I wonder when the distro will include a spell checker... -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 41: Good grief signatu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-12 Thread Justin Hart
Also of note, it looks as though they took down the site. He probably read a handful of threads like this :-( I guess he'll learn his lesson and come back all the stronger for it. Justin On 1/13/06, Justin Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I appreciate a good pitch, I actually think that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-12 Thread Justin Hart
While I appreciate a good pitch, I actually think that what awakened the list so mightily is that someone brazenly posted to a Linux user list with a business pitch with no business plan attached. I think that most people who've had at least a brush with professional software engineering read such

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way (This is a Joke, laff will ya?)

2006-01-12 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 12 January 2006 19:21, Devon Miller wrote: > *Dear Gentoo-User,* [ snip ] > *Yours sincerely, * > * Simon kabila.* Hilarious. The "From: " field, though, should contain an address in Congo, Nigeria, Kenya or, at least, France. Hotmail or yahoo would be acceptable as well. ;-) -- Unix is s

Re: [SPAM] - [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way (This is a Joke, laff will ya?) - Bayesian Filter detected spam

2006-01-12 Thread Harald Arnesen
Devon Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > *Dear Gentoo-User,* This can't be the real thing. You don't write the whole post in capital letters. -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-11 Thread James
Iain Buchanan netspace.net.au> writes: > Me too. > > > Yet Linux lacks a robust open source SCADA plan. > > Because there isn't the money for some company to come in and push Linux > as being the Way To Go, sell lots of licenses, and make profits. Linux > doesn't work that way - too many dist

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 16:16 +, James wrote: [a rant] > I have even offered to spent my limited financial resources to get > talented people to develop specific software and make it open source so that > it can be used freely, ... Just add your offer to one of these sites. [They may all be of

[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-11 Thread James
Petr Kocmid project-bhairava.org> writes: > On Tuesday 10 January 2006 04:40, Mark Stewart wrote: > > Hello fellow Linux Users! > > We here at SaviourLinux.com desire to create a united universal way. > > Please visit the website for more information, but here is the purpose: > You missed the t