On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Wayne wrote: > Quit sending us this garbage. Thanks.
I'm sorry, Wayne, but I think you're in the wrong, here. While this is clearly a Linux list, it's not a list exclusively about Linux, somuch as a list used by people who use Linux. Folks who use Linux generally have some varied interests (see Slashdot for a good example), and they generally lean toward "geeky" and science/math stuff, as well. In the couple of years that I've been on this list, I've seen (and participated in) discussions that range from esoteric kernel options to 9/11 events to government policing, and, yes, meteors. Only once has there been a thread on here that I thought was an absolute waste of everyone's time, and that was a rather one-sided wannabe-flamewar that spent a whole lot of time not going anywhere. So, granted, meteors are *not* Linux-related. They are, however, "guilty by association." For those that aren't interested, the "d" key can't be that far away, and for those of us pulling late nights 'cause of Windoze, it's nice to realize that in an hour or three, we might have a reason to pop our heads out the door. -Ken (damn, it's 10:50 p.m. and I'm hating BG more than usual) D'Ambrosio (Who just also realized that, as per "shave and a haircut, two bits", one bit = $.125, therefore, eight bits = $1 = 1 byte. Coincidence? I think not. Yes, it's too late to be working on broken BillBoxen and trying to think, at the same time.) > WH > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl J. Runge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, November 17, 2001 2:18 PM > Subject: Don't forget... Leonid meteors peak tonight > > > >The following has nothing to do with Linux besides being extremely geeky. > >Please note: I didn't participate in the TARDIS discussion earlier this > week. > > > > > >If it is clear tonight at about 5:00 AM EST the Leonids meteor shower > >should put on quite a show, maybe upwards of 1000 meteors per hour > >(i.e. one every few seconds). It might not be this good again until 2099! > > > >My daughter and I watched the peak last year and saw rates over 100 per > >hour and also saw an incredible fireball that cast shadows and trail > >remained for about 3-4 min. Set the coffee-maker. > > > > > >http://www.amsmeteors.org/ > >http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/leonid_watching_011106-1.ht > ml > > > > > > > >***************************************************************** > >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > >***************************************************************** > > > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
