Not to mention the fact that by complaining, you've generated at least THREE TIMES as much spam as if you had left it alone...
:oP Rich Cloutier SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES President, C*O www.sysupport.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Ambrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karl J. Runge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 11:03 PM Subject: Re: Don't forget... Leonid meteors peak tonight > 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. > ***************************************************************** > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
