towards the > end of his speech, he got up, put on a black > surplice and a halo > fashioned out of an old computer disk and called > himself "St Ignucius of > the Church of Emacs" and set out to baptize the > audience into it!
- I remember he did the same thing in 2003 JU speech. -Saugata --- Manas Laha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > peekay wrote: > > >hello prof manas > > > >if you were there, what happened there ? > > > >p i I > > > > > Sharmaji, > > Yes, Anshul (IIRC), having come here to hear RMS > speak, too, had given a > pretty good account of the proceedings on our list > and I felt I couldn't > improve upon it. AFAIK, there are, unfortunately, no > video recordings of > the speech, RMS having made a pre-condition to this > effect. > > Having been there, I came away with the impression > that, while we all > have more or less an idea of his views and know what > to expect, it is > his manner of putting it that is new and sometimes > remarkable. He can be > quite a showman when he pleases. For instance, this > time, towards the > end of his speech, he got up, put on a black > surplice and a halo > fashioned out of an old computer disk and called > himself "St Ignucius of > the Church of Emacs" and set out to baptize the > audience into it! > > Regards, > - Manas Laha > > > ***************************************** > This Mail is Certified to be Virus Free. > CIC Network Security Group, IIT Kharagpur > ***************************************** > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
