On 2 Jul 2001, at 15:52, Mike Andrew boldly uttered: > On Monday 02 July 2001 10:20, Jim Conner wrote: > > Take your daughter for a drive out in the country on a clear night. Let > > her see how many more stars can be seen out there. If you can point out a > > eat your heart out <grin> Norfolk Island, 360 degrees of Ocean, slightly less > polution that Antarctica, we can set our watches on some morning stars you > simply cannot 'see' anywhere else. The locals here have managed to take the > best of the 21st century while rejecting much of it. We *still* use 18th > century boats for our cargo, having rejected diesel fuel as polluting, a > diminsher of employment, and it gives a great chance to discuss Island > politics and things-that-matter when you're rowing against sweaty armpits. > > We are waiting for a full satellite uplink, then will be supplying a real > time video stream of the night sky here in the South Pacific. Boring for > some, fascinating to others. Mike, I'm sure you've answered this a million times before, so feel free to either indulge me or turn your nose up at this: How did you manage to end up at Norfolk Island? I presume you weren't born/raised there? Do you know all the linux users? :-) Phil -- Philip J. Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
