Hey Tim! Yep, having a stable, reliable and fast OS is definitely it's own reward.
So I don't get one of those geek beanies with the propellor on top? (Ok, that is REALLY geeky...I was joking btw...LOL) ;) -Pat On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 08:20 AM, Larson, Timothy E. wrote: > Some would say that running a stable operating system is it's own > reward. :) > > Tim > > -- > Tim Larson <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< > Info. Services - Internal Medicine Clinical Systems, Mayo Clinic, > Rochester > Protective of your Constitutional freedoms? Kovatchevich for US > Senate. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pat Szkarlat [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:11 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: newbie :) >> >> MicroSUX! >> >> Ahaha ;) >> >> Unix is so cool, it's mind boggling. It's amazing how such a stable OS >> was created by volunteers! I'm becoming a bonafide geek. Do I get an >> award or something? >> >> ;) >> >> -pat >> >> On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 11:33 PM, Philip Stortz wrote: >> >>> no, but i have seen the printed manuals for ver V unix, as much as >>> most >>> people could lift. one of the neat things about unix (and many >>> systems >>> with an underlying command line, or more accurately an overlying >>> graphical interface, since unix started on wonderful text terminal) >>> is >>> that every program becomes a new command, and can be treated as such. >>> unix will let an advanced user do all kinds of insanely clever and >>> tricky things just from the command line, it's easy to make a program >>> run with input from a file, dump that into another file or as input >>> to >>> another program, and so on until you get dizzy and the data has gone >>> everywhere. it's cool, i'm looking forward to being a *nix geek, it >>> was >>> way cool when i played with it in 91 and 92 (in 91 in an assembly >>> language class, i actually like assembly language on a good >>> processor, >>> the other time was just a little playing in my spare time while i was >>> taking other classes so i didn't get to play with it much). i can't >>> tell you how thrilled i am that apple finally got on the *nix wagon, >>> and >>> open source is just too cool, to everyone except microsoft that is!! >>> >>> Pat Szkarlat wrote: >>>> >>>> WOW! >>>> >>>> Did you click on the link for the alphabetical listing of Linux >>>> commands? CRAZY! >>>> >>>> -pat >>> -------- >>> >>> -- >>> "Promise me, promise me this day, promise me now..." he asked. "Even >>> as >>> they strike you down, you will remember: humanity is not our enemy. >>> The >>> only thing worthy of you is compassion...Hatred will never let you >>> face >>> the beast in human beings. One day, when you face the beast alone, >>> with >>> your courage intact, your eyes kind...out of your smile will bloom a >>> flower. and...on the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will >>> continue to shine." 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