On Thursday 18 July 2002 12:29 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 16 July 2002 9:04 pm, Carroll Grigsby did speak unto the huddled > > masses, saying: > > Large bodies of water don't seem to make any difference -- most of them > > here are idiots, too. Say "Linux" and they get the panicked look of a > > deer standing in the middle of the road, or else they edge towards a > > phone so that they can dial 911 to report an evil terrorist hacker on the > > premises. > > 10 ways to tell if you or someone you know may be a potential terrorist: > They are shy or antisocial; > They spend a large percentage of their free time on a computer; > They are quick to criticize the government or corporations, often > complaining about their "rights online"; > They are obsessed with privacy; > They have a tendency to play violent computer games; > They frequently illegally copy music, movies, or software; > They listen to aggressive, "alternative" music; > They have an aversion to going outside; > They like to reverse-engineer, or "hack", anything they can for no > substantive reason; > They use software such as Linux, which is designed by and for hackers. > > > don't know about you but i am 8 for 10. :) > > > As for the original post: Could we cut out this emphasis on uptime? It's > > a sensitive subject for us older guys. > > good thing there isn't a command to show _that_ uptime! a new part of the > personals ads: > > SWF seeks SM with personal uptime of over.......... my new hobby is putting a different start up screen on any win product that I have to repair from a virus related problem twice. the second time, they get this as the start screen, while I watch them boot it up : "http://home.earthlink.net/~etharp/hobby.png";
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