Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-03-06 Thread stevem
On Monday 25 February 2008, Dave Sherohman wrote:
 On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:10:53PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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  On 02/24/08 21:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   PLEASE HELP, when I tried printing debian told me that my printer
   is on fire. Upon inspection I found no signs of fire but I fear
   that if I do not find the fire soon my printer will die, PLEASE
   HELP!!! URGENT AS I NEED TO PRINT A MEMO FOR BILL GATES!!!
 
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=102893054014512w=2

 Cool - thanks for the link!  I had always assumed the message was just
 another of unix's quirky in jokes rather than a reference to something
 that, at one point, could have actually happened.

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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-03-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 01:06:14AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 Thx Ron, now if only I could get stupid OpenOffice to print... Hmm...
 
 - Steve Ballmer


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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-25 08:52:22, schrieb Ron Johnson:
 The escaped quotes are what really get me.  I think he typed this in
 using mailx and echo...

I think, he has used sendmail directly to write this messages...

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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 7:05 PM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  PLEASE HELP, when I tried printing debian told me that my printer is on 
 fire. Upon inspection I found no signs of fire but I fear that if I do not 
 find the fire soon my printer will die, PLEASE HELP!!! URGENT AS I NEED TO 
 PRINT A MEMO FOR BILL GATES!!!

Between this and his last post about this same topic with the tone of
urgency and subject getting more outrageous each time, I'm starting to
wonder if this guy's failing at trolling for humor...


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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-28 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 29/02/2008, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 7:05 PM,  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

PLEASE HELP, when I tried printing debian told me that my printer is on 
 fire. Upon inspection I found no signs of fire but I fear that if I do not 
 find the fire soon my printer will die, PLEASE HELP!!! URGENT AS I NEED TO 
 PRINT A MEMO FOR BILL GATES!!!


 Between this and his last post about this same topic with the tone of
  urgency and subject getting more outrageous each time, I'm starting to
  wonder if this guy's failing at trolling for humor...

He should throw a chair or two.

Dotan Cohen

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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-25 Thread David Fox
On 2/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I\'m not sure, usually Bill Gates pays for someone to print for me but that
 person is out right now and I\'m lost. Linux is making my head hurt, too bad
 I have to use it to find \new\ things to implement in Windows 7. :

 - Steve Ballmer

rotfl!


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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-25 Thread Ron Johnson
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On 02/25/08 08:09, David Fox wrote:
 On 2/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I\'m not sure, usually Bill Gates pays for someone to print for me but that
 person is out right now and I\'m lost. Linux is making my head hurt, too bad
 I have to use it to find \new\ things to implement in Windows 7. :

 - Steve Ballmer
 
 rotfl!

The escaped quotes are what really get me.  I think he typed this in
using mailx and echo...

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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-25 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:10:53PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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 On 02/24/08 21:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  PLEASE HELP, when I tried printing debian told me that my printer
  is on fire. Upon inspection I found no signs of fire but I fear
  that if I do not find the fire soon my printer will die, PLEASE
  HELP!!! URGENT AS I NEED TO PRINT A MEMO FOR BILL GATES!!!
  
 
 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=102893054014512w=2

Cool - thanks for the link!  I had always assumed the message was just
another of unix's quirky in jokes rather than a reference to something
that, at one point, could have actually happened.

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PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-24 Thread zomgapenguin

PLEASE HELP, when I tried printing debian told me that my printer is on fire. 
Upon inspection I found no signs of fire but I fear that if I do not find the 
fire soon my printer will die, PLEASE HELP!!! URGENT AS I NEED TO PRINT A MEMO 
FOR BILL GATES!!!


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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-24 Thread Ron Johnson
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On 02/24/08 21:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 PLEASE HELP, when I tried printing debian told me that my printer
 is on fire. Upon inspection I found no signs of fire but I fear
 that if I do not find the fire soon my printer will die, PLEASE
 HELP!!! URGENT AS I NEED TO PRINT A MEMO FOR BILL GATES!!!
 

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=102893054014512w=2

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RE: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-24 Thread zomgapenguin

Thx Ron, now if only I could get stupid OpenOffice to print... Hmm...

- Steve Ballmer


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Re: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-24 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sun February 24 2008 10:06:14 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Thx Ron, now if only I could get stupid OpenOffice to print... Hmm...

OpenOffice has been printing for me for years. Have you configured your 
printer?


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RE: PRINTER ON FIRE, HELP!!

2008-02-24 Thread zomgapenguin

I\'m not sure, usually Bill Gates pays for someone to print for me but that 
person is out right now and I\'m lost. Linux is making my head hurt, too bad I 
have to use it to find \new\ things to implement in Windows 7. :

- Steve Ballmer

P.S. Please don\'t tell Bill Gates about this email address or he might hit me 
again


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