[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-18 Thread Robin
On 1/17/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:07:23 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: I haven't been brave enough to read all of this thread, but as we seem to have gotten onto the topic of spelling, has anyone noticed that the saviour linux website now consists of:

[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-18 Thread Robin
What are you talking about ? I was brave enough to read the entire thread. And it is well worth it, just for the laugh :) On 1/17/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:07:23 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: I haven't been brave enough to read all of this thread, but as we

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-16 Thread Justin Hart
That was the worst knee-slapper ever. Justin On 1/14/06, Ernie Schroder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 14 January 2006 00:38, a tiny voice compelled Mark Shields to write: Can we let this thread die? Please? I'm with you, but I fear it will come back around Easter. -- Regards,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:38:59 -0500, Mark Shields wrote: Can we let this thread die? Please? It will die when people stop posting to it. Posting to it yourself only serves to prolong it. -- Neil Bothwick Love is grand. Divorce is a few grand more. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Mark Shields wrote: Can we let this thread die? Please? Why? Can you remember a funnier one, ever? -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Robin
HE is just a party pooper :) j/k On 1/14/06, Jorge Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Mark Shields wrote: Can we let this thread die? Please? Why? Can you remember a funnier one, ever? -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Ernie Schroder
On Saturday 14 January 2006 00:38, a tiny voice compelled Mark Shields to write: Can we let this thread die? Please? I'm with you, but I fear it will come back around Easter. -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-14 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Mark Shields wrote: the parent poster never replied anyways. Yes he did, but his reply came disguised as a new thread Sorry about the spam. The contents of which didn't suggest repentance, BTW. Cheers, Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:14:57 +, Justin Hart wrote: Also of note, it looks as though they took down the site. Yes, it now just says Saviour Linux comming soon! I wonder when the distro will include a spell checker... -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 41: Good grief

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Mattias Merilai
Neil Bothwick wrote: Yes, it now just says Saviour Linux comming soon! I wonder when the distro will include a spell checker... echo sci-fi/saviour-linux spell /etc/portage/package.use emerge saviour-linux -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Dale
On Friday 13 January 2006 07:34, Mattias Merilai wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: Yes, it now just says Saviour Linux comming soon! I wonder when the distro will include a spell checker... echo sci-fi/saviour-linux spell /etc/portage/package.use emerge saviour-linux Why not: emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:34:00 +, Mattias Merilai wrote: echo sci-fi/saviour-linux spell /etc/portage/package.use emerge saviour-linux LOL! Are you using the sci-fi category because there isn't one for fantasy? :) -- Neil Bothwick LISP: Lots of Infuriating Silly Parentheses

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 13:34 +, Mattias Merilai wrote: echo sci-fi/saviour-linux spell /etc/portage/package.use emerge saviour-linux I think the devs moved it to apps-vapourware/saviour-linux. -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Never buy what you do not want because it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-13 Thread Mark Shields
Can we let this thread die? Please? On 1/13/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 13:34 +, Mattias Merilai wrote: echo sci-fi/saviour-linux spell /etc/portage/package.use emerge saviour-linux I think the devs moved it to apps-vapourware/saviour-linux.

Re: [SPAM] - [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way (This is a Joke, laff will ya?) - Bayesian Filter detected spam

2006-01-12 Thread Harald Arnesen
Devon Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *Dear Gentoo-User,* This can't be the real thing. You don't write the whole post in capital letters. -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way (This is a Joke, laff will ya?)

2006-01-12 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 12 January 2006 19:21, Devon Miller wrote: *Dear Gentoo-User,* [ snip ] *Yours sincerely, * * Simon kabila.* Hilarious. The From: field, though, should contain an address in Congo, Nigeria, Kenya or, at least, France. Hotmail or yahoo would be acceptable as well. ;-) -- Unix is sexy:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-12 Thread Justin Hart
While I appreciate a good pitch, I actually think that what awakened the list so mightily is that someone brazenly posted to a Linux user list with a business pitch with no business plan attached. I think that most people who've had at least a brush with professional software engineering read

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-12 Thread Justin Hart
Also of note, it looks as though they took down the site. He probably read a handful of threads like this :-( I guess he'll learn his lesson and come back all the stronger for it. Justin On 1/13/06, Justin Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I appreciate a good pitch, I actually think that

[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-11 Thread James
Petr Kocmid Petr.Kocmid at project-bhairava.org writes: On Tuesday 10 January 2006 04:40, Mark Stewart wrote: Hello fellow Linux Users! We here at SaviourLinux.com desire to create a united universal way. Please visit the website for more information, but here is the purpose: You missed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 16:16 +, James wrote: [a rant] I have even offered to spent my limited financial resources to get talented people to develop specific software and make it open source so that it can be used freely, ... Just add your offer to one of these sites. [They may all be

[gentoo-user] Re: A New Linux Way

2006-01-11 Thread James
Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace.net.au writes: Me too. Yet Linux lacks a robust open source SCADA plan. Because there isn't the money for some company to come in and push Linux as being the Way To Go, sell lots of licenses, and make profits. Linux doesn't work that way - too many