Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

2012-01-30 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 06:24:03PM +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 30 January 2012 17:59:09 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:52:30AM +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, though. > > > > Hm... it's a good day for nicking quotes. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

2012-01-30 Thread Petite Abeille
On Jan 30, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I didn't nick it actually - it's original. Well, maybe lots of people have > thought of it and I'm just one. "Nostalgia isn't what it used to be." -- Peter De Vries But perhaps we are all just characters in a Milan Kundera novel, vessels of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

2012-01-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 30 January 2012 17:59:09 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:52:30AM +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, though. > > Hm... it's a good day for nicking quotes. I didn't nick it actually - it's original. Well, maybe lots of people have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

2012-01-30 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:52:30AM +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday 30 January 2012 07:31:56 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Ah, those were the days. Sinclair was still pumping out DIY amp kits, > > built-it-yourself digital watches and electric trikes. > > Nostalgia isn't what it used to be,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

2012-01-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday 30 January 2012 07:31:56 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Ah, those were the days. Sinclair was still pumping out DIY amp kits, > built-it-yourself digital watches and electric trikes. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, though. -- Rgds Peter Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

2012-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:50:58 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 01/30/2012 05:48 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" > > wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan > > wrote: > > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Your earliest "ooh, shiny" (was: Floppy support question)

2012-01-29 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/30/2012 05:48 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: On Jan 30, 2012 10:43 AM, "Michael Mol" mailto:mike...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pandu Poluan mailto:pa...@poluan.info>> wrote: > > > > My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop horizontal > > al