Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-30 Thread nick
I'm fairly sure if he attached the BZ2'd sigs (exact same sigs, just bz2'd and tacked on like they are currently) would offend at least three camps, and have the benifit of showing up many broken mailers, filters, and various other mail related items. Nick On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Gerhard

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-30 Thread Gerhard Mack
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I think ppl are recommending you BZ2 all your sigs.. > > Yes, I got that. Except for the people saying they like them as-is. > > In the absence of a clear consensus on the matter, I'm going to do > as

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-30 Thread Eric S. Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think ppl are recommending you BZ2 all your sigs.. Yes, I got that. Except for the people saying they like them as-is. In the absence of a clear consensus on the matter, I'm going to do as I please. Especially since I have a strong suspicion that

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-30 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Alexander Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We hang in different parts of USENET I don't hang in Usenet at all, any more. Gave up on it about '98. -- http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/;>Eric S. Raymond You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-30 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: > I don't think I've heard anyone invoke the 4-line rule since about > 1992, though. I didn't start generating short random quotes into my sig > until about 1996, well after the "standard" was effectively dead. I have always obeyed it. -- John Cowan

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-30 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: I don't think I've heard anyone invoke the 4-line rule since about 1992, though. I didn't start generating short random quotes into my sig until about 1996, well after the standard was effectively dead. I have always obeyed it. -- John Cowan

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-30 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Alexander Viro [EMAIL PROTECTED]: wry We hang in different parts of USENET /wry I don't hang in Usenet at all, any more. Gave up on it about '98. -- a href=http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/;Eric S. Raymond/a You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-30 Thread Eric S. Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think ppl are recommending you BZ2 all your sigs.. Yes, I got that. Except for the people saying they like them as-is. In the absence of a clear consensus on the matter, I'm going to do as I please. Especially since I have a strong suspicion that

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-30 Thread Gerhard Mack
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think ppl are recommending you BZ2 all your sigs.. Yes, I got that. Except for the people saying they like them as-is. In the absence of a clear consensus on the matter, I'm going to do as I please.

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-30 Thread nick
I'm fairly sure if he attached the BZ2'd sigs (exact same sigs, just bz2'd and tacked on like they are currently) would offend at least three camps, and have the benifit of showing up many broken mailers, filters, and various other mail related items. Nick On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Gerhard

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-29 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: > I tried whitespace, but the default Tkinter font isn't fixed-width. How > do you do invisible text? Set the background color and the foreground color to be the same. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka "I stick my neck out a mile..."

2001-04-29 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Eric S. Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > USB and SCSI are both enabled/disabled in the system buses menu. The > apparent confusion Sorry, I typoed... USB and SCSI are both enabled/disabled in the system buses menu. The apparent confusion happens because of their defaults. --

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-29 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Eric S. Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]: USB and SCSI are both enabled/disabled in the system buses menu. The apparent confusion Sorry, I typoed... USB and SCSI are both enabled/disabled in the system buses menu. The apparent confusion happens because of their defaults. -- a

Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka I stick my neck out a mile...

2001-04-29 Thread John Cowan
Eric S. Raymond scripsit: I tried whitespace, but the default Tkinter font isn't fixed-width. How do you do invisible text? Set the background color and the foreground color to be the same. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no