Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

2020-10-30 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 04:19:53PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Male cattle are bulls (or steers, if castrated). > Female cattle are cows (or heifers, if young). > > OT: "mankind" includes females. "Cows" is often used in a way that > includes males. Well most of the time when

Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

2020-10-29 Thread David Mason via talk
On Oct 29, 2020, 4:19 PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier , wrote: > > The distinction in the case of excrement is just a matter of idiomatic > English. "Cowshit" is just not a common expression. I've > never heard "steershit" or "heifershit". The closest I’ve ever heard is “off in a cloud of heifer

Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

2020-10-29 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: ac via talk | what is the diff between male and female bovine excrement? :) Male cattle are bulls (or steers, if castrated). Female cattle are cows (or heifers, if young). OT: "mankind" includes females. "Cows" is often used in a way that includes males. The distinction in the case

Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

2020-10-28 Thread Seneca Cunningham via talk
> On Oct 28, 2020, at 07:42, ac via talk wrote: > so, okay, this is hectically off topic, but as a non bovine expert with > a vague interest in all things excremental... I gots to know: > > what is the diff between male and female bovine excrement? :) > To continue the OTness, based upon

Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

2020-10-28 Thread ac via talk
On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:25:34 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:19 PM Don Tai via talk > wrote: > > I repair and I hope that you do, too. Repair, resurrect and Reuse. > > Tech throws out so much after software can't keep up. Linux is one > > of the tools I use to keep

Re: [GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

2020-10-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:19 PM Don Tai via talk wrote: > > I repair and I hope that you do, too. Repair, resurrect and Reuse. Tech > throws out so much after software can't keep up. Linux is one of the tools I > use to keep PCs in service but still secure. > > I've not heard anything about

[GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

2020-10-27 Thread Don Tai via talk
I repair and I hope that you do, too. Repair, resurrect and Reuse. Tech throws out so much after software can't keep up. Linux is one of the tools I use to keep PCs in service but still secure. I've not heard anything about Right to Repair legislation here in Canuck land.