I've been an Engineer for 20 years now, and been programming since the I was 9. It's never been 'broke' unless you're from the DEEP DEEP South.
Sorry, man, but proper grammar trumps lingo any day. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Jack Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Rick Stevens <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 03/16/2016 09:14 AM, Mark Haney wrote: >> >>> And it's 'broken', not 'broke'. It's the internet, man, use proper >>> English. Geez. >>> >> >> The "unable to resolve host" message indicates you have a broken DNS >> system, apparently. On my system: >> >> [root@prophead ~]# host raw.githubusercontent.com >> raw.githubusercontent.com is an alias for github.map.fastly.net. >> github.map.fastly.net has address 23.235.47.133 >> >> So get your DNS stuff fixed first. Further on, I don't recognize that >> as a standard repo, so you're sorta on your own. >> >> And as Mark said, the correct adjectival form is "broken". >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital [email protected] - >> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - >> - - >> - Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at - >> - from both sides. --A.M. Greeley - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> users mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >> > > > hi rick, > > thanks for a *useful reply!* it used to be the sole purpose for this > list's existence. > > my dns is configured to leverage my att isp service, i'll look harder at > the failure > (as well as what pkg/repo is invalid).. > > lastly, to the <?> on this list, my software engineer career spanned > 1977->2014 > during which the terminology solely used by my peers was, 'bla-bla was > broke" ! > > but you newbies carry on with what ever lingo floats your boat! > > -- > users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > -- Mark Haney ::: Senior Systems Engineer *VIF* International Education P.O. Box 3566 ::: Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515 ::: USA 919-265-5006 office Global learning for all. www.vifprogram.com <http://www.vifprogram.com/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VIF> Find VIF on Facebook <http://facebook.com/VIFInternationalEducation> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/vifglobaled> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/vif-international-education> Recognized as a ‘Best for the World’ <http://bestfortheworld.bcorporation.net/> B Corp!
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