Printable View
It might be less annoying reading man/s if it was
admitted that the absurd left margin is designed for
pencil-notes for your 60's tty paper-copy.
And the cognitively-noisy hyphen
-ation crap was a fad of the times.
Otherwise you too might feel "WTF is this new
fashion, which I can't cope with yet".
If you know the historical excuse it's easier to
tolerate, rather than thinking 'what's wrong with me'.
??
problems@gmail wrote:
[color=blue]
> It might be less annoying reading man/s if it was
> admitted that the absurd left margin is designed for
> pencil-notes for your 60's tty paper-copy.
> And the cognitively-noisy hyphen
> -ation crap was a fad of the times.
>
> Otherwise you too might feel "WTF is this new
> fashion, which I can't cope with yet".
>
> If you know the historical excuse it's easier to
> tolerate, rather than thinking 'what's wrong with me'.
>
> ??[/color]
`konqueror man:whoami` <- try that then
** Posted from [url]http://www.teranews.com[/url] **
Responding to problems:
[color=blue]
> It might be less annoying reading man/s if it was admitted that the
> absurd left margin is designed for pencil-notes for your 60's tty
> paper-copy. And the cognitively-noisy hyphen
> -ation crap was a fad of the times.
>
> Otherwise you too might feel "WTF is this new fashion, which I can't
> cope with yet".
>
> If you know the historical excuse it's easier to tolerate, rather than
> thinking 'what's wrong with me'.
>
> ??[/color]
We've just done that one last week.
Leave your details at the front desk.
P.S. "And on the 7th compilation, *NIX created man" ;)
--
*===( [url]http://principiadiscordia.com/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.badphorm.co.uk/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.zenwalk.org/[/url]
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:57:41 -0500, problems wrote:
[color=blue]
> (a rant about man and 60's tty)[/color]
I apologise, but I don't have a 1960's teletype to check on.
Don't think you need it though. I find that man works fine on my 21st
century LCD panel.
PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages will
be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.
PPS Mine's a triple Laphroaig.
PPPS Could you people in comp.os.linux.misc please make a greater effort
to keep your clueless newsbies out of alt.os.linux.slackware in future?
It's a dangerous environment for them, what with all those power tools
being left around routinely. You wouldn't want them to injure
themselves, would you now? Thanks.
Mark Madsen writes:[color=blue]
> You wouldn't want them to injure themselves, would you now?[/color]
In some cases, we wouldn't mind at all.
--
John Hasler
[email]john@dhh.gt.org[/email]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
Responding to Mark Madsen:
[color=blue]
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:57:41 -0500, problems wrote:
>[color=green]
>> (a rant about man and 60's tty)[/color]
>
> I apologise, but I don't have a 1960's teletype to check on.
>
> Don't think you need it though. I find that man works fine on my 21st
> century LCD panel.
>
> PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages
> will be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.
>[/color]
Oi! I heard that!
--
*===( [url]http://principiadiscordia.com/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.badphorm.co.uk/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.zenwalk.org/[/url]
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:24:36 +0000, Mike Jones wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages
>> will be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.
>>[/color]
> Oi! I heard that![/color]
Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person" and
"last person" very slowly?
;-)
Mark Madsen wrote:
[color=blue]
> PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages will
> be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.[/color]
man man!
--
[url]http://www.petezilla.co.uk[/url]
Responding to Mark Madsen:
[color=blue]
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:24:36 +0000, Mike Jones wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages
>>> will be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.
>>>[/color]
>> Oi! I heard that![/color]
>
> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person" and
> "last person" very slowly?
>
> ;-)[/color]
Does it include the "who"?
--
*===( [url]http://principiadiscordia.com/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.badphorm.co.uk/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.zenwalk.org/[/url]
Hallo, Mike,
Du meintest am 15.10.08:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person"
>> and "last person" very slowly?[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> Does it include the "who"?[/color]
man who
exists! But it's included in the coreutils package, not in the man
package. Someone should coerce the packages.
Viele Gruesse
Helmut
"Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> PPPS Could you people in comp.os.linux.misc please make a greater effort
> to keep your clueless newsbies out of alt.os.linux.slackware in future?[/color]
How do you propose we do that?
[color=blue]
> It's a dangerous environment for them, what with all those power tools
> being left around routinely. You wouldn't want them to injure
> themselves, would you now?[/color]
We wouldn't? Then how would they learn?
[color=blue]
> Thanks.[/color]
--
| [email]spike1@freenet.co.uk[/email] | |
| Andrew Halliwell BSc | "ARSE! GERLS!! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!!!" |
| in | "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK!!!! |
| Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:39:15 +0100, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
[color=blue]
> Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> PPPS Could you people in comp.os.linux.misc please make a greater
>> effort to keep your clueless newsbies out of alt.os.linux.slackware in
>> future?[/color]
>
> How do you propose we do that?[/color]
The usual methods. Ropes, chains, thumbscrews....
[color=blue][color=green]
>> It's a dangerous environment for them, what with all those power tools
>> being left around routinely. You wouldn't want them to injure
>> themselves, would you now?[/color]
>
> We wouldn't? Then how would they learn?[/color]
In AOLS it's Learn Or Die. Most choose the latter.
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Thanks.[/color][/color]
I would have thought someone whose signature was full of quotation
material from Father Ted would have been able to identify humour the
first time round.
Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>> Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> PPPS Could you people in comp.os.linux.misc please make a greater
>>> effort to keep your clueless newsbies out of alt.os.linux.slackware in
>>> future?[/color]
>>
>> How do you propose we do that?[/color]
>
> The usual methods. Ropes, chains, thumbscrews....
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> It's a dangerous environment for them, what with all those power tools
>>> being left around routinely. You wouldn't want them to injure
>>> themselves, would you now?[/color]
>>
>> We wouldn't? Then how would they learn?[/color]
>
> In AOLS it's Learn Or Die. Most choose the latter.
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> Thanks.[/color][/color]
>
> I would have thought someone whose signature was full of quotation
> material from Father Ted would have been able to identify humour the
> first time round.[/color]
Eh? what makes you think I didn't? Hmmm, does everything need smilies all of
a sudden?
--
| [email]spike1@freenet.co.uk[/email] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! |
| Andrew Halliwell BSc | I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
| in | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
| Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
Responding to Helmut Hullen:
[color=blue]
> Hallo, Mike,
>
> Du meintest am 15.10.08:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person" and
>>> "last person" very slowly?[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
>> Does it include the "who"?[/color]
>
> man who
>
> exists! But it's included in the coreutils package, not in the man
> package. Someone should coerce the packages.
>[/color]
You were looking in the wrong place. ;)
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who[/url]
--
*===( [url]http://principiadiscordia.com/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.badphorm.co.uk/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.zenwalk.org/[/url]
Mike Jones <Not@Arizona.Bay> wrote in news:OCrJk.72298$E41.3770
@text.news.virginmedia.com:
[color=blue]
> Responding to Helmut Hullen:
>[color=green]
>> Hallo, Mike,
>>
>> Du meintest am 15.10.08:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person"[/color][/color][/color]
and[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> "last person" very slowly?[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Does it include the "who"?[/color]
>>
>> man who
>>
>> exists! But it's included in the coreutils package, not in the man
>> package. Someone should coerce the packages.
>>[/color]
>
> You were looking in the wrong place. ;)
>
> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who[/url]
>[/color]
Sounds like the person needs help alright....therefore:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who[/url]
:-)
Responding to propman:
[color=blue]
> Mike Jones <Not@Arizona.Bay> wrote in news:OCrJk.72298$E41.3770
> @text.news.virginmedia.com:
>[color=green]
>> Responding to Helmut Hullen:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Hallo, Mike,
>>>
>>> Du meintest am 15.10.08:
>>>
>>>>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person"[/color][/color]
> and[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>>> "last person" very slowly?
>>>
>>>> Does it include the "who"?
>>>
>>> man who
>>>
>>> exists! But it's included in the coreutils package, not in the man
>>> package. Someone should coerce the packages.
>>>
>>>[/color]
>> You were looking in the wrong place. ;)
>>
>> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who[/url]
>>
>>[/color]
>
> Sounds like the person needs help alright....therefore:
>
> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who[/url]
>
> :-)[/color]
Just stuck "who's that girl" into Wikipedia's search box and got this...
"Our servers are currently experiencing a technical problem."
Tried "Madonna" and it timed out.
I think we've found the source of the problem.
I KNEW that girl would be trouble!
--
*===( [url]http://principiadiscordia.com/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.badphorm.co.uk/[/url]
*===( [url]http://www.zenwalk.org/[/url]