problems@gmail wrote:

> 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'.
>
> ??


`konqueror man:whoami` <- try that then


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Responding to problems:

> 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'.
>
> ??


We've just done that one last week.

Leave your details at the front desk.



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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:57:41 -0500, problems wrote:

> (a rant about man and 60's tty)

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:
> You wouldn't want them to injure themselves, would you now?

In some cases, we wouldn't mind at all.
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Responding to Mark Madsen:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:57:41 -0500, problems wrote:
>
>> (a rant about man and 60's tty)
>
> 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.
>

Oi! I heard that!

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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:24:36 +0000, Mike Jones wrote:

>> PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages
>> will be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.
>>
> Oi! I heard that!

Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person" and
"last person" very slowly?

;-)

Mark Madsen wrote:


> PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages will
> be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.

man man!

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Responding to Mark Madsen:

> On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:24:36 +0000, Mike Jones wrote:
>
>>> PS The next person complaining that they can't understand man pages
>>> will be fined $5 and be forced to buy the next round.
>>>
>> Oi! I heard that!
>
> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person" and
> "last person" very slowly?
>
> ;-)


Does it include the "who"?


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Hallo, Mike,

Du meintest am 15.10.08:

>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person"
>> and "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.

Viele Gruesse
Helmut

"Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

Mark Madsen wrote:
> 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?

How do you propose we do that?

> 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?

We wouldn't? Then how would they learn?

> Thanks.

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:39:15 +0100, Andrew Halliwell wrote:

> Mark Madsen wrote:
>> 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?
>
> How do you propose we do that?

The usual methods. Ropes, chains, thumbscrews....

>> 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?
>
> We wouldn't? Then how would they learn?

In AOLS it's Learn Or Die. Most choose the latter.

>> Thanks.

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 wrote:
>> Mark Madsen wrote:
>>> 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?
>>
>> How do you propose we do that?
>
> The usual methods. Ropes, chains, thumbscrews....
>
>>> 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?
>>
>> We wouldn't? Then how would they learn?
>
> In AOLS it's Learn Or Die. Most choose the latter.
>
>>> Thanks.
>
> 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.

Eh? what makes you think I didn't? Hmmm, does everything need smilies all of
a sudden?
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Responding to Helmut Hullen:

> Hallo, Mike,
>
> Du meintest am 15.10.08:
>
>>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person" and
>>> "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.
>

You were looking in the wrong place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who

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Mike Jones wrote in news:OCrJk.72298$E41.3770
@text.news.virginmedia.com:

> Responding to Helmut Hullen:
>
>> Hallo, Mike,
>>
>> Du meintest am 15.10.08:
>>
>>>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person"
and
>>>> "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.
>>
>
> You were looking in the wrong place.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who
>


Sounds like the person needs help alright....therefore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

:-)

Responding to propman:

> Mike Jones wrote in news:OCrJk.72298$E41.3770
> @text.news.virginmedia.com:
>
>> Responding to Helmut Hullen:
>>
>>> Hallo, Mike,
>>>
>>> Du meintest am 15.10.08:
>>>
>>>>> Would you like me to explain the difference between "next person"
> and
>>>>> "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.
>>>
>>>
>> You were looking in the wrong place.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who
>>
>>
>
> Sounds like the person needs help alright....therefore:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who
>
> :-)


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!

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