Al. C wrote:
> Trygve Selmer wrote:
>
>>You know, I know, and the rest of the group knows that discussing
>>Slackware's business model and other aspects of how Slackware as a
>>company is run in this NG is a waste of time. This discussion can only
>>be held with mister Volkerding,
>
> Uh, where is this written into law? Does this mean we can only discuss Linux
> kernels with Linus? Oracle with Larry? Windows with Bill?

No, but since PV don't read this NG, the discussion is hypothetical. And
the subject is still "Slackware Update".

> And how is that ANYONE gets to define what a 'waste of time' is for me? I
> don't remember seeing any charter for this ng saying what is and what is
> not off-topic.... much less what is or what is not a 'waste of time.'

I don't "define" it for you, but possibly for the rest of the group.

>>so please stop your postings about this topic
>
> Don't read the thread if you don't like it or don't want to contribute, but
> may I politely please implore you to try not to dictate to anyone what can
> and can't be posted here. The ng belongs to everyone... and no one.

Normally I don't read your postings, but this thread was active for 18
hours before you desided to change the subject and start one of your
personal discussions.

> Aren't Slackware people always proclaiming that 'choice is good'?

Franklin wrote:

> You old codgers are all the same! Go eat some
> prunes for Christs sake.

Whoa! Hold on just a goldurn minute, there, whippersnapper! Some of us old
codgers ain't the same at all!

Now, where's that raisin bran?

--
Old Man

Trygve Selmer wrote:

>
> No, but since PV don't read this NG, the discussion is hypothetical.

First of all, so what if it IS hypothetical or virtual? What harm is there
in hypothesizing?

Second, P.V. does read this newsgroup, at least that what he told me when I
met him at San Francisco's Linuxworld last year with Jeremy ? the owner of
Linuxquestions. com. Of course I don't know if he still reads a.o.l.s. or
if he reads all of it, but I do know what he told me. For all I know maybe
he posts as Dan C. or 'ken' .

Al C.

Franklin wrote:
>
>> You old codgers are all the same! Go eat some
>> prunes for Christs sake.
>

Some of us old codgers continue with weight training, we run two or three
miles a day (as we have for 30 years), are still in close to the same USMC
shape we were at 25 ... and could shove prunes up your ass :-) <g> :-) :-)

Of course, if you're 6-6 and around 290 lbs. it's nice to know that we old
codgers also have full medical insurance (paid by you young-uns!), life
insurance, and burial insurance !!!! :-)

Al C.

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Where's +Chiron+ when you need him? I shall try to fill his shoes.

In alt.os.linux.slackware, Franklin dared to utter,
> Why don't you go pat your self on the back for your exceptional waste
> of bandwidth and be sure not to hurt your arm. God forbid you find
> yourself unable to express yourself here, your head might explode.

Pot. Kettle. %$*(&#$ Black!

What the $%$*% is wrong with you %$I@# people that you have to reply to
this troll?! Haven't you learned after his _years_ of mindless inane
trolling that you shouldn't be falling for his bait? What kind of
hamster brain did they pass you at birth anyway, 'cause I've got a
retarded hamster and even he knows not to reply to Al C.!

$%$#$ Christ on a pogo-stick! Enough already! Kill file the troll and
_stop_ responding to his garbage if you ever want to get rid of these
nutcases.

Remember, everytime you feed a troll, God kills a kitten.

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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+Alan Hicks+ wrote:

>
> What the $%$*% is wrong with you %$I@# people that you have to reply to
> this troll?! Haven't you learned after his years of mindless inane
> trolling that you shouldn't be falling for his bait? What kind of
> hamster brain did they pass you at birth anyway, 'cause I've got a
> retarded hamster and even he knows not to reply to Al C.!
>

I really laughed at this. This was probably one of the funniest posts ever
to be on this ng. Terrific imagery and wonderful use of the vernacular. I'm
serious. This was great writing.

Hicks is right. I drew the line in the sand a long time ago and said I won't
be chased off or bullied. I have a right to be here, I'm going to stay
here, and I'm not going to take the kind of crap from the leader-dogs that
they dish out to others.

A few of you hamster-brains keep crossing the line and think you're a match
for me... and at the end of the day you're simply not. Compared to the
literary world and the 'men of letters' that I've debated, this is bush
league. I give Dan C, 'ken' and a few of the other 'princes of darkness'
credit for their attempts of character assassination ... but not too much.
It's easy to be brave and talk tough when you lurk in the shadows. After
two years I'm still standing. I'm still here. THEY are the ones who are
pissed off, not me. Sooner or later they will get tired of this and will
realize that they don't hold the mortgage on a.o.l.s.

By the same token, those who show civility get treated with civility. Some
of you guys keep crossing the line and I keep beatin' you back. But I stay
on my side and and I don't %$#@ with you unless you ^%$# with me. That's
been my rule and I stand by it. You want to fight? Ok, I'll fight.
Otherwise meet me half way and engage in a meaningful and intelligent
dialectic. You make the choice.

So Hicks is right. If you don't want the peaches don't shake the tree. I'm
here, I'm staying here, and if you don't like it then you are going to have
to make an adjustment... and the best adjustment is to simply put me in
your kill file or ignore my postings and go on about your life.

Even a hamster-brain can understand that.

Al C.

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Martin J. Green wrote:
> "BenneJezzerette" <jennifer755@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:B1bfe.3714$Fa1.113@fed1read02...
>
>
>>Firstly KDE is being
>>updated, then GXine too, and some other things,
>
>
> No, KDE hasn't been upgraded. It's been recompiled with the cyrus-sasl
> library.
>
hmm has to disagree, slapt-get updated two things I thought I had most
current.
>
>>the BEST part of all
>>this, is Linux 2.4.30 is next. Yes it looks official, that PV has made a
>>move up to the Linux 2.4.30 Kernel and we will see some improvements in
>>performance.
>
>
> er, an update of 1 minor version is unlikely to make much difference in
> terms of performance, but in any event this is merely an update in -current
> to keep up with current releases. I think PV stated elsewhere that 2.6 will
> be the default in 11.0.
>
You have hit it, and yes I do hope that 2.6.11.x or even 2.6.12 is in
the next Release.
>
>>If you want use gFTP and log into the FTP server and look
>>into the -current and you will see a lot of new Linux 2.4.30 files, alsa
>>and more.
>
>
> No, alsa hasn't been updated. It's merely been rebuilt with new kernel, as
> per correct practice.
>
> On another note, given you're of the lowest user level in this group and you
> (apparently) know how to use an ftp client, do you really envisage that
> there are others here (predominantly of a higher user knowledge level) who
> don't?
No, I think they all do, everyone that uses some linux, knows FTP.
Otherwise they are using Linspire (:-)
>
>>I think maybe 10.2 or even 11.0 may be on the horizon for
>>release soon. For all you who think PV has not been doing much, this
>>tells me he has been working hard on improving Slackware.
>
>
> Not likely. 10.1 was released like 1/2 months ago. Any new release will be a
> while off yet.
>
>
Yes I have been corrected on that. My Misgnomer lol.
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"+Alan Hicks+" <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote in message
news:117tl08qat1eb30@corp.supernews.com...

> Remember, everytime you feed a troll, God kills a kitten.

and everytime u kill a troll, God masturbates

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Martin J. Green wrote:
> "+Alan Hicks+" <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote in message
> news:117tl08qat1eb30@corp.supernews.com...
>
>
>>Remember, everytime you feed a troll, God kills a kitten.
>
>
> and everytime u kill a troll, God masturbates
>
>
every time a troll is killed, and Elf lives on. help elves live, kill a
troll.
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Le Mon, 09 May 2005 22:15:24 -0700, BenneJezzerette a écrit*:

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> Martin J. Green wrote:
>> "+Alan Hicks+" <alan@lizella.netWORK> wrote in message
>> news:117tl08qat1eb30@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>
>>>Remember, everytime you feed a troll, God kills a kitten.
>>
>>
>> and everytime u kill a troll, God masturbates
>>
>>
> every time a troll is killed, and Elf lives on. help elves live, kill a
> troll.


Yeah, go on, go on, now we nearly don't need any troll to drown the ship ...

So, carry on ;-)

"Every time you kill a soundcard, neighbour smiles."

"Every time Window boots, mind dies."

"Every time Realto, Margino."

"Every time Al, C."


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Warning :
No troll was seriously injured during the making of this post.
The general surgeon declares: your sysadmin or your cat may
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