On 12/03/2016 07:32 PM, Fred wrote:
On 12/03/2016 01:20 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote:
Hi,
I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw
-- out of the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent
additions to the thread.
Unfortunately, a) I use POP3 and download all my mail
immediately from the server, b) my neighbor's Maine Coon cat,
Mr. Potay-Toes, just visited me and ran all 28 of his toes
across my keyboard. (Yes, he's polydactyl, and about 25 pounds
at that.) Somehow he managed a permanent deletion of all the
mail I had just downloaded.
These posts were made within the past 12 hours. If the kind
people who made those posts could be troubled to re-issue them
I'd appreciate it. Or, at least be aware that I'm not ignoring
your messages. I just don't have them any more.
Best, JP
You can read them in the archives:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00783.html
And here is another one signed by you:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00842.html
Or the thread itself:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/thrd2.html#00842
Eminently sensible. as usual. Replete with information and
guidance. The advice cannot be faulted.
But has any thought been given to the cat's feelings? It must be
suffering terrible pangs of regret and remorse. I do not think we
should put it through any more humiliation than it has suffered
already after realising it had inadvertantly deleted one of my
mails.
Just don't let it get anywhere near apt cat /dev/zero > ...
A cat is the center of the Universe. It doesn't have pangs of regret
or remorse. I recommend: mv cat >/dev/null
Fred B.
Mr. Potay-Toes is a cuddler, and I don't have the heart to turn him
away. It's just as well. He weighs somewhere around 25 pounds and has 28
claw-laden toes. I've never had a dispute with him, but I suspect he
would best me in armed combat if it came to that.
On the other hand, he has a fine temperament and is one of the few cats
I've known who enjoys a bath followed by a hair dryer. Though he's large
he's always careful to avoid upsetting items on the window sill or book
shelf and has a dainty touch when seating himself on a person. He's
quite civilized, if a bit of a bother around a keyboard.
He spends more time on my lap in our condo than he does in his mistress'
condo. My wife says it's because I'm large and warm. It's possible that
cats view humans as heated furniture.
Those of us who are fortunate enough to know cats must be prepared to
accept an occasional inconvenience in exchange for the privilege.
