Carroll Grigsby wrote:
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> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > Kathleen Dickason wrote:
> > >
> > > Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> > >
> > > > Kathleen Dickason wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > patrick wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Kathleen Dickason wrote:
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> > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Snipped all of the on-topic stuff > > > >
> > > > > Funny, I didn't remember the Linux lyric.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kathleen
> > > > The Linux lyric has the words, "RTFM", in it. ;>)
> > > > -- Carroll Grigsby
> > >
> > > HAHAHAHA :)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kathleen Dickason, not a BOFH...yet
> > > Registered Linux user #182139
> >
> > Ok...I think I understand te BOFH, but what does RTFM mean?
> > --
> > Mark
> Mark:
> (Thanks for the straight line.) It means, "READ THE F(INE) MANUAL",
> which has been the point of a lot of your recent excellent and
> thoughtful postings to this list. I understand that it is a common reply
> on some *nix newsgroups when someone asks, "Which slot does the shiny
> plastic thingie go in?". I'm not the sharpest guy in the world about
> Linux, but I do get tired of people who complain that they can't install
> Linux without one damn hint about (1) what kind of hardware they've got,
> (2) what they are using to install from, (3) what they did to prepare
> for the installation, and (4) what they've tried.
> BTW, just in case you got it wrong (and for other curious listers), the
> BOFH is the Bastard Operator from Hell -- incredibly great British humor
> (or humour) that can be found at www.theregister.co.uk/index.html. DON'T
> TELL THE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR AT WORK ABOUT IT.
> Regards,
> -- Carroll
Awesome Carroll...I can't wait to see it. :)
--
Mark
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