When it turns out that their low-budget development of the country of Luxembourg isn't really technically "Scandinavian", they will simply redefine the term "Scandinavian".
In a drastic effort to try and get back on topic, anyone played with Linux Mint? Is it basically just a shortcut to get more proprietary drivers, with an Ubuntu base? On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Rob Saul <r...@code-gnomemad.org> wrote: > Tim Wescott wrote: >> But then Bill Gates will try to buy Sweden. > > Nah, Microsoft will just announce they have > a Scandinavian country 'under development', there > by causing people to cease considering current > Scandinavian countries as viable. > > >> >> >> On Wed, November 18, 2009 9:08 am, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >>> Since the Nobel Peace Prize is often given to politicians, some >>> disagree with the choices. But it is often given to non-politicians >>> who create international efforts to change the world for the better. >>> >>> Look at the massive international efforts represented by SC09, and >>> realize that much of it started from the work of a 21yo Finnish >>> college student named after 1962 Nobel Peace Prize winner Linus >>> Pauling. It would be fitting to honor that international effort >>> by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the >>> 20th anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 >>> on the 50th anniversary of Pauling's award. >>> >>> Linux is one of the largest cooperative international efforts ever >>> undertaken. It inspired Ubuntu, One Laptop Per Child, and many >>> other global projects. Linux conquered the supercomputer space, >>> the server space, the embedded computer space - by peaceful means! >>> Linux helped sequence the human genome, helps protect the world >>> computer infrastructure from viral attack, and is now the pathway >>> for millions to learn computer programming and participate in new >>> international efforts. >>> >>> The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (a politician some disagree >>> with, please disagree in a different thread, thanks) is giving >>> the keynote to SC09 as I write this. Meaning that we are all >>> three handshakes away from the people that decide on future Peace >>> Prizes. Perhaps it is time to launch some messages through our >>> connections and see what makes it to the committee meetings in Oslo. >>> >>> According to the list on Wikipedia, the five people to convince are >>> Thorbjørn Jagland (chair), Kaci Kullmann Five (deputy chair), Sissel >>> Rønbeck, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, and Ågot Valle. We can start by >>> sending them Norsk language Ubuntu disks. >>> >>> While I imagine Linus Torvalds would be embarrassed by the attention, >>> it would sure make his parents happy. And it would mean one less >>> Peace Prize for a politician. >>> >>> Keith >>> >>> -- >>> Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com Voice (503)-520-1993 >>> KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" >>> Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PLUG mailing list >>> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
