Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On 24 Jun 2003 04:15:23 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reality if we like a word, we file the serial numbers off and claim it for our own. Heh heh heh. Language does tend to work that way - despite the best efforts of the bean-counters and their political masters. In fact one could consider language itself the original open source project. After all, so much of the English language is words from other languages which have been incorporated, with or without spin. This is one reason why english is such a dominant language. Browsing an etymological dictionary can be very revealing, in that respect. Is copyright really such a useful device for the writer, who, above all else, wants to be read? If the success of a popular song can be measured by the number of people who find themselves listening and responding and using the words that mean something, then surely the same thing applies to code, to some extent at least. Linux is, in effect, for those for whom such things matter, the language of democracy. If that were not the case then they wouldn't be trying so hard to suppress it. Thanks for the laugh. Janet Blankfield The ideal love affair is one conducted by post. JBS - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... life's a beach ... - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
At 04:09 PM 6/24/2003 +1000, you wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 15:11, eric huff wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender facil? :) Spanish English facil lightly, easy, easily, light Facile=French=easy=me oops..that slipped - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 17:32, FemmeFatale wrote: Facile=French=easy=me oops..that slipped - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt We already knew that, duh. (g) -- Wed Jun 25 20:55:00 EST 2003 20:55:00 up 20:41, 2 users, load average: 0.25, 0.17, 0.11 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * According to all the latest reports, there was no truth in any of the earlier reports. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 15:11, eric huff wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender facil? :) Spanish English facil lightly, easy, easily, light -- Tue Jun 24 16:05:00 EST 2003 16:05:00 up 3 days, 1:15, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.09, 0.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Salut ca fart' Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:02, Aron Smith wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender However He DO speak fluent Redneck (A BIG help in Aussieland) Being able to speak redneck can get you quite far in Oz; the two are quite similar in approach, usage and terminology. Epiphanies are also used here as they are in the South as it were...but I've yet to find parallels to: Easy as pulling a greezed strang outta cat's ass -or- If Mamaw had nuts, she'd be Papaw -- Tue Jun 24 16:10:00 EST 2003 16:10:00 up 3 days, 1:20, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.07, 0.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * No, I understand now, Auberon said, calm in the woods -- it was so simple, really. I didn't, for a long time, but I do now. You just can't hold people, you can't own them. I mean it's only natural, a natural process really. Meet. Love. Part. Life goes on. There was never any reason to expect her to stay always the same -- I mean `in love,' you know. There were those doubt-quotes of Smoky's, heavily indicated. I don't hold a grudge. I can't. You do, Grandfather Trout said. And you don't understand. -- Little, Big, John Crowley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 23:14, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:02, Aron Smith wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender However He DO speak fluent Redneck (A BIG help in Aussieland) Being able to speak redneck can get you quite far in Oz; the two are quite similar in approach, usage and terminology. Epiphanies are also used here as they are in the South as it were...but I've yet to find parallels to: Easy as pulling a greezed strang outta cat's ass -or- If Mamaw had nuts, she'd be Papaw Balls said Hillary if I had them I'd be King Nuts said the Prime Minister I have em and ain't Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 23:14, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:02, Aron Smith wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender However He DO speak fluent Redneck (A BIG help in Aussieland) Being able to speak redneck can get you quite far in Oz; the two are quite similar in approach, usage and terminology. Epiphanies are also used here as they are in the South as it were...but I've yet to find parallels to: Easy as pulling a greezed strang outta cat's ass -or- If Mamaw had nuts, she'd be Papaw On this one rember that Southern Women can be scary 1. They pick you up in a bar 2. they kick your A.. at pool 3. They stand back to back with you in the barfight (that they started) 4. give the best loving a man ever had 5. she will get a job and help you BUT IF YOU EVER MAKE HER MAD they will never find your body (I shure miss them) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Monday June 23 2003 11:40 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender Uno mas cerveza? Betch'a understand that, probly some swear words and insults too ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Monday 23 June 2003 02:37 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 23:14, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:02, Aron Smith wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender However He DO speak fluent Redneck (A BIG help in Aussieland) Being able to speak redneck can get you quite far in Oz; the two are quite similar in approach, usage and terminology. Epiphanies are also used here as they are in the South as it were...but I've yet to find parallels to: Easy as pulling a greezed strang outta cat's ass -or- If Mamaw had nuts, she'd be Papaw Balls said Hillary if I had them I'd be King Nuts said the Prime Minister I have em and ain't Aron: Tain't the way that I heard it, McGee. Balls, said the Queen, If I had'em I'd be king. But the King laughed, not because he wanted to, but because he had to. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 07:15, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Monday 23 June 2003 02:37 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 23:14, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:02, Aron Smith wrote: Espanol es muy facil comprender However He DO speak fluent Redneck (A BIG help in Aussieland) Being able to speak redneck can get you quite far in Oz; the two are quite similar in approach, usage and terminology. Epiphanies are also used here as they are in the South as it were...but I've yet to find parallels to: Easy as pulling a greezed strang outta cat's ass -or- If Mamaw had nuts, she'd be Papaw Balls said Hillary if I had them I'd be King Nuts said the Prime Minister I have em and ain't Aron: Tain't the way that I heard it, McGee. Balls, said the Queen, If I had'em I'd be king. But the King laughed, not because he wanted to, but because he had to. -- cmg Ouch -- smitty __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 22:56, Björn Olsson wrote: Which immediately leads me to another question: How does my name show up in foreign, i.e. non swedish, mail readers? There should be two dots above the o. Sylpheed will probably send this letter as quoted printable because of that letter. Does it matter? Should I spell my name Bjoern? Björn No Problem. You are known as Björn, dear Bjoern. ;-) Paul -- Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while. http://nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 15:56, Björn Olsson wrote: On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 15:50:23 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snips yanks Bjorn outta his closet! NO CLOSSETING ALLOWED! Once you're OUT you're OUT! snip Check its permissions make sure they are set for USER that you now own it using chown as a user. Thats my best answer... :) - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt snip But I LIKE my closet! sulking But you're right, It's probably more rewarding to participate in the discussion than to quietly wait for the interesting bits to trickle in. My main problem is that it's a pain in the a** to use this queer language :) Which immediately leads me to another question: How does my name show up in foreign, i.e. non swedish, mail readers? There should be two dots above the o. Sylpheed will probably send this letter as quoted printable because of that letter. Does it matter? Should I spell my name Bjoern? Also, thanks a lot for the tip on ET. I'll have a look into it. -- Björn Looks good here in evolution, Bear. That's one of the few words of baby-talk Swedish my grandparents taught me that I can remember from 50 years ago. This queer language is really a pidgin: Germanic structure and vocabulary with Frenchified fancy words. Nobody could agree on grammar or what gender nouns should have, so we just gave all that up. Must be hard to learn -- N. B. Day Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
At 08:56 PM 6/23/2003 +, you wrote: snip But I LIKE my closet! sulking But you're right, It's probably more rewarding to participate in the discussion than to quietly wait for the interesting bits to trickle in. My main problem is that it's a pain in the a** to use this queer language :) Which immediately leads me to another question: How does my name show up in foreign, i.e. non swedish, mail readers? There should be two dots above the o. Sylpheed will probably send this letter as quoted printable because of that letter. Does it matter? Should I spell my name Bjoern? Also, thanks a lot for the tip on ET. I'll have a look into it. -- Björn Shows up as an o with a line over it for me... but i'm in XP. - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Monday 23 Jun 2003 8:28 pm, N. B. Day wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 15:56, Björn Olsson wrote: Which immediately leads me to another question: How does my name show up in foreign, i.e. non swedish, mail readers? There should be two dots above the o. Sylpheed will probably send this letter as quoted printable because of that letter. Does it matter? Should I spell my name Bjoern? Looks good here in evolution, Bear. No problem here in kmail with English GB set. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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On 23 Jun 2003 21:28:46 +0200 Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No Problem. You are known as Björn, dear Bjoern. ;-) Paul Good, just had to check. -- Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On 23 Jun 2003 14:28:04 -0500 N. B. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks good here in evolution, Bear. That's one of the few words of baby-talk Swedish my grandparents taught me that I can remember from 50 years ago. Wow, I'm impressed! I suppose you haven't used that word for some time :). Trevligt att träffas. This queer language is really a pidgin: Germanic structure and vocabulary with Frenchified fancy words. Nobody could agree on grammar or what gender nouns should have, so we just gave all that up. Must be hard to learn You bet! But no, it isn't that hard, really. After all you hear and read english every day. There's simply no way you could avoid it, even if you wanted to. Anyway, this kind of forum gives you some time to think, and to correct at least the worst misstakes before you hit Send. -- N. B. Day I'll keep to my habit of ending my letters with a question. (It's amazing how they keep popping up when you have started asking one.) This one is definitely a newbie question of the highest degree. It concerns the use of mailing lists at large, namely: How do you end a thread that you started? It would be kind of rude to just cease answering the replies, but I have seen far too many threads get out of hand, as well as out of topic, on this list already. Time for bed See you all -- Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
Hello, I see your diaeresis (what is it called in Swedish?). Please do not spell your name any other way than the way it's spelled. Sincerely, Jim. Postscriptum: My spellchecker likes Bjorn better, I've taught it the error of it's ways. On Monday 23 June 2003 04:56 pm, Björn Olsson wrote: On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 15:50:23 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snips yanks Bjorn outta his closet! NO CLOSSETING ALLOWED! Once you're OUT you're OUT! snip Check its permissions make sure they are set for USER that you now own it using chown as a user. Thats my best answer... :) - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt snip But I LIKE my closet! sulking But you're right, It's probably more rewarding to participate in the discussion than to quietly wait for the interesting bits to trickle in. My main problem is that it's a pain in the a** to use this queer language :) Which immediately leads me to another question: How does my name show up in foreign, i.e. non swedish, mail readers? There should be two dots above the o. Sylpheed will probably send this letter as quoted printable because of that letter. Does it matter? Should I spell my name Bjoern? Also, thanks a lot for the tip on ET. I'll have a look into it. -- Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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This queer language is really a pidgin: Germanic structure and vocabulary with Frenchified fancy words. Nobody could agree on grammar or what gender nouns should have, so we just gave all that up. Hallelujah! Nouns with gender made german 5X as hard to learn as it would have been. Unfortunately, no one in southern california speaks german, so i have become terminally out of prafctice... And i am apparently too lazy to learn spanish (which also has the noun-gender problem). eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 12:28, N. B. Day wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 15:56, Björn Olsson wrote: On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 15:50:23 -0600 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snips yanks Bjorn outta his closet! NO CLOSSETING ALLOWED! Once you're OUT you're OUT! snip Check its permissions make sure they are set for USER that you now own it using chown as a user. Thats my best answer... :) - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt snip But I LIKE my closet! sulking But you're right, It's probably more rewarding to participate in the discussion than to quietly wait for the interesting bits to trickle in. My main problem is that it's a pain in the a** to use this queer language :) Which immediately leads me to another question: How does my name show up in foreign, i.e. non swedish, mail readers? There should be two dots above the o. Sylpheed will probably send this letter as quoted printable because of that letter. Does it matter? Should I spell my name Bjoern? Also, thanks a lot for the tip on ET. I'll have a look into it. -- Björn Looks good here in evolution, Bear. That's one of the few words of baby-talk Swedish my grandparents taught me that I can remember from 50 years ago. This queer language is really a pidgin: Germanic structure and vocabulary with Frenchified fancy words. Nobody could agree on grammar or what gender nouns should have, so we just gave all that up. Must be hard to learn In reality if we like a word, we file the serial numbers off and claim it for our own. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 14:09, eric huff wrote: This queer language is really a pidgin: Germanic structure and vocabulary with Frenchified fancy words. Nobody could agree on grammar or what gender nouns should have, so we just gave all that up. Hallelujah! Nouns with gender made german 5X as hard to learn as it would have been. Unfortunately, no one in southern california speaks german, so i have become terminally out of prafctice... And i am apparently too lazy to learn spanish (which also has the noun-gender problem). eric Espanol es muy facil comprender -- Tue Jun 24 14:35:00 EST 2003 14:35:00 up 2 days, 23:45, 3 users, load average: 0.20, 0.29, 0.17 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * The bank sent our statement this morning, The red ink was a sight of great awe! Their figures and mine might have balanced, But my wife was too quick on the draw. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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All the Toutonic languages actually. I had some Swedish friends that visited me in California years ago. They got a huge laugh out of the fast food chain Der Weinerschnitzel. Use your imagination as to why they found it so funny. e. On Monday 23 June 2003 09:09 pm, eric huff wrote: This queer language is really a pidgin: Germanic structure and vocabulary with Frenchified fancy words. Nobody could agree on grammar or what gender nouns should have, so we just gave all that up. Hallelujah! Nouns with gender made german 5X as hard to learn as it would have been. Unfortunately, no one in southern california speaks german, so i have become terminally out of prafctice... And i am apparently too lazy to learn spanish (which also has the noun-gender problem). eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 21:15, Aron Smith wrote: In reality if we like a word, we file the serial numbers off and claim it for our own. Ditto with software. -- Tue Jun 24 14:45:01 EST 2003 14:45:01 up 2 days, 23:55, 3 users, load average: 0.24, 0.26, 0.19 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Solipsists of the World... you are already united. -- Kayvan Sylvan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 21:40, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 14:09, eric huff wrote: This queer language is really a pidgin: Germanic structure and vocabulary with Frenchified fancy words. Nobody could agree on grammar or what gender nouns should have, so we just gave all that up. Hallelujah! Nouns with gender made german 5X as hard to learn as it would have been. Unfortunately, no one in southern california speaks german, so i have become terminally out of prafctice... And i am apparently too lazy to learn spanish (which also has the noun-gender problem). eric Espanol es muy facil comprender However He DO speak fluent Redneck (A BIG help in Aussieland) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Espanol es muy facil comprender facil? :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
On Sunday 22 Jun 2003 3:21 pm, Johan Scheepers wrote: Hi A while back a member complained about no response to questions. I take it none had a something to say. I do understand his frustration ( being new to this)- I also had some questions - no response. Now I have pondered on this issue. Now should every one who see a question/s should reply sorry no help - This system will COMPLETELY be overloaded. As it is if I skip a day or two I found up 785 messages waiting on server. I suggest - join more user groups and post again. Regards Johan May this be a good day for learning Sometimes, too, it is a problem that few know about, and maybe the one person who can help is away or on holiday. I understand the frustration too, but it is always worth trying the question again a few days later. It sometimes helps, too, to think whether re-wording the subject line might better get the attention of the right person. HTH Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 10:21, Johan Scheepers wrote: Hi A while back a member complained about no response to questions. I take it none had a something to say. I do understand his frustration ( being new to this)- I also had some questions - no response. Now I have pondered on this issue. Now should every one who see a question/s should reply sorry no help - This system will COMPLETELY be overloaded. As it is if I skip a day or two I found up 785 messages waiting on server. I suggest - join more user groups and post again. Regards Johan May this be a good day for learning or just post again, adding note; no help in three days to the subject line. it may well be that in with the other mail, your question was just missed, or no-one knew the answer. Asking again, and adding something like can anyone hear or help me might at least get an answer of no, i are 'tupid. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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server. I suggest - join more user groups and post again. If you don't get a response in one place by all means go to another and post your question. How ever you should avoid cross posting (i.e. posting the same question on several forums all at once). Regards Johan Regards John -- Lead me not into tepmtation - I can find my own way thanks! MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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On 22 Jun 2003 10:58:18 -0400 Ed Tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 10:21, Johan Scheepers wrote: Hi A while back a member complained about no response to questions. I take it none had a something to say. I do understand his frustration ( being new to this)- I also had some questions - no response. Now I have pondered on this issue. Now should every one who see a question/s should reply sorry no help - This system will COMPLETELY be overloaded. As it is if I skip a day or two I found up 785 messages waiting on server. I suggest - join more user groups and post again. Regards Johan May this be a good day for learning or just post again, adding note; no help in three days to the subject line. it may well be that in with the other mail, your question was just missed, or no-one knew the answer. Asking again, and adding something like can anyone hear or help me might at least get an answer of no, i are 'tupid. Hi A few days ago I posted a question about running Enemy Territory as a regular user, but I haven't got any answer thus far. No offence taken, of course; some questions get answered and others don't. And would you really like me (and others) to post the same questions over and over? I take it that if no one answers, it is because no one knows. Besides, for some months now I have been lurking in the shadows of this list (one of the few things I'm actually good at :-) ), inhaling the wisdom of the non newbies, but without lifting a finger myself to help anyone. So I am hardly in a position to complain. But beware, I may be back! Until then, see you in the shadows Björn Olsson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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One of the things I often do is try to get in on discussions where no one has responded, or no solution has been found. That is, if I can shed light on the problem. I have had my questions forgotten on this list, and many others, and I try not to let that happen to anyone else. A question asked in any forum is worthy of some sort of answer. -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:21:09 +0200 Johan Scheepers [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: As it is if I skip a day or two I found up 785 messages waiting on server. This is why sometimes, to be frank, they just get missed in the sheer number of posts. I have many times said oh, I know the answer to that or could find one... then get distracted, then it's marked as read so next time I don't notice it. I will try to do much better with this in the future, I've been on this SCO stuff too much lately. I see nothing wrong, BTW, with re-posting after a reasonable amount of time, someone mentioned 3 days, I think that's a little bit too much to ask. There's nothing wrong with making a second request within say 48 hours, esp if it's a bigger system prob. One thing with web forums, they always had that link, view unanswered posts...that would be very usefull... doin my best! well, someone's best... -- + Joe Hill + Registered Linux user #282046 + Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net + ICQ# 279518458 + Do what thou wilt, this shall be the + whole of the law. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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I see nothing wrong, BTW, with re-posting after a reasonable amount of time, someone mentioned 3 days, I think that's a little bit too much to ask. There's nothing wrong with making a second request within say 48 hours, esp if it's a bigger system prob. One thing with web forums, they always had that link, view unanswered posts...that would be very usefull... There are always the newbie archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie%40linux-mandrake.com/ -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 3:19pm up 21:29, 4 users, load average: 0.08, 0.32, 0.37 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
At 10:58 AM 6/22/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 10:21, Johan Scheepers wrote: snip or just post again, adding note; no help in three days to the subject line. it may well be that in with the other mail, your question was just missed, or no-one knew the answer. Asking again, and adding something like can anyone hear or help me might at least get an answer of no, i are 'tupid. *giggles* I can volunteer to post the no, i r tupid responses. :D - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No response on questions
At 06:48 PM 6/22/2003 +, you wrote: snips yanks Bjorn outta his closet! NO CLOSSETING ALLOWED! Once you're OUT you're OUT! Hi A few days ago I posted a question about running Enemy Territory as a regular user, but I haven't got any answer thus far. No offence taken, of course; some questions get answered and others don't. And would you really like me (and others) to post the same questions over and over? I take it that if no one answers, it is because no one knows. Besides, for some months now I have been lurking in the shadows of this list (one of the few things I'm actually good at :-) ), inhaling the wisdom of the non newbies, but without lifting a finger myself to help anyone. So I am hardly in a position to complain. But beware, I may be back! Until then, see you in the shadows Björn Olsson Check its permissions make sure they are set for USER that you now own it using chown as a user. Thats my best answer... :) - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
