Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
Don't you have a reply-list option On 06/27/2011 05:19 PM, John Abreau wrote: Oops, I just Reply instead of Reply All. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description:

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
One comment here is that there are way too few women in hi-tech period. Yet, some of the women engineers I have worked with, especially at Digital, Compaq, and HP have been among the best engineers.. I work in a Regus Office complex, and a number of the CEOs of small companies are women. On

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
of boxes). - Reply message - From: Bill Freeman ke1g...@gmail.com To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: http://linuxbeard.com/ Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 6:03 pm I used to have a beard. Then my unix gig dried up. ___ gnhlug-discuss

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread Tom Buskey
Try brewing beer. There seems to be a tendancy towards beards in home brewers too. I know many gnhlugers have brewed in the past. On 6/27/11, Ryan Stanyan ryan.stan...@gmail.com wrote: One thing I've discovered coming from a family that has been involved some degree in politics is that people

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread Jon maddog Hall
On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 10:04 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: Try brewing beer. There seems to be a tendancy towards beards in home brewers too. I know many gnhlugers have brewed in the past. Ridiculous! Beer never touches my lips!

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread David Hardy
I would think that if one was both a UNIX/Linux person AND a brewer, they would cancel each other out and thus no beard. But maybe that is only the case if one also takes up amateur radio and/or astronomy/telescope building. And what about home gunsmithing? And beekeeping? Just asking... On

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
David Hardy belovedbold...@gmail.com writes: I would think that if one was both a UNIX/Linux person AND a brewer, they would cancel each other out and thus no beard. But maybe that is only the case if one also takes up amateur radio and/or astronomy/telescope building. And what about

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread John Abreau
Half a beard, philosophically Must, ipso facto, half not be But half the beard has got to be A vis-a-vis its entity, d'you see? But can a beard be said to be Or not to be an entire beard When half the beard is not a beard Due to some ancient injury? On Tue, Jun 28, 2011

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-28 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net writes: http://linuxbeard.com/ I subscribed to it via identi.ca, so that I can receive timely updates with all of the news in the world of Linux beards. If anyone else wants that (and you can even receive these updates via *SMS* on your *phone

http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Michael ODonnell
http://linuxbeard.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Jon maddog Hall
On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 11:03 -0400, Michael ODonnell wrote: http://linuxbeard.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ Linux is powered by beards. Well, Linus

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Michael ODonnell
Finally I think to say that Linux is powered by beards does not play well to all the females and beardless youth (of all ages) who have contributed so much to the project. Yikes! It didn't occur to me that anybody who views that site or the related postings on Reddit :

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Jon maddog Hall
On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 13:24 -0400, Michael ODonnell wrote: Finally I think to say that Linux is powered by beards does not play well to all the females and beardless youth (of all ages) who have contributed so much to the project. Yikes! It didn't occur to me that anybody who views

Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread John Abreau
Oops, I just Reply instead of Reply All. -- Forwarded message -- From: John Abreau j...@blu.org Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM Subject: Re: http://linuxbeard.com/ To: mad...@li.org On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Jon maddog Hall mad...@li.org wrote: With close to seven

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 05:19:56PM -0400, John Abreau wrote: It's good to try not to offend people, up to a point, but you have to draw the line somewhere. I find that offensive! *snrk* -b -- there are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread John Abreau
I'm offended at your feeling offended! On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Ben Eisenbraun b...@klatsch.org wrote: On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 05:19:56PM -0400, John Abreau wrote: It's good to try not to offend people, up to a point, but you have to draw the line somewhere. I find that offensive!

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Ryan Stanyan
One thing I've discovered coming from a family that has been involved some degree in politics is that people being offended comes with the territory. Sometimes you just have to pull out a pair of sunglasses and say deal with it! Also, I can't seem to grow a decent beard. I guess the Unix isn't

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Stacie Andrews
As possibly the only women on this conversation I find this horribly funny. I think I should share this with devchix where we can start a fashion statement with fake beards and cause an unheard of sales spike in the beard market. :-p Stacie Andrews CTO at Provado Marketing Solutions, Inc. Devs.

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Bill Freeman
I used to have a beard. Then my unix gig dried up. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Ryan Stanyan
You can save on manufacturing costs by dual-purposing them as ZZ Top fakd beards! On Jun 27, 2011 5:57 PM, Stacie Andrews sta...@provadomarketing.com wrote: As possibly the only women on this conversation I find this horribly funny. I think I should share this with devchix where we can start a

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Mark Komarinski
I went management and now I have a goatee (i still have root on a bunch of boxes). - Reply message - From: Bill Freeman ke1g...@gmail.com To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: http://linuxbeard.com/ Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 6:03 pm I used to have a beard. Then my unix gig dried

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:19 PM, John Abreau j...@blu.org wrote: Basically, if you merely exist, someone may be offended. I wouldn't limit it to that. Any number of people are offended by non-existence -- especially the people who are deemed non-existent. -- Ben

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread David Hardy
Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.orgwrote: I went management and now I have a goatee (i still have root on a bunch of boxes). - Reply message - From: Bill Freeman ke1g...@gmail.com To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: http://linuxbeard.com/ Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 6:03 pm I used

Re: Fwd: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Jon maddog Hall
At one USENIX there were people going around with fake beards being Ken Thompson, and later at an Atlanta Linux Showcase there was a day when there were an amazing number of maddog beards. @ryan - yes the Atlanta Linux Showcase beards did look a lot like re-purposed ZZ Top beards. I have

Re: http://linuxbeard.com/

2011-06-27 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
David Hardy belovedbold...@gmail.com writes: On the Linux beard thing, I grew mine a couple of years ago until, as our son informed me, I looked like a Civil War general. I was going to keep growing it until I got a full-time Linux gig finally, and a month ago I did. So, as it was at the