Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:17:25 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Experiences Message-ID: <00dd01bf4d37$4c351330$827e03cb@ORACLE> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912211903510.247-100000@mlduke.concentric.net> <015701bf4c2e$6dc58110$827e03cb@ORACLE> <19991223112607.B8547@hades.hell.gr>
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I guess a heap of people would welcome a translation into ANY earthly language :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <charon@hades.hell.gr> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 7:26 PM Subject: Re: Experiences > On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 01:41:26PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > > > > Whats this "greek" stuff ..... all this time I thought it was from some > > forgotten planet !!!!! > > It's from planet Greece where I come from :P > > There manual pages used to be written in this arcane and really ole' > language, called greek, until someone enlightened enough told everyone > that good ol' rhyme about translations: > > "Translations are in many ways exactly like women; one that is > faithful is not beautiful, and one that is beautiful is not > faithful." > > With my best wishes for a Merry Christmas to the translation project, > which Im thinking of joining once I get my BSD to write in this arcane > language o' mine, called "greek". > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mlduke" <mlduke@concentric.net> > > To: "CRUZ Lito" <lito.cruz@tenix.com> > > Cc: "'Larry Hawk'" <tymbrwlf@bellsouth.net>; <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 12:06 PM > > Subject: RE: Experiences > > > > > > > > they can do is say "hey newbie, MAN <whatever>". It's almost like the > > > > automatic assumption is that I DON'T try to figure something out on my > > own > > > > before I ask. > > > > > > I have found that "I read 'man x' and it's still Greek" to work > > > effectively, as well as things like "baffeled by the handbook". > > > They have all BTDT. > > > > > > Duke > > -- > Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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