From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 4 04:55:41 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE72116A417 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 04:55:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DC4913C47E for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 04:55:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l744td83046603; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:55:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Nikos Vassiliadis" , Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:56:26 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200708021646.49965.nvass@teledomenet.gr> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:55:40 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.2. Can I get 128x48 (or similar) console screens? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:55:41 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nikos > Vassiliadis > > > I'm not sure > > I prefer the alternative, something like Ubuntu or PCLinux, where you > > just shut your eyes, lie back and think of South Africa, not knowing > > quite what's getting installed on your PC. > > That's not a very nice comment to do. Please, keep your feelings > about continents/countries/Linux distributions out of here. > I really detest the politically correct, particularly the uneducated politically correct. "lie back and think of England" - >From _Dictionary of Catchphrases_ (1995) by Nigel Rees: "close your eyes and think of England": traditional advice given to women when confronted with the inevitability of sexual intercourse, or jocular encouragement to either sex about doing anything unpalatable. South Africa is a tourism spot and boasts a number of popular game preserves, it is -the- most advanced and developed country in Africa. As a German it is understandable that he would have vacationed there, he made a rather clever twist on the standard phrase. Ted