Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 21:56:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Apple Newton MessagePad Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970902202004.11640A-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it> In-Reply-To: <199708220538.XAA07669@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Wes Peters wrote: > > Thanks again to the wonderfully "not normal" people on -chat. > > Yeah, this is a pretty fun group, isn't it? Even when we're > arguing politics, it stays fairly polite. Yes, really funny. I *do* love it :-) I've been following the late debate about schooling but you guys use too much slang for a foreigner (like me) to understand fully. > We kind of tend to be an eggheaded lot, though. ;^) Here in Italy we have a far more disapproving term regarding technicians: "a man who pushes keys". Could I say "key-hitter" ? :-) > > "This snakeskin jacket symbolizes my individuality and belief > > in personal freedom". > > Snakeskin? For me, it would just symbolize my dislike of > reptilians. They remind me too much of a VP I used to work for. > ;^) It's a quote from my cult movie, David Lynch's "Wild at heart", but nobody seems to get it ;-) Marco Molteni Computer Science student at the Universita' degli studi di Milano, Italy. UNIX _is_ user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
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