From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 3 04:51:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA07430 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 04:51:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from logic.it (mod14.logic.it [195.120.151.30] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA07422 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 04:51:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11739 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Sep 1997 19:56:29 -0000 Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 21:56:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: Marco Molteni X-Sender: molter@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it To: Wes Peters cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Apple Newton MessagePad In-Reply-To: <199708220538.XAA07669@obie.softweyr.ml.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.