Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:23:24 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: paul@originative.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: We're not that different Message-ID: <19990327192324.C53452@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE7B@octopus>; from paul@originative.co.uk on Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 05:24:15PM -0000 References: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE7B@octopus>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] [moved to -chat] On Thursday, 25 March 1999 at 17:24:15 -0000, paul@originative.co.uk wrote: > This is probably asking for trouble since it's not even remotely FreeBSD > related (then again it sort of is, see points below). Some of you may have > seen it but a little light relief is a good thing at times :-) Well, that's what -chat's for. I'm forwarding it there, mainly so I can get the chance to reformat it and read it. So what category does that put me in? :-) Greg >>> Q: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a >>> light bulb? >>> >>> A: 1,343 >>> >>> 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the >>> light bulb has been changed; >>> >>> 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how >>> the light bulb could have been changed differently; >>> >>> 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs; >>> >>> 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing >>> light bulbs; >>> >>> 53 to flame the spell checkers; >>> >>> 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames; >>> >>> 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"; >>> >>> another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive; >>> >>> 156 to write to the list administrator about the light bulb >>> discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list; >>> >>> 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please >>> take this email exchange to litebulb-l; >>> >>> 203 to demand that cross posting to grammar-l, spelling-l and >>> illuminati-l about changing light bulbs be stopped; >>> >>> 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use >>> light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this mail >>> list; >>> >>> 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, >>> where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work >>> best for this technique and what brands are faulty; >>> >>> 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light >>> bulbs; >>> >>> 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post >>> the corrected URL's; >>> >>> 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant >>> to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list; >>> >>> 33 to link all posts to date, then quote them including all >>> headers and footers and then add "Me too"; >>> >>> 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they >>> cannot handle the light bulb controversy; >>> >>> 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"; >>> >>> 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ; >>> >>> 44 to ask what is "FAQ"; >>> >>> 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago on >>> Usenet?" >>> >>> 143 to ask "what's Usenet?" -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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