Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 20:12:57 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to start to be a hacker? Message-ID: <19990705201257.A221@whizkidtech.net> In-Reply-To: <xzpr9mnv4pj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:14:16AM %2B0200 References: <19990704115215.B220@whizkidtech.net> <199907050304.XAA00502@bellsouth.net> <19990705015548.B238@whizkidtech.net> <xzpr9mnv4pj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:14:16AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> writes: > > Yes. I remember in my early teens fantasizing about marrying Gagarin's > > youngest daughter. :-) [For the sake of the younger generation here: > > Gagarin was the first man in space.] > > Come on, give the younger generation *some* credit. It was by no means meant to imply the younger generation does not deserve creadit. If memory serves me right, Gagarin's historic flight took places 38 years ago. That means there are adults among us whose parents weren't born yet. Gagarin's flight was also a source of major embarassment to the US government of the time. I have been in the US for about 16 years now, and I do not recall people mentioning Gagarin's name. So it seems reasonable that at least some members of the younger generation would not know who Gagarin was, and certainly *not* because of their own fault. If this offended you, I apologize, and I assure you that was not my intention. For what it's worth, I do not judge people based on their age. Every age has its advantages and disadvantages, and I have enjoyed myself in every age I lived so far (49 years, for the record). I also treat people of any age as my equal, both on the net and in the physical world, because we indeed are all equal. Now for extra credit: What was Gagarin's military rank at the time of his flight? :-) Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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