> I think it's some kind of code. See:
>
> s/[\w\s]//g
>
> !!!!!!!!!.!,!,,....!!
>
> If JM is right, then it must be a signal for the French to begin
> invading our tubes.
>
> JT
>
> Jean-Marc Beaune wrote:
>> I bet he's french...
>>
>> On 2/3/07, *Sean Quinlan* <smq@... <mailto:smq@...>> wrote:
>>
>>     --- lists <lists@... <mailto:lists@...>> (2007-02-03
>> 21:30):
>>     > I have been using Gentoo for 3 years and I have been using Linux
>>     for 10
>>     > years!  I have been spending the past 8 days trying to re-install
>>     gentoo
>>     > on my desktop after a crash.  compile error after error after
>>     error after
>>     > error after error after error after error!! I think I am done with
>>     > gentoo!!!!!
>>     >
>>     Hmm, let me consult my crystal ball to find out which of the
>>     hundreds of
>>     compiles and millions of possible error messages you must be talking
>>     about...
>>
>>     > I should have loaded a gun, pointed it at my foot, and
>> squeezed!!!! I
>>     > can't even begin to ask questions about what could be going wrong.
>>     there
>>     > are too many!  I have followed thread after thread and keep hiting
>> new
>>     > problems!  What the H! Also, I am not a newbe! compile, compile,
>>     > compile..... This is crazy!!
>>
>>     Perhaps you are not a native English speaker, but your analogy is
>>     poorly
>>     chosen (although strangely apt in this case).  Shooting yourself in
>> the
>>     foot says that you admit that _you_ did something stupid to cause
>>     this...
>>     like, oh I don't know... sending a whining error message to a public
>>     list without including any relevant information so that people can
>>     actually help you.
>>
>>     Oh well, don't let the door hit you on the way out :)
>>
>>     Sean
>>
>>     PS: if you don't want to look like a newbie, at least learn how to
>>     _spell_ "newbie".
>>
>>     --
>>     Sean Quinlan (smq@... <mailto:smq@...>)
>>
>>
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>>     list
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> /JM
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Thats great! I love it!!!

I'm running without my usual environment!  I feel free and exposed!  sorry
for the vent, Gentoo is a great distro, it has been really bad after a hd
crash trying to get back with a new install from an old (2006.0) livecd.

thanks
Rick





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