Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop

From: JT Justman <jt@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] 8 days now!!
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:48:07
Message-Id: 45C5105E.9040306@signless.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop] 8 days now!! by Jean-Marc Beaune
1 I think it's some kind of code. See:
2
3 s/[\w\s]//g
4
5 !!!!!!!!!.!,!,,....!!
6
7 If JM is right, then it must be a signal for the French to begin
8 invading our tubes.
9
10 JT
11
12 Jean-Marc Beaune wrote:
13 > I bet he's french...
14 >
15 > On 2/3/07, *Sean Quinlan* <smq@××××××.uk <mailto:smq@××××××.uk>> wrote:
16 >
17 > --- lists <lists@×××××.net <mailto:lists@×××××.net>> (2007-02-03 21:30):
18 > > I have been using Gentoo for 3 years and I have been using Linux
19 > for 10
20 > > years! I have been spending the past 8 days trying to re-install
21 > gentoo
22 > > on my desktop after a crash. compile error after error after
23 > error after
24 > > error after error after error after error!! I think I am done with
25 > > gentoo!!!!!
26 > >
27 > Hmm, let me consult my crystal ball to find out which of the
28 > hundreds of
29 > compiles and millions of possible error messages you must be talking
30 > about...
31 >
32 > > I should have loaded a gun, pointed it at my foot, and squeezed!!!! I
33 > > can't even begin to ask questions about what could be going wrong.
34 > there
35 > > are too many! I have followed thread after thread and keep hiting new
36 > > problems! What the H! Also, I am not a newbe! compile, compile,
37 > > compile..... This is crazy!!
38 >
39 > Perhaps you are not a native English speaker, but your analogy is
40 > poorly
41 > chosen (although strangely apt in this case). Shooting yourself in the
42 > foot says that you admit that _you_ did something stupid to cause
43 > this...
44 > like, oh I don't know... sending a whining error message to a public
45 > list without including any relevant information so that people can
46 > actually help you.
47 >
48 > Oh well, don't let the door hit you on the way out :)
49 >
50 > Sean
51 >
52 > PS: if you don't want to look like a newbie, at least learn how to
53 > _spell_ "newbie".
54 >
55 > --
56 > Sean Quinlan (smq@××××××.uk <mailto:smq@××××××.uk>)
57 >
58 >
59 > --
60 > gentoo-desktop@g.o <mailto:gentoo-desktop@g.o> mailing
61 > list
62 >
63 >
64 >
65 >
66 > --
67 > /JM
68
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