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Apparently, though unproven, at 13:14 on Thursday 16 December 2010, Peter |
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Humphrey did opine thusly: |
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> On Thursday 16 December 2010 07:24:27 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Apparently, though unproven, at 03:33 on Thursday 16 December 2010, |
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> > Peter Humphrey did opine thusly: |
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> > > On Thursday 16 December 2010 01:01:27 walt wrote: |
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> > > > Every new generation of unix users *must* read it. |
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> > > I get very tired of people telling me what to do. |
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> > Then don't read it but where else are you going to get the |
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> > information from? |
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> I don't object to what Walt said, just the way he said it. |
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> In this country we've had a long spell of a government bent on |
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> regulating every detail of our lives. Nowadays even the road signs tell |
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> me what to do, instead of what to expect. In fact it's worse than that - |
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> they've even started telling me what to think! |
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> During my time in Minneapolis 20 years ago I was nostalgic about the |
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> freedom from petty restrictions back home. That's all changed now. |
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Nanny state. Now I see where you are coming from. |
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This is why I live in Africa, down here we can't be bothered with shit like |
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that. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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