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From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: I'm going to SHOOT SOMEONE!
Date: 14 Jul 1994 10:51:12 -0400
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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Dave Burgess (burgess@s069.infonet.net) wrote:
: While this doesn't do much to soothe the ruffled feathers, it is a
: sentiment that several of us need to remember.
Oh, no ruffled feathers here. He did give me that answer I wanted,
after all ;)
: Besides, while it is fun to flame newbies, calling them idiots violates
: flame rule 14. :-)
Oh, I started the idiot thing. I was an idiot for not remembering that
MS-DOS tolerates all sorts of hardware problems that a real OS won't.
But, now things are working (even X, although that wasn't as easy as it
should have been either, but such is life) and I'm happy as the
proverbial clam at high tide.
Jeff
--
Jeff Aitken jaitken@vt.edu
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something stupid gets
peoples' attention