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From: jgoerzen@complete.org (John Goerzen)
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Subject: Re: Help-spammers are killing me
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.machten,comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.user-friendly
Date: 30 Apr 1996 11:09:57 -0500
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How could I resist responding to such a fun post? <grin>
But notice, I did trim the header lines at least a bit...
Candide (toms4@soho.ios.com) wrote:
[deletion]
: Oh joy! Master are you still alive? Goodness gracious! I almost wrote you
Yes, it's a miracle, isn't it? Did you think that I had redirected myself
to /dev/null? <g> Or worse, encountered the "I've fallen in the trashcan
and I can't find the undelete key" syndrome?
: off!...I know, I know,...shame on me!... I had this theory worked out
: where, due to the speed of you FreeBSD computer, you were able to achieve
: light speed and were able to either, leap way into the future or way into
: the past, depending which theory you buy. I see that you came out of warp
: to join us, once again! Goodie! I have this mental image of you looking
: just like that professor (mad or otherwise) from the movie "Back To The
: Future"...:)
I'm flattered :-)
: So, tell me... How are things in the future? Is everyone in the future
: able to speed up their computers just by yelling at them, the magic spell
: " Run you computer faster|with FreeBSD!"?..."Abracadabra!" does not work
: anymore?
It still works, only it's simpler in the future: Just say "FreeBSD" to your
computer, and WHAP! in two seconds, you're running FreeBSD version 1532.1 :-)
:
: A humbled (and overjoyed),
:
: Candide
:
: --
: "Eritis sicut Deus, scientes bonum et malum" - Goethe -
:
: "Nyuck!...Nyuck!...Nyuck!" - Curly -
:
:
:
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