Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:56:26 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Nikos Vassiliadis" <nvass@teledomenet.gr>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 6.2. Can I get 128x48 (or similar) console screens? Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCOEECCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200708021646.49965.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nikos > Vassiliadis > > > I'm not sure > > I prefer the alternative, something like Ubuntu or PCLinux, where you > > just shut your eyes, lie back and think of South Africa, not knowing > > quite what's getting installed on your PC. > > That's not a very nice comment to do. Please, keep your feelings > about continents/countries/Linux distributions out of here. > I really detest the politically correct, particularly the uneducated politically correct. "lie back and think of England" - >From _Dictionary of Catchphrases_ (1995) by Nigel Rees: "close your eyes and think of England": traditional advice given to women when confronted with the inevitability of sexual intercourse, or jocular encouragement to either sex about doing anything unpalatable. South Africa is a tourism spot and boasts a number of popular game preserves, it is -the- most advanced and developed country in Africa. As a German it is understandable that he would have vacationed there, he made a rather clever twist on the standard phrase. Ted
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