Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:08:31 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to start to be a hacker? Message-ID: <19990705190831.E256@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19990705093023.YIXL282564.mta1-rme@wocker>; from Dan Langille on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 09:27:01PM %2B1200 References: <xzpr9mnv4pj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; <19990705113309.11732@ns.int.ftf.net> <19990705093023.YIXL282564.mta1-rme@wocker>
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On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 09:27:01PM +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > On 5 Jul 99, at 11:33, Phil Regnauld wrote: > > > Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: > > > "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> writes: > > > > Yes. I remember in my early teens fantasizing about marrying Gagarin's > > > > youngest daughter. :-) [For the sake of the younger generation here: > > > > Gagarin was the first man in space.] > > > > > > Come on, give the younger generation *some* credit. > > > > I agree with G. Adam's cautiousness -- when I first moved > > to the US in 1983, the teacher (this was 4th grade :-) introduced > > me to the class, and asked if anybody wanted to point out > > France (where I'm from) on the globe. > > > > A kid volunteered, and put his finger on Russia. > > > > That _was_ before they asked me if we had electricity > > and refrigerators "over there". > > I get that question often when travelling. And strangely enough, it > doesn't matter if they first learn I'm Canadian first or I live in New > Zealand. They wonder the same thing. > > Mind you, both countries have come a long way since they installed > electricity a few months ago. Next year we should get telephones. It's when you get inside toilets and running hot water that your quality of life really improves :-). > -- > Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited > The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ > NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ > The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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