From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 30 14:37:56 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920D116A418 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from astrodog@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 620F613C43E for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from astrodog@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so4590437rvb.43 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:37:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=5RsnlWJy0DrgVoQJof9EN3DhJ7iYIZ8Vx4VkM4VGnG8=; b=SUbhUm9wz1u7yqL14oDuLhzdBPn/+T1VVGMusbMCtMj38H9XInb56PJsd1eY5+JqohbiHCf8aPT8wtatj5+2YhsMj0OU9vG1MYVk3Z6SuRtyEzosLL2foBLHutbwDlgB0HIDUUYOsEluewmeEbhpQkpd7LpvLXGm2GPcLUo1N6A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BqLdbg8zMmvRtfTV7UEbqxM0i7C1o0J1B1lkwe+hvgMi1Nyg09xa9NP+Znj97sG/aFrtNuAKN54A41tj8l0VQ+9Acol8Kl1SjZSOsfCqfRoLJsI1DsjI+6sE2vJAUwwm9y4dS9LRTD1QfArGdWNHJAMh2kPcFhz5UXIsygqPJPY= Received: by 10.141.62.15 with SMTP id p15mr5827255rvk.159.1199025474812; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:37:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.74.5 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:37:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2fd864e0712300637i5e15e278s68722697b735e2b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:37:54 +0900 From: Astrodog To: "Vadim Goncharov" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4359E35F-FB95-4B0E-BE9A-A14FE0DAD7FC@ixsystems.com> <459FC0A9-5FB8-4AEE-8234-F50A2CAA7CDB@ixsystems.com> <2fd864e0712291619l585083f6gb9a2282ccf8442d3@mail.gmail.com> <4CAE3DD3-C4A2-46DD-82D7-1C7C52379990@ixsystems.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ukrainian President and KDE2 on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:37:56 -0000 On Dec 30, 2007 8:38 PM, Vadim Goncharov wrote: > 30.12.07 @ 06:29 Matt Olander wrote: > > >> The first part, "Talk to my computer people.", shows a remarkable > >> ammount of restraint. As anyone who has dealt with end users knows, > >> often times, they will attempt many incorrect things, before talking > >> to the "computer people". > >> > >> The second part demonstrates a clear understanding of what its like to > >> attempt to patch, or for that matter, build, or even use KDE. I doubt > >> anyone here would argue that it does not "mess with your head", so > >> clearly, "use other software" is sound advice! > > > > > > Haha, definitely neat. What I'm curious about is why this would be the > > number one question for him. Does anybody know if the Ukrainian > > government is using KDE/FreeBSD heavily? > > Alas, I think, no. This question to Ukraninan president was a result of > flashmob, with ex-USSR sociocultural IT origins in it. Several years ago > in one of russian IRC-nets there were a dialog at a fan channel of Japan > animation: > > - Is this channel about Anime? > - Yes. > - How do I patch KDE2 under FreeBSD? > > The humor was in that at these old times Anime-fans were almost all > technical geeks and spent their time talking about Unix-like OSes, not > about Anime. With years this quote about Anime and KDE became very popular > (in fact, a mem). So when Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan organized > their conferences with questions coming via internet-voting, question > about KDE2 won the first place (along with other humorous questions), > though was never answered. Now, the answer at last was given by Ukrainian > President, although not too-technical, so fans made a picture with "right > answer": > > http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8606/kde2vr1.png > > ;-) > > -- > WBR, Vadim Goncharov Heh. But that patches KDE3, not KDE2! --- Harrison