/begin rant Well, bad english is an embarrassment to yourself and other english speaking people. If you came on any of the IRC channels I am an op on talking like this I would boot your butt quickly. You are typing email, and you can take your time..get a dictionary and a thesaurus. /end rant

what didnt u understand about it???? r=are whats so hard to understand about this??? u=you....rox= kicks ass... ect.....

François Pinard wrote:

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steganos1 écrit:

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xcmail rox and so does xfmail...but they r gui... i hear that lynx uses xv to view images now??? but that would sorta defeat the purpose of console...can u even run xv in console???

Horrible English. Do you really expect us to read this noise? :-(

Please restate it.

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Greg Thomas wrote:

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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/begin rant

Well, bad english is an embarrassment to yourself and other english speaking people. If you came on any of the IRC channels I am an op on talking like this I would boot your butt quickly. You are typing email, and you can take your time..get a dictionary and a thesaurus.

/end rant

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what didnt u understand about it???? r=are whats so hard to understand about this??? u=you....rox= kicks ass... ect.....

It's childish and really lame to read.

Greg

Exactly, Greg. It is either ignorance or stupidity. Ignorance can be remedied, stupidity is another matter. JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

I am not arguing understanding here. But if the list is suse-linux-"E"@suse.com, it would be well advised to have a moderate, if not, in-depth understanding of the English language. Far too often, things are misunderstood and solutions are not aquired because of a language barrier. I know this through my travels around the world. I am not condoning any bashing, just stating that I understand how hard it can be. On a regular basis, I must sit through an anouncement in spanish (or whatever), to finally get the ENGLISH version. And this is in the US. I am sorry, but too much understanding breeds laziness. The first thing I learned in Korea was how to say "Where is the bathroom?" in Hungul. That waste enough, bandwidth, back to you. CK -----Original Message----- From: Austin Morgan [mailto:admorgan@usa.net] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 7:50 PM To: SLE Mailing List Subject: Re: [SLE] [Fwd: New Keyboard Design] Way back when, there was this thing called small hard drives, and slow modems. This type of text was common because when you had a bbs, a 2400 baud modem (if you were on of the lucky few) and had to dail into a long distance phone number, you couldn't afford the extra space. The odds of this particular person coming from this time is unlikely. This is where all the as my younger friends call it "geek script" comes from. Just so you know the reason for using numbers instead of letters is it save a few precious bits of space. On a list like this it is completely unnecessary. Especially when many of the people do not speek english natively, and are new to computing. Please have some consideration for your audiance when you write a post. Thank you, Austin. Jerry L Kreps wrote: Greg Thomas wrote:

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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/begin rant

Well, bad english is an embarrassment to yourself and other

english

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speaking people. If you came on any of the IRC channels I am an op on talking like this I would boot your butt quickly. You are typing email, and you can take your time..get a dictionary and a thesaurus.

/end rant

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what didnt u understand about it???? r=are whats so hard to understand about this??? u=you....rox= kicks ass... ect.....

It's childish and really lame to read.

Greg

Exactly, Greg. It is either ignorance or stupidity. Ignorance can be remedied, stupidity is another matter. JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=600084901-30012000>I am not arguing understanding here. But if the list is <A href='mailto:suse-linux-"E"@suse.com'>suse-linux-"E"@suse.com</A>, it would be well advised to have a moderate, if not, in-depth understanding of the English language. Far too often, things are misunderstood and solutions are not aquired because of a language barrier. I know this through my travels around the world. I am not condoning any bashing, just stating that I understand how hard it can be. On a regular basis, I must sit through an anouncement in spanish (or whatever), to finally get the ENGLISH version. And this is in the US. I am sorry, but too much understanding breeds laziness. The first thing I learned in Korea was how to say "Where is the bathroom?" in Hungul. That waste enough, bandwidth, back to you.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=600084901-30012000></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=600084901-30012000>CK</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----<B>From:</B> Austin Morgan [mailto:admorgan@usa.net]<B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 29, 2000 7:50 PM<B>To:</B> SLE Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SLE] [Fwd: New Keyboard Design]<BR></DIV></FONT>Way back when, there was this thing called small hard drives, and slow modems. This type of text was common because when you had a bbs, a 2400 baud modem (if you were on of the lucky few) and had to dail into a long distance phone number, you couldn't afford the extra space. The odds of this particular person coming from this time is unlikely. This is where all the as my younger friends call it "geek script" comes from. Just so you know the reason for using numbers instead of letters is it save a few precious bits of space. On a list like this it is completely unnecessary. Especially when many of the people do not speek english natively, and are new to computing. Please have some consideration for your audiance when you write a post.<BR>Thank you,Austin.<BR><BR>Jerry L Kreps wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap variable>Greg Thomas wrote:

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Ben Rosenberg wrote:

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/begin rant

Well, bad english is an embarrassment to yourself and other english speaking people. If you came on any of the IRC channels I am an op on talking like this I would boot your butt quickly. You are typing email, and you can take your time..get a dictionary and a thesaurus.

/end rant

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what didnt u understand about it???? r=are whats so hard to understand about this??? u=you....rox= kicks ass... ect.....

It's childish and really lame to read.

Greg

Exactly, Greg. It is either ignorance or stupidity. Ignorance can be remedied, stupidity is another matter. JLK</BLOCKQUOTE>-- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>

One of the things I like about Linux and SuSE's distro, is that it is very global. Linus is Finish, Lenz and Co are German, Samba's creator (I spaced on his name) is from Down Under. These are the things that make Linux so rich. Kind of like a buffet, take the best, mix it up and out comes something that can suits everyones needs from admins to users, from gurus to newbies. I am glad that there are people on this list who see things from a different background. A little bit of miscomprehension on my part is well worth it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Thomas To: KULISHdotCOM Cc: SuSE Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 9:29 PM Subject: RE: [SLE] [Fwd: New Keyboard Design]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, KULISHdotCOM wrote:

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I am not arguing understanding here. But if the list is suse-linux-"E"@suse.com, it would be well advised to have a moderate, if not, in-depth understanding of the English language. Far too often,

things

So let me see, how many different language versions of this list are there? What is the second most popular language in the world?

If English and German aren't your native tongues and you know nothing about German, which list are you going to subscribe to???

Greg

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I dont know if it means all that much toyou, but if it does, his name is Andrew Tridgell. On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Patrick K Moorman wrote:

One of the things I like about Linux and SuSE's distro, is that it is very global. Linus is Finish, Lenz and Co are German, Samba's creator (I spaced on his name) is from Down Under. These are the things that make Linux so rich. Kind of like a buffet, take the best, mix it up and out comes something that can suits everyones needs from admins to users, from gurus to newbies. I am glad that there are people on this list who see things from a different background. A little bit of miscomprehension on my part is well worth it.

----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Thomas To: KULISHdotCOM Cc: SuSE Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 9:29 PM Subject: RE: [SLE] [Fwd: New Keyboard Design]

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On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, KULISHdotCOM wrote:

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I am not arguing understanding here. But if the list is suse-linux-"E"@suse.com, it would be well advised to have a moderate, if not, in-depth understanding of the English language. Far too often,

things

...

So let me see, how many different language versions of this list are there? What is the second most popular language in the world?

If English and German aren't your native tongues and you know nothing about German, which list are you going to subscribe to???

Greg

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I am using rpm packages more and more in SuSE 6.3 I log in as root and run KDE. From KDE I run KPackage, then load the rpm package, set the options, and click install. Piece of cake. JLK landie@concentric.net wrote:

are rpms packges ready to use and how do i install them in suse 6.3

RR

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Hi all, The spelling problem is not new. Below is what Mark Twain had to say about it over 100 years ago. Enjoy. ______________________________________ A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling by Mark Twain For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld. ---------------------------------------------- :) Jim Hatridge hatridge@straubing.baynet.de Proud Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim's Beowulf Project Looking for giveaway computers and parts I need it all! Email Jim for details on how you can help build a poor man's super computer. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/