On Wednesday 08 August 2007, Andrew Kelly wrote: >On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 16:33 +0200, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: >> On Wednesday 08 August 2007 16:31:23 Chris Jones wrote: >> > Karl's activities are just one of life's mysteries... >> >> My guess is that Karl is under 10 years old, otherwise, there's no >> explanation about his behaviour. > >Actually, Karl is 70 (or more), which also explains his behaviour. > >Very annoying they way he does things, yes. Even more annoying the way >he ignores all the pleading that he do things differently. > >But I gotta give Karl some grudging credit. Not many septuagenarians I >know can use a computer at his level, much less grasp complex >administrative "stuff" in a Linux environment. Hell, normal user's are for wimp's, this old fart is king on this machine, eg, 90% or more is done as root. >In fact, he reminds me a lot of my father-in-law, except that my pops >just doesn't "get it" as well as Karl. > >Hard to tell which of them is the bigger PITA, but... > >Andy I dunno Andy, you could also be talking about me as I'll be 73 in Oct. But I try not to be quite as deaf to suggestions. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring..." - Who says that the character of Arthur isn't autobiographical?
