On Wednesday 08 August 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote: >On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 16:48 +0200, 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. >> >> 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 the bigger PITA, but... >> >> Andy > >We septuagenarians resent your implication :-) >When I started in computers transistors had not been invented. >Boy have things changed. > Ditto Aaron. I played with tubes for several years before transistors were commonplace in consumer stuff. Repaired my first tv in 1948, took lessons of sorts from an uncle who fixed radios all through WWII for beer money. -- 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) The POP server is out of Coke
