Slashdot: Installing Debian GNU/Linux on Alphas

From: John Chris Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Wed Feb 20 16:40:34 2002

        Yea, I won't advocate reading the reader responses, at least not without
the moderation level set to 5. But as headlines, it often has interesting
and relevant stuff, especially as links to other sites.

        --John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Christopher Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 16:27 PM
> To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
> Subject: RE: Slashdot: Installing Debian GNU/Linux on Alphas
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Chris Wren [mailto:jcwren_at_jcwren.com]
>
> > Like most netnews groups, SlashDot does not check the
> > accuracy of every
> > submission. So before you go bashing /. as being stupid
> > enough to think a
> > DECstation is Alpha based, try bashing the author. Get *your* facts
> > straight.
>
> Veering further off topic, I have noticed -- as a personal
> observation -- that there is an over-abundance of idiocy on
> slashdot. That's even compared to other similar venues.
>
> It's part of the reason I don't read it much any more.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
> /usr/bin/perl -e '
> print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
> '
>
>
Received on Wed Feb 20 2002 - 16:40:34 GMT