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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was - Re: About the 'F' in RTFM)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.210446.13402@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
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- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:04:46 GMT
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- In <1992Aug25.161037.29594@newshost.lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
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- >In article <1992Aug13.175711.27749@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >|> [...]
- >|> Find another job, Jim. One that lets you use something nice and
- >|> simple like MS-DOS.
-
- >This is an example of UNIX-speak. This comment is frequently encountered,
-
- No, Jim. This is an example of how to speak to someone who is without
- a clue and whining about that state.
-
- >though the proposed alternative varies. The implication intended is that
- >the only alternatives to UNIX are single-user systems like MS/DOS, or are
- >old-line systems of the same obsolete 20 year old vintage of UNIX like
- >DEC/VMS. Even if these *were* the *only* alternatives, that would only
-
- No, Jim. The implication intended is that since I assume that you put
- at least as much effort into LEARNING UNIX as you do into bitching
- about it and still don't seem to get it, that perhaps you should stick
- to something nice and simple. About on the order of a stick and a
- rock.
-
-
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- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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