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- From: dd435157@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Dan Doner)
- Subject: Re: Linus and his virtual beer
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- Message-ID: <Nov09.205257.71622@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 20:52:57 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.162315.26780@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <721109591snx@eyrie.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <721109591snx@eyrie.demon.co.uk>, df@eyrie.demon.co.uk (Derek Fawcus) writes:
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- |> In article <1992Nov4.162315.26780@klaava.Helsinki.FI> torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes:
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- |> > money may be fun, but when you get T-shirts, virtual beer, book offers
- |>
- |> Ok, I've got to ask... what is VIRTUAL beer? (beer that isn't really there?,
- |> or is it just virtually beer -- that's it someone sent him home-brew)
- |>
- |> [and no, I can't be bothered to go and get a dictionary just to get a
- |> definition of virtual - I'm not THAT bored]
- |>
- |> --
- |> Derek Fawcus (G7FVS) df@eyrie.demon.co.uk
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- I resisted the urge to ask this myself, but now that its out... I just gotta know :)
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- BTW - Linus, if you ever make it to the states I can offer you a *real* beer, as in not-coors:)
- Possibly even a sister-in-law.
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