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Re: Sudden increase in size of Debian?



On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 19:25, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 06:57:27PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 18:37, Jeremy Brooks wrote:
> > > This subject looked like the unholy union of, er, personal enhancement
> > > spam and the Debian mailing list. ;)
> > > 
> > > Sorry; I haven't slept in 30 hours.
> > 
> > It shows.  What does the binary-package mirror have to do with spam
> > on the mailing lists?
> 
> He said the *subject*, that is "Sudden increase in size of Debian?".

Oh, $DIETY, that is a reallllly bad pun.

> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
> > Jefferson, LA USA
> > 
> > "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty: power is ever 
> > stealing from the many to the few. The manna of popular liberty 
> > must be gathered each day, or it is rotten... The hand entrusted 
> > with power becomes, either from human depravity or esprit de 
> > corps, the necessary enemy of the people. Only by continual 
> > oversight can the democrat in office be prevented from hardening 
> > into a despot: only by unintermitted agitation can a people be 
> > kept sufficiently awake to principle not to let liberty be 
> > smothered in material prosperity... Never look, for an age when 
> > the people can be quiet and safe. At such times despotism, like 
> > a shrouding mist, steals over the mirror of Freedom"
> > Wendell Phillips
> 
> Any chance of making this signature a bit shorter? Four lines is a
> common maximum.

It's in rotation.  See how much shorter this one is?

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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA

"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian 
because I hate vegetables!"
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