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Re: Linux is not for consumers!



On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:36:32 -0700
Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@asu.edu> wrote:

> scripsit David Palmer.:
> 
> > If you request help, terminologies like 'chown' and chmode' or
> > somesuch are thrown at you without any effort toward fuller
> > explanation, and it goes further than assumption through long
> > familiarity, there is some sort of supercilious ego factor involved
> > also.
>  
> That reminds me of the reaction of a coworker of Ashkenazic origin
> upon first encountering `chmod' year ago:  ``Khmad?  WTF is a khmad? 
> I've got an uncle called Khmad!''
> 
> It can be enlightening at times to see things through new eyes...
> 
That's right!
Less, but it's spelled 'ls'.
I once learned how to waltz and foxtrot, but what dance is this?
Regards,

David.



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