Re: hplip and use of the "driver plugin"
On Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of
> > the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the thread.
> >
> > Unfortunately, a) I use POP3 and download all my mail immediately from
> > the server, b) my neighbor's Maine Coon cat, Mr. Potay-Toes, just
> > visited me and ran all 28 of his toes across my keyboard. (Yes, he's
> > polydactyl, and about 25 pounds at that.) Somehow he managed a permanent
> > deletion of all the mail I had just downloaded.
> >
> > These posts were made within the past 12 hours. If the kind people who
> > made those posts could be troubled to re-issue them I'd appreciate it.
> > Or, at least be aware that I'm not ignoring your messages. I just don't
> > have them any more.
> >
> > Best,
> > JP
>
> You can read them in the archives:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00783.html
>
> And here is another one signed by you:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00842.html
>
> Or the thread itself:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/thrd2.html#00842
Eminently sensible. as usual. Replete with information and guidance.
The advice cannot be faulted.
But has any thought been given to the cat's feelings? It must be
suffering terrible pangs of regret and remorse. I do not think we
should put it through any more humiliation than it has suffered
already after realising it had inadvertantly deleted one of my
mails.
Just don't let it get anywhere near apt cat /dev/zero > ...
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Brian.
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