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  Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
 
(...) Well, yeah. Though it might have been $50/test, I'm not actually sure. (...) MCSE always was 7 tests, since realistically you want +I added as well ;) (...) Not what I've heard, but employers and neighbourhoods vary. (...) Tempus fugit, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
 
(...) Just realized that might sound bad. Let me elaborate, and yeah, this may show how dumb I've been to stick around, or it may show, for those who know me, that I'm paranoid about going without insurance, and my wife only recently got her (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote: [snip] The things *I* care about. Sheesh. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Yes, I know. Or "loose change" if you prefer. My father, b. 1918, Gostynin, Poland, grew up while Pilsudski was running things. only boy in a family of 7. In the resistance, captured and internned by the Germans, fought fires in Berlin on a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) Psh. Stupid entomologists. It's any little creepy crawly gross thing, probably invertebrate. "Insects" are a definite subset of "bugs". It's unclear how this meaning came about, but it's very likely a transfer from the other noun "bug" (the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Doesn't mean 1. Or 0. Or -1. Probably also doesn't mean 2. Could mean 7, if they're distinct. Or 100, under some circumstances. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) And much easier to say! (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Thanks, I'll try to keep that in mind when I read your name.(I always pronounced Todds name as Layman, and yours as Penzak. I used to think the word Several ment the number seven, until recently have I learned it means any number below seven) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) [snip] (...) Heh, that's pretty funny. "Larry Little Coin." (Well, it made *me* laugh....) as evah, John C. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Do you have some ancestors in Eastern europe? Your name means "little coin". That's what we used to call the pirate coins when I was a kid. "Penizek" (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Merely use every letter and do so in the correct order. To wit: Peen-yat-sick or Peen-Eyah-Zeck as you prefer. (...) Forever? Try 53 minutes (depending on how fast I can hit the fire button) ++Lar When polled, 99.5% of minifigs had no trouble (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Merely use every letter and do so in the correct order. To wit: Peen-yat-sick or Peen-Eyah-Zeck as you prefer. (...) Forever? Try 53 minutes (depending on how fast I can hit the fire button) ++Lar (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) Too true, alas. That's how formulaic writing is spawned... I'm glad we got our differences straightened, though, since we're obviously both fans! Dave! (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Prozzak? Pennyzaik? Penzak? This is a question that will haunt mankind (or at least minifigs) forever. (:-P Erin -- (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
 
(...) You got me. I'm still very much a casual Linux user. Maybe now that I'm almost finished with the MCSE I'll have time to actually sit down and do some reading instead of just hammering away and reading an occasional man page. (...) Well, there (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Reminds me of The 1st Annual "How The Heck (1) Do YOU Say Larry's Last Name" Contest on rtl last year :-D Julie (1)edited for content (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
 
(...) 6.0 is 2.2.7 or something, isn't it? Shouldn't that deal with 40G? (...) Light load helps a lot. Though if you were planning on running a full feed for yourself, light load isn't exactly the word... (...) Not like win2k should be more (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) Ah, right. (...) Nah, let it slide. (...) Publishers are usually of the opinion "he's selling a lot... so he should be able to sell a lot more!". Jasper (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) Fascinating though that tidbit might be, observant members of the viewing audience will note that you didn't answer the question. :-) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Dumb, stupid question
 
(...) It's Irish and it was originally Leman, rather than being German and originally being Lehmann. I am 5/8 German, though. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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