Hrm, Fips or "facing a field of nutters with spears, axes, swords and a lot
of adrenaline"
I'll take my chances with Fips every time. :P
-----Original Message-----
From: John P. Looney [mailto:john at antefacto.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:19 PM
To: 'ilug at linux.ie'
Subject: Re: [ILUG] [OT] Battle Re-enactments
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 12:08:22PM +0100, Skelton, Ben mentioned:
> There must be some weird correlation between reenactors and Linux.
> I too used to risk life & limb at this bizarre pursuit - with the norse
film
> & pageant society back in england.
> + the boss of my group was a committed linux hacker.
> what could possibly link these interests? a liking for danger or a
tendency
> to do the unusual?
Think back to the first time you used FIPS to repartition a disk, and
tell me you didn't feel a little tinge of danger ;)
Compared to facing a field of nutters with spears, axes, swords and a lot
of adrenaline, it's not thrilling, but still...
Kate
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