[TLUG]: of Hackers, Newbies and Fanboys

[Doooh_Head]

Blah blah blah, is there anyone left here to talk about Linux?


Doooh!

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From: ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Borden Rhodes
Sent: February 10, 2007 8:36 PM
To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: of Hackers, Newbies and Fanboys

> That crn piece was the confused ramblings of a half overheard 
> conversation at the Linux Caffe, from what I am able to piece 
> together.

Actually, that entire article was singularly my fault (and I'm proud of it,
too!).  In my initial recon of the Ice House I threw around statements like
"maybe we should set up a Linux fire and melt the house down!" and "don't
worry if the cops punk us around because my sister's a criminal defence
lawyer who owns a rottweiller (and she frequents the Caffe on her way to the
park, too!)".

Now, in writing this I assumed that everyone reading the list had developed
the basic facility to discern that these statements woven into my serious
recommendations for our Op. Cold Comfort were not to be taken seriously and,
if the reader found it in keeping with the situation, might actually find
some humour in what I said.
Ultimately, our mutual friend Andrew at CRN, and I'm guessing some others,
proved that my expectations were unreasonably high.

I agree with Corey that Andrew seized the opportunity to make himself look
absolutely stupid by crafting a magnificent story of how the Linux group was
going to somehow smuggle a sufficient amount of combustable material into
downtown Toronto to melt a house and defend ourselves from fully armed
police using only an inflated penguin and my sister's domesticated dog  I
regret that I didn't lace my postings with threats of taking white-toqued
hostages and relocating the zoo penguins to Dundas and Yonge.  Perhaps then
Andrew would have had sufficient material to write an interesting article.
Well, I'll get working on my postings for open source day this autumn.

Why we even dignify Andrew's article by calling it "bad journalism" as
opposed to "fabricated rubbish from a guy with a chip on his shoulder
desperately trying to prove something he cannot" is beyond me so it's the
last time you'll hear me discuss it.  Andrew, if you're reading this, I hope
that you will honour me with a follow-up article quoting, verbatim, the
following confession:

"I, Borden C. Rhodes of Toronto, hereby solmnly swear that I suck.  I also
think white glue on sparkles is yummy.  I cry when I scrape my knee and
spill my milk.

Seriously, though, I worry that we are taking ourselves a little too
seriously.  Can we forget about who loves Linux the most, how many layers of
bureaucracy we need in the group and concentrate instead on helping
Canadians discover and learn Linux?

Yours, &c.

Borden "International terrorist" Rhodes

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