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[Nolan Cooper]

On 09/07/2010 07:35 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:27 AM, Nolan Cooper wrote:
>> On 09/07/2010 07:19 PM, Michael Haney wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Nolan Cooper<4030man at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>> Yes, I know. I just wish I had to brains to moderate, and could get the job. There would
>>>> be a couple more on the _watch_ list with Karl. :)
>>>>
>>>> On A bad note,  one very knowledgeable person left the list because of Karl.  He was such
>>>> a perfectionist he could not stand Karl's wrong info. If memory serves me, his name was
>>>> Michael Haney and hailed from N. Carolina. Works for a regional ISP. It was sad to see him
>>>> go, but as in all things right there is always someone or two or three, who steps up and
>>>> fills the void.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Wait, another Michael Haney?  I'm supposed to have family in N.
>>> Carolina.  Gonna have to check this out.  Maybe my mom will know
>>> something about the Haney's in N. Carolina.
>>>
>> Once again, if the memory is still working, You the "Zorch" had just started on the list
>> when he left. Unless of course you are the one and same??!!
>> I don't think so. Unless you are in NC. :)
>>
>
> When did this Michael Haney of yours leave the list? thezorch has been
> on this list for a least two years now or before Karl showed up here.
>
This Michael Haney:
Derek Broughton wrote:
 > Mark Haney wrote:

 >> I do agree there, maybe my phrasing was off, but it did seem to get the
 >> point across.  You find many more 'first timers' on the Ubuntu list
 >> /because/ it's more user friendly.  I started my kids and Mother out on
 >> it, but they graduated to Gentoo.  No more upgrades, just rolling updates.

 > Ack!  You put your _mother_ on Gentoo!  That's just evil...  Seriously, I
 > just have rolling upgrades too - they'd roll more easily if Ubuntu used a
 > repository structure like Debian's, where the current repo is always
 > named "stable".  I don't see the Gentoo advantage.

Yes, my mom is on Gentoo.  And she loves it.  I personally like it
better as I have more control over what is compiled and when.  It's
personal preference.

My kids use Gentoo as well.  But then, their geeks like their dad.

 >>> otoh, claiming you can do everything in the CLI faster than I can do it
 >>> in a GUI is just plain ignorant :-)
 >> Okay, when I wrote that, I really meant more administration type things.

 > LOL.  I'm kidding you - you asked for flames.  There are things I always do
 > with the CLI.  I haven't downloaded new packages except with aptitude in
 > years.

I know, I just wanted to clarify, sometimes my brain is faster than my
fingers.

 >>>> Whereas in linux, you have lots tools that do ONE thing, but does it
 >>>> extremely well.  In linux there is more than one way to skin a cat.
 >>> Well, that would be an argument against having two databases that seem to
 >>> do the same thing.
 >> I don't see how that would be an argument against that.

 > Yes, but JW thought the two databases were doing the same thing - if so,
 > noone wouldn't need both.  But you're not skinning one cat - you're
 > skinning different ones.

Okay, not identical operations, but similar.  I'm sure you understand
where I was going with that line of thought.

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