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RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'who, moi?'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:23:23 +0100
- Subject: RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On 19 April 2006 03:10, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>> From: Dave Korn
>> On 18 April 2006 18:11, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote:
>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>> Tasha
>>>
>>> Well, actually, what he wrote is unimportant. What is interesting
>>> (and really unsettling to anyone who grew up in Russia) is that Natalia
>>> (or Natasha) is a purely female name (c.f. "War and Peace"), and this
>>> person is clearly male.
>>>
>>> No point here, just venting... :-)
>>> Igor
>>
>> :) At first I kinda suspected that it was a bloke
>> attempting to employ the well known
>> "Pose-as-a-helpless-female-and-flutter-your-virtual-eyelashes"
>> technique to achieve faster response times from geek-filled mailing
>> lists.......
>>
>
> Hehehheee, you'd be amazed at what that'll get you.
>
>> Then I found....
>>
>> http://genome-lab.ucdavis.edu/People/TashaBelfiore/default.htm
>>
>> AAAAUUUUGHGHGHHHH MY EYES ARE BURNING !!!
>>
>
> Meh, he's no Gilbert Gottfried.
>
Huh? I was talking about the garish background textures!
;)
cheers,
DaveK
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