__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 21 August 2006 16:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:23:45 +0100
> <8260189.cWfXeOHLDd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ Mike ] on Saturday 19 August 2006 20:13 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder" is one of my sigs. *smile*
>>>
>>> Hardly original.
>>
>> I never argued it was. *smile*
>
> It may depend on one's upbringing, preferences, and
> culture. Perhaps the inner beauty of Linux distros is
> not because the original desktop is beautiful, but because
> you have control of it, and can tailor it as you like. :-)
>
> One could state this as "beauty is in the *hands* of
> the beholder", :-) although one might have to be a
> bit careful with that phrasing, for various reasons.
> A better wording therefore might be "beauty is what one
> makes of it".
Beautiful! I dig. Bluntly speaking to Ballmer, who is decades my senior:
I salute you!
........................./´¯/)
......................,/¯..//
...................../..../ /
............./´¯/'...'/´¯¯`·¸
........../'/.../..../......./¨¯\
........('(...´(..´......,~/'...')
.........\.................\/..../
..........''...\.......... _.·´
............\..............(
..............\.............\
And I, for one, find that beautiful.
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[Raises middle finger again /]
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I wonder about precedents and history of this universal sign. I very much
doubt Wikipedia has an article titled Up Yours. And speaking of the Wiki,
you pointed out it was slow the other day. It actually went down for several
hours later that night or just before you mentioned the speed issues.
Best wishes,
Roy
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