Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Friday 15 August 2008 20:17 : \____
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb.
>> <brick_n_straw@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:57:31 -0400
>> <113whiikt4tpo.2e8ta11gjhpk.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:44:49 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> ____/ Tony Sivori on Friday 15 August 2008 16:45 : \____
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>>>>> For any penguin lovers who may be in cola.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7562773.stm
>>>>
>>>> No knighted gnu?
>>>
>>> Do you have to ruin everything Schestowitz?
>>> It was cute until you chimed in with your idiocy.....
>>>
>>> God you must be a real bore in those clubs you seem to frequent...
>>>
>>
>> Don't forget that Bill Gates is also a knight, or, to put
>> it more formally, a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent
>> Order of the British Empire. (No, one needn't call him
>> "Sir". He's not subject to the Queen. :-) )
>>
>> http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/03/01.15.shtml
>>
> http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2005/03/03/bill-gates-knighted-the-world-reacts
>> http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum9/8582.htm
>> http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2005/03/02/bill-gate-to-be-knighted/
>>
> http://www.betanews.com/article/Bill_Gates_Knighted_by_Queen_Elizabeth/1109730577
>>
>> AFAIK, Linus Torvalds has yet to receive a similar honor,
>> though I for one would hope that he gets something far
>> more popular (namely, the accolades of the users :-) ).
>
> There was a scandal recently. These awards and medals are sometimes given in
> exchange for something, i.e. bribes.
>
Gary would understand that well, I'm sure.
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