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____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Friday 15 August 2008 20:17 : \____
> 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.
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