On Sunday 22 November 2015 16:38:02 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 22 November 2015 20:32:30 Bob Holtzman wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 10:51:00PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Saturday 21 November 2015 22:37:27 Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 09:00:36AM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > On Friday 20 November 2015 23:23:56 Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 12:10:38PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > > > > > So the operations are simply setting up an environment for > > > > > > > doing the rescue, not overwriting the existing system? > > > > > > > I'm happy to change my expectation if that's the case. > > > > > > > Maybe by the end of it there is a more complete system, > > > > > > > e.g., with bash. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the meantime I've downloaded the first CD of the Debian > > > > > > > live CD's. Ross > > > > > > > > > > > > Wanna bet? > > > > > > > > > > I think perhaps we should be less subtle (than this and my > > > > > ??). Ross, there is only one Live CD. Well, for different > > > > > architectures there is more than one - but it sounds as though > > > > > you have downloaded the wrong CD. > > > > > > > > Gee. Can't a guy have *any* fun anymore? > > > > > > Well, it felt a little unfair once there were two of us! I had > > > already felt that I had been less than fair. Sorry. :-( But come > > > on, admit it. We could have been just a tincy* bit more helpful. > > > ;-) > > > Lisi > > > * https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teensy > > > > Why do I feel like I'm back in Freshman English class? > > Not you. When I use slightly obscure English I try to remember that I > am on an international list and explain. I did in fact look up > "tincy" to see whether people could look it up for themselves, and > even most of the Internet didn't know it. So I referenced something > that explained the meaning in which I had used it - which was not as a > girl's name! I used it in the first place because you would know it. > > And Ross hadn't given any sign of having understood what either of us > was on about. I thought we would get an ("Oh! Of course!") > > Or maybe I just remind you of your Freshman English teacher. ;-) > (I'm probably old more than enough. Though I probably speak the wrong > kind of English.) > > Lisi
I think I knew what you meant Lisi, but on this side of the small pond we spell it teensy, meaning a very small quantity of something. Like a pinch of salt in a recipe. Thats normally less than a dash unless you shake the container really hard. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
