On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 14:14 -0700, Duncan wrote: > Chris Gianelloni posted > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on > Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:29:15 -0500: > > > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 13:06 -0700, Duncan wrote: > >> From an outside perspective, I'm sure it's amazing and crass that USians > >> see nothing unusual about the national holiday of thanks being directly > >> followed by the biggest day of commercial greed in the entire year, as > >> the opening day of the biggest season of commercial greed, obsensibly as > >> preparation for the day of celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the > >> man seen as the Son of God, and quoted as saying it's easier for a camel > >> to pass thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into > >> paradise! Interesting commentary on our culture! > > > > What the hell does this have to do with Gentoo development? > > About the same as the original reference to "after the Thanksgiving > holiday" which prompted the question to which it is a reply, which was in > the context you snipped. As such, certainly as much or more than > oblique references to harems and goats and people's butts (well, unless > there's something about Gentoo development I don't know about, yet <g>), > all topics that have come up in passing on the list, just as this > did, without this question being asked of those posters. > > It may be possible to automate code creation, but it's not possible to > automate a community, and humans in such a community /don't/ tend to stay > strictly on topic. That's just the way humans are, and have been for far > longer than either you or I have been around.
Your either high or in need of a blog. -- Ned Ludd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
