[GEM Development] Slashdotted and comments

[Thomas Clayton]

Thank You! 

Sorry to have you type that all, but I would've have
never gotten some of it - particularly the socks!
:-)

Tom Clayton
Chicago, IL area
96F (~36C?) degrees with humidity today
(great lack of humidity - and rain - this Summer)

--- Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:

> Must be an American if he needs subtitles for
> English :-)
> 
> GLOSSARY
> Melbourne: 	Capital city of our southernmost
> mainland State -- 
> 			where Chris now lives
> somewhat brisk: very cold (We Australians, like the
> English, go in for understatement  
> rather pleasant weather for August:  August is
> generally cold and windy in Sydney
> 18 or 19 deg: 	Temperatures in degrees Celsius
> 9:30 pm AEST: 	9:30  in the evening, Australian
> Eastern Standard Time.
> The Great Ocean Road: A coastal road from Melbourne
> to Adelaide 
> 			Capital city of South Australia) -- 
> 			considered to be one of the world's best 
> 			coastal road trips in terms of scenery.
> The relos: 	The relatives
> Sidcup: 	A town south-east of London, England
> Kirkby-in-Ashfield: A town North-west of Nottingham,
> England
> Salzburg: A town in Austria (a small country south
> of Germany, 
> 			not to be confused with Australia). 
> 			Famous for an annual classical music festival.
> Oz: 		"Oz"-tralia. It's a joke, Joyce.
> Woolly socks: 	Undershoe footwear knitted from
> sheep's hair 
> Woolies socks: 	Socks purchased from the Woolworths
> supermarket chain.
> 
> Feel free to enquire (=inquire) about anything else.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> Thomas Clayton wrote:
> 
> >Any *non*-Aussie understnd what their saying?
> >;-)
> >
> >Tom Clayton
> >
> >
> >--- Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Still around, Chris, still alive...
> >>
> >>I hear from our Melbourne people that it has been
> >>somewhat brisk down 
> >>there lately. We've been having rather pleasant
> >>weather for August -- 
> >>about 18 or 19 deg today, and 17 as I write (9:30
> pm
> >>AEST).
> >>
> >>Will be doing the Great Ocean Road trip again at
> the
> >>end of the month, 
> >>this time from Adelaide back to Melbourne. We have
> >>the relos here since 
> >>this morning:
> >> From Sidcup: Daughter-in-law and new
> granddaughter
> >>(born March)
> >> From Kirkby-in-Ashfield: Daughter-in-law's
> parents.
> >>Our son (also from Sidcup) is due here in a
> >>fortnight, after performing 
> >>in Salzburg.
> >>Having heard our favourable reports from last
> year,
> >>they were keen to do 
> >>the trip while in Oz.
> >>
> >>Keep the woolly socks (not the Woolies socks) on!
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Peter
> >>
> >>Dostal, Chris E. wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Agreed there..
> >>>
> >>>I guess with many of the "replies" on that site,
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>you have people coming at the discussion from
> >>various angles. Some reply for the sake of
> replying,
> >>some automatically congratulate and some choose to
> >>automatically negate anything.
> >>    
> >>
> >>>"This makes it to news - must be a slow news day"
> -
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>wonder how many hours he's put in to a project to
> >>have that said about it, and him? .. people do far
> >>less and get far more coverage on seemingly
> >>irrelivant subjects.
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Although I'm not what you'd call an active member
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>of FreeDOS and Open/FreeGEM.. I watch with
> interest,
> >>and smile whenever we see a little article in a
> >>magazine, or a comment on a forum..  I'm also the
> >>first to jump up if someone ridicules another for
> >>putting effort into something..
> >>    
> >>
> >>>It's a great OS, a great project - and there's
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>certainly great members of it all here..
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Chris.
> >>>
> >>>PS: Hope it's a bit warmer up your way Peter
> Green
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>(if ya still floating around on this list) - it's
> >>sure as cold here!! arrrgh
> >>    
> >>
> >>>________________________________
> >>>
> >>>From: gem-dev-bounces at simpits.org on behalf of
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Night Hawk
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Sent: Sat 30/07/2005 8:51 AM
> >>>To: gem-dev at simpits.org
> >>>Subject: RE: [GEM Development] OpenGEM got
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>slashdotted
> >>    
> >>
> >>>
> >>>Shane,
> >>> Don't worry about your ego. Quite the reverse.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>The fact that you were
> >>    
> >>
> >>>"slashdotted" is a *good* thing.  OpenGEM is
> truly
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>great software.  It is
> >>    
> >>
> >>>not bloated like a certain OS from Microsoft. 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>OpenGEM *works* and works
> >>    
> >>
> >>>well.
> >>> I have been using computers for over 25 years
> and
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>have used almost every
> >>    
> >>
> >>>GUI/OS there is to use. And I can tell you that
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>OpenGEM is by far better
> >>    
> >>
> >>>than most of the commerical OS'es.
> >>> So keep up the good work. Long live OpenGEM! 
> And
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>you get a free Beer,
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Irish Beer at that.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Todd
> >>>The Night Hawk
> >>>
> >>>
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