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| I was asked on IRC if I intended to become a member. Apparently this requires, amongst other onerous tasks, that I | == Obligatory Disclaimer == This page does not conform to the technical requirements, nor the writing style, beloved of venerable institutions like [http://www.tldp.org/ The Linux Documentation Project]. You have been warned. Your hacker's soul will be offended, and people will whisper about you in /msg on IRC channels if you read on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was asked on IRC if I intended to become a member. Apparently this requires, amongst other '''''onerous tasks''''', that I |
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| My main contribution and work has been attempting to answer questions on the users' mailing list, and much more in #ubuntu. Yelling for the ops when someone misbehaves has been an occasional necessity as well, since unlike apt, I have not yet been granted Super Cow Powers. Some people have asked if I was a bot. I'm unsure as to whether this is a compliment in the context. | My main contribution and work has been attempting to answer questions on the users' mailing list, and much more in #ubuntu. Yelling for the ops when someone misbehaves has been an occasional necessity as well, since unlike apt, I have not (yet?) been granted Super Cow Powers. Some people have asked if I was a bot. I'm unsure as to whether this is a compliment in the context. |
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| I am not a coder, unless you call http://interlink.webhop.org/Timer_Script.html "coding" ! |
I am not a coder, [http://interlink.webhop.org/Timer_Script.html unless you call this] "coding" ! |
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| Lest this page be be accused of being "content-free" | Lest this page be be accused of being [http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/content-free.html "content-free"] , I will append some quasi-serious comments. Real Soon Now... |
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| [http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/content-free.html] , I will append some quasi-serious comments. (Stay tuned for the next installment, coming to a Politically Correct DFSG Free browser near you!) |
(Stay tuned for the next instalment, coming to a Politically Correct DFSG-Free browser near '''''you''''' !) |
Obligatory Disclaimer
This page does not conform to the technical requirements, nor the writing style, beloved of venerable institutions like [http://www.tldp.org/ The Linux Documentation Project]. You have been warned. Your hacker's soul will be offended, and people will whisper about you in /msg on IRC channels if you read on.
I was asked on IRC if I intended to become a member. Apparently this requires, amongst other onerous tasks, that I
"create a wikipage that describes (my) past work, ... plans and ... vision about the future of Ubuntu."
So this is my introduction to wiki editing. I seem to be turning into a geek... Well, perhaps I already was, and this is just a rite of passage involving the denial of Denial 
My main contribution and work has been attempting to answer questions on the users' mailing list, and much more in #ubuntu. Yelling for the ops when someone misbehaves has been an occasional necessity as well, since unlike apt, I have not (yet?) been granted Super Cow Powers. Some people have asked if I was a bot. I'm unsure as to whether this is a compliment in the context.
I am not a coder, [http://interlink.webhop.org/Timer_Script.html unless you call this] "coding" !
To get a clearer idea of my concerns, and an impression of what interests me both from a computing viewpoint and more generally, you can explore the small maze I have created at
Lest this page be be accused of being [http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/content-free.html "content-free"] , I will append some quasi-serious comments. Real Soon Now...
(Stay tuned for the next instalment, coming to a Politically Correct DFSG-Free browser near you !)
Email: MailTo(peter.garrettAT SPAMFREE optusnet DOT com DOT au)
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This is a place holder which I intend to edit further in the next couple of days. ...
PeterGarrett (last edited 2008-08-06 16:18:05 by localhost)