* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 [not found] <4461538B.3010308@cwilson.fastmail.fm> @ 2006-05-10 11:56 ` Dave Korn 2006-05-10 14:24 ` Igor Peshansky 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Dave Korn @ 2006-05-10 11:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'we're special' On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote: > > Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE, > undeniably, running on windows. That's special. What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;) > Why does cygwin require patches, indeed... To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 11:56 ` Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 Dave Korn @ 2006-05-10 14:24 ` Igor Peshansky 2006-05-10 14:33 ` Dave Korn 2006-05-10 17:56 ` Bobby McNulty 0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Igor Peshansky @ 2006-05-10 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote: > On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote: > > > Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE, > > undeniably, running on windows. That's special. > > What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;) > > > Why does cygwin require patches, indeed... > > To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it? As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 14:24 ` Igor Peshansky @ 2006-05-10 14:33 ` Dave Korn 2006-05-10 14:57 ` Igor Peshansky 2006-05-10 17:56 ` Bobby McNulty 1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Dave Korn @ 2006-05-10 14:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'holey floating hippos batman!' On 10 May 2006 15:24, Igor Peshansky wrote: > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote: > >> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote: >> >>> Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE, >>> undeniably, running on windows. That's special. >> >> What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;) >> >>> Why does cygwin require patches, indeed... >> >> To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it? > > As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the > internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes... Isn't there a bit of a contradiction there? "Afloat in the water" but with holes is more commonly referred to as "sinking", isn't it? And even if we weren't in the water at all, it's still worth patching holes. It keeps the magic smoke in. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 14:33 ` Dave Korn @ 2006-05-10 14:57 ` Igor Peshansky 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Igor Peshansky @ 2006-05-10 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote: > On 10 May 2006 15:24, Igor Peshansky wrote: > > > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote: > > > >> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote: > >> > >>> Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE, > >>> undeniably, running on windows. That's special. > >> > >> What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;) > >> > >>> Why does cygwin require patches, indeed... > >> > >> To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it? > > > > As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the > > internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes... > > Isn't there a bit of a contradiction there? "Afloat in the water" but > with holes is more commonly referred to as "sinking", isn't it? Not if the holes are above the waterline. ;-) > And even if we weren't in the water at all, it's still worth patching > holes. It keeps the magic smoke in. Oh, is that what it was? And I always thought it was steam from the built-in steam engine... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 14:24 ` Igor Peshansky 2006-05-10 14:33 ` Dave Korn @ 2006-05-10 17:56 ` Bobby McNulty 2006-05-10 18:17 ` One Angry User 1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Bobby McNulty @ 2006-05-10 17:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List Igor Peshansky wrote: > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote: > > >> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote: >> >> >>> Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE, >>> undeniably, running on windows. That's special. >>> >> What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;) >> >> >>> Why does cygwin require patches, indeed... >>> >> To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it? >> > > As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the > internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes... > Igor > You mean our float was attacked by another hippo? I was wondering where all these holes were coming from. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 17:56 ` Bobby McNulty @ 2006-05-10 18:17 ` One Angry User 2006-05-10 18:50 ` Bobby McNulty 2006-05-10 23:56 ` Gary R. Van Sickle 0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: One Angry User @ 2006-05-10 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List On a windy Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 2006, Bobby McNulty's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: > Igor Peshansky wrote: > > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote: > > > > > On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE, > > > > undeniably, running on windows. That's special. > > > > > > What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;) > > > > > > > Why does cygwin require patches, indeed... > > > > > > > To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it? > > > > As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the > > internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes... > > Igor > > You mean our float was attacked by another hippo? > I was wondering where all these holes were coming from. :-) Yes, those hippo floats are a nuisance. They should be banned from all the amusement parks, especially Disney... Let them use real hippos. OAU ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 18:17 ` One Angry User @ 2006-05-10 18:50 ` Bobby McNulty 2006-05-10 23:56 ` Gary R. Van Sickle 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Bobby McNulty @ 2006-05-10 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Blaaab Babble Boogle Bop One Angry User wrote: > On a windy Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 2006, Bobby McNulty's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: > > >> Igor Peshansky wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 10 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 10 May 2006 03:44, Charles Wilson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Notwithstanding the 'use posix instead of windows' ethos, we ARE, >>>>> undeniably, running on windows. That's special. >>>>> >>>> What, "special" as in "winning-an-argument-on-the-internet" special? ;) >>>> >>>> >>>>> Why does cygwin require patches, indeed... >>>>> >>>>> >>>> To patch up the holes where it burst open when a hippo sat on it? >>>> >>> As long as we're afloat in the water and don't have to protect the >>> internals from outside pressure, many people won't mind the holes... >>> Igor >>> >> You mean our float was attacked by another hippo? >> I was wondering where all these holes were coming from. :-) >> > > Yes, those hippo floats are a nuisance. They should be banned from all > the amusement parks, especially Disney... Let them use real hippos. > > OAU > > Yep, I knew it. The float is going down. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 18:17 ` One Angry User 2006-05-10 18:50 ` Bobby McNulty @ 2006-05-10 23:56 ` Gary R. Van Sickle 2006-05-11 0:32 ` One Angry User 1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Gary R. Van Sickle @ 2006-05-10 23:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Blaaab Babble Boogle Bop' > From: One Angry User > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:18 PM > To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List > Subject: Re: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 > > On a windy Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 2006, Bobby > McNulty's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: [snip] > > > > You mean our float was attacked by another hippo? > > I was wondering where all these holes were coming from. :-) > > Yes, those hippo floats are a nuisance. They should be > banned from all the amusement parks, especially Disney... > Let them use real hippos. > > OAU Dude, seriously: you do not want to taste a hippo float made from real hippos. -- Gary R. Van Sickle ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-10 23:56 ` Gary R. Van Sickle @ 2006-05-11 0:32 ` One Angry User 2006-05-11 4:46 ` Gary R. Van Sickle 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: One Angry User @ 2006-05-11 0:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List On Wed, 10 May 2006, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > From: One Angry User > > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:18 PM > > To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List > > Subject: Re: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 > > > > On a windy Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 2006, Bobby > > McNulty's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: > [snip] > > > > > > You mean our float was attacked by another hippo? > > > I was wondering where all these holes were coming from. :-) > > > > Yes, those hippo floats are a nuisance. They should be > > banned from all the amusement parks, especially Disney... > > Let them use real hippos. > > Dude, seriously: you do not want to taste a hippo float made from real > hippos. I can only imagine the amount of Coke you'll need to put in such a float... OAU ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-11 0:32 ` One Angry User @ 2006-05-11 4:46 ` Gary R. Van Sickle 2006-05-11 9:11 ` Dave Korn 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Gary R. Van Sickle @ 2006-05-11 4:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Blaaab Babble Boogle Bop' > From: One Angry User > > On Wed, 10 May 2006, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > > > From: One Angry User > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:18 PM > > > To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List > > > Subject: Re: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 > > > > > > On a windy Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 2006, Bobby McNulty's > > > computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > You mean our float was attacked by another hippo? > > > > I was wondering where all these holes were coming from. :-) > > > > > > Yes, those hippo floats are a nuisance. They should be > banned from > > > all the amusement parks, especially Disney... > > > Let them use real hippos. > > > > Dude, seriously: you do not want to taste a hippo float > made from real > > hippos. > > I can only imagine the amount of Coke you'll need to put in > such a float... > > OAU Well that's the other thing. It looks like Coke, it's foamy like Coke, but brother: IT AIN'T COKE. -- Gary R. Van Sickle ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* RE: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 2006-05-11 4:46 ` Gary R. Van Sickle @ 2006-05-11 9:11 ` Dave Korn 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Dave Korn @ 2006-05-11 9:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'make mine a double' On 11 May 2006 05:47, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >> From: One Angry User >> >> On Wed, 10 May 2006, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >> >>>> From: One Angry User >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:18 PM >>>> To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List >>>> Subject: Re: Test: zip-2.31 and unzip-5.52 >>>> >>>> On a windy Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 2006, Bobby McNulty's >>>> computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes: [snip] >>>>> >>>>> You mean our float was attacked by another hippo? >>>>> I was wondering where all these holes were coming from. :-) >>>> >>>> Yes, those hippo floats are a nuisance. They should be banned from >>>> all the amusement parks, especially Disney... >>>> Let them use real hippos. >>> >>> Dude, seriously: you do not want to taste a hippo float made from real >>> hippos. >> >> I can only imagine the amount of Coke you'll need to put in such a float... >> >> OAU > > Well that's the other thing. It looks like Coke, it's foamy like Coke, but > brother: IT AIN'T COKE. You mean it's the /real/ thing? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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