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Re: Lend LINUX?
Hey
I'm from Jerusalem, I forgot to mention...
And..
What's bad About that verb?
"TO BURN CDS"
That's how you should speak, no?
The burner is a "CD-BURNER", and even in linuxiso.org they're saying:
"Just Like mom used to burn!"
David
----- Original Message -----
From: Nadav Har'El <nyh@math.technion.ac.il>
To: David Hananel <david-h@newmail.net>
Cc: <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: Lend LINUX?
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2001, David Hananel wrote about "Lend LINUX?":
> > Then I thought about downloading it from the internet, but it will take
> > forever... it's 2 disks, without the PowerTools, and I have a regular,
dial
> > up connection...
> >
> > Then I thought, Maby someone here could lend the disks to me, I'll burn
it,
> > and bring it back!
>
> I'm saying that it would help if you told us where you lived or worked, so
> people would know if you could come pick the disks up.
>
> By the way, I find it very odd how people use the verb "to burn" on CDs.
> I know, it's not you - everybody is using this verb. But doesn't it sound
> very Microsoft-ish (not to mention other connotations...) to talk about
> "burning Linux CDs"? ;)
>
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> Nadav Har'El | Wednesday, Aug 22 2001, 4 Elul
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