Re: what the hell...

Mike Andrews <mikea@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:04:48 +0000 (UTC), Anthony de Boer - USEnet <abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in <emcfig$ben$4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
AndyC the WB posted thus:
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1 >Andy Cunningham -- www.cunningham.me.uk
2 >If you decide to chase down the prerequisites by installing their RPMs,
3 >the first three or four levels will seem reasonable, but once you're
4 >down about ten levels, the new version of 'echo' you're installing
5 >will end up requiring upgrades of minor things like the C library,
6 >the kernel, or the color of the solder-mask on the circuit board of
7 >the network device at the other end of your connection.
8 > -- Matt Roberds

I hit F to say something about the length of your .signature, but I bow
before the eloquence of my own sigmonster.

Yeahbut ... sometimes you need to say something that just can't be McQ-
compliant.

How about...

If you chase the prerequisites by installing their RPMs, the first 3-4 levels
will seem reasonable, but once you're down ~10 levels, the new version of echo
will end up requiring upgrades of libc, the kernel, or the color of the solder
mask on the PC board of your link partner's network card. -- Matt Roberds

Not quite as good, but compliant. Not much room for one's own name, though.
I also should probably admit that I think I stole the "color of the solder
mask" thing from somewhere else.

Matt Roberds

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