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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: GNU/Linux is the Empowerment of the PC. So What Do You Do?
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rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 07 Apr 2024 16:35:05 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> If he can't do two things at the same time, He probably can't walk when
>> he speaks with someone else for the same reason. It's not what anyone
>> would call real man. "Stop walking because I need to hear what you say
>> and real men do only one thing at a time."
>
> Guilty. When talking to my ex last week I mentioned I was out in the 
> woods. She asked if I was walking while talking on the phone and I told 
> her I was sitting on a stump admiring the scenery since I didn't think 
> walking down a steep, mountain trail while talking on a cellphone would 
> have a happy ending. 

    A good walking song:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq4ACYzwgMU

        Afternoons in Stereo "Return of the Puma".

> I would guess 98% of the miles I've driven in my life were solo. I've 
> found that carrying on a conversation can be detrimental to paying 
> attention to the road.

-- 
I got a hint of things to come when I overheard my boss lamenting, 'The
books are done and we still don't have an author! I must sign someone
today!  -- Tamim Ansary, "Edutopia Magazine, Issue 2, November 2004"
on the topic of school textbooks