Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Even fresher Linux Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:47:09 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:47:11 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0147064dec7cc36d3fc87567706ff661"; logging-data="1086568"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19KtHXdYUnhHWOriPvntT10" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CCHdjWqa+8VZlh3ser72rYDRZGY= X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 1983 vallor wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > $ uname -a > Linux lm 6.8.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Apr 15 20:51:11 PDT 2024 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Video driver in use is from this binary blob: > > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.54.14.run > > (The newer 550.67 blob has troubles on my setup.) % uname -a Linux mlsasus 5.15.0-97-generic #107~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 9 14:20:11 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux % xz --version xz (XZ Utils) 5.2.4 liblzma 5.2.4 (The Arch box is way ahead o' this one.) -- Well, anyway, I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized that like most books, it had too many words. The plot was the same one that all James Bond books have: An evil person tries to blow up the world, but James Bond kills him and his henchmen and makes love to several attractive women. There, that's it: 24 words. But the guy who wrote the book took *thousands* of words to say it. -- Dave Barry