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driving in the rightmost lane is very dangerous
Many of you probably heard of Hans Bakker, a rising open software star,
whose life was prematurely finished because of driving in the deadly right lane. After dropping off Richard Stallman, at the end of the open software conference in Europe last year (Stallman gave a talk about software patents), Hans and his companions were driving in the deadly right lane, when a merging truck collided with them, killing Hans, and injuring others. I would like to urge all Linux enthusiasts to drive safely by staying in the leftmost lane, if they are driving on a divided freeway, away from the deadly onramps, where most of the accidents occur (opposite in England, of course). This is what Hans would have wanted us to do. Watch the speed limit, and stay in the left lane; let those Microsoft drones drive in the right lane if they feel like being reckless. A Linux programmer's life is too valuable to be wasted on traffic accidents. |
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Usual Suspect wrote:
> Many of you probably heard of Hans Bakker, a rising open software star, > whose life was prematurely finished because of driving in the deadly right > lane. > > After dropping off Richard Stallman, at the end of the open software > conference in Europe last year (Stallman gave a talk about software > patents), Hans and his companions were driving in the deadly right lane, > when a merging truck collided with them, killing Hans, and injuring others. > > I would like to urge all Linux enthusiasts to drive safely by staying in the > leftmost lane, if they are driving on a divided freeway, away from the > deadly onramps, where most of the accidents occur (opposite in England, of > course). This is what Hans would have wanted us to do. Does he want me to get ticked and fined for doing that? Here in New Jersey, one is legally required to keep in the right hand lane except when passing other vehicles. > > Watch the speed limit, and stay in the left lane; let those Microsoft drones > drive in the right lane if they feel like being reckless. A Linux > programmer's life is too valuable to be wasted on traffic accidents. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 07:05:00 up 22 days, 15:20, 3 users, load average: 2.24, 2.33, 2.57 |
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Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Does he want me to get ticked and fined for doing that? Here in New > Jersey, one is legally required to keep in the right hand lane except > when passing other vehicles. Don't worry about it. The OP is a troll. But at least some good may come out of it (since this reminds me of some hardware config problems I have under Mandrake that I've been meaning to fix) |
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Arif Khokar wrote:
> Jean-David Beyer wrote: > >> Does he want me to get ticked and fined for doing that? Here in New >> Jersey, one is legally required to keep in the right hand lane except >> when passing other vehicles. > > Don't worry about it. The OP is a troll. > > But at least some good may come out of it (since this reminds me of some > hardware config problems I have under Mandrake that I've been meaning to > fix) Only morons use Mandrake, and since we already knew you were a moron, you just added another datapoint supporting this theory. |
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begin >,
Usual Suspect > writes: > Arif Khokar wrote: > >> Jean-David Beyer wrote: >> >>> Does he want me to get ticked and fined for doing that? Here in New >>> Jersey, one is legally required to keep in the right hand lane except >>> when passing other vehicles. >> >> Don't worry about it. The OP is a troll. >> >> But at least some good may come out of it (since this reminds me of some >> hardware config problems I have under Mandrake that I've been meaning to >> fix) > > Only morons use Mandrake, and since we already knew you were a moron, you > just added another datapoint supporting this theory. On the contrary, your statement is clearly false as I know people who use Mandrake who are not morons. Now show to me you are not a moron. |
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begin ?! Roy Culley wrote:
> begin >, > Usual Suspect > writes: >> Arif Khokar wrote: >> >>> Jean-David Beyer wrote: >>> >>>> Does he want me to get ticked and fined for doing that? Here in New >>>> Jersey, one is legally required to keep in the right hand lane except >>>> when passing other vehicles. >>> >>> Don't worry about it. The OP is a troll. >>> >>> But at least some good may come out of it (since this reminds me of some >>> hardware config problems I have under Mandrake that I've been meaning to >>> fix) >> >> Only morons use Mandrake, and since we already knew you were a moron, you >> just added another datapoint supporting this theory. > > On the contrary, your statement is clearly false as I know people who > use Mandrake who are not morons. Now show to me you are not a moron. You are just a blip on my laptop's LCD. Keep that in mind. |
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"Jean-David Beyer" > wrote in message ... > Usual Suspect wrote: > > Many of you probably heard of Hans Bakker, a rising open software star, > > whose life was prematurely finished because of driving in the deadly right > > lane. > > > > After dropping off Richard Stallman, at the end of the open software > > conference in Europe last year (Stallman gave a talk about software > > patents), Hans and his companions were driving in the deadly right lane, > > when a merging truck collided with them, killing Hans, and injuring others. > > > > I would like to urge all Linux enthusiasts to drive safely by staying in the > > leftmost lane, if they are driving on a divided freeway, away from the > > deadly onramps, where most of the accidents occur (opposite in England, of > > course). This is what Hans would have wanted us to do. > > Does he want me to get ticked and fined for doing that? Here in New > Jersey, one is legally required to keep in the right hand lane except when > passing other vehicles. He might not, but I expect the Usual Suspect would settle for that if you didn't get killed. His post looked like an attempt to reduce the number of Linux people. Frank |
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Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Usual Suspect wrote: >> Many of you probably heard of Hans Bakker, a rising open software star, >> whose life was prematurely finished because of driving in the deadly >> right lane. >> >> After dropping off Richard Stallman, at the end of the open software >> conference in Europe last year (Stallman gave a talk about software >> patents), Hans and his companions were driving in the deadly right lane, >> when a merging truck collided with them, killing Hans, and injuring >> others. >> >> I would like to urge all Linux enthusiasts to drive safely by staying in >> the leftmost lane, if they are driving on a divided freeway, away from >> the deadly onramps, where most of the accidents occur (opposite in >> England, of course). This is what Hans would have wanted us to do. > > Does he want me to get ticked and fined for doing that? Here in New > Jersey, one is legally required to keep in the right hand lane except when > passing other vehicles. >> >> Watch the speed limit, and stay in the left lane; let those Microsoft >> drones drive in the right lane if they feel like being reckless. A Linux >> programmer's life is too valuable to be wasted on traffic accidents. > > Here's more info about Hans Bakker: http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004/09/30_0_accident/ Richard Stallman narrowly escaped. I'm sure if RMS had still been in the car, he would have insisted that they stay in the left lane instead of driving recklessly. |
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Usual Suspect wrote:
> > Richard Stallman narrowly escaped. I'm sure if RMS had still been in the > car, he would have insisted that they stay in the left lane instead of > driving recklessly. Wouldn't he be building his own lane ? |
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Usual Suspect poked his little head through the XP firewall and said:
> Here's more info about Hans Bakker: > http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004/09/30_0_accident/ > > Richard Stallman narrowly escaped. I'm sure if RMS had still been in the > car, he would have insisted that they stay in the left lane instead of > driving recklessly. Maybe it was a Microsoft plot. <joke> -- I'm going Siegfried for awhile |
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