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From: | "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> |
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Subject: | RE: Obscene content in cygwin file. |
Date: | Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:11:30 -0600 |
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Jon Lambert wrote: > Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > Perhaps. Could somebody tell me the single-best reason for > providing > > the profanity at all? > > > > Hello? > > > > Anybody? > > Apparently some distros have split off the package into parts like > fortune - the program with no data > fortune-min - the quotes > fortune-off - the stuff that'd make a sailor blush > > fortune-mod-boh > fortune-mod-homer > fortune-mod-bible-1.0 > Really? > I'd of course prefer the following packaging: > fortune > fortune-min > fortune-mod-bible-1.0 > > But not just because it would be amusing to see the half of > the unoffended suddenly start squealing about pulling it or > encrypting it. Well, I'd prefer a similar packaging: fortune fortune-min (what I thought I installed) fortune-mod-homer fortune-mod-bible-1.0 However, I *would* include mod-bible-1.0 for the sole purpose of triggering the howls of "WAAAAAAAA!!! I'M IN JUNIOR HIGH!!! I WANT DIRTY LIMERICKS (TEEEHEEEHEEEE!) NOT BIBLE!!!!". Yeah, I know: www.geocities.com/latenitegoddess/hellwhenidie11.12.04.wav ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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