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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:14:56 -0700
From: Carl Thompson <cet AT carlthompson DOT net>
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Chris Faylor wrote:
> 
> >All of the proprietary versions of tar I've used take input from a
> >pipe probably for this very reason (and I've used a few).  Which ones
> >don't work?
> 
> Please.  Take this up in private email.
> 
> I've answered the question.  There is no reason to discuss this
> further. The foibles of other non-cygwin versions of tar are not
> fodder for this mailing list.

So it's not OK to post messages about cross-platform issues of Unix
utilities included in Cygwin, but it's OK to post this:

Chris Faylor wrote:

> ...

> Or, maybe even, (scientific) "Lower the temperature of your epidermis
> by eliminating all ambient heat sources."
> 
> Or, (semi-hostile) "Stick some ice cubes down your pants."
> 
> Or, (practical) "Remove all of your clothing and stand in front of an air conditioner."
> 
> Or, (geographical) "Go swimming in the Maine seashore."
> 
> Or, (connotative) "Go take a cold shower."
> 
> Or, (dangerous) "Climb inside your refrigerator and shut the door."
> 
> Or, (impractical) "Go lick a glacier."
> 
> Or, (computer geeky) "Go strap a Peltier cooler to your head."
> 
> Or, (geeky) "Go bite the head off a frozen chicken."
> 
> Or, (haiku) "The wind hits the tree/Snow falls, it brushes your
> neck/Shivver now with cold."

> ...

> cgf

Carl Thompson

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