[ale] Linux inside

[jc.lightner at comcast.net]

There was a Dilbert strip once where the PHB’s secretary tells Dilbert the PHB heard about a computing trend involving eunuchs.   

Dilbert explains it is UNIX which an operating system.

She responds “When the company nurse comes by tell her I said ‘never mind’.”  😊

 

From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Jim Kinney via Ale
Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2025 7:21 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Cc: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ale] Linux inside

 

Hahaha! 

 

-- 
James P. Kinney III

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

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On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 1:00 AM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org> > wrote:

That's when you stand up, pull out your mini-keyboard and portable mini 
LCD and exclaim "It's a Unix system, I know this!"

Right?

Or is that just for fighting dinosaurs?

On 2025-10-07 08:58, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
> On 10/6/25 18:42, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
>>
>> It depresses me when the in-flight entertainment crashes and I watch
>> the Linux stuff go by when it reboots.
> 
> If they can't get the movies working on international flights, be 
> certain to call and complain after the flight.  Happened about 20 
> minutes into a flight to Europe. Don't remember the exact number of FFM 
> they gave me as "compensation", but I think it was 25K, but it may have 
> been 15K. I don't recall which. I always pre-load a few audio books so I 
> can rest my eyes on long flight, but still be entertained enough if needed.
> 
> The only "fix" the crew can attempt is to reboot the entire system, 
> nothing else.
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