The X Window System|The standard UNIX graphical environment.  With Linux, this is usually XFree86 (http://www.xfree86.org).  You may call it X, XFree, the X Window System, XF86, or a host of other things.  Call it 'XWindows' and someone will smack you and you will have deserved it.
* Turken thinks little kids are absolutely adorable... especialyy when\nthey're someone elses.
* Overfiend sighs <Overfiend> Netscape sucks. <Overfiend> It is a house of cards resting on a bed of quicksand. <Espy> during an earthquake <Overfiend> in a tornado
<SilverStr> media ethics is an oxymoron, much like Jumbo Shrimp and\nMicrosoft Works. <MonkAway> not to mention NT Security
<Silvrbear> Oxymorons?  I saw one yesterday - the pamphlet on "Taco Bell\nNutritional Information"
* Knghtbrd unleashes a pair of double barreled snurf guns and covers\njesus with snurf darts <jesus> meany :P
<jgoerzen> doogie: you sound highly unstable :-) <Knghtbrd> jgoerzen - he is. * doogie bops Knghtbrd <Knghtbrd> see?  Resorting to violence =D
I have also been a huge Unix fan ever since I realized that SCO was not Unix.           -- Dennis Baker
<dracus> Ctrl+Option+Command + P + R <Knghtbrd> dracus - YE GODS!  That's worse than EMACS! <LauraDax> hehehehe <dracus> don't ask what that does :P
<Iambe> you are not a nutcase <Knghtbrd> You obviously don't know me well enough yet.  =>
* aj thinks Kb^Zzz ought to pick different things to dream about than\ngeneral resolutions and policy changes. <Kb^Zzz> aj - tell me about it, this is a Bad Sign
<Crow_> hmm, is there a --now-dammit option for exim?
<DarthVadr> Kira: JOIN THE DARK SIDE, YOUNG ONE. <kira> darth, I *am* the dark side.
<netgod> Feanor: u have no idea of the depth of the stupidty of american law
Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to me.\n-- Linus Torvalds
<lilo> "PLEASE RESPECT INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS!" <lilo> "Please demonstrate intellect." ;)
<Knghtbrd> Feanor - license issues are important.  If we don't watch our\narses now, someone's gonna come up and bite us later...
"Now we'll have to kill you."\n-- Linus Torvalds
* knghtbrd can already envision:  "Subject: [INTENT TO PREPARE TO PROPOSE\nFILING OF BUG REPORT] Typos in the policy document"
<LauraDax> !seen god <Tabi-> LauraDax, I don't remember seeing "god"
<Knghtbrd>     Europe Passes Pro-spam Law <Knghtbrd> I though only Americans were that fucking stupid  => <Espy> apparently americans are quite naive :)
<kira> is a surgical war where you go give the foreign troops nose jobs?
<xtifr> Athena Desktop Environment!  In your hearts, you *know* it's the\nright choice! :) * Knghtbrd THWAPS xtifr
<Knghtbrd> shaleh - unclean is just WEIRD. <Espy> heh, unclean is cool <Knghtbrd> Espy - and weird. <Espy> yes, weird too
<xtifr> direct brain implants :) <knghtbrd> xtifr - yah, then using computers would actually require some\nof these idiots to think! <knghtbrd> ;>
<Knghtbrd> Overfiend - BTW, after we've discovered X takes all of 1.4 GIGS\nto build, are you willing admit that X is bloatware?  => <Overfiend> KB: there is a 16 1/2 minute gap in my answer <acf> knghtbrd: evidence exists that X is only the *2nd* worst windowing\nsystem ;)
<liw> damn, the autonomous mouse movement starts usually after I use a\nmouse button <wichert> don't use a mouse button then :) <liw> yeah, right :)
<Thoth_> Yeah, well that's why it's numbered 2.3.1... it's for those of us\nwho miss NT-like uptimes
<Shinobi> There are worse things than Perl....ASP comes to mind
* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger... <Knghtbrd> m2 - that's a bad sign
<Knghtbrd> Leave it to manoj to call procmail "puny"
<kira> Ada, the only language written to milspec. <Mikster> <shudder>
<BenC> -include ../../debian/el33t.h <BenC> sendmail build...strange header name :) <isildur> hahaha * netgod laffs <netgod> BenC: can u tell i used to maintain sendmail?  :P <BenC> heh :)
<Phase> no... I musn't have any more coffee !!! ;) <Simunye> sure yu do Phase :) <Phase> you really want me bouncing off the ceiling? <Simunye> yesh :) <kira_> bouncing off the ceiling is gewd <Phase> ok, that was a silly question <kira_> it's splatting on the floor that's the problem.
<Kensey> RMS for President??? <RelDrgn> ...or ESR, he wants a new job ;)
Oh no, not again.\n-- Manoj Srivastava
<Knghtbrd> Granted, RMS is a fanatic, I don't deny this.  I'll even say\nhe's a royal pain in the arse most of the time.  But he's\nstill more often right than not, and he deserves some level of\ncredit and respect for his work.  We would NOT be here today\nwithout him.
<Espy> tomorrow there will be a great disturbance in the workforce\n-- May 18, 1999
I am dyslexic of Borg.  Prepare to have your ass laminated.
<NeonKttn> I had a friend stick me in her closet during highschool beacuse I\nwouldn't believe that her boyfriend knew about foreplay... <NeonKttn> I shoulda brought popcorn. :)
<Knghtbrd> hardcopy is for wussies <Topher> computer program listings....next, on HardCopy
<kceee^> I hate users <knghtbrd> you sound like a sysadmin already!
<change_m2> Will LINUX ever overtake sliced bread as the #1 achievement\nof mankind?
<aph> manoj is going nuts on the bug fixing crusade!  woo woo! <Knghtbrd> manoj went nuts long time ago.  but the bug fixing is cool  =>
<rcw> those apparently-bacteria-like multicolor worms coming out of\nmicrosoft's backorifice <rcw> that's the backoffice logo
* Simunye is on a oc3->oc12 <daem0n> simmy: bite me. :) <Simunye> daemon: okay :)
<Overfiend> lilo: well then, you are probably a responsible thinker.\nWelcome to a very small club. <lilo> Overfiend: welcome me when you join :)
Basically, I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules, it's THEIR problem.  I want people to know that in their bones, and I want it shouted out from the rooftops.  I want people to wake up in a cold sweat every once in a while if they use binary-only modules.\n-- Linus Torvalds
* wichert_ imagines master without a MTA <james> wichert: ehm?  that might hinder peformance of the BTS :p
<gecko> Hmm... I wonder what else seperates Debian from the rest of the\nLinux distributions. <Knghtbrd> gecko - We Don't Suck <gecko> Knghtbrd:  you don't say that when addressing a bunch of people\nFROM those distros <Knghtbrd> gecko - point.
Due to the closed source development model of XFree it is impossible to support, or even speculate about, features in pre- or beta releases of XFree.\n-- Marcus Sundberg
<Knghtbrd> I can think of lots of people who need USER=ID10T someplace!
<slashdot> my US geograpy is lousy...lol <knghtbrd> so's mine and I live here
Moonchild without an opinion? Satan is skating to work tomorrow!\n-- Brett Manz
<Knghtbrd> I really don't want much at all...  Just a kind word, an\nattractive woman, and UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH!!
<Knghtbrd> If we're both right (I'm guessing we are) I'm Not Very Happy. * Minupla hands you the understatement of the year award.
Last time I had intimate contact with another human being was rather a painful experience... I rather liked it... ;)\n-- Brett Manz
<Apple_IIe> anyone seen my 80 column card?
<Slackware> uh oh, what have I started :) <Debian> rofl... distro nick wars. * Slackware just waits for /nick Gnome, /nick KDE, and then world war 4\nto break out <WinNT> :oP <OpenBSD> <duck> <PalmOS> :) <Slackware> no'one would dare /nick RedHat <tru64> mew.
<Crow-> im fcucking druk * Knghtbrd makes sure to log everything Crow- says tonight ... <MrBump> heheh <MrBump> He said he'd marry me! damnit!! <Crow-> dude no way <Knghtbrd> MrBump - he's not THAT drunk <MrBump> Knghtbrd: I'm crushed :o)
<Knghtbrd> aggh! <Knghtbrd> MAKE IT STOP! <Knghtbrd> MAKE IT STOP!!
<Knghtbrd> RoboHak - okay, the patch isn't broken, but my brain\napparently is <wc> that's nothing new (; <Knghtbrd> wc - hush. <Knghtbrd> =>
<dpg> americans are wierd.... <xtifr> californians even weirder <Knghtbrd> xtifr has a point ...
* woot smiles serenely. <woot> I don't want to seem over eager about getting into knghtbrd's\nsiglist.
<Culus> dhd:  R you part of the secret debian overstructure? <dhd> no. there is no secret debian overstructure. <CosmicRay> although, now that somebody brought it up, let's start one\n:-) <Knghtbrd> CosmicRay - why not, sounds like a fun way to spend the\nafternoon =D
<Crow-> these stupid head hunters want resumes in ms word format <Crow-> can you write shit in tex and convert it to word? <Overfiend> \converttoword{shit}
<xtifr> you don't have to be insane to work here....oh wait, yes you do!\n:)
* o-o always like debmake because he knew exactly what it would do... <ibid> o-o: you would ;-)
2.3.1 has been released. Folks new to this game should remember that 2.3.* releases are development kernels, with no guarantees that they will not cause your system to do horrible things like corrupt its disks, catch fire, or start running Mindcraft benchmarks.\n-- Slashdot
do {\n: } while (!HELL_FROZEN_OVER);
<hop> kb: I demand integrity and honesty in those who i do business with <hop> i know my demands are unreasonable, but a guy can dream, can't he?
Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' -- they have 'arguments'\n-- and they ALWAYS WIN THEM.
* Knghtktty is not going to ask how zucchini got into the discussion ...
<Knghtbrd> Subject: [GR PROPOSAL] Should we vote on trivial matters?
<woot> Put *that* in you .sig and smoke it, Knghtbrd. <Culus> You know he will read this :> <woot> heheheheh.
"As you journey through life take a minute every now and then to give a thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something."\n-- Hagar the Horrible
<Crow-> who gives a shit about US law <jim> anyone living in the US.
<Knghtbrd> Okay, you people have started talking about BSDM applications of\nnetwork hardware...  I think I'll run off and do something useful\nand Debianish and stay OUT of this one... <Knghtbrd> (for a change)
<Knghtbrd> mariab - don't think Debian hasn't had some very stupid and\nobvious bugs before <Knghtbrd> of course, we usually fix ours BEFORE we release  =D
<Knghtbrd> mariab - I am a Debian developer.  Red Hat is "the enemy" or\nsomething like that I guess..  Still, typecasting RH users as\nidiots or their distribution as completely broken by default\nis complete and total FUD.
> > But IANAL, of course. > > IANAL either.  My son is, but if I asked him I might get an answer I > wouldn't want to hear. "Here's my invoice." ?  =D
> Ok, I see you know what you're doing :-) Either that or I've gotten pretty good at faking it.
<wichert> 8am is an ungoldly hour to be awake :) * gorgo usually gets up at 11am
There Is No Cabal.
<_Anarchy_> acf: maybe April 1 next year slashdot needs to run "Rob Malda\naccepts new job as head of Debian project" 8)
* netgod opens his mailbox and immediately wishes he hadnt
<frogbert> its hard being a lesbian withoutn breasts...people dont take\nyou seriously
Perhaps Debian is concerned more about technical excellence rather than ease of use by breaking software. In the former we may excel.  In the latter we have to concede the field to Microsoft. Guess where I want to go today?\n-- Manoj Srivastava
* PerlGeek is really a space alien * Knghtktty believes PerlGeek
// Minor lesson: don't fuck about with something you don't fully understand\n-- the dosdoom source code
* joeyh cvs commits his home directory. Aaaaaa <drow> eeeeeeek <drow> joeyh: That is simply evil.  Period.
<Kethryvis> Gruuk: UFies are above and beyond the human race :)
I stopped a long time ago to try to find anything in the bug list of dpkg. We should run for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.\n-- Stephane Bortzmeyer
<ahzz_> i figured 17G oughta be enough.
<n3tg0d> has /usr/bin/emacs been put into /etc/shells yet?  :P
* joeyh takes advantage of netscape's marvelous ability to crash to close\n10 windows with a single keypress <joeyh> now that's progress! <Knghtbrd> Bus error  =>
<Wordplay> You measure your vibrators in "characters per second"?  I have\nbad news for you, c90, you've been masturbating with a\ndot-matrix printer.
Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me sprea= d!
* Knghtktty whispers sweet nothings to Thyla (stuff about compilers and\ngraphics and ram upgrades and big hard drives...) <Thyla> oooooooooOOOOOOOOOO <Infinitas> Knghtktty: that's positively pornographic... * Thyla goes off into fits of ecstasy...
<Sanaya> you guys are all sick!  sick sick sick I tell ya ;)
* bma is a yank * Knghtbrd is a Knghtbrd * dhd is also a yank * Espy is evil * Knghtbrd believes Espy
* bma wonders if this will make the Knghtbrd .sig
Techical solutions are not a matter of voting. Two legislations in the US states almost decided that the value of Pi be 3.14, exactly. Popular vote does not make for a correct solution.\n-- Manoj Srivastava
<aj> <Knghtbrd> the increase in tension worldwide (as evidenced by crime <aj>            and whatnot) over that time period looks a lot like Linux <aj>            growth since 1993 <aj> ``Linux linked to worldwide crime epidemic!!''
<Teller> where am I and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Since this database is not used for profit, and since entire works are not published, it falls under fair use, as we understand it.  However, if any half-assed idiot decides to make a profit off of this, they will need to double check it all...\n-- Notes included with the default fortunes database
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.
Subject: Bug#42432: debian-policy: Proposal for CTV for Draft for Proof of Concept for Draft for Proposal for Proposal for CTV for a CTV to decide on a proposal for a CTV for the CTV on whether or not we shoud have a CTV on the /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc transition now, or later.\n-- Ed Lang
<Knghtbrd> It's a trackball for one <wichert> so it's not a rodent <wichert> it's a turd with a ball sticking out <wichert> which you fondle constantly
* HomeySan waits for the papa john's pizza to show up <ravenos> mm. papa john's. <HomeySan> hopefully they send the cute delivery driver <ravenos> they dont have that here. <Dr_Stein> why? you gonna eat the driver instead?
<netgod> is it me, or is Knghtbrd snoring? <joeyh> they killed knghtbrd! <netgod> Kysh: wichert, gecko, joeyh, and I are in a room trying to ignore\nKnghtbrd <Kysh> netgod: Knghtbrd is hard to ignore.
<woot> Man, i wish knghtbrd were here to grab that for his sig list. [...several hours later...] <Knghtbrd> woot don't know me vewy well, do he? <Knghtbrd> muahahahaha
* Knghtbrd pelts wichert with NERF darts * wichert notes there are no ICBM nerfs yet and ignores kngtbrd <Knghtbrd> wichert - just wait, after seeing the NERF gatling guns, ICBMs\nare not far off (just pump the damned thing for an hour or two\nis all...)
Steal this tagline.  I did.
<bfextu> oh noooo, Knghtbrd's got a gun :) <doogie> ^^insert music^^ <Knghtbrd> bfextu - o/~ everybody is on the run o/~ <bfextu> o/~ run away, ruuuuun away from the pay-ay-ain o/~
<Mercury> emacs sucks, literally, not a insult, just a comment that its\nlarge enough to have a noticeable gravitational pull...
As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
* Knghtbrd assigns 3 to Chris * variable wonders who else is named chris besides me <Knghtbrd> variable - you.  => * Knghtbrd waits for variable to dramatically say "I feel SO used!" <variable> Knghtbrd: :) * variable ++ <variable> :)
* Espy ponders an uplad queue called 'hell' so I can do dupload --to hell
<Valkyrja> java, hon, sometimes I really want to smack you. <Knghtbrd> Valkyrja - he'd enjoy it too much <Reteo> Valkyrja: yah, go ahead and do it... beat java into cappuccino! :-)
<Tali> be vewwy vewwy qwuiet .. I'm huntin wuntime ewwos
First off - Quake is simply incredible. It lets you repeatedly kill your boss in the office without being arrested. :)\n-- Signal 11, in a slashdot comment
Lucas' Law:  Good will always win, because evil hires the _stupid_\nengineers.
* TribFurry only gets spam mail from ucsd... I used to get email from\nmyself but I decided I didn't like myself and stopped talking\nto me
<rain_work> note on a dorm fridge ... "To the person who ate the contents\nof the container labeled 'James' - warning, it was my biology\nexperiment"
<KatanaJ> Note on a chem lab fridge- "This refrigerator is not explosion-\nproof".
<KnaraKat> DalNet is like the special olympics of IRC.  There's a lot of\ndrooling goin' on and everyone is a 'winner'.
For every vision there is an equal and opposite revision.
<Epsilon3> Knghtbrd, if we wanted a lameass remark we would have said|Hey, neckro
<tigah_-> i have 4gb for /tmp <Knghtbrd> What do you do with 4G /tmp?  Compile X? <tigah_-> yes
<KnaraKat> Bite me. * TheOne gets some salt, then proceeds to nibble on KnaraKat a little\nbit....
* Knghtbrd notes he has mashed potatoes for brains tonight <Valkyrie> yum, can I have some? <Knghtbrd> um ... * Knghtbrd hides from Valkyrie
<Knghtbrd> joeyh now has a terminal at the couch? <Knghtbrd> That guy is wired, I swear  => <doogie> Knghtbrd: laptop <doogie> and I don't mean the cats.
Given some of the recent threads, the interactive discussions might need to be conducted on canvas, in the presence of a referee, while wearing padded gloves.  ;-)\n-- Phil Hands
<james> but, then I used an Atari, I was more likely to win the lottery in\nten countries simultaneously than get accelerated X
* joeyh wonders why everyone wants to know how tall he is <james> joeyh: it helps the sniper
* BenC wonders why he has upgraded to 3.3.5-1 before teh X maintainer
<Delenn> I wouldn't make it through 24 hours before I'd be firing up the\ngrill and slapping a few friends on the barbie. <spacemoos> Why would you slap friends with barbies, thats kinda kinky
