[Wolves] Promoting Linux

Si Griffiths wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed May 14 11:34:00 2003


> I once got a knock on the door for having a black and white licence (ha=
ving
> been busted for no licence a couple of years before they must have thou=
ght
> they were on to a winner) I invite the bloke in to prove that I did ind=
eed
> only have a black and white tv and no video.
>
> The bloke couldn't believe that I only had one little tv and no video a=
nd
> that I did most of my tv watching at a gf's house.  He asked if I would
> boot up my pc so that he could check it didn't have a tv card (they mus=
t
> give them half an education) dispite the fact that I showed him no arie=
l
> cable was attached to the machine.
>
> He waited patently for it to boot up, it went to the post screen and he=
 was
> smiling away, then linux started booting up (I didn't have the disc spa=
ce
> for a dual boot system at the time) and the smile faded.  It got to the
> login screen and said what the f**k is this? lol I tried to explain it =
to
> him but it was mid 1995 and people on the street had only used got used=
 to
> the fact you could own a pc so the fact I had a unixlike workstation re=
ally
> messed with his mind.
>
> he gave up and signed a form to say that I didn't own a colour tv or vi=
deo.

lol

you subversive you


> >. . . where will it end???
>
> in a police state with big brother watching over us...
>
> ...hang on are we sure that we aren't there yet?

pretty mcuh

> PS how did you know I live at 84 Blah Blah Road? are you the feds? we
> should be told ;-)

we have ways and means