Marv Soloff wrote:

> Two Ravens wrote:
>> Marv Soloff wrote:
>>
>>> I am working as root - does "root" need to be part of the lp
>>> group?

FWIW, my cheap Samsung laser printer came with linux installation stuff
(CUPS, which I hadn't used before) right on the official CD. I sent
them a thank you note.

>> The general concensus seems to be that working as root is not 'best
>> practice'.
>
> The general consensus may be wrong. I have run as root since Slack
> 3.6 with only one case of catastrophic failure, and since I back up,
> most of that was recoverable.

Me too, in spite of JWZ's predictions. The only disasters I've
encountered are inexplicable and probably hardware-caused crashes before
I learned how to fsck properly. OTOH, upgrading is traumatic.

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:28:38 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:

> ...before I learned how to fsck properly.

Mmmmmmmmm, I love it when a Linux chick says stuff like that.


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On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:26:00 -0500, Dan C wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:28:38 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> ...before I learned how to fsck properly.
>
> Mmmmmmmmm, I love it when a Linux chick says stuff like that.

Really? What would you like to hear ME say, Dan?
:)

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On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:28:02 -0400, Chick Tower wrote:

>>> ...before I learned how to fsck properly.

>> Mmmmmmmmm, I love it when a Linux chick says stuff like that.

> Really? What would you like to hear ME say, Dan?
> :)

LOL! Well, somehow I never associated you as a female, in spite of the
(nick)name. So you can say whatever you'd like, and it won't have much
effect on me... ;)


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On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:48:09 -0500, Dan C wrote:

> LOL! Well, somehow I never associated you as a female, in spite of the
> (nick)name....

Such an association would be incorrect.

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On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:34:30 -0400, Chick Tower wrote:

>> LOL! Well, somehow I never associated you as a female, in spite of the
>> (nick)name....

> Such an association would be incorrect.

OK..... trying to keep the word-twisting straight here.... Yes. Right.
An association between you and female would be incorrect, so that makes
you a non-female. Right? ;?


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On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Dan C wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:34:30 -0400, Chick Tower wrote:
>
>>> LOL! Well, somehow I never associated you as a female, in spite of the
>>> (nick)name....
>
>> Such an association would be incorrect.
>
> OK..... trying to keep the word-twisting straight here.... Yes. Right.
> An association between you and female would be incorrect, so that makes
> you a non-female. Right? ;?
>
Surely logic can reinforce that. Why would someone reveal themselves as
female by using "chick"?

Plus, there are instances of "chick" as a man's name. Chick Young did
the "Blondie" comic strip, though apparently it was "Chic". But there
is Chick Corea, who plays jazz piano.

Michael

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:46:07 -0500, Dan C wrote:

> OK..... trying to keep the word-twisting straight here.... Yes. Right.
> An association between you and female would be incorrect, so that makes
> you a non-female. Right? ;?

Correct.

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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:08:51 -0400, Chick Tower wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:46:07 -0500, Dan C wrote:
>
>> OK..... trying to keep the word-twisting straight here.... Yes.
>> Right. An association between you and female would be incorrect, so
>> that makes you a non-female. Right? ;?
>
> Correct.

probably not, or you mean that you're an 'it' and not a '[s]he',
count down your type, a male is a female with a slight abberation
of a gene caused by an overdose of SRY protein ;-)

in short for Dr C. there's no such thing as 'non-female' for
mammalians (as I supposed Chick, you and me were :D)