[UFO Chicago] New Linux Website

[Ian Bicking]

On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 11:06, lists@redboy.cx wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:49:53 -0600
> Nate Riffe <inkblot@movealong.org> wrote:
> 
> > Just now Ian Bicking made 15 LEDs in my apartment flash with this:
> > > You should view this thread as you might view a reproduction of Hamlet. 
> > > You don't watch it because you're wondering who killed the king.  It's
> > > all about presentation, there's no conclusions that are coming out of
> > > this discussion.  The production may not be all that good, but it allows
> > > the participants to take part in a tradition that has a long history.
> > > 
> > > This is not to say this all is a good use of posting time.  But I think
> > > you read an aggressiveness into the discussion that isn't really there.
> > 
> > And I think you read a level of sophistication and pageantry into the
> > "discussion" that isn't really there.
> 
> I'd agree with Nate and say the comparison to Hamlet is pushing it.
> It's more like watching your buddies get drunk at a bar and re-enact
> their favorite scenes from "All in the Family" ;)

Okay, Hamlet is a stretch.  Maybe a sitcom where they rip off the story
line of It's A Wonderful Life.

  Ian