From: <swstiles at comcast.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Geeky humor...
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:05:24 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:06 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Geeky humor...

> On a publishing list I'm on, the issue of cookies,
spyware, etc etc came
> up.  & yes, Linux etc were mentioned as ways to avoid
spyware... along
> with this amusing comment:
>
> "Not everyone was cut out to use vi or Emacs for simple
text editing,
> let alone using TeX for layout. To most people,
recompiling a kernel
> has
> something to do with popcorn. Besides, most of the guys I
knew that
> were TeX fanatics were anti-social math/programming
geniuses capable of
> hunting down and killing their dinner each night with a
slide rule."
>
> I now return you the sound of chirping crickets.
>
> mjw

Chirp, chirp. I don't know how anti-social I am (probably
moderate), but not being a math or programming genius most
of the above might as well be in (name your esoteric
language).

Now half the people in this list are shaking their heads in
pity over the poor 20th century throwback.

Oh well, back to Photoshop.

--Steve