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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:42:38 +0100
From: Eris Discordia <eris.discordia@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Using the Acme Editor
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> Evidently not...  (Or you'd be doing it now).

Petty work is _petty_, you see. They give you some breaks during which you
come to desolate mailing lists and upload enlightening orations. I know,
it's a pretty miserable life--my life.

--On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:36 PM -0700 Jonathan Cast
<jonathanccast@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 00:27 +0100, Eris Discordia wrote:
>> No, you justify your salary, dear Sir. I honestly respect you for having
>> written the nemo book--you're nemo after all. That, however, won't
>> change  my stance on Plan 9 and the 9people. You have nothing else but
>> "researching" OS's and "submitting" papers. That "justifies" your 9life.
>> Others, like me, have some "petty" work to do.
>
> Evidently not...  (Or you'd be doing it now).
>
>>  Like knowing which character
>> on which line they're editing or controlling how long their lines of
>> text  get, _without_ resorting to acrobatics.
>
> jcc
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