Re: n00b questions about ipods and linux (fedora 6 and 7)

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On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 14:26 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 13:49 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >> Craig White wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 00:40 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>> On Sunday 13 January 2008, Craig White wrote:
> >>>>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 00:19 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>>>> On Saturday 12 January 2008, Craig White wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> That's sort of like Starbucks using treated effluent to brew a Caramel
> >>>>>>>>> Macchiato.
> >>>>>>>> By golly, he does have a sense of humor!
> >>>>>>> ----
> >>>>>>> ssshhhh - don't let on
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Craig
> >>>>>> What are you doing then, a Stonewall Jackson imitation?  You forget, I'm
> >>>>>> smack dab in the middle of his old stomping grounds, with a statue of him
> >>>>>> on the courthouse lawn.
> >>>>> ----
> >>>>> OK - quick and without looking at any pictures...how many of the horses
> >>>>> legs from the statue are on the ground?
> >>>> 3 I believe.
> >>> ----
> >>> wikipedia.org shows all 4
> >>>
> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson
> >>>
> >>> but I bet you'll look the next time you drive by the statue
> >> Do you think there may be more than one statue?
> > ----
> > of course...and the one pictured is in Manassas which I gather is not
> > the one that Gene is referring to.
> > 
> > There is a custom that you aren't aware of, that the statue of a
> > soldier, the number of feet/legs on the ground tells how he died but
> > it's a fuzzy rule at best...
> > 
> > http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.asp
> 
> And snopes points out it is "False".  So, not sure why you'd want to point 
> anyone to a place that counters your assertion that there is such a custom.
> 
> > Little trivia that your corner of the blue marble might have missed
> 
> Ahhh....see above.  Another marble needs attention.  :-)
----
I said fuzzy...I thought I was clear enough but of course snopes point
out that for Civil War combatants, it is mostly true.

Just thought that I should clarify because even though there is no RFC
for statues, tradition was generally followed up to and including the
civil war.

Craig

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