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[Jerry McAllister]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 03:02:47PM -0300, Mario Lobo wrote:

> On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:11:28AM -0300, Mario Lobo wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 21 November 2007, tusar kumar wrote:
> > > > hi
> > > >    i want to know how can i assembly laptop. i want a video copy
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> > > Ahahahahah !
> > >
> > > Sorry guys. That was really funny !
> >
> > What was so funny??
> > I couldn't understand the question.
> > But, difficulty with the language is not something to laugh at.
> >
> > ////jerry
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> Like I said before,
> 
> I presume he meant "I would like to know how to install FreeBSD on a laptop. 
> Would you have a how-to video?"

Well, that actually helps clarify it.  I think you may be right.
Unfortunately, I don't think such a video has been made.

> 
> I wasn't making fun OF him but the possibility, the image of,  that he really 
> meant  "assemble a laptop" sounded funny, that's ALL. Nothing else!.

Guess it kind of missed the mark.   Oh well.

> English is a foreign language for me one day. I am not a native english 
> speaker. When I was learning english during my 6 months of exchange student 
> in a Pendlenton high school in Indiana back in 1975, I knew people would make 
> fun of me. I EXPECTED that !. Among teenagers there is no politness. If you 
> say something that sounds funny to them, they will laugh at you in a split 
> second. No second thoughts about it. I had to accept my mistakes and laugh 
> about them too, otherwise I would go nuts. And their laughs caused me no 
> trauma at all.

Yup. but amongst adults, more discretion is expected.
I spent a number of years being a youth leader to middle school (Junior High)
age young people and know quite well how they can be.   I also saw it as
part of my adult duty to teach them more mature and considerate ways.

> Being a foreign student from Brasil in a 400 people town in those days was 
> almost like being from mars. I went to an elementry school where the students 
> were assembled to hear me talk about my country. And I sttod up and said:
> "In Brasil we have lots of soccer championSHITS". All the kids broke into a 
> roaring laughter. I was a little embarassed at first. I didn't know what I 
> said wrong. As soon as someone told me what I said, I joined the kids.

Good.  But no excuse.

> 
> I did not expect my microscopic comment to offend anyone. I sincerelly 
> apologize and I swear that will never ever post an out-of-freebsd-subject 
> comment again.

Good to apologize.

> 
> I sure hope I can end this thread with this.

Yup.

I hope the OP can find some help installing FreeBSD.

////jerry

> 
> thanks,
> -- 
> Mario Lobo
> Segurança de Redes - Desenvolvimento e Análise
> IPAD - Instituto de Pesquisa e Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Tecnológico e 
> Científico
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