Actually, I think Americans aren't ironic because we don't need to be. It's easier for us to actually say what we mean than to pretend to be cleverer than anyone else by saying the exact opposite.
I am British and I don't agree that Americans have no sense of Irony; a strong vein of humour from Dorothy Parker to Woody Allen, Bill Hicks, George Carlin etc, (and even the better sitcom exports) reveal that irony is as much a part of the American makeup as 'dewy-eyed self-belief'.
Perhaps the fact that the mainstream culture can appear earnest and a little vacuous makes the ironic undercurrent all the stronger (and funnier).
I'm not ready to get involved on a command-line level as of yet and probably won't until I finish my MCSE (please don't flame me!), but it's definitely a tight package compared to other Linux installs that I've played with before.
This is not a flame. I never finished my MCSE, but I have learned more about underlying network technology through using Linux via command-line (SuSe was my first distro and what I still use) than I ever did studying for the MCSE. Trust me - you are ready for the command-line.
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I am British and I don't agree that Americans have no sense of Irony; a strong vein of humour from Dorothy Parker to Woody Allen, Bill Hicks, George Carlin etc, (and even the better sitcom exports) reveal that irony is as much a part of the American makeup as 'dewy-eyed self-belief'.
Perhaps the fact that the mainstream culture can appear earnest and a little vacuous makes the ironic undercurrent all the stronger (and funnier).
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Please, guys - it is only OK to contribute to Open Source on company time if you work for Microsoft...
I'd better send Microsoft the automatic report they like so much...
And again to be sure...
And again....
And again....
I see the first post speed record hasn't been broken...
This is not a flame. I never finished my MCSE, but I have learned more about underlying network technology through using Linux via command-line (SuSe was my first distro and what I still use) than I ever did studying for the MCSE. Trust me - you are ready for the command-line.
Will you type 'Start' to shut down?
Dude, where's my Karma?SCO - Stop Creating Open-source...
Dude, where's my karma...?...not yet - give it time.
The first post is marked 'redundant'... ...that's just not funny.
Surprised you had time to write that...