A merry GPL xmas

Merry Christmas all! ================================================ A GPL Christmas by Joe Shaw 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, And All Through The House, Not A Creature Was Stirring, ‘Cept My PC Mouse. I Was Surfing The Web, For Setup Advice, For The Right Lotus Toe-In, I’d Cash In My Wife. My Line Through The ‘Bolica, Was Awfully Poor, My Top End Pathetic, With Throttle To Floor. I’d Spent All My Earnings, I’d Made Every Deal, For A P3 Four Fifty, And A Force Feedback Wheel. When Out On The Lawn There Arose Such A Clatter, I Sprang From My Desk To See What Was The Matter. A Strobe Of White Light, Through The Window Did Flash, It Looked To My Eye, Like A Giant Clock Smash. I Threw Open The Sash, And What Should I See, But A White Bearded Driver, In A Red Ferrari. He Stomped On The Clutch, And Feathered The Gas, Then Lifted His Goggles, I Could Tell He Was Fast. He Pulled Down His Scarf, And Flashed Me A Smile, And Tossed Me A CD, Labelled "Lo1 File". "Remember," He Said, "The Ones With The Fame." And With Eyes To The Sky, He Called Out Their Names. Now Jimmy, Now Graham, Now Denis, And Jochen, McLaren, And Pedro, Ginther And Irwin. "Enter Turns Slowly, And Exit With Speed, And You’ll Get All You Can, From Your Trusty Green Steed." Then He Shifted To First, And Out Popped The Clutch. "I’m Off To Zandvoort, And The Grand Prix That’s Dutch!" He Peeled Out In First, With Wheelspin Galore, Looking For Brabhams, That Still Had A Door. And I Heard Him Exclaim, With Great Holiday Cheer, "To All A Good Night, Have a GPL Year!" ==================================================

[email hidden] (Uwe) wrote: > Merry Christmas all! Well done Uwe. Now I really *can* believe it's Christmas. :-) Andrew McP

On 23/12/2009 10:36, Uwe wrote: > "To All A Good Night, Have a GPL Year!" Thanks Uwe! First posted in 1999, IIRC. I wonder if it will still be posted in 2019? Actually, I wonder if they'll still be Usenet in 2019.... Ian -- Ian Riches Bedford, UK

Ian Riches wrote:

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> On 23/12/2009 10:36, Uwe wrote: >> "To All A Good Night, Have a GPL Year!" > > Thanks Uwe! > > First posted in 1999, IIRC. > > I wonder if it will still be posted in 2019? Actually, I wonder if > they'll still be Usenet in 2019.... > > Ian

Thank you Uwe. 10 years of GPL goodness. Who would have thought it.

Ian Riches <[email hidden]> wrote in news:hgsui9$k8m$[email hidden]:

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> On 23/12/2009 10:36, Uwe wrote: >> "To All A Good Night, Have a GPL Year!" > > Thanks Uwe! > > First posted in 1999, IIRC. > > I wonder if it will still be posted in 2019? Actually, I wonder if > they'll still be Usenet in 2019.... >

If nukes couldn't kill off usenet then 10 years more is nothing.

Uwe <[email hidden]> wrote in news:hgsrri$so3$[email hidden]: > Merry Christmas all! > > ================================================ > A GPL Christmas > by Joe Shaw > Haven't seen it before. Great stuff. Same to you all.

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:22:44 +0000, Ian Riches wrote:

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> On 23/12/2009 10:36, Uwe wrote: >> "To All A Good Night, Have a GPL Year!" > > Thanks Uwe! > > First posted in 1999, IIRC. > > I wonder if it will still be posted in 2019? Actually, I wonder if > they'll still be Usenet in 2019.... > > Ian

Sure, there always was, and there always will be ;-) Uwe

probably needs to be modified to iRacing xmas, or rFactor xmas by now though... "Uwe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hhfm3o$4l1$[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:22:44 +0000, Ian Riches wrote: >> On 23/12/2009 10:36, Uwe wrote: >>> "To All A Good Night, Have a GPL Year!" >> >> Thanks Uwe! >> >> First posted in 1999, IIRC. >> >> I wonder if it will still be posted in 2019? Actually, I wonder if >> they'll still be Usenet in 2019.... >> >> Ian > > Sure, there always was, and there always will be ;-) > > Uwe