how long is this going to be broke??

[bruce]

good lord..

so all the real probs have been solved. we're on to grammar stuff!!

cool.. so when/where can i order my warp coils, or my transport
platform...!!!

sarcasm off...



On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:

> Quoting Mark Haney <mark.haney at vifprogram.com>:
>
> I've been an Engineer for 20 years now, and been programming since the I
>> was 9.  It's never been 'broke' unless you're from the DEEP DEEP South.
>>
>> Sorry, man, but proper grammar trumps lingo any day.
>>
>
> such as, for instance, "if it ain’t broke..." yes?
>
> D
>
>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Jack Craig <jack.craig.aptos at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks at alldigital.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 03/16/2016 09:14 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
>>>>
>>>> And it's 'broken', not 'broke'.  It's the internet, man, use proper
>>>>> English.  Geez.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The "unable to resolve host" message indicates you have a broken DNS
>>>> system, apparently. On my system:
>>>>
>>>>         [root at prophead ~]# host raw.githubusercontent.com
>>>>         raw.githubusercontent.com is an alias for github.map.fastly.net
>>>> .
>>>>         github.map.fastly.net has address 23.235.47.133
>>>>
>>>> So get your DNS stuff fixed first. Further on, I don't recognize that
>>>> as a standard repo, so you're sorta on your own.
>>>>
>>>> And as Mark said, the correct adjectival form is "broken".
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>>>
>>> hi rick,
>>>
>>> thanks for a *useful reply!* it used to be the sole purpose for this
>>> list's existence.
>>>
>>> my dns is configured to leverage my att isp service, i'll look harder at
>>> the failure
>>> (as well as what pkg/repo is invalid)..
>>>
>>> lastly, to the <?> on this list, my software engineer career spanned
>>> 1977->2014
>>> during which the terminology solely used by my peers was, 'bla-bla was
>>> broke" !
>>>
>>> but you newbies carry on with what ever lingo floats your boat!
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