Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:19:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:18:05 -0500 Received: from bitmover.com ([192.132.92.2]:30102 "EHLO bitmover.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:17:14 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:17:13 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: "David S. Miller" Cc: lm@bitmover.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, torvalds@transmeta.com, riel@conectiva.com.br, bcrl@redhat.com, davidel@xmailserver.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Scheduler ( was: Just a second ) ... Message-ID: <20011218131713.O26374@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: "David S. Miller" , lm@bitmover.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, torvalds@transmeta.com, riel@conectiva.com.br, bcrl@redhat.com, davidel@xmailserver.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011218130228.N26374@work.bitmover.com> <20011218.131420.67881975.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20011218.131420.67881975.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 01:14:20PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 01:14:20PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Larry McVoy > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:02:28 -0800 > > Maybe I'm an old stick in the mud, but IRC seems like a big waste of > time to me. > > It's like being at a Linux conference all the time. :-) > > It does kind of make sense given that people are so scattered across > the planet. Sometimes I want to just grill someone on something, and > email would be too much back and forth, IRC is one way to accomplish > that. Let me introduce you to this neat invention called a telephone. It's the black thing next to your desk, it rings, has buttons. If you push the right buttons, well, it's magic... :-) -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/