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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 May 2012 18:49:02 -0700
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On 05/02/2012 02:02 PM, Don Krause wrote:
>
> On May 2, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:50 PM, zxq9<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>
>>> If you figure this out on your own from here you will understand things
>>> better than if we just give you commands to copypasta into the terminal --
>>> and that's probably what you really want is understanding, not just
>>> information.
>>
>> Yes, famous quote :)
>>
>> "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish
>> and you feed him for a lifetime." -- Lao Tzu 老子
>>
>> Akemi
>>
>
> Or the equally effective, if somewhat disturbing,
>
> "Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life" --unknown
>
> --
> Don
>
> "This message represents the official view of the voices in my head."

I prefer:

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish
and he will sit in your boat and drink your beer."

-T

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