[hackerspaces] Master's thesis

[matt]

well i suppose after the minitel... that makes sense.


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Michel Gallant <sfxman at gmail.com> wrote:

> As someone who speaks French, I'm just gonna point out that the French
> term for "operating system" is "système d'exploitation".
> On Jan 16, 2014 10:17 AM, "Don Ankney" <dankney at hackerco.de> wrote:
>
>>  I haven't had much luck using Plan 9 as an exploitation system yet. Any
>> idea what I'm doing wrong?
>>  ------------------------------
>> From: matt <matt at nycresistor.com>
>> Sent: 1/15/2014 5:53 PM
>>
>> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Master's thesis
>>
>>  No option for Plan 9?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson <myself at telcodata.us>wrote:
>>
>>> > Dear all,My name is Sophie Andriol, and I am a French political
>>> science student.
>>>
>>> Oh, dear. That's very serious indeed. I'm glad you turned to us for
>>> help. Fortunately, there's still hope -- it's never too late to switch your
>>> major to engineering!
>>>
>>> > I made a survey that would require as many answers as possible
>>>
>>>
>>> http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/post/57077553819/please-fill-out-our-survey-on-hacker-culture
>>>
>>> > amongst the hackers community.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://runningahackerspace.tumblr.com/post/44155093569/getting-called-by-a-news-station-to-get-the-angle-from
>>>
>>> > Your input is highly valued on this,
>>>
>>>  Out of curiosity, how many surveys have you filled out in the last
>>> year, which sought to gauge the interests and opinions of "the political
>>> science student community"?
>>>
>>> Do you find that such surveys always include varied enough options that
>>> any of the 'valued' respondents would truly be able to capture their
>>> opinions, or at least not feel forced into answering questions they
>>> disagree with the very premise of?
>>>
>>> Or, after the third or fourth survey, did you begin to realize they were
>>> all just different shades of naive, misguided, presumptuous, narrow, or
>>> just plain manipulative?
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> I can't resist quoting this:
>>>
>>> > Which exploitation system do you use?
>>> >  Microsoft Windows
>>> >  Mac OS X
>>> >  GNU/LINUX
>>> >  None of the above
>>>
>>> Folks, if you haven't clicked through to read the survey, please do so,
>>> whether or not you intend to fill it out. It's a gem.
>>>
>>> (Although, points for using the full name "GNU/Linux".)
>>>
>>> > Thanks for your help!
>>>
>>> No problem. Best wishes on your thesis,
>>>
>>> -Nate B-
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