> Evidently not... (Or you'd be doing it now). Petty work is _petty_, you see. They give you some breaks during which you come to desolate mailing lists and upload enlightening orations. I know, it's a pretty miserable life--my life. --On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:36 PM -0700 Jonathan Cast <jonathanccast <at> fastmail.fm> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 00:27 +0100, Eris Discordia wrote: >> No, you justify your salary, dear Sir. I honestly respect you for having >> written the nemo book--you're nemo after all. That, however, won't >> change my stance on Plan 9 and the 9people. You have nothing else but >> "researching" OS's and "submitting" papers. That "justifies" your 9life. >> Others, like me, have some "petty" work to do. > > Evidently not... (Or you'd be doing it now). > >> Like knowing which character >> on which line they're editing or controlling how long their lines of >> text get, _without_ resorting to acrobatics. > > jcc > > >