cheers, Carla

     I almost took that entry out because it seemed the first part had been
     lost, but I assumed Thomas or Heather had wanted it in so I left it. I
     don't remember when I wrote the original or whether I cc'd it to TAG. --
     Mike

   Well, it went right over my head. Sorry! It is a funny sig, I may have to
   emulate it in some fashion, like OMG WTF ROFFLE lol HAHAHAA or somesuch. 

     Oh, *that!* It was just an extremely cute .sig that was in the email (I
     immediately stole a copy for my quote file. :) -- Ben

     The original sender really had that in his sig. Thomas and I normally
     strip signature blocks, but especially amusing ones that make Linux just a
     little more fun - sometimes I let 'em live :D -- Heather

     [Rick] I'm pretty sure she's referring to the tongue-in-cheek 31337-speak
     down at the bottom of Dave Bechtel's letter. Unless the Cookie Monster,
     Oscar, Elmo, Snuffleupagus, and the Elite Sesame Street Crew have suddenly
     turned malevolent, nobody has much to fear (or is that PH33R?).

     Oh, cuteness in .sigs is a well-established meme. We have nothing to PH33R
     but PH33R itself. :)

     Welcome to the influence of the bunnies! With ky00t, we will rule the
     world! -- Ben
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[LG 98] 2c Tips: #4

   Sat, 31 Jan 2004 05:59:02 +0000 (GMT)
   Thomas Adam ([24]The LG Weekend Mechanic)
   Question by Robin Chhetri (robinchhetri from fastmail.fm)

   Robin Chhetri wrote:

     Thanks a lot for your answer.I will add here that I send this questions
     months ago(I don't remember the exact date) and I had figured out the
     solution to the problem too a long time back.

   :)  That's  OK. The particular tip was interesting, so we published it
   nonetheless.

   But I am indebted at least for your reply. 

   Not at all. You're quite welcome.

   If you don't mind could you tell me the link in which this question was
   published. 

   Robin 

   It can be found here:

     [25]http://linuxgazette.net/issue98/lg_tips.html#tips.4

     We also have a small laundry note about this tip: -- Heather

   [Faber] I must be missing something. If you simply want to print to STDOUT,
   try this: 

   $( whereis libcrypto | awk '{print $3}' ) 

   which will print to STDOUT. If you simply must put it into a variable, then:
   $robin=$(whereis libcrypto | awk '{print $3}') ; echo $robin ^^^^^^^ 

   That is in error, since in bash prefixing the variable name with a $ sign is
   returning/using the value given. It should read:

robin=$(whereis libcrypto | awk '{print $3}') ; echo $robin

   Whether  Faber  meant the initial '$' as the prompt or not... is still
   ambiguous :)

   -- Thomas Adam
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     * [26]Search page at LG now operational
     * [27]Feeling Better.
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Search page at LG now operational

   Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:23:41AM -0500
   Ben Okopnik ([28]LG Technical Editor)

   Please take a look at it, folks. Any additions, subtractions, corrections,
   anything I've missed - let me know.
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Feeling Better.

   Tue, Mar 01, 2004 at 14:08:41 -0800
   Heather Stern ([29]The Answer Gang's Editor Gal)

   I'm pleased to say that Thomas Adam, our Weekend Mechanic, is feeling well