Go read the responses 9people gave the original poster. You'll see why it's
_right_ on so many levels.

A UNIX better than UNIX? I thought that was just the thing 9people claimed
to be past. Didn't I hear someone saying, "Plan 9 is not UNIX?" Ahem...
GNU's Not UNIX, too, nah?

Do me a favor. Fire up your beloved upas, use mail, and relay one email
through upas/smtpd to smtp.gmail.com:587 with the words "שָׁלוֹם
עֲלֵיכֶם" (Hebrew, Shalom aleichem) or "سلام علیکم"
(Arabic, Salam-on alaikom) to my address. Let's see if "the mail goes
through."

On Aug 19, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Eris Discordia wrote:

No, that's not what I said. I said that Plan 9 obeys the UNIX
philosophy, not that it was UNIX. GNU obeys this philosophy (up to the
point of where to draw the lines on the size of tools). And to some
extent, Windows (Windows Movie Maker doesn't call up another computer
now, does it?)

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Eris Discordia
gmail.com> wrote:

Sir, yessir! The Marines don't do Japanese, sir!

--On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:31 PM -0300 Iruata Souza
gmail.com> wrote:

I have an idea, Eris. Why don't you fuck off and actually USE Plan 9
for once?

Been there, done that.

--On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:00 PM -0400 Pietro Gagliardi
mac.com> wrote:

Eris Discordia schrieb:

"Unspeakable horrors from outer space paralyze the living and resurrect
the dead"

Isn`t that the manifesto of Plan 9?

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Eris Discordia
gmail.com> wrote:

Clearly you've never been to Iwakuni.

Small correction, it is actually " ال سلام " , or "As-Salaam" (the L
in AL elides with "shams" letters). It would also be inappropriate for
you to receive such a greeting, which is a du'a reserved for muslims
only. Since you are using the name "Eris, is the name of a "deity", it
is safe to assume you are not a muslim. :) It is also "As-salaamu",
there is a "damma" or "u" vowel atop then meem in "salaam".

"marhaban" is a more appropriate greeting in this case.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Eris Discordia
gmail.com> wrote:

One more bit on Arabic:

In a predicative sentence the subject is necessarily "Marfu'" (=
"مرفوع") which means it either has a "damma" (= "ضمه") or a
"dammatan" (= "ضمهٌ") on the ending letter. Whether the "damma" or the
"dammaton" is used depends on whether the subject is "Ma'rafa" (=
"معرفه", "known") or "Nakara" (= "نکره", "unknown"). When "Salam"
has the definite article "Al" it is considered "Ma'rafa" and therefore
receives the "damma" but when it is used without that article it is
"Nakara" and receives the "dammaton." So, both forms "Al-Salam-u" and
"Salam-on" are correct. However, the greeting in actual use is "Salam-on
alaikom."

--On Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:27 AM +0300 John Waters
gmail.com> wrote: