Re: Rawhide

[AD Marshall <AD VICE ParadoxCafe Net>]

At 19:40 2001.10.13 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, AD Marshall wrote:
>
>> Au contraire, mon ami, Rawhide was a TV situ drama many ages back with
>> some poofter doing lead as a mega-macho man, kick-butt cowboy, a la
>> the Duke but skinnier. The original soundtrack went something like
>> "Raaaawww Hide, shuka, shuk, shuk, shuka, shooooooo, hup, mon..." That
>> fag kicked ass.
>
>The "poofter" in question was Clint "Go ahead.  Make my day." Eastwood, of
>course.
>
>The lyrics to the theme song included "Rollin', rollin',
>rollin'...Rawhide!"  Red Hat refers to Rawhide as its "rolling release",
>because it just evolves as new versions of packages are added or replace
>old ones.
>
>Of course, the connotation of "raw" as in unfinished is certainly part of
>the mystique.
>
>While Rawhide RPMs are sometimes bug fixes, they are also often mid-cycle
>development versions as well.  As the RHers on the list have said, "If a
>Rawhide RPM breaks your system, you get to keep both pieces."

Ha! Nice one. But i don't know about that "Rollin', rollin'..." metaphor.
I can see some evil geeks twisting that one up a tad. 

But overall, we can only thank our lucky stars, another urban myth has 
been debunked. It just goes to show you:
        1. You can't trust Jack Daniels as far as you can throw him.
        2. We don't get enough *quality* US TV in SaiGon. 

Thanx for the enlightenment, though, Matthew. Really.

All the best,
AD

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