I subscribe, but I end up browsing the magazine racks still looking at what
else is out there. I end up looking at either Make magazine or alt.2600 and
sometimes some of the other Linux magazines will catch my eye. Although I
have yet had anybody strike up a conversation while I was looking at any of
them. Hmm, maybe I just don't look as friendly as Alan does!!



On 7/29/07, Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
>
> Gerald Thurman wrote:
> > I was wearing the t-shirt that reads:
> >
> > $> cd /pub
> > $> more beer
> >
> > I encountered a person who said "I don't understand your t-shirt."
> > I tried explaining it by placing a Windows-like GUI around it, but
> > they responded with "I still don't get it."  They wanted to learn
> > more about the t-shirt, but I didn't have time to help them.
> >
> > I was wearing the t-shirt that reads:  "Free Software, Free Society."
> > Three mailpeople were having lunch and one of them asked
> > about the t-shirt.  How fun!  We get to speak  briefly about
> > Free Software and "Free as in Freedom."  They found it
> > entertaining, but I doubt any of them will search the
> > Internet to learn more about Free Software.
>
> Fun stories!
>
> My "It's in the wiki" shirt gets all kinds of conversations going.  The
> PLUG T-shirt has led to many also.
>
> I really should subscribe to the Linux Journal since I purchase it every
> month at the bookstore.  But, about half the times when I purchase one
> in the store I get a conversation with someone .  Sometimes it's someone
> else buying a computer magazine.  Sometimes it's the clerk at the
> counter.  It costs more but the conversations are fun!
>
> Alan
>
>
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