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RE: Not being given the option of installing packages on setup


On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 18 April 2006 18:11, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natalia M. Belfiore wrote:
> >
> >> [snip]
> >> Tasha
> >
> > Well, actually, what he wrote is unimportant.  What is interesting (and
> > really unsettling to anyone who grew up in Russia) is that Natalia (or
> > Natasha) is a purely female name (c.f. "War and Peace"), and this person
> > is clearly male.
> >
> > No point here, just venting...  :-)
> > 	Igor
>
>   :)  At first I kinda suspected that it was a bloke attempting to
> employ the well known
> "Pose-as-a-helpless-female-and-flutter-your-virtual-eyelashes" technique
> to achieve faster response times from geek-filled mailing lists.......
>
>   Then I found....
>
> http://genome-lab.ucdavis.edu/People/TashaBelfiore/default.htm

Yes, I've looked at that.  Hence my comment about "clearly male".

>   AAAAUUUUGHGHGHHHH   MY EYES ARE BURNING  !!!
>
> http://genome-lab.ucdavis.edu/People/TashaBelfiore/personalinfo.htm
>
> "I am also called Natasha, it being a common diminutive of Natalia, my
> legal name"
>
>   Note the carefully worded phrase "my legal name", plus also the
> various cute icons including a kitten and a sheep and someone dancing?
> OK, I'm going to take a guess: this can only be explained by GR surgery.

I wouldn't put it past the parents to name their male child Natalia...

There are some weird name combinations out there.  I once heard of a Cuban
name Vilare, which stood for "Vive la Revolucion!"...
	Igor
P.S. Ok, who'll be the first to name their child "Hippo"?
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