And it's 'broken', not 'broke'. It's the internet, man, use proper English. Geez.

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks(a)alldigital.com&gt; wrote: > On 03/16/2016 09:14 AM, Mark Haney wrote: > >> And it's 'broken', not 'broke'. It's the internet, man, use proper >> English. Geez. >> > > The "unable to resolve host" message indicates you have a broken DNS > system, apparently. On my system: > > [root@prophead ~]# host raw.githubusercontent.com > raw.githubusercontent.com is an alias for github.map.fastly.net. > github.map.fastly.net has address 23.235.47.133 > > So get your DNS stuff fixed first. Further on, I don't recognize that > as a standard repo, so you're sorta on your own. > > And as Mark said, the correct adjectival form is "broken". > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks(a)alldigital.com - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at - > - from both sides. --A.M. Greeley - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > users mailing list > users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > hi rick, thanks for a *useful reply!* it used to be the sole purpose for this list's existence. my dns is configured to leverage my att isp service, i'll look harder at the failure (as well as what pkg/repo is invalid).. lastly, to the <?> on this list, my software engineer career spanned 1977->2014 during which the terminology solely used by my peers was, 'bla-bla was broke" ! but you newbies carry on with what ever lingo floats your boat! -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org

Quoting Mark Haney <mark.haney(a)vifprogram.com&gt;: I've been an Engineer for 20 years now, and been programming since the I > was 9. It's never been 'broke' unless you're from the DEEP DEEP South. > > Sorry, man, but proper grammar trumps lingo any day. > such as, for instance, "if it ain’t broke..." yes? D > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Jack Craig <jack.craig.aptos(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > > >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks(a)alldigital.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >> On 03/16/2016 09:14 AM, Mark Haney wrote: >>> >>> And it's 'broken', not 'broke'. It's the internet, man, use proper >>>> English. Geez. >>>> >>>> >>> The "unable to resolve host" message indicates you have a broken DNS >>> system, apparently. On my system: >>> >>> [root@prophead ~]# host raw.githubusercontent.com >>> raw.githubusercontent.com is an alias for github.map.fastly.net >>> . >>> github.map.fastly.net has address 23.235.47.133 >>> >>> So get your DNS stuff fixed first. Further on, I don't recognize that >>> as a standard repo, so you're sorta on your own. >>> >>> And as Mark said, the correct adjectival form is "broken". >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks(a)alldigital.com - >>> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - >>> - - >>> - Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at - >>> - from both sides. --A.M. Greeley - >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> users mailing list >>> users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct >>> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >>> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >>> >>> >> >> hi rick, >> >> thanks for a *useful reply!* it used to be the sole purpose for this >> list's existence. >> >> my dns is configured to leverage my att isp service, i'll look harder at >> the failure >> (as well as what pkg/repo is invalid).. >> >> lastly, to the <?> on this list, my software engineer career spanned >> 1977->2014 >> during which the terminology solely used by my peers was, 'bla-bla was >> broke" ! >> >> but you newbies carry on with what ever lingo floats your boat! >> >> -- >> users mailing list >> users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >> >> >> > > -- > > Mark Haney ::: Senior Systems Engineer > *VIF* International Education > P.O. Box 3566 ::: Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515 ::: USA > 919-265-5006 office > > Global learning for all. > www.vifprogram.com > < > http://www.vifprogram.com/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&... > > > Find VIF on Facebook <http://facebook.com/VIFInternationalEducation> | > Twitter <https://twitter.com/vifglobaled> | LinkedIn > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/vif-international-education> > > Recognized as a ‘Best for the World’ > <http://bestfortheworld.bcorporation.net/> B Corp! > > -- "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." -- John Dewey -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org