From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 18:01:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BEB41065678 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:01:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5E9F8FC20 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:01:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=OQt9FTpBtG7aVA3iIcO4n/15BLkw2hRg/WlL4r7+KMc= c=1 sm=0 a=Q9fys5e9bTEA:10 a=ipoArj6GrvOCo6ls3Bny8w==:17 a=RksFcv3nkz-_pgg47okA:9 a=tOcak-vAivQRvUO_SomSAVizzeoA:4 a=PUjeQqilurYA:10 a=ipoArj6GrvOCo6ls3Bny8w==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 72.130.250.48 Received: from [72.130.250.48] ([72.130.250.48:59394] helo=localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com) by hrndva-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id B5/E4-29804-C0F80DB4; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:01:48 +0000 Received: from holstein.holy.cow (parv [127.0.0.2]) by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 020BB5C5A; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:04:03 -1000 (HST) Received: (from parv@localhost) by holstein.holy.cow (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o3MI42Qj024357; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:04:02 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) X-Authentication-Warning: holstein.holy.cow: parv set sender to parv@pair.com using -f Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:04:01 -1000 From: parv@pair.com To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20100422180401.GB24230@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Jerry McAllister , Alberto Mijares , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Alberto Mijares Subject: Re: [OT] Was: Disabling DNS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:01:50 -0000 in message <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>, wrote Jerry McAllister thusly... > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:48:46PM -0430, Alberto Mijares wrote: ... > > >> FreeBSD has an excelent documentation. Just reading the manual you > > >> will know how to acomplish dummy sysadmin tasks like this. . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > > >                             ^^^^^ > > > > > > Maybe you have a language problem, but this looks very much like > > > inappropriate response.   We do no call names on this list.  It > > > is unhelpful, unfriendly and non-professional. ... > > Just in case, I made a search of every word I used in a > > dictionary; and no offensive nor annoying meaning was found (OK, > > I misstyped "accomplish", sorry about that. My native language > > is spanish). ... > A person needs to be encouraged to read the documentation but > should not be called a dummy. I suppose you might have had a > different intent for the use of that word which is why I mentioned > the possibility of having a language problem. But, it appeared > in the text that you were calling the person stupid and that is > inappropriate for postings to this list. We avoid personal > attacks. Jerry, Alberto was referring to the task not the person being dummy (as in basic, easy) as explained already by Bill. There was no personal attack. I got that sense after reading Alberto's reply, before both Bill's explanation & your indignation. Please read the response in context. - parv --