Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:43:27 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law Message-ID: <474C573F.4000403@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <474C52A3.9040406@chrononomicon.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCIECCCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <474BB706.4090505@gmail.com> <3E233CE162645D57F3F61284@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <474C52A3.9040406@chrononomicon.com>
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Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > > Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On Tuesday, November 27, 2007 01:19:50 -0500 "Aryeh M. Friedman" >> <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>>> Beastie's Law: >>>> >>>> Any demand of a modification of FreeBSD or it's website >>>> using political incorrectness as the justification is automatically >>>> wrong. >>> >>> Political Incorrectness is very subjective though. In some circles >>> for example immigrants are "foreign born" and using the correct term >>> is "wrong". >>> >>> >> Could we please dump this crap from the questions list and carry it >> forward on the chat list, where it belongs? It's getting very old. > > How about a law describing the time it takes for someone to start > complaining that thread XYZ needs to be moved elsewhere where it truly > belongs, thus both voicing their dislike of the thread and still > prolonging and contributing to the noise at the same time? > 10h42m in the present thread's case; if ($threadXYZ['title']=="who wrote this"), then it's 47h29m, or "approximately two days", which seems to be a more reasonable estimate based on my experience with the lists, and not taking into account whether or not the OP is a known troll, in which case it's 2 to 3 times faster, at least. :-D Kevin Kinsey -- An American's a person who isn't afraid to criticize the president but is always polite to traffic cops.
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