From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Feb 14 18:30:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA21472 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:30:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from admin.cyberenet.net (mail@admin.cyberenet.net [204.213.252.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA21467 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:30:23 -0800 (PST) From: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net Received: from ux1.cyberenet.net [204.213.252.2] (root) by admin.cyberenet.net with smtp (Exim 1.59 #1) id 0vvZtM-0002My-00; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 21:30:20 -0500 Received: from wb2oyc.ppp.cyberenet.net by ux1.cyberenet.net with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #8) id m0vvZtK-0006FfC; Fri, 14 Feb 97 21:30 EST Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.4 [p0] on Linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 21:17:58 -0500 (EST) To: Snob Art Genre Subject: Re: misc Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 23:58:56 Snob Art Genre wrote: ^^^^ See this; that, and the attitude it presents is what shows thru here like a shining lite! Proves my point completely! > >It was your attitude and tone that people (including me) reacted to, not What are you, clairvoiant? >your facts. Everyone's aware of FreeBSD's ATAPI CD-ROM problems, and >messages that read "you suck because [linux | win95 | winnt] can You're reading between the lines here. I never said that "you suck because...." Altho' now that you mention it! :) >[recognize my cd-rom | score well on whankstone | execute an infinite >loop in 10 seconds] and FreeBSD can't!" What the hell are you talkin' about! For Pete's sake, all I said was these others all work, and FreeBSD doesn't. The rest of the crap you guys added yourself. >Do you seriously think that anyone would bother to flame you for pointing Paul >out what they already know? Do you seriously think that anyone has a >better knowledge of FreeBSD's limitations than the core team? > >> >> they all work and FreeBSD doesn't, whose wrong here dude? You >> >> >No Microsoft OS works by any definition of "work" that I use. Linux >> >works, FreeBSD works. >> > >> You've got your head in the sand if you really believe that! I hate uSlop > >If I really believe what? That Linux and FreeBSD work? You're not going >to convince me otherwise. That M$'s OSs don't work? I believe what I >see, and that's what I see. > >> too, and the only reason I do have it here at all is because I need it to >> support those at work! Thats why I prefer Linux or FreeBSD, and use >> both far more than the other crap. But you guys really do have a holier >> than thou attitude sometimes. I've been on this list for about a year by >> the way, so I'm not some transient flamer............ > >So what are you? An angel of truth, sent to tell the -questions-reading >community that FreeBSD doesn't always detect ATAPI CD-ROMs correctly? >Some kind of martyr? Save yourself the effort, no one else is interested >in playing any of those games. > >> Paul > > Ben > >"You have your mind on computers, it seems."