From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 17:44:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1DC16A41A; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:44:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D229713C461; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:43:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lARHhgl3029802; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:43:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id zm9+Hx+i+QG3; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:43:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lARHhWGl029796; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:43:33 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <474C573F.4000403@daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:43:27 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070418 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bart Silverstrim References: <474BB706.4090505@gmail.com> <3E233CE162645D57F3F61284@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <474C52A3.9040406@chrononomicon.com> In-Reply-To: <474C52A3.9040406@chrononomicon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD chat Subject: Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:44:00 -0000 Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > > Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On Tuesday, November 27, 2007 01:19:50 -0500 "Aryeh M. Friedman" >> 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.