Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:20:11 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@san.rr.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I withdraw the fraggin question. Message-ID: <3533B6EB.87430500@san.rr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414105941.24462F-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
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Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > When I made a suggestion, based on some experiences I've had in the past, > I didn't realize the flames and personal attacks that I'd be subjected to. I didn't see any flames. What I saw was people calmly explaining to you why your idea won't be implemented. When you continued to push your point people gave you the standard FreeBSD response, "If you want it that way do it that way." > I apologize for my outrageous suggestion that vi be moved onto the root > partition, and humbly beg forgiveness from the godlike beings whose anger > I have arroused by my stupidity. Once again, I didn't see anger (except a little from you, and Jordan's usual snippiness :). I would write off your suggestion as "ignorant" rather than "stupid," since there is a big difference between the two. Ignorance simply means that you were lacking the facts. > At last, I understand the reticence people seem to have to bring forward > ideas. You have to be pretty thick skinned to even get through the first > wave of 'Are you crazy? Why would you do something stupid like that? I > think people like you should...'. Please re-read the responses you received. No one called you names, they simply rejected your idea and presented you with several alternatives. And I think you're still missing out on the fact that you CAN have things your way, on your system. :) Good luck, Doug (who has contributed his share of "stupid" suggestions :) -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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