Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:57:19 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Fast releases demand binary updates.. Message-ID: <200601122057.20181.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20060112080856.GI84964@svcolo.com> References: <20060112080856.GI84964@svcolo.com>
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--nextPart2836752.KEI0pMRxDa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:38, Jo Rhett wrote: > 20-something people telling me that my shorthand for -core proves that I'm > an idiot. It wasn't the topic, and it doesn't change the real question o= ne > bit, but it's a great chance for everyone to call me an idiot. Am I in this category? I wonder.. Anyway.. Your use of nomenclature not matching that of the rest of the community is = a=20 sure fire way to be misunderstood and brushed off. Yes, people shouldn't just ignore you because you used the wrong name, but= =20 since those people are very busy they are guessing you are probably just a= =20 troll, or clueless.. This sort of attitude is necessary otherwise you'd was= te=20 heaps of time dealing with clueless people or trolls. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart2836752.KEI0pMRxDa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDxi8I5ZPcIHs/zowRAkFIAKCYiRQ9PE4QIgpS+p9uTgI7LQR4AACdEWOK HLrSldQn6OknEJIb03syflM= =Pba2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2836752.KEI0pMRxDa--
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