Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:48:58 -0500 From: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] Was: Disabling DNS Message-ID: <3354637731-1661093181@intranet.com.mx>
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Hello all. My English is not perfect at all since it is not my native language. With that in mind.... I read the comments about the dummy word, interpreted as a basic task, simple task.... In th eeffort of learning... can you explain why you considered the comments unfriendly and non-professional? Thanks in advance Jorge Biquez At 12:30 p.m. 20/04/2010, you wrote: >In response to Alberto Mijares <amijaresp@gmail.com>: > > > >> > I have a FreeBSD server that, among other things, used to > provide DNS for a handful of domain names and a small network. All > DNS is now provided by new machines. On the old machine, DNS > starts when the machine boots, and bind continues to run lots of > useless named and named-xfer processes throughout the day. How do > I turn off the DNS processes on the old machine and stop it from > starting every time the machine boots? > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> FreeBSD has an excelent documentation. Just reading the manual you > > >> will know how to acomplish dummy sysadmin tasks like this. > > > ^^^^^ > > > Maybe you have a language problem, but this looks very much like > > > inappropriate response. We do no call names on this list. It > > > is unhelpful, unfriendly and non-professional. > > > > > > ////jerry > > > > When you give a specific answer, you are just giving that: one single > > answer. When you give the source of this answer instead, you are > > giving many answers at once. Now, it's obvious that the OP hasn't read > > the handbook ever and I think he didn't try, at least, a google search > > before asking this question. So, why is it inappropiate, unhelpful, > > unfriendly or non-professional my advise? Ain't it a tacit rule in > > every list to do some research before asking help? > > > > Just in case, I made a search of every word I used in a dictionary; > > and no offensive nor annoying meaning was found (OK, I misstyped > > "accomplish", sorry about that. My native language is spanish). > > > > Please let me know if I'm missing something else. > >I suspect that jerry had a problem with the use of "dummy", which is >generally considered an insult when directed at a person. I.e. "You're >being a dummy." is an insult. > >Since your use of the term was associated with the task and not the >individual, the whole thing enters a grey area of interpretation. Some >might consider the sentence an insult, others might simply consider >the use of "dummy task" as another way to say "beginner task" or >"basic task". > >In any event, it's my experience that if you spend time on the Internet, >you will eventually end up offending someone. Just apologize for any >misunderstanding and move on. > >-- >Bill Moran >http://www.potentialtech.com >http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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