Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:33:28 +0100 From: Walter Alejandro Iglesias <roquesor@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation Message-ID: <20120104113328.GA1320@chancha.local> In-Reply-To: <20120104045504.GB28963@hemlock.hydra> References: <20120101091420.117aa8f3@scorpio> <20120102065526.GA16481@hemlock.hydra> <20120102083114.6c09d839@scorpio> <20120102193319.GA31717@hemlock.hydra> <20120103020611.GA22209@chancha.local> <4F02A306.5060501@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120103121211.GA1375@chancha.local> <20120103181401.GB20156@hemlock.hydra> <20120103220736.GF53108@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20120104045504.GB28963@hemlock.hydra>
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 09:55:04PM -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 02:07:36PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: > > Quoth Chad Perrin on Tuesday, 03 January 2012: > > > > > > So . . . please start with the denotative meanings of words, consider > > > your audience, and use words accordingly. If you wish to use a term > > > differently than how it is understood, make sure you clarify that fact up > > > front. If others refuse to go along with it, find a different term to > > > use that can better convey the meaning you wish to convey. > > > > > > > If everyone followed your advice here, Chad, then 99% of the arguments on the > > Internet would evaporate. > > Thanks for noticing! > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Well Chad, you crossed the line. I don't need any "clarification" to understand this last statement like a poor insult. Let's do an exercise; you need it: 1) "popularity" "demagogy" "rights" 2) "lawyer" "demand" "rights" By analogy: 1) "bicycle" "road" "wheel" 2) "Unix" "groups" "wheel" See? In that first paragraph where I mention "rights" in a "popular" context, I am exactly denoting the bad use people do of the word "rights". You killed the messenger. Talking about an "audience" is beyond my goal. I expect just a human being on the other side; not necessary too much cleaver or cultivated just not having a MS Word Spelling Checker by brain is enough. So, I will not waste my time in quoting, sub quoting and meta quoting myself with "this is a metaphor; this is a sarcasm; this is a hyperbole; this is a joke" to the infinite; I made this in the past with people like you and I know that it is a waste of time. Anyway, thanks for your teachings. Walter
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