Date: 07 Sep 1999 10:51:17 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates in latest build? Message-ID: <xzpr9kbksu2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Brad Knowles's message of "Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:28:10 %2B0200" References: <v04205511b3f95d4a6146@[195.238.1.121]> <xzp906km0or.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <v0420552bb3f9a78fd3c9@[195.238.1.121]> <v0420552fb3f9add34cf6@[195.238.1.121]> <xzp3dwrncts.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <v04205500b3fa6d886e50@[195.238.1.121]>
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Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> writes: > During the great Backbone Cabal wars [0] [1], I learned a couple of rules: > > 1. The first person to resort to negatively comparing the > other side to Hitler or the Nazis automatically loses the argument. > > 2. The first person to resort to using ad hominem attacks > (e.g., calling someone "infantile") automatically loses the argument. I'll add my own: 3. The first person to resort to rank or seniority to compensate for a lack of valid arguments automatically loses the argument. > Now, I'll make a deal with you. You tell me when you first > learned your version of these rules on the 'net -- if that was before > 1986 I'll be perfectly happy to switch to using your version of the > rules for any discussion(s) I may (or may not) have with you in the > future. Sound fair enough? Please hold the line while I fall off my chair and laugh my head off. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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