Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 12:57:33 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> 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: <199909071057.MAA79969@gratis.grondar.za>
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This crap definitely does not belong on this list. Please take it offline. > At 7:56 PM +0200 1999/9/6, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > Please stop spreading such disinformation. It only comes across as an > > infantile attempt to cover up the fact that you didn't do your > > homework, and it damages the project's reputation as well as your own. > > During the great Backbone Cabal wars [0] [1], I learned a couple of rul es: > > 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. > > > 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? > > > > > > [0] See <http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jargon.html#backbone%20cabal>. > > [1] I was just one of many thousands of undergrad CS students. I'm > sure you wouldn't remember me. ESR says that it broke up in late > 1988, but my personal recollection was that it was heaviest in 1986. > Maybe that's just when I was most active in that battle. > > -- > These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy > ____________________________________________________________________ > |o| Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| > |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| > |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| > |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ > Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. > Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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