Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:04:01 -1000 From: parv@pair.com To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Alberto Mijares <amijaresp@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Was: Disabling DNS Message-ID: <20100422180401.GB24230@holstein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <g2v286906751004201018ucc0c00beu7670e155c4768b80@mail.gmail.com> <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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in message <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>, wrote Jerry McAllister thusly... > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:48:46PM -0430, Alberto Mijares wrote: ... > > >> 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. ... > > 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). ... > A person needs to be encouraged to read the documentation but > should not be called a dummy. I suppose you might have had a > different intent for the use of that word which is why I mentioned > the possibility of having a language problem. But, it appeared > in the text that you were calling the person stupid and that is > inappropriate for postings to this list. We avoid personal > attacks. Jerry, Alberto was referring to the task not the person being dummy (as in basic, easy) as explained already by Bill. There was no personal attack. I got that sense after reading Alberto's reply, before both Bill's explanation & your indignation. Please read the response in context. - parv --
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