Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 01:34:08 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@virginia.edu>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, c@lemis.com Subject: Re: Fairings Message-ID: <199801280934.BAA01574@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 15:13:01 %2B1030." <19980128151301.26241@lemis.com>
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Gosh, Those where the good ol' days where Jordan's thin skin got shall we say thicken to the point of flame proof. Pity that we can't say the same about Jesus -- oh well he got replaced by Hordes of Linux Fans 8) Cheers, Amancio > On Tue, Jan 27, 1998 at 11:34:57PM -0500, Adrian T. Filipi-Martin wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > >> for those old-timers in FreeBSD... > >> > >> The originator of the original FreeBSD fairings > >> was spotted in SF-bay area yesterday.. > >> (yes, the real JMj!) > > > > Heh, it is hard to forget jmonroy. I just got interested in the > > QIC quarterly when he up and quit crossposting it. :-/ > > > > Does anyone have a copy of the Fairings post any longer? It > > doesn't come up when searching minnie. I feel foolish not saving a copy. > > From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) > Subject: More on the Conflict of Interest > Message-ID: <jmonroyCHn46z.E0s@netcom.com> > Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 01:01:47 GMT > Lines: 62 > > > > More on the Conflict of Interest > -------------------------------- > > Recently, in light of the ensueing processes which are > deteremined to their rightness, I have been working on the > projects that make my financial and professional interest. > In short, I don't have time for petty in-fighting. > > I did not (and have not had) time to read the thread > which mentioned the "non-merger" of the *bsd interests. So, > comments by me at this time are without reflection on > all the present facts. Also, e-mail to me about the "moderator > please resign, BS" is sitting in my in-box, and will not be answer > until after "The Great Debate". > > I am aware that at times some of my comments seemed a bit of > line, but without all the facts it is just that (a seemingly > out-of-line-comment). I really don't have time to play the games > that people like T. Deradt want to play. Comment about > "net-bag-lady", "mentally-unstable", "politically-uncorrect" > and "non-net-equitte" are plain bull, a waste of my time and > show a great deal of unprofessionalisim by those involved. > In addition, language of vulgar context is not appreciated in > my "mbox". In short, expect a harsher treatment by me to you > (that take on these tactics). > > I will still be continuing with this newsgroup, but I must > for the sake of the moronic-unstable-childish-pathetic- > pre-adolescent-wannabes with dillusion of being the next Bill > Gates take on new tactics: > > 1) Don't expect fairings. > 2) If confused read #1. > 3) If you can't find a rule to apply read rule #1. > 4) If you work for BSDI, USL, Novell or UUNET read > rule #1. > 5) If you want me to play by *your* rules read rule #1. > 6) If you want to reason with me, then send reasonable > mail else read rule #1. > 7) If you've got a problem with my attitude or the > way I say things read rule #1. > 8) If you are going to mail me a nasty "this posting > is just your way of proving your a XXX" read rule #1. > 9) If you expect that I will do less on the account of > a handful of wannabes, read rule #1. > > 10) In case of any confusion, all the above tactics only > apply to the moronic-unstable-childish-pathetic- > pre-adolescent-wannabes with dillusion of being the > next Bill Gates. > > 11) This is a paranoid fantasy; have fun with it; > read rule #1. > > > -- > Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com > Zebra Research > /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation > > From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) > Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc > Subject: Re: More on the Conflict of Interest > Date: 08 Dec 1993 10:09:36 GMT > In-reply-to: jmonroy@netcom.com's message of Tue, 7 Dec 1993 01:01:47 GMT > > In article <jmonroyCHn46z.E0s@netcom.com> jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes: > 1) Don't expect fairings. > 2) If confused read #1. > > I was confused. I read #1. I finally got it - you're a fellow > motorcycle rider, winter is approaching, and you're exhorting us all > not to expect fairings! Sound advice too, should you happen to borrow > or rent someone else's motorcycle and be suddenly faced with a long, > cold ride without the benefit of any kind of wind protection. > > [ Lots more rules deleted, all referring back to the rule > about not expecting wind-chill protection ] > > Sound advice here. Remember, a good pair of gloves (leather, not > wool! Wool may look warm but does nothing to keep the wind out!), a > thick muffler and a thick padded jacket will save you from looking > like Frozen-zombie-from-beyond-the-grave-man when you dismount your > trusty steed 50 miles later and find that you're barely unable to > detach your frozen fingers from the throttle. > > Weather may turn cold, and long distance winter motorcycle commutes > may continue unabated, but of those of us who take sound advice of > Jesus to heart, many are cold but few are frozen. > > Jordan > -- > (Jordan K. Hubbard) jkh@violet.berkeley.edu, jkh@al.org, jkh@whisker.lotus.ie >
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