Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:34:11 -0500 From: em1897@aol.com To: dev@unixdaemon.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A Riddle Message-ID: <8C7015E242FAADF-B30-24D3F@mblk-d12.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <20050327174137.GF812@blood.spawn.net> References: <9e46c99e05032514415054a44e@mail.gmail.com> <4244962A.6090607@makeworld.com> <plop858y4azl7c.fsf@gnu-rox.org> <8C700348197B88C-EAC-39749@mblk-d17.sysops.aol.com> <42458C4C.9040603@makeworld.com> <8C700417DCC63B0-380-38F13@mblk-d39.sysops.aol.com> <20050326215959.5c342118@localhost> <8C700FE8F93100E-4B8-3C321@mblk-d50.sysops.aol.com> <4246DFFE.2020707@makeworld.com> <8C70103096F17C4-450-3B03B@mblk-d13.sysops.aol.com> <20050327174137.GF812@blood.spawn.net>
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and who do you think cares what you do? -----Original Message----- From: Dev Tugnait <dev@unixdaemon.org> To: em1897@aol.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:41:37 -0500 Subject: Re: A Riddle I sticky this thread as retarded. * em1897@aol.com (em1897@aol.com) wrote: > Apparently you can't read. I didn't say you were an > idiot for running your own server. Only that you > were an idiot to use your server to download > tons of crap from lists that you don't want to > read when for free you can have it stored elsewhere. > > I have a server, and a domain (several) and lots of > other cool stuff. I got tired of wasting cpu cycles > and disk space, considering that maybe 1 out of 20 > messages actually interests me. You guys always > complain about wasted bandwidth. Well if you use > yahoo or gmail or aol then you don't waste any bandwidth > of your own. You just read what you want to read. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> > To: em1897@aol.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de > Sent: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:31:58 -0600 > Subject: Re: A Riddle > > em1897@aol.com wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> > >To: em1897@aol.com > >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Sent: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:59:59 +0100 > >Subject: Re: A Riddle > >> em1897@aol.com wrote: > >>> --- Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > >>> em1897@aol.com wrote: > >>> > Hmm, I wonder if the lack of performance, or the > >>> unwanted > >>> > emails were more heavily weighted in the > >>> decision? > >>> > > >>> > If there was any intelligent life on the list you > >>> could > >>> > counter what you call "Trolls" with solid technical > >>> > arguments. This reminds me of the old bsdi > >>> > list. A bunch of half-wits who are just happy > >>> > to belong to something and have other half-wits > >>> > to correspond with. > >>> > > >>> > FreeBSD used to have open discussions between > >>> > users and developers and it used to be real > >>> > good. Now it sucks and the developers are > >>> > detached, off in their own little world. See > >>> > a pattern? > >>> > > >>> > But with a user base from places like gnu-rox.org > >>> > and makeworld.com, what do you expect I > >>> > guess? > >> > Please have a look at your own email address. > >>> As an aside, all of the major web mail providers > >>default to "top posting". Google (ever hear > >>of them?) only shows the top N lines of a post. > >>So if you bottom post, you don't see the message > >>you want to see > >>without having to make an effort. So when are > >>you troglodytes going to climb out of your > >>1994 hibernations and get with the times? > >> > They don't default to top posting, they put > >the cursor on top, so you can read the whole > >message and cut irrelevant parts before replying. > >> If Google doesn't display the whole message, > >the interface is crap. That's not the fault of > >anybody on this list. > >>> You may prefer one over the other, but its > >>hardly a capital offense to do otherwise. Most > >>of us have evolved out of our unix newsreaders. > >> > If you want to be read by as many people > >as possible on this list, the easiest way is > >to write well formed mails. > >> Unfortunately, you are not only top posting, > >your mailing software also inserts line breaks > >where there shouldn't be any and makes it > >hard to see who wrote what. > >> Have a look at the beginning of this mail. > >Your quotation is a mess. > >>> Anyone with a brain is using web mail for > >>mailing lists these days: no more whining > >>about spam or "wasted bandwidth". > >> > Having a brain is good, but using it is even better. > >If the web interface produces garbage, changing > >the interface could be a smart move. > >> Just my two brainless cents. > >> Fabian > >-- > http://www.fabiankeil.de > > > *** Formatted correctly for ease of reading *** > > em1897@aol.com wrote: > >WRONG on all counts! > > > >Firstly, anyone who uses their own server for lists is > >a complete idiot. > > So - according to YOU, most all of us that run our own servers are > idiots. Yanno what? You sound like the type that is forced to use his > parents PC, Forced to use AOL, and forced to use web mail. > > So - since YOU can't have what most of us can and do have, you feel the > need to lash out and verbally abuse. > > This is a classic case of the have-nots are beside them selfs over the > haves. > > It's one thing to say something like: > > It's my opinion that (insert rhetoric here) > > Then to make a sweeping generalization as you just did. Shows us what > kind a man (or boy) you are. > > Grow up - show some respect, don't insult - you will live longer when > you do join society. > > And, as I said before - even tho you may bash us, think you are > superior to us - we still love you anyways. > > Oh, and have a great day! > > -- Best regards, > Chris > > If on an actuarial basis there is a 50 50 chance that > something will go wrong, > It will actually go wrong nine times out of ten. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" +----------==/\/\==----------+ (__) FreeBSD | <dev@unixdaemon.org> | \\\'',) The | Kernel ESCAFLOWNE | \/ \ ^ Power | Web http://unixdaemon.org | .\._/_) To +----------==\/\/==----------+ Serve [ We've switched the bath sponge with a tribble. ] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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