Alex, I would hate for you to have to pen such a long email again using your mobile and do appreciate the comments hence the change to appear more human. -- Thanks, Phil
----- Original Message ----- > I wasn't so much poking fun at the substance of your post as the fact > that you're the only person on this mailing list that posts with a > pseudonym, and at that, one evocative of online gaming or forum > environments. It just doesn't fit with the culture or the > relatively serious, substantive and adult-oriented tenor of this > type of list. Do you not notice that? > > At the risk of being rude, "--[ UxBoD ]--" is something that belongs > in WoW or a phpBB board full of spotty adolescents. > > If your real name is Phil, why not post as such? Okay, so maybe you > don't want to give out your surname for one reason or another--fair > enough. So, post as "Phil", or "Phil D.", if your full name were > Phil Deleterious. > > There's no rule saying you have to. However, the survival of most > human social institutions, including those devoted to the exchange > of knowledge, is upheld in part by adherence to some conventions of > self-presentation and deportment. These conventions help delineate > the identity and character of the venue to outsiders, and assist in > self-knowledge and affirmation of that character internally. > > Everyone else here posts with their full name because it > communicates: "I am a real, adult person solving real-world > technical problems related to Asterisk." It is, at least in part, an > affirmation of the fact that real personalities--real humans, real > identities--underlie participation in Internet forums, especially > specialised ones. It is also a nod to the benificent academic > origins of the Internet. There are reasons for these conventions. > They encapsulate our creation mythos, and they tell us what kind of > people we are, as a community. > > Quite frankly, your From: display name spits on the pedigree, on the > storied heritage of how this open-source community came to be. It > is not deferential to the accrued wisdom of Internet-focused > technical specialists in areas such as Asterisk or IP telephony, and > it does not hallow the ground on which we tread. It says that the > ROFLcopter has landed!!!111 and lol p0wned teh n00bs. > > Except, you're being the n00b. Come on, Phil. Self-awareness is > important. I know I am being a self-important ass pontificating on > this to you. Are you okay with an ASCII art pseudonym that says, > "I'm a 14 year old playing WoW on a delapidated, slightly yellowed > Windows tower draped in dirty underwear"? If not for you, why not > for us? Please post with a real name. > > -- > This message was painstakingly thumbed out on my mobile, so apologies > for brevity, errors, and general sloppiness. > > Alex Balashov - Principal > Evariste Systems LLC > 260 Peachtree Street NW > Suite 2200 > Atlanta, GA 30303 > Tel: +1-678-954-0670 > Fax: +1-404-961-1892 > Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 6:02 AM, "--[ UxBoD ]--" <ux...@splatnix.net> > wrote: > > > LOL :) that really made me chuckle this morning; and very apt for > > the fact I did not post any fundamental details about the issue. > > All points duly noted! > > -- > > Thanks, Phil > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >> Is --[ UxBoD ]-- a first-person shooter gang--er, clan--name? > >> Like, > >> one of those who rocket-jumps onto the platform and camps with the > >> grenade launcher, trying to stop the reds from capturing the blue > >> flag? I hate how the health and the ammo takes so long to respawn. > >> Is there any way to fix that in deathmatch? > > > >> -- > >> This message was painstakingly thumbed out on my mobile, so > >> apologies > >> for brevity, errors, and general sloppiness. > > > >> Alex Balashov - Principal > >> Evariste Systems LLC > >> 260 Peachtree Street NW > >> Suite 2200 > >> Atlanta, GA 30303 > >> Tel: +1-678-954-0670 > >> Fax: +1-404-961-1892 > >> Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ > > > >> On Jan 24, 2012, at 2:10 AM, "--[ UxBoD ]--" < ux...@splatnix.net > >> > > >> wrote: > > > >>> --[ UxBoD ]-- > >> > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users