On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 23:53:37 -0600 "J. Craig Woods"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> daRcmaTTeR wrote:
> >
> > From: "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [expert] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware,
> > software development]
> >
> > > daRcmaTTeR wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > A FLAMING Liberal and open source supporter,
> > > > > mg
> > > >
> > > > boy! talk about a no brainer...I meant the part about the "flaming
> > > > liberal."
> > >
> > > I love it! Best thread going in awhile. And lighten up people,
> > > variety is good stuff. A big thanks to LX. You are the man...
> > >
> >
> > These threads are kinda fun aren't they Craig?
> >
> > Mark
> > a.k.a. daRcmaTTeR
> >
>
> <post for a slow night>
> Yes, I think so. I see a lot of people offering help here, and really
> doing a fine job of giving back to the open source community on this
> list. Yes, every now and then, we see someone act like an ass but that
> is life wherever you may find it. Sometimes, even here on the list, we
> need a bit of a relevant distraction. I say relevant because this thread
> encompasses a subject that has direct bearing on the future of the open
> source movement i.e. Linux. That is why it engenders such passionate
> responses. If we all remember to be tolerant of the other person's
> opinion, we will not only learn some new things but we will have some
> fun doing so too. I try to keep it in mind that this is a public list,
> and, as such, you will see a wide variety of responses. Now and again,
> we might feel someone has responded to our solicitations sounding a bit
> more critical than we had anticipated. I can only say, as far as *nix*
> lists are concerned, this one is about as genteel as I have encountered
> in my experience. Every other list that I have been on always has a list
> nazi or two constantly responding with nothing more than "RTFM" of
> "STFW".
> </post for a slow night>
>
> J. Craig Woods
> a.k.a. Dr John
> the night tripper
>
Must be a slow morning... :^)
<tweaked from RFC1122>
1.2.2 Robustness Principle
At every layer of the [discussions], there is a general rule
whose application can lead to enormous benefits in [exchanges] and
[helpfulness] [IP:1]:
"Be liberal in what you accept, and
conservative in what you send"
[Lists members] should be [able] to deal with every conceivable
[post], no matter how unlikely; sooner or later a [post] will
come in with that particular combination of [rants] and
[stupidity], and unless the [list member] is prepared, chaos can
ensue. In general, it is best to assume that the [list] is
filled with malevolent entities that will send in [posts]
designed to have the worst possible effect. This assumption
will lead to suitable protective [responses], although the most
serious problems in the Internet have been caused by
unenvisaged [idiots] triggered by low-[relevance] events;
mere human malice would never have taken so devious a course!
[technical stuff snipped]
The second part of the principle is almost as important:
[users] on other hosts may contain deficiencies that make it
unwise to exploit legal but obscure [responses]. It is
unwise to stray far from the obvious and simple, lest untoward
effects result elsewhere. A corollary of this is "watch out
for misbehaving [users]"; [list recipients] should be prepared,
not just to survive other misbehaving [posters], but also to
cooperate to limit the amount of disruption such [jerks] can cause
to the shared communication facility.
</tweaked from RFC1122>
:^)
Pierre
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