Well said! I completely agree. --Nick
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:55:01 -0600 (CST), Duo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > > Can we please STOP fueling Anthony's drivel? > > > > --Stijn > > > > -- > > Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. > > > > I have two words for you: Mail Filtering. > > Use it. It can work wonders on signal to noise ratio. He is not going to > quit, ever. > > Honestly, the whole disk thing reminds me of an experience with FreeBSD > and an old gateway solo laptop. > > I wanted to make better use of it, as it was given to me, and it had > windows 98 on it. Now, when I went to install 5.3, the machine would boot > off CD, but, completely bork upon trying to get the disk to work. > > I popped in my 4.x CD, it worked with the disk fine. So, something must > have changed. I scoured the list for similar/related issues. And, I found > a simple setting change I could make at boot time, for the DMA settings, > to get 5.3 installed. Made the same change in the .conf for boottime, and > I was off and running. > > What I did not do, was camp out on the list, make wild random accusations > that FreeBSD was a bug infested nightmare, because windows worked, but the > newest FreeBSD did not. Windows has a very high tolerance for errors, > which it masks.Masking such things is typically by design, so as not to > panic the person sitting in front of it. I have seen this time and again. > It's not a reason to panic. Ever. Also consider, it shields alot of > "sysadmins" from real issues, as opposed to forcing them to deal with them > in a real positive way: researching the problem to solution. I think this > is one of the core issues Anthony has: having been sheltered from any real > issues such as these, he's not equipped. > > Having worked to get LinuxPPC (when it was new) working with NewWorld > Macs, and new powerbooks, there are always solutions, provided you dont > act like a reprehensible jackass, who spouts off about their credentials, > etc, ad infinitum, as a justification for bowing to their irrational and > asinine behavior. > > The bottom line is, this guy will never go away. He dosent "get it", so to > speak. He dosent understand the fundamentals of open source methodology, > he does not have a clear, concise, and professional understanding of how > development, or any kind of rational sense of how the troubleshooting > method works. He has zero clue as to how one can apply isolation logic, > and all he wants to do is say, "it worked on NT, now you better make it > work for me, or else your product sucks, and you are not a real developer > if you don't pander to my every whim". > > In the end, yes, he is annoying. But, you can take steps to avoid him, his > posts, and the replies. Set up mail rules, procmail, whatever you need to > do. And, while this may be a hassle, a good set of mail filtering > templates is always a good idea, because Anthony is not the first flaming > troll to ever be on this, or any mailing list, and he will not be the > last. You would do well to accept this, start filtering replies, and bask > in the new found signal to noise ratio. > > I have him blocked, but, not the replies. I think mostly, the list mages > are handling him well, and, reading the fallout is far more entertaining. > > -- > Duo > > Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of > suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system > administration. > --Philip Greenspun > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"