On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:20:38 -0600, Linønutlinønut wrote: > After takin' a swig o' grog, Kier belched out this bit o' wisdom: > >>> I think Karl should let RMS post his own responses to Usenet trolls, >>> should he wish to do so. >> >> He's crippled by RSI, I believe, so maybe he prefers to leave posting to >> Usenet to others on his behalf, to save his wrists for his coding work. > > Ahhh, that does make sense. Still, for missives, text-to-speech should > work well enough. (Not for code, though, I would guess.) > >> I admit to being sceptical of the message, but it certainly was consistent >> with RMS's personality and views. > > I agree, but I was skeptical nonetheless. I remember getting suckered > by a fake post from "Linus Torvalds".
Have to say, I wasn't caught by that one. To be honest, I don't think he'd be seen dead in COLA these days. Far too much banging on about Windows. > >> And how the hell would either of them >> know anything about trolls like 'Karen Hill'? > > Simple. Read "her" post and think a bit. And how may times have we answered trolls, either knowingly or unknowingly, as if they were serious? > > To be fair, I'm sure RMS/Karl don't know about COLA, and so the > cross-post didn't raise any red flags. Exactly. We tend to assume what goes on in COLA is familiar to others from outside, but it isn't. > > I'm pretty sure I made some mistakes in this thread <wry grin>. Hey, we all do that. > > One more thing. Just wanted to make it clear that I am a big fan of GNU > and the GPL. There would be no "Linux" distros without it. And the FSF > is to be commended for working hard to preserve a very endangered part > of "the Commons", and, in fact, enlarging it. And I agree with most of > what RMS has to say. Me too. And even when I don't, I respect him for sticking to his guns. You know he's doing something right when some people have to dredge up insults about his appearance and can't refute what he says. > > Perhaps I should change my street name to "GNU/Linønut"! Go for it! -- Kier _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
