On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:54:02 +1300 Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ubuntu is preferred). But the main "bug" with that wasn't fixed. Maybe will > > try to resolve that, sometime. Perhaps... :| So, that is one issue/bug it was hardly even an issue having to type wvdial instaed of clicking a button.. I suggested another gui program to get the internet up and down. vatsala did not want to use it. > > "bug" > > "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it > means." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes > > It's a very emotive word, and is generally accepted to have a precise > technical meaning. Misconfiguration != bug. Installation program > *creating* a misconfiguration is conceivably a bug, but the > misconfiguration itself isn't. Possibly a "feature". In any case, it is > an "issue" that you have. vatsala constantly reminds me of this from esr: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id3001405 <quote> Don't claim that you have found a bug When you are having problems with a piece of software, don't claim you have found a bug unless you are very, very sure of your ground.......Remember, there are a lot of other users that are not experiencing your problem..... This means that very probably it is you who are doing something wrong, not the software </quote> > > Try to be accurate, and concise (which means, less verbose). > > And ditto "patience", which I haven't seen for a few days. amen As an aside (or perhaps the main dish) I'd like to apologise to the list for some of the intemperate words I used in one of my responses to vatsala yesterday. (I think it was yesterday, or maybe saturday) --nick > > -jim -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
