Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread zithro
On 23 Jun 2023 17:56, Fred wrote: Or you could try Devuan which is Debian without systemd. I did, when I didn't know Debian still had sysv. But since you can do it on Debian directly, I don't see the point now. Maybe more polished packages, ie. no surprises like "if you install this package,

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread Fred
On 6/23/23 08:12, zithro wrote: On 23 Jun 2023 16:41, mick.crane wrote: On 2023-06-23 11:58, Nicolas George wrote: Andy Smith (12023-06-23): It seemed fine the way it was. The only reason why I didn't answer is that I don't know anything about removing systemd! Me I know just a little about

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread zithro
On 23 Jun 2023 16:41, mick.crane wrote: On 2023-06-23 11:58, Nicolas George wrote: Andy Smith (12023-06-23): It seemed fine the way it was. The only reason why I didn't answer is that I don't know anything about removing systemd! Me I know just a little about it, enough to know that

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread mick.crane
On 2023-06-23 11:58, Nicolas George wrote: Andy Smith (12023-06-23): It seemed fine the way it was. The only reason why I didn't answer is that I don't know anything about removing systemd! Me I know just a little about it, enough to know that discussion with people who want to remove it but

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread Nicolas George
Andy Smith (12023-06-23): > It seemed fine the way it was. The only reason why I didn't answer > is that I don't know anything about removing systemd! Me I know just a little about it, enough to know that discussion with people who want to remove it but are not already capable of doing it by

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 10:06:04AM +, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > I though it would have been easier to read if I had forwarded it. > In hindsight, I could have just copied it over. It seemed fine the way it was. The only reason why I didn't answer is that I don't know anything about

Re: OT: Forwarding and top posting (was: Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong)

2023-06-23 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 04:24:47PM -0700, Manphiz wrote: > Personally I don't have a strong preference either way, but would like > to hear more opinions on this. The complaint about a top-posted forwarded message just because it had a contextual hint at the top, seemed excessive to me. I

OT: Forwarding and top posting (was: Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong)

2023-06-22 Thread Manphiz
David Christensen writes: > On 6/22/23 03:28, Ottavio Caruso wrote: >> Am 21/06/2023 um 15:46 schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: > >>> ... top posting ... > >> ... When the message is forwarded ("Weitergeleitet", ... you have no >> other choice than to top post because the forwarded message is not >>

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-22 Thread David Christensen
On 6/22/23 03:28, Ottavio Caruso wrote: Am 21/06/2023 um 15:46 schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: ... top posting ... ... When the message is forwarded ("Weitergeleitet", ... you have no other choice than to top post because the forwarded message is not indented. It would make no sense to bottom

Re: Angry, yet wrong too (was: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong)

2023-06-22 Thread Reco
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 01:09:28PM +, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Am 22/06/2023 um 10:46 schrieb Reco: > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 10:28:42AM +, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > > > > don't appreciate top posting around here) > > > > > > You've managed to be pedantic and patronising yet wrong.

Re: Angry, yet wrong too (was: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong)

2023-06-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 01:09:28PM +, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > You have never heard of user agent spoofing have you? Sounds like yet another reason to discontinue communications with someone who has already raised many other red flags.

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-22 Thread Nicolas George
Ottavio Caruso (12023-06-22): > You've managed to be pedantic and patronising yet wrong. You expect help with that attitude? Not from me at least. Goodbye. -- Nicolas George

Re: Angry, yet wrong too (was: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong)

2023-06-22 Thread Reco
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 10:28:42AM +, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > don't appreciate top posting around here) > > You've managed to be pedantic and patronising yet wrong. When the > message is forwarded ("Weitergeleitet", you should know this, since > you use a *.de domain), you have no other