Re: [gentoo-user] Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:34:52 +0100
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:

 On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:00:31 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
 
  Ah, not so. Until you work with foreign cultures you won't believe
  the many varied ways communication can veer off course. In some
  cultures it's considered rude for a junior to respond in any way to
  a senior (replies have to go through intermediaries). 
 
 Is this the culture in Alanland? ;-)
 
 

Some of the citizens in AlansUserland believe that's the culture.

Honest guv, I swear, it wasn't my doing!



-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com



Re: [gentoo-user] Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:00:31 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

 Ah, not so. Until you work with foreign cultures you won't believe the
 many varied ways communication can veer off course. In some cultures
 it's considered rude for a junior to respond in any way to a senior
 (replies have to go through intermediaries). 

Is this the culture in Alanland? ;-)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?


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this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-11 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:27 +0200
schrieb Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net:

 it's nice how much many people on this this list are willing to help
 in spite of all this. but am i really the only one who finds the
 behavior described above at least confusing?
 anyway, i'm quite convinced it is fake.

no, apparently i am not the only one thinking that:
http://www.stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/58.243.95.123

 
 /jonas
 
 Am Sun, 9 Oct 2011 21:44:28 +0800
 schrieb Lavender 448463...@qq.com:
 
  Thank you all ! Thanks for helping , now I know which things I
  should do . 

-- 原始邮件 --
发件人: Michael Molmike...@gmail.com;
   发送时间: 2011年10月9日(星期天) 晚上9:40
   收件人: gentoo-usergentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; 
   
   主题: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build
  kernel?
  

  On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com
  wrote:
   On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Lavender 448463...@qq.com
   wrote:
   Yeah, your reply is exact what I mean , but I'm really confused
   by those modules' names, I can't find any contact between the
   hard device name and its module name . For example,  there is a
   module named 3c59x.ko , I totally don't know what device it
   present for ,
  
   This got a *lot* easier back when sysfs was added.
  
   cd /sys/module/modulename/drivers/
  
   And go from there
  
   lspci will help you see the 'text' name for the device in
   question.
  
   For example, let's say I don't know what the 'ahci' module is for.
  
   $ cd /sys/module/ahci/drivers
   $ ls
   pci:ahci
   $ cd pci\:ahci/
   $ ls
   :00:11.0  bind  module  new_id  remove_id  uevent  unbind
   $ sudo lspci|grep 11.0
   00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA
   Controller [AHCI mode]
   $
  
   So now I know the ahci module manages my SATA controller.
  
  Came up with something possibly a little handier. This command
  should tell you what driver is associated with every device on the
  system.
  
  find /sys/devices -name driver -print0|xargs -0 ls -l|cut -d' '
  -f10-|sed -e 's/\.\.\///g'
  
  Output could probably still be a bit better cleaned up, but it
  should help.
  


Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-11 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011 12:51:12 Jonas de Buhr wrote:
 Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:27 +0200
 
 schrieb Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net:
  it's nice how much many people on this this list are willing to help
  in spite of all this. but am i really the only one who finds the
  behavior described above at least confusing?
  anyway, i'm quite convinced it is fake.
 
 no, apparently i am not the only one thinking that:
 http://www.stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/58.243.95.123


Interesting!

Well, the broken English is not an insurmountable problem as long as we 
understand the question asked.  Not everyone is blessed with good knowledge of 
the English language.

The questions seem genuine, so it may help the OP or others that have similar 
problems.

The lack of netiqutte, well ... if I only I had a penny for every time that we 
have collectively or singularly asked people to respect it.  ;-)

Now, if as you say it is indeed spam, what escapes me is why would someone 
spam the list in this manner?  It doesn't make sense.  So I am led to believe 
that the peculiarities you mention are probably a cultural (or personal) 
issue.
-- 
Regards,
Mick


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Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-11 Thread Jonas de Buhr
Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:54:06 +0100
schrieb Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com:

 On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011 12:51:12 Jonas de Buhr wrote:
  Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:27 +0200
  
  schrieb Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net:
   it's nice how much many people on this this list are willing to
   help in spite of all this. but am i really the only one who finds
   the behavior described above at least confusing?
   anyway, i'm quite convinced it is fake.
  
  no, apparently i am not the only one thinking that:
  http://www.stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/58.243.95.123
 
 
 Interesting!
 
 Well, the broken English is not an insurmountable problem as long as
 we understand the question asked.  Not everyone is blessed with good
 knowledge of the English language.

i totally agree to that given any effort on the other end i would do my
best to help as well.

 The questions seem genuine, so it may help the OP or others that have
 similar problems.

right, the replies probably gave the thread some value ;)
but there was *no* reaction at all to the proposed solutions, hints and
info requests. why ask for help if you don't even try the suggestions?
it takes you about ten minutes of reading this list to realize that the
usual way of solving problems is a cycle of i am trying to do X
and receive error Y-hey, try Z-oh, now A happens-try B too
etc.

 Now, if as you say it is indeed spam, what escapes me is why would
 someone spam the list in this manner?  It doesn't make sense.  

my point exactly! i don't get it - this intially led me to post
this comment in the first place.
what really points into the direction of spam in my opinion is using
the different names mentioned of stopforumspam. and that others went as
far as reporting it.

 So I
 am led to believe that the peculiarities you mention are probably a
 cultural (or personal) issue.

possible. but what makes it even more confusing is that this doesn't
go well with my experience of chinese people having a hard time with
english (i can't really put my finger on it, but it doesn't feel right)
and how they react to hey, you're doing X wrong, thats rude.
not meaning to stereotype, it just made it more suspicious.




Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:08:19 +0200
Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net wrote:

 what really points into the direction of spam in my opinion is using
 the different names mentioned of stopforumspam. and that others went
 as far as reporting it.

Simplest possible answer:

Chinese internet cafe's that use NAT.

It only takes one regular to discover a halfway decent
Chinese-English translation site that does mail, and suddenly the
cafe's entire regular customer base uses it.

-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com



[gentoo-user] Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-11 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.netwrote:

 Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:54:06 +0100
 schrieb Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com:

  On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011 12:51:12 Jonas de Buhr wrote:
   Am Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:27 +0200
  
   schrieb Jonas de Buhr jonas.de.b...@gmx.net:
it's nice how much many people on this this list are willing to
help in spite of all this. but am i really the only one who finds
the behavior described above at least confusing?
anyway, i'm quite convinced it is fake.
  
   no, apparently i am not the only one thinking that:
   http://www.stopforumspam.com/ipcheck/58.243.95.123
 
 
  Interesting!
 
  Well, the broken English is not an insurmountable problem as long as
  we understand the question asked.  Not everyone is blessed with good
  knowledge of the English language.

 i totally agree to that given any effort on the other end i would do my
 best to help as well.

  The questions seem genuine, so it may help the OP or others that have
  similar problems.

 right, the replies probably gave the thread some value ;)
 but there was *no* reaction at all to the proposed solutions, hints and
 info requests. why ask for help if you don't even try the suggestions?
 it takes you about ten minutes of reading this list to realize that the
 usual way of solving problems is a cycle of i am trying to do X
 and receive error Y-hey, try Z-oh, now A happens-try B too
 etc.

  Now, if as you say it is indeed spam, what escapes me is why would
  someone spam the list in this manner?  It doesn't make sense.

 my point exactly! i don't get it - this intially led me to post
 this comment in the first place.
 what really points into the direction of spam in my opinion is using
 the different names mentioned of stopforumspam. and that others went as
 far as reporting it.

  So I
  am led to believe that the peculiarities you mention are probably a
  cultural (or personal) issue.

 possible. but what makes it even more confusing is that this doesn't
 go well with my experience of chinese people having a hard time with
 english (i can't really put my finger on it, but it doesn't feel right)
 and how they react to hey, you're doing X wrong, thats rude.
 not meaning to stereotype, it just made it more suspicious.



I understand why you would think the OP is a spammer, but the topic just
seems too genuine (to me at least) for this to actually be spam. It
definitely would have been more polite if Lavender had replied to the other
suggestions, but (assuming the thread is not spam) you don't know what is
going on in their life and it may take a few days to respond. Just because
the person is from China, doesn't mean we should assume they're a spammer
(following Alan's last reply).

-- 
Matthew Finkel


Re: [gentoo-user] Re: this is spam (was: Re: [gentoo-user] 回复: [gentoo-user] Anyone can afford information about build kernel?)

2011-10-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:16:56 -0400
Matthew Finkel matthew.fin...@gmail.com wrote:

 I understand why you would think the OP is a spammer, but the topic
 just seems too genuine (to me at least) for this to actually be spam.
 It definitely would have been more polite if Lavender had replied to
 the other suggestions, but (assuming the thread is not spam) you
 don't know what is going on in their life and it may take a few days
 to respond. Just because the person is from China, doesn't mean we
 should assume they're a spammer (following Alan's last reply).

Dealing with foreign users can be interesting, triply so if they are
not European/Caucasian.

I have about 150 or so technical users throughout Africa (Nigerians are
especially interesting) and their Support requests routinely end up in
spam folders. These are ISP employees, you'd think the mail lines would
work smoothly. 

Ah, not so. Until you work with foreign cultures you won't believe the
many varied ways communication can veer off course. In some cultures
it's considered rude for a junior to respond in any way to a senior
(replies have to go through intermediaries). 

-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com