What you actually said was, in your own annoying paste style: "Frustrating? Can't be! It has much improved, *much* I say. If you don't believe me, ask toad and Ian!Even the simulations say so! We have NIO and NGR now, so things definately have improved for noobs like you, whatever you may think about it yourself!"
I can see how this would piss Ian off. Also, how many people have @freenetproject.org addresses? Very few IIRC. I assume you never had shell access to dodo; I would certainly object to THAT, as that would be a serious security risk, as you seem incapable of basic computer security hygiene (i.e. not running Microsoft Outlook Express). However, thank you very much for freenethelp.org, even if you have been trying to offload it lately. And thanks for helping the n00b, even if your earlier comments may not have been helpful, and you seem to be advancing an agenda of we-should-all-go-to-i2p-and-give-up-on-freenet, which strayed into your email to the newbie. On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 11:05:00AM +0100, Newsbyte wrote: > "Is that good or bad? Interestingly, even that many connections use very > little of my bandwidth." > > It's rather good. It's way more then my average Open connections, and it > indicates that it's not really a firewall/NAT problem. > > > "BTW, how big should the cache, or 'store' be? I guess the 300 MB I've given > it are not nearly enough." > > 300MB is very little, to be honest. But of course it depends on the size of > your HD. Normally, it is (should be) set to 10% of your free HD-space. > > > Now, may I ask you if you feel I have helped/supported you with my posts? I > ask that, because I just got emailed by Ian saying he kicked me out of the > project (well, at least he disabled my freenetproject account) because of my > first post to you. It seems he did not think it belonged in support, but ah, > we all know it has more to do with him having difficulties to cope with the > critisism I give on the current performance and developmentprocess of > Freenet. Which is often sarcastic, true, but he should have the maturity to > keep his personal feelings of being annoyed/agitated out of the project. > > He asks me why that I should explain "the *support* mailing list is > consistent with you having an email address that implies you are a part of > this project" but at the same time says I shouldn't bother because all what > I send goes directly into the bin anyhow - again not very mature. For a > libertarian as he claims to be, this is rather spicious reasoning. In any > case, since email isn't going to help, I will say it here: > > 1)First of all, being part of the project isn't just a matter of making a > post on the correct list, or not. (or, the real reason: being sarcastic and > critical of Freenet or not). > > 2)Being part of a project is, obviously, also derived from whether you do > something for the project or not. So what did I do for the project? I have > sought and found sponsors, I have created and maintained the freenethelp > wiki, I run and test a freenode, I insert content in the network and only > last week I updated the freenetproject webpage through cvs (which possibly I > can't do anymore, now). Since those things are all part of the project, I > conclude I *AM* indeed part of the project, whether Ian feels bitten in his > ass by my comments or not. (Which can also be seen as helpful, as some other > poster already indicated) > > 3)The main premise, that the post in question was not helpful or supportive, > is debatable. Clearly Ian doesn't think so, but that doesn't mean the newbie > that I responded to thinks the same. It's rather subjective, but it wasn't > Ian asking support, so he should not presume to know whether it was or not. > (but again, we all know the real reason). > > So, that's why I ask you. If you found it helpful or supportive in any way, > then his presumed reason for kicking me out is untenable. And even if he > doesn't, it still leaves my two other points. > > If I were to react so childish, I would have to say: well, if I'm not part > of the project anymore, why should I keep freenethelp up, why shouldn't I > revert all my changes to the website back, why should I do anything else? > But such things are childish tit-for-tat reasonings, and I am not going for > such a thing. > > If you don't like what I say, then say so, or ignore me; things a > libertarian would do. Fighting for free speech but at the same time kicking > someone out because you can't cope with what he says seems more then a bit > contradictory to me, frankly. That's simply not true. How many people have addresses @freenetproject.org ? How many of those people openly advocate giving up on Freenet, especially to content authors? Membership is largely irrelevant and nonexistant. Many people help us with donations, content, code, and the website, and there is little formal structure. > > Anyway... I doubt Ian will change his mind; he's much to stuborn for it, and > he's not really interested in being reasonable neither, as is aparent in his > comment that he asks to explain myself, but won't read my explanation. Ian is stubborn, but he is also usually right. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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