On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 11:58:37AM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 06:36:14PM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 10:09:58AM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 02:51:52AM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > > are you talking about Bret's reply about buzzwords? imo, that's what > > > > that reply was about, buzzwords. there was nothing personal. see, > > > > the way buzzwords work, is they get stuck in your (as in most people) > > > > head, then they come out when you have a idea but don't know quite > > > > how to express it. which is clearly the situation here. > > > > > > It's not like UBC was totally unrelated to the topic. And that situation > > > was already handled fine by Bob Beck in a more productive and > > > informative way. > > > > > > > I think readers of OpenBSD lists are far too sensitive. there, that's > > > > a personal 'attack' on all y'all. > > > > > > Yeah, everything is fine the way it is. Alienating random users with > > > real questions is the cost of making a good OS. They're just too > > > sensitive. > > > > > > Except that I have a pretty thick skin and have been around on the lists > > > enough to see how things work. So why did this thread bother me? Because > > > there's a difference between some idiot asking idiotic questions on > > > misc@ and getting blasted, and an inquiry into a pretty common, genuine > > > issue on t...@. > > > > he asked about UBC. he did not originally present his real issue. > > > > but whatever. you can take it as a lesson to not hide your real > > questions/issues behind buzzwords, or you can get upset. it's > > your choice. > > The real issue came out quickly in response to direct questions, and it > came out in a civil and informative manner. No problem. So what's your > point, really?
don't hide your questions behind buzzwords and then get upset when someone makes fun of buzzwords. > No, nevermind. I'm not interested in debating this. > You're grasping at anything to prop up your position. Just hold firm and > I'll stop bugging you about it. You win. Kind of. win what? > -- > Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG > dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ > http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation -- jake...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
