Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread Cam Ellison
* Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Karsten M. Self said: > > > > > > If that's the one I think it was, it's the researcher at a major > > > university who found himself frustrated at trying to get > > > unsubscribed from debian-user, which he an

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread Brian Nelson
"nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Karsten M. Self said: > > > > If that's the one I think it was, it's the researcher at a major > > university who found himself frustrated at trying to get > > unsubscribed from debian-user, which he announced loudly and > > widely. I don't think he'll do that

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread Brian Nelson
n't you mean: response to message - Original Message - From: Karsten M. Self To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 1:54 AM Subject: Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident) > entire message God, that shit makes me violent. If I ever find the guy at MS who thought

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread Brian Nelson
"nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > which reminds me..anyone seen ethan benson ? he used to > participate a lot on debian-user..haven't seen any posts > from him since ive started posting again. He's been on debian-devel recently, packing some heat... -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread Craig Dickson
nate wrote: > which reminds me..anyone seen ethan benson ? he used to > participate a lot on debian-user..haven't seen any posts > from him since ive started posting again. He shows up on debian-security now and again. Craig

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread nate
Karsten M. Self said: > > If that's the one I think it was, it's the researcher at a major > university who found himself frustrated at trying to get > unsubscribed from debian-user, which he announced loudly and > widely. I don't think he'll do that again. Note that I posted > both on list and o

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 10:19:11PM -0800, nate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Gary Turner said: > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:07:22 -0800, you wrote: > > > >> > > > > Karsten, you obviously have too much time on your hands. For which > > I am eternally grateful. > > > karsten isn't entirely innocent

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread nate
nate said: > Gary Turner said: >> On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:07:22 -0800, you wrote: >> >>> >> >> Karsten, you obviously have too much time on your hands. For >> which I am eternally grateful. > > > karsten isn't entirely innocent himself..i remember pretty > clearly he was quite involved in a flame

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-24 Thread nate
Gary Turner said: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:07:22 -0800, you wrote: > >> > > Karsten, you obviously have too much time on your hands. For which > I am eternally grateful. karsten isn't entirely innocent himself..i remember pretty clearly he was quite involved in a flame war about a year or maybe

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-23 Thread Gary Turner
On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:07:22 -0800, you wrote: > Karsten, you obviously have too much time on your hands. For which I am eternally grateful. gt Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 03:30:24PM -0800, ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > in light of recent responses relative to exclusionary notions, vis-a-vis > the elitism of debian, i would like to draw attention to the primary > reason of my own personal choice of debian. i choose debian because i > believ

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-23 Thread Quietman
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 09:12:19PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > There are a number of skills which help in tackling this stuff. Basic > intelligence and a willingness to learn help a lot. I try not to be > unintentionally rude, or intentionally rude without a reason. But an > ability to take

Re: ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-23 Thread Richard Seymour,,,
Karsten M. Self wrote: Here's my line, usually given offlist: Post your request in an open, coeherent, and legible manner. That (That would be "coherent", right?) means grammar, spelling, using that pesky shift key (but not the one labled SHIFT LOCK), and attending to issues lik

ObElitist (was Re: Virus incident)

2001-11-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 09:37:59AM +1100, John Griffiths ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >My point wasn't that people who use a .*Microsoft email client are > >"lesser beings" because they can't make Debian work; I mean that they > >most likely aren't trying hard enough. Debian isn't about holding >