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Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use L inux?

2001-04-17 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:39:21PM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > Anyway, the chap who started the thread is right. The open > source collection now isn't the same as it was when we-all learned > linux. These days, it _is_ really confusing to try to learn it by > reading what comes on the syste

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use L inux?

2001-04-17 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 09:22:50AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Mind you, I'm not complaining (my dog ate my flameproof suit, you > understand); I'm just trying to hopefully illuminate what Brenda was > saying. Or at least that's my take on it, but then, I'm an idiot and > don't usually know what I

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use L inux?

2001-04-15 Thread Kent West
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Brenda J. Butler wrote: I'm not complaining about open source stuff (on my home systems that's all I use and I'm very grateful for it), but open source has changed from when we learned it. It's hard to learn it that way any more, because lot

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use L inux?

2001-04-14 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is misquoted - I actually wrote this. > > The thing that got people like Karsten riled is the fact that this > > guy expected everyone else to provide him with wonderful documentation, > > on top of

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use L inux?

2001-04-14 Thread Cameron Matheson
It's not *that* hard. I was able to do it and I'm relatively new. Just takes a little reading and a lot of effort (and this list) Cameron Matheson On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:39:21PM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The thing that got people lik

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use L inux?

2001-04-14 Thread Brenda J. Butler
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The thing that got people like Karsten riled is the fact that this > guy expected everyone else to provide him with wonderful documentation, > on top of excellent software (something many are already trying to > do), but in the same breath told every

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:08:13AM -0600, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <...> > I don't know Karsten, but I have a feeling that I'd like him if > I met him. Oooh!! Ooohh Another candidate for my gullible-and-easily-persu

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to useLinux?

2001-04-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 01:40:48PM -0500, Tim Kelley wrote: > On Thursday 12 April 2001 13:52, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > > Not to mention they think of windows as free as well (probably only 30% of > windows users actually paid for it), and don't understand the "free speech" / > "free beer" distin

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 10:59:22AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > On Thursday 12 April 2001 10:08, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > I think Mr. Stokes could be VERY valuable to the linux cause, in time. I > don't think however, that we should take a newbie and request them to start a > docum

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:08:13AM -0600, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > I don't know Karsten, but I have a feeling that I'd like him if > I met him. me too. he's been amazingly helpful to me. (so far. :) -- americans should never read anything so subversive as what's at http://www.salon.com/

Re: Should arrogant, self-inportant people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 08:35:58AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, next time you feel the urge to impress everyone with threats of adding > people to your killfile with "four keystrokes", think about the impression > you are making. I have no respect for someone who has tons of skill and > t

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to useLinux?

2001-04-12 Thread Tim Kelley
On Thursday 12 April 2001 13:52, Andrew D Dixon wrote: Not to mention they think of windows as free as well (probably only 30% of windows users actually paid for it), and don't understand the "free speech" / "free beer" distinction. Notice it is also almost always Americans whining. Don't see

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: t> Ok, so let me get this straight. Calling people "dumb lazy idiots" t> for wanting decent documentation is OK No one is calling anyone a "dumb lazy idiot" for wanting decent documentation. Hell, _everyone_ wants decent documentation. We'd all _love_ decent do

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
On Thursday 12 April 2001 10:08, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > So...arrogant newbie whiners should be tolerated? Yes - as hard as it is to handle, but yes. > Let's face it, the thing that pissed most people off about the user > who stared this thread wasn't

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to useLinux?

2001-04-12 Thread Andrew D Dixon
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:34:04AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > > Tom writes: > > > > ...bad name...arrogant...self-important...blowhard... > > > >

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use L inux?

2001-04-12 Thread Joris Lambrecht
IL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 12 april 2001 19:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: John Hasler; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux? On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:34:04AM -0500, John Hasl

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 09:27:14AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, so let me get this straight. Calling people "dumb lazy idiots" for > wanting decent documentation is OK, but calling people on being arrogant is > not. The Linux community is full of people who have tre

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:34:04AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Tom writes: > > > ...bad name...arrogant...self-important...blowhard... > > > ...being an ass...bloated sense of importance...an ass... &

This ain't funny no more (Re: Should arrogant, self-important peo ple be encouraged to use Linux?)

2001-04-12 Thread Joris Lambrecht
Maybe we should open up a [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailinglist ? or even publish a manual on how to REALLY piss someone off by sending stupid, childish or even insulting mails to a PUBLIC list. I bet this list even has people attached to it who're getting annoyed by the amount of bullshit they have receiv

Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread tom
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:34:04AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Tom writes: > > ...bad name...arrogant...self-important...blowhard... > > ...being an ass...bloated sense of importance...an ass... > > ...a lousy personality... > > ... > > Now, execute those four sim

Re: Should arrogant, self-inportant people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread John Hasler
Tom writes: > ...bad name...arrogant...self-important...blowhard... > ...being an ass...bloated sense of importance...an ass... > ...a lousy personality... > ... > Now, execute those four simple keystrokes and add me to your killfile. Ok. >plonk< -- John Hasler [EMAIL PR

Should arrogant, self-inportant people be encouraged to use Linux?

2001-04-12 Thread tom
say I'm doing a > fair job. And, yes, I've benefitted directly from my online rep for > much of the past ten years -- the 'Net is an awesome way for a bright > kid in any backwood of the world to make a literally worldwide > reputation. What reputation, and to what end,