Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:35:39 -0000 From: "Jamie Heckford" <jamie@jamiesdomain.org.uk> To: "Wouter Van Hemel" <wouter@fort-knox.rave.org> Cc: <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Chapter 11 - Storage Message-ID: <001101c18a02$db9187c0$78d9313e@jamiesdomain.org.uk> References: <Pine.LNX.4.41.0112210024450.11220-100000@fort-knox.rave.org>
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pfft... sorry! Im not offended in the slightest, and definatly opposed to censorship! My point was I read it, and thought I should let you guys know incase somewhere like slashdot picks it up. You know that some people would go OTT and twist the truth... I don't care if it stays IMHO. No flames please! :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wouter Van Hemel" <wouter@fort-knox.rave.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <darklogik@pittgoth.com>; "Jamie Heckford" <jamie@jamiesdomain.org.uk>; <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 11:45 PM Subject: Re: Chapter 11 - Storage > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > The example of the World Trade Center is a good one. I think it should > > stay unless it is replaced with another concrete example of the need for > > "really off-site" backups. If you want to reword it to make it less > > blunt, that's fine too. > > > > It's disturbing to think about the events of September 11, but anyone > > who feels that fault tolerance and disaster recovery is important would > > be a fool not to study this incident and learn from it. > > > > I agree. I personally don't see anything in the message that is offensive. > I really think the backup's kept there are broken now. :) > > And everybody knows about the WTC, which makes this a good (if not > overdone) example. Extreme things can happen, either by human action, or > -more likely- by disasters of nature. > > How exactly does this show lack of respect for the loss of life? > > Furthermore, and without the intention of making this a flame war, I > also believe being easy offended is at least as much a problem of the > receiver. If we always have to keep the documentation and our language > suitable for the most meek and weak, we're not democratic, and it won't > make the docs more interesting either. > > The comment is in place, is correct, and a good example. If it offends > 0,01% of the people who read it, well, bummer... > > > Regards, > > wouter > > (This is my personal opinion ofcourse; I'd like to point out that I'm very > sensitive to censoring (as in seriously opposed to it) though - with all > respect to others' opinions.) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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