From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 30 12:43:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA29951 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:43:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [206.222.77.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA29945 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:43:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA05114; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 15:42:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 15:42:28 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Mayo To: Terry Lambert cc: "Brian J. McGovern" , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Followup to criticism (was: Constructive criticism) In-Reply-To: <199701301725.KAA22242@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Hmm. Talk about dropping a rock on a wasps nest :) I don't think I've > > gotten more email on any subject I've ever written about. At least its > > good to know that its a passionate subject. However, I started > > to get nervous when Terry backed me up (Sorry, Terry ;p ). I never meant > > to it be negative (more of an impassioned plea for attention was my goal), > > and I apologize to anyone wo got irritated. > > You say that like it's a bad thing... > > Just because I back something up doesn't mean it's negative. > > Though I will admit, I'll get down there in the muddy rut with my > riding crop and whack and scream and foam at the mouth... [SNIP] Now this is truly funny :-) Great stuff Terry - I knew you had a sense of humour lying behind that foaming mouth ;-) And no, it doesn't make you a bad person IMHO - I quite enjoy your posts, and greatly appreciate your willingness to disclose your knowledge to the masses (no matter how it is accepted..) -Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com RingZero Comp. http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity." Cicero (106-43 B.C.) > > "Get the wagon out of the rut! Quit pushing forward, you > are trying to move seven tons of mud that are in front > of the wheels! Get the wagon out of the rut! I don't > care if all you see is the back of a wagon, the sen tons > of mud are there! Get the wagon out of the rut! When you > push wheels into mud, the mud bunches up in front of the > wheels and makes it much harder to push next time! Get > the wagon out of the rut! If you just use these four > ugly boards for a short time, you can be out of the rut! > Get the wagon out of the rut!" > > ...or I'll sit back where it's dry... > > "Pave the road! Ruts are stupid! Pave the road! If > you'd only pave your roads, you wouldn't *get* ruts in > the first place! Pave the road! Look, you're going to > be driving back and forth over this thing for the next > ten years! Pave the road! The time spent paving will > be paid for in decreased travel time! Pave the road! > How can you justify the travel time you spend in ruts? > Pave the road! What, are you an idiot who *likes* > ruts for some damn reason? Pave the road!" > > ...when I think it's appropriate. > > Doesn't make me a bad person. > > 8-). > > > Regards, > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. >