Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:25:58 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: mcgovern@spoon.beta.com (Brian J. McGovern) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Followup to criticism (was: Constructive criticism) Message-ID: <199701301725.KAA22242@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701301657.LAA12254@spoon.beta.com> from "Brian J. McGovern" at Jan 30, 97 11:57:26 am
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> 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... "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.
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