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Date:      Fri, 14 Feb 1997 21:17:58 -0500 (EST)
From:      wb2oyc@cyberenet.net
To:        Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: misc
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970214212339.wb2oyc@cyberenet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970213184635.7430A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>

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On 23:58:56 Snob Art Genre wrote:
                       ^^^^
See this; that, and the attitude it presents is what shows thru here like
a shining lite!  Proves my point completely!
>
>It was your attitude and tone that people (including me) reacted to, not 

What are you, clairvoiant?

>your facts.  Everyone's aware of FreeBSD's ATAPI CD-ROM problems, and 
>messages that read "you suck because [linux | win95 | winnt] can 

You're reading between the lines here.  I never said that "you suck 
because...."  Altho' now that you mention it!  :)

>[recognize my cd-rom | score well on whankstone | execute an infinite 
>loop in 10 seconds] and FreeBSD can't!"

What the hell are you talkin' about!  For Pete's sake, all I said was these
others all work, and FreeBSD doesn't.  The rest of the crap you guys added
yourself.

>Do you seriously think that anyone would bother to flame you for pointing

Paul
>out what they already know?  Do you seriously think that anyone has a
>better knowledge of FreeBSD's limitations than the core team? 
>
>> >> they all work and FreeBSD doesn't, whose wrong here dude?  You 
>>
>> >No Microsoft OS works by any definition of "work" that I use.  Linux 
>> >works, FreeBSD works.
>> >
>> You've got your head in the sand if you really believe that!  I hate uSlop
>
>If I really believe what?  That Linux and FreeBSD work?  You're not going 
>to convince me otherwise.  That M$'s OSs don't work?  I believe what I 
>see, and that's what I see.
>
>> too, and the only reason I do have it here at all is because I need it to
>> support those at work!  Thats why I prefer Linux or FreeBSD, and use
>> both far more than the other crap.  But you guys really do have a holier
>> than thou attitude sometimes.  I've been on this list for about a year by
>> the way, so I'm not some transient flamer............
>
>So what are you?  An angel of truth, sent to tell the -questions-reading
>community that FreeBSD doesn't always detect ATAPI CD-ROMs correctly? 
>Some kind of martyr?  Save yourself the effort, no one else is interested
>in playing any of those games. 
>
>> Paul
>
> Ben
>
>"You have your mind on computers, it seems."



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