Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 01:40:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xl driver for 3Com Message-ID: <199905290540.BAA28719@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199905281819.OAA08540@etinc.com> from "Dennis" at May 28, 99 01:15:41 pm
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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Dennis had to walk into mine and say: > I dunno what it is, but we've had customers experiencing packet loss at > high usage on 100Mb's nets...and the problem goes away when replacing them > with intels. I dont know the details. Then *FIND THEM OUT*! Replacing the cards does not fix the problem! How is anybody supposed to be able to help you if a) you never tell anybody about the trouble, b) you destroy the test configuration where the problem occurs, thereby assuring that nobody will be able to duplicate it again, and c) you don't even lift a finger to investigate! This is ridiculous! People ask me to fix stuff, they expect the world! You ask them what's going on, they don't know the details! That's just wonderful! You know, I should use that myself! "Hey Bill: my network crashed." "Well, there's probably something you could do to fix that but I don't know the details." Yes! I like it! Instead of trying to help people, I'll be maddeningly vague! I'll pretend to be helpful but stop short of actually providing any useful information! Then everyone else will go insane instead of me, society will collapse, and I can take over the world while everyone's distracted! You know if they ever find a way to harness sarcasm as an energy source, you people are all going to owe me big. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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