Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:19:37 +1100 (EST) From: "Oben O. Candemir" <dunya@one.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD IRC channels and ??quality?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901191411350.7090-100000@fireball.2000.com.au> In-Reply-To: <38685.916714148@zippy.cdrom.com>
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The length of that last message is beginning to indicate a degree of circumlocution in what you are saying. If only others on EFNET could be as literate :O) Screwdrivers to hammer nails. I'll just note: > IRC is not, for me, an instrument of anything more than general > amusement, So it is no better or worse than your penis :) >nor do I have enough faith in the underlying technology to > try and make any more out of it than that and nor should you. If one What is it you don't have faith in exactly. All it requires to be inviting to newbies is to exercise self control. That requires 'brain technology'. I dare say you and your league may have lost some of that wading in the cesspool. Each to their own... On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I've just looked at the output of: > > > > /who #freebsd -chops > > Congrats! I wondered how many days it would take you to figure that > one out. Most seem to pick up on that inside of 15 seconds, to be > frank. > > > You are obviously not an indifferent individual in re this topic and I > > understand why you have taken the criticisms I have made to heart. And > > Not at all. See everything I just said about EFNET being a cesspool. > I *know* it's a cesspool since I often leave an IRC client up and > connected there (though I might not always be watching) and I'm > generally vastly amused at the antics of the people I see in the > channel. Amused, and nothing more. It's like a walk through > Hamburg's red light district - interesting sights to see even though > you probably (if you're at all discerning) wouldn't want to partake of > the attractions in any more personal way. > > The substance of your complaints so far seems to be that you *did* > wish to partake of all this particular red light district's > attractions and now you're whining that you caught syphilis. Well > gee, I'm sorry that the product didn't come with more warning labels! > :-) > > One would have also thought that the channel topic might have kept the > more observant tourists out, but still they continue to bumble into > the south side of Chicago and get mugged... You out-of-towners > shouldn't wear those garish flowered shirts, they just mark you for > abuse like a piss-stain on white pants. > > > also why you have rephrased my messages to your heart's content. You ARE > > one of the arrogant lot calling themselves chanops on #freebsd. A clearer > > picture is emerging me thinks... > > Actually, I think you can't see the forest for the trees and should > not mistake that fuzzy view you currently have through the windscreen > as "a clear picture" by any means. :) > > I get opped there because I'm jkh, and if you were jkh you'd get opped > too, regardless of your degree of participation in channel politics. > Not that I object, necessarily, since it does give me the option of > kicking off the idiots who periodically come through with their "you > all suck, Red Hat Rules all of you!" commentary, somehow thinking that > this particular "joke" didn't get old with the 5000th repetition. > > As to your suggestion that I join linpeople or whatever, why? As I > said before, I "hang out" on EFNET specifically because it's amusing. > > IRC is not, for me, an instrument of anything more than general > amusement, nor do I have enough faith in the underlying technology to > try and make any more out of it than that and nor should you. If one > had an AOL style voting engine, where people could throttle back the > "speakers corner" percentage of the population, a percentage which is > inevitable and quickly sours anyone with a desire for "civilized > discourse" on the whole concept, then it might just start to work. > You think they do those live internet chat channel celebrity > interviews with technologies like IRC? Heck no, it's all moderated to > hell and doesn't have problems like flooders, spam bots, channel > take-overs or legions of 15 year olds who are bored, horny and looking > for an outlet. > > Well, perhaps most people on IRC are bored and horny, but some > choose to exhibit this differently. :) > > > "I bite my thumb at you sir"... > > "I roll my eyes at you, sir" > > You continue to insist that hammering in those nails with that > screwdriver is a good idea and nothing I say seems to disabuse > you of such wacky notions. :-) > > - Jordan > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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