Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 01:07:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Targeting the server: Not such a good idea? Message-ID: <199910090107.SAA02228@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991008153040.044486e0@localhost> from "Brett Glass" at Oct 8, 99 03:37:07 pm
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> Maybe. However, the last time I mentioned something like this on > -advocacy, I was flamed for being "off topic!" So, I decided to > post to -chat, where no one could make that accusation. [ ... ] > >The invitation for comments looks like "and I'll whup the man what > >says it ain't so" -- I think the article itself is sufficient > >solicitation. > > I'm not looking to "whup the man who says it ain't so," but I would > like to hear if there are strong arguments on the other side. [ ... ] > >such that the > >message was not damned in some small minds by the messenger. > > Am I such a bad person to serve as the messenger? Yes, I have > said some controversial things here in the past, and that may > have rubbed a few people the wrong way. But I think that folks > will agree that I mean well, even if I have ideas that they > sometimes consider to be odd. There is a particular aspect to your style, evidenced by the "Comments?" invitation, that has a social tendency to be taken as you attempting to challenge the status quo. If you could merely provide the information, without editorializing it, I think that people would be more receptive. I also think you have a tendency to defend with zeal ideas which require a more politic and less knee-jerk defense, if they are to be accepted. If you could take a page from that URL you posted about the "Critique of Vulgar Raymondism", and in particular, the referenced link about Lysenkoism, you would probably be more effective in communicating on -advocacy. Now people might say "Terry is one to talk...", but I think my own position is more akin to that of Jamie Zawinski. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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