Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:28:10 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates in latest build? Message-ID: <v04205500b3fa6d886e50@[195.238.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <xzp3dwrncts.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <v04205511b3f95d4a6146@[195.238.1.121]> <xzp906km0or.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <v0420552bb3f9a78fd3c9@[195.238.1.121]> <v0420552fb3f9add34cf6@[195.238.1.121]> <xzp3dwrncts.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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At 7:56 PM +0200 1999/9/6, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Please stop spreading such disinformation. It only comes across as an > infantile attempt to cover up the fact that you didn't do your > homework, and it damages the project's reputation as well as your own. During the great Backbone Cabal wars [0] [1], I learned a couple of rules: 1. The first person to resort to negatively comparing the other side to Hitler or the Nazis automatically loses the argument. 2. The first person to resort to using ad hominem attacks (e.g., calling someone "infantile") automatically loses the argument. Now, I'll make a deal with you. You tell me when you first learned your version of these rules on the 'net -- if that was before 1986 I'll be perfectly happy to switch to using your version of the rules for any discussion(s) I may (or may not) have with you in the future. Sound fair enough? [0] See <http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jargon.html#backbone%20cabal>. [1] I was just one of many thousands of undergrad CS students. I'm sure you wouldn't remember me. ESR says that it broke up in late 1988, but my personal recollection was that it was heaviest in 1986. Maybe that's just when I was most active in that battle. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ____________________________________________________________________ |o| Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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