From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 12:39:07 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2743A1065670 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:39:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB6088FC16 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:39:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8FE8A5C26 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:51:32 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4EFDB022.10904@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:35:46 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20111230073958.3949a17b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20111230071500.6de15cf4@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20111230071500.6de15cf4@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:39:07 -0000 On 12/30/11 22:15, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:39:58 +0100 > Polytropon articulated: > >> However, there are differences in how you judge documentation >> to be _good_. Talk to a mainframer, and he will tell you a >> different story. Then talk to a "Windows" person and explain >> what documentation is, and he'll tell you that you don't >> need it. :-) > Poly, I think you just broke your own record for retarded statements. > If you were to expand your statement to include documentation for > drivers for "N" protocol devices, FreeBSD users would say that they > don't need it either since they don't have such drivers. The fact is > that Windows was designed to "just work" so that users could spend > their time on the project(s) they wanted to work on and not reading > tons of frivolous garbage on simple things like networking two or more > computers together. > > Poly, you have stated several times in a multitude of posts that you > neither use nor understand MS Windows. For most people, that alone > would preclude them from making a statement on said subject. Obviously, > talking about something you readily admit to having no knowledge about > is no problem for you. Pathetic. > > For your own info, I am compiling a list of totally contradictory > statements you have made in the past year or so and am planning on > including it into an article I am writing. And no, I don't need your > permission. You relinquished all rights once you posted them on a > publicly available forum. I all ready checked. Was this really necessary to post to the list? Publicly? Opinions are your own, but this does appear rather vindictive and not really wanted on a friendly list. For reference Polytropon has been rather helpful many times on this list regardless of how many faux pas maybe made; I'm sure you're not without fault either.