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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:04:01 -1000
From:      parv@pair.com
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Alberto Mijares <amijaresp@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: [OT] Was: Disabling DNS
Message-ID:  <20100422180401.GB24230@holstein.holy.cow>
In-Reply-To: <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
References:  <g2v286906751004201018ucc0c00beu7670e155c4768b80@mail.gmail.com> <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>

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in message <20100420183728.GA60493@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>,
wrote Jerry McAllister thusly...
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:48:46PM -0430, Alberto Mijares wrote:
...
> > >> FreeBSD has an excelent documentation. Just reading the manual you
> > >> will know how to acomplish dummy sysadmin tasks like this.
.                       ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^          ^ ^ ^
> > >                             ^^^^^
> > >
> > > Maybe you have a language problem, but this looks very much like
> > > inappropriate response.   We do no call names on this list.  It
> > > is unhelpful, unfriendly and non-professional.
...
> > Just in case, I made a search of every word I used in a
> > dictionary; and no offensive nor annoying meaning was found (OK,
> > I misstyped "accomplish", sorry about that. My native language
> > is spanish).
...
> A person needs to be encouraged to read the documentation but
> should not be called a dummy.    I suppose you might have had a
> different intent for the use of that word which is why I mentioned
> the possibility of having a language problem.    But, it appeared
> in the text that you were calling the person stupid and that is
> inappropriate for postings to this list.   We avoid personal
> attacks.

Jerry, Alberto was referring to the task not the person being dummy
(as in basic, easy) as explained already by Bill.  There was no
personal attack.  I got that sense after reading Alberto's reply,
before both Bill's explanation & your indignation.  Please read the
response in context.


  - parv

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