From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 17 22:33:01 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15B06338E23 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:33:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from fedex2.jetcafe.org (fedex2.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "fedex2.jetcafe.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49nKZz46N4z4ddD for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:32:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bigus.dream-tech.com (bigus.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.7]) by fedex2.jetcafe.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 05HMWrpb040848 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:32:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:32:52 -0700 From: Dave Hayes To: Michael Sierchio Cc: Roderick , Polytropon , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Infinite stupid threads ... Message-ID: <20200617153252.44e4b441@bigus.dream-tech.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20200617133525.4cd210d3@bigus.dream-tech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1 ( out of 6) ALL_TRUSTED,SHORTCIRCUIT X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin version 3.4.4-jetcafeglobal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.83 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49nKZz46N4z4ddD X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dave@jetcafe.org designates 205.147.26.23 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dave@jetcafe.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.13 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.89)[-0.888]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx:c]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.98)[-0.982]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[jetcafe.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.04)[0.042]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7397, ipnet:205.147.0.0/18, country:US]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[gmail.com,edvax.de,freebsd.org]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:33:01 -0000 On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:54:05 -0700 Michael Sierchio wrote: > Respectfully, I beg to differ. Etiquette is a customary code of polite > behavior. Respectfully, I'll pose the same challenge I posed back in the 80s. :) Please enumerate and describe this code in objective and clear language? If you can do that, then I will accept your premise. Science, after all. -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>>> *The opinions expressed above are entirely my own* <<<< Politeness and telling the truth are, to your certain knowledge and mine, often opposites. Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these is a fraud. All sorts of compromise formula have been devised to gloss over or obscure this basic weakness. It remains nonetheless. This is not an exhortation to abandon politeness or telling the truth. It is a statement which has to be carefully thought about.