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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: slow share = slow scripts?
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:55:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060525185551.GC7427@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060525181935.GQ13907@ns1.anodized.com>

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 11:19:35AM -0700, clayne@anodized.com wrote:
>On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 02:11:09PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> Language, please.  Warning #1.
>
>Feel the power.

Oh, I do.

What I never understand about excahanges like this is the logic of
responding to what is suggested as questionable behavior by escalated
and inarguable questionable behavior, i.e., objecting to sarcasm by
resorting to name-calling.

>> (especially when you hadn't previously exposed your misconception) and
>> you surely don't have to send *two* messages explaining your confusion
>> when there really is nothing to be confused about.
>
>Yet we have to tell the guy to get off the computer and imbue user-stupidity
>instead? What purpose does that have? If the purpose is in alienating a fellow
>cygwin user/hacker/future contributor/etc. - then good job.

I actually suggested that he was probably at the end of a long day and
needed to take a break.  I didn't say "stop using the computer forever"
as you are implying.  And, mwoehlke, actually got that.  You might
consider that he's probably sharp enough to fight his own battles.

cgf

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-25 18:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]                 ` <20060525172851.GA5946@trixie.casa.cgf.cx>
2006-05-25 18:03                   ` mwoehlke
2006-05-26  2:49                     ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2006-05-26 16:07                       ` mwoehlke
     [not found]                 ` <004b01c68020$2ca7a190$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
     [not found]                   ` <e54pqi$ev6$1@sea.gmane.org>
     [not found]                     ` <20060525175702.GO13907@ns1.anodized.com>
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     [not found]                         ` <20060525181935.GQ13907@ns1.anodized.com>
2006-05-25 18:55                           ` Christopher Faylor [this message]
2006-05-25 19:07                             ` mwoehlke
2006-05-26  2:06                             ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2006-05-26  3:40                               ` Christopher Faylor
     [not found]                           ` <20060525183058.GB7427@trixie.casa.cgf.cx>
2006-05-25 18:57                             ` Christopher Faylor
2006-05-25 19:37                               ` Igor Peshansky
2006-05-25 19:50                                 ` mwoehlke
2006-05-25 19:56                                   ` Igor Peshansky
2006-05-25 19:00                         ` mwoehlke
2006-05-25 19:10                           ` mwoehlke
2006-05-25 19:42                           ` Igor Peshansky
2006-05-25 20:06                             ` mwoehlke

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