From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14909 invoked by alias); 17 Jun 2009 23:23:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 14901 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Jun 2009 23:23:14 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com (HELO mail-ew0-f228.google.com) (209.85.219.228) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:23:08 +0000 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so899764ewy.2 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:23:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.211.199.11 with SMTP id b11mr866460ebq.87.1245280985472; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:23:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.99? (cpc2-cmbg8-0-0-cust61.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [82.6.108.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm6212eyz.1.2009.06.17.16.23.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:23:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A397DB7.7050202@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:23:00 -0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thread Thoroughly TITTTL'd Subject: Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk References: <4A3940A0.3000606@bonhard.uklinux.net> In-Reply-To: <4A3940A0.3000606@bonhard.uklinux.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-q2/txt/msg00045.txt.bz2 Fergus wrote: >> Are you paying attention? It can be cleaned up by: >> rm -rf "/h/my name/cygnus solutions/*" >> Yes, yes. I know. Your internet connection is only 1 byte per second >> so you desperately need to keep useless files around on disk for when >> you accidentally type rm -rf /bin. > > For Goodness sake. There really is nothing you enjoy more than > admonishing people is there, > in that famously sarcastic and superior manner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric Sarcasm, hyperbole and exaggeration are pretty standard rhetorical techniques. I think it's hard to justify inferring from the outwardly observable fact of someone's preferred writing style to an assumption about their inner mental state and motivation - an intent to mount a personal attack - which can't be so directly observed. cheers, DaveK