RE: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

RE: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[Dave Korn]

On 19 April 2006 19:26, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:

  Right, I'm going to weigh in now.  And just as a precaution, in case Hannu
is a completely irrational unreasonable arsehole, "No personal offence
intended!" ;-)

  See how cleverly I worded that?

> cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 09:20:08PM -0500, Gary R. (Mr.
>> Predictable) Van Sickle wrote:

>>>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 08:08:31PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Sorry for writing in a shorthand style. Please fill in the missing
>>>>> words of type "please"... And as a precaution;
>>>>> in case CGF happens to read this and finds anything upsetting:
>>>>> "No personal offense intended!" ;-)
>>>>> Remember; I would NOT be here writing this unless I lkied cygwin a
>>>>> lot.
>>>> 
>>>> You'd be much better served if you just made points without this
>>>> creepy (paranoid?) need to drag me into a discussion.
>>> 
>>> How did I know he'd take offense at your clarification that there was
>>> indeed "no personal offense intended", Hannu?
> 
>  Well, that - and other things I write - seems to trigger it quite nicely. I
> see this as a sign for a pickyness that that I find rather irritating.
> 
> CGF, there you have my paranoia - and BTW; did you see that smiley? It was a
> chance for you to take that note less seriously than you did. Think about
> it; wouldn't that have been a more pleasent "road" to travel?

  A thing that is not in question does not need "clarification".

  Therefore taking this kind of "precaution" when making an uncontroversial
post about a boring technical matter is to imply that the person mentioned is
irrational and unreasonable.

  To make that kind of accusation against someone, even if implicitly, is an
insult and I don't see why they shouldn't be offended, and the bogusness of
hiding the accusation behind an un-called-for apology compounds that insult
with hypocrisy.

>> Wow.  Sorry if I touched a nerve there Gary.  That comment was
>> entirely directed at Garbage Collector.  I don't see any reason why
>> my name has to show up in this previously interesting technical
>> discussion.
> 
>  So, you now picked out the fact that I use a spamcatching email address -
> that spells out something you dispise/catches your eyes in a wrong way - and
> throw that in my face?

  Now you're being paranoid.  It's your email handle, you chose it.  All he
did was use it to refer to you, and in an entirely literal straightforward and
matter of fact way.

>  And you ask why your name popped up!?

  Yep, and now I'm asking, because I don't believe that something that happens
later in time can be the cause of something that occurred earlier in time, so
I don't believe that his referring to you as "Garbage Collector" in the third
post could have caused his name to "pop up" in the first post.

  Indeed, it didn't "pop up", as if it just did so all by itself.  *You*
introduced it without any prior context or necessity.  And to respond to
*that* IS rational and reasonable.

>> If you want to make out-of-the-blue observations about me then this
>> is not the mailing list for it.
>> 
>> cgf
> 
>  ... and there you had more blobthrowing.

  What are you gibbering about?  "Out-of-the-blue observation" is a completely
non-pejorative and entirely literally accurate description of your unnecessary
and irrelevant comment.  You're the one casting aspersions here.

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[Carlo Florendo]

Dave Korn wrote:
>>  ... and there you had more blobthrowing.
>>     
>
>   What are you gibbering about?  "Out-of-the-blue observation" is a completely
> non-pejorative and entirely literally accurate description of your unnecessary
> and irrelevant comment.  You're the one casting aspersions here.
>
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
>   
I'm having a lot of fun again. This makes cygwin-talk the best technical 
malingering list in the whole world.

Best Regards,

Carlo

-- 
Carlo Florendo
Astra Philippines Inc.
www.astra.ph

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[Igor Peshansky]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Carlo Florendo wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
> > >  ... and there you had more blobthrowing.
> >
> >   What are you gibbering about?  "Out-of-the-blue observation" is a
> > completely non-pejorative and entirely literally accurate description
> > of your unnecessary and irrelevant comment.  You're the one casting
> > aspersions here.
>
> I'm having a lot of fun again. This makes cygwin-talk the best technical
> malingering list in the whole world.

FWIW, I still prefer the term "maiming list"...  Looks like it's finally
living up to that.
	Igor
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Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 12:45:03AM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Carlo Florendo wrote:
>
>> Dave Korn wrote:
>> > >  ... and there you had more blobthrowing.
>> >
>> >   What are you gibbering about?  "Out-of-the-blue observation" is a
>> > completely non-pejorative and entirely literally accurate description
>> > of your unnecessary and irrelevant comment.  You're the one casting
>> > aspersions here.
>>
>> I'm having a lot of fun again. This makes cygwin-talk the best technical
>> malingering list in the whole world.
>
>FWIW, I still prefer the term "maiming list"...  Looks like it's finally
>living up to that.

Is that what a blobthrower is?  Something that maims?

cgf

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[Igor Peshansky]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 12:45:03AM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> >On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Carlo Florendo wrote:
> >
> >> Dave Korn wrote:
> >> > >  ... and there you had more blobthrowing.
> >> >
> >> >   What are you gibbering about?  "Out-of-the-blue observation" is a
> >> > completely non-pejorative and entirely literally accurate description
> >> > of your unnecessary and irrelevant comment.  You're the one casting
> >> > aspersions here.
> >>
> >> I'm having a lot of fun again. This makes cygwin-talk the best technical
> >> malingering list in the whole world.
> >
> >FWIW, I still prefer the term "maiming list"...  Looks like it's finally
> >living up to that.
>
> Is that what a blobthrower is?  Something that maims?

Depends on the blobs... :-)
	Igor
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that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac"

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[Jason Alonso]

On 4/20/06, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > Is that what a blobthrower is?  Something that maims?
>
> Depends on the blobs... :-)

Flaming ones, apparently.

Jason

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[One Angry User]

On a balmy Thursday, the 20th day of April, 2006, Jason Alonso's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:

> On 4/20/06, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > > Is that what a blobthrower is?  Something that maims?
> >
> > Depends on the blobs... :-)
>
> Flaming ones, apparently.

Goodness gracious -- great balls of fire!

OAU

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:07:10PM -0400, One Angry User wrote:
>On a balmy Thursday, the 20th day of April, 2006, Jason Alonso's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:
>
>> On 4/20/06, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>> > > Is that what a blobthrower is?  Something that maims?
>> >
>> > Depends on the blobs... :-)
>>
>> Flaming ones, apparently.
>
>Goodness gracious -- great balls of fire!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noxus#Blob_Thrower

Aha!

cgf

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[mwoehlke]

One Angry User wrote:
>>>> Is that what a blobthrower is?  Something that maims?
>>> Depends on the blobs... :-)
>> Flaming ones, apparently.
> 
> Goodness gracious -- great balls of fire!

Shouldn't that be "great *blobs* of fire"? :-D

(Sorry... couldn't resist!)

-- 
Matthew
"Ethics? We've heard of it" -- Microsoft

Re: Blobthrowers thread (RE: HEADS-UP: Modular X11 (ALL maintainers, please read))

[One Angry User]

On a balmy Thursday, the 20th day of April, 2006, mwoehlke's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:

> One Angry User wrote:
> > > > > Is that what a blobthrower is?  Something that maims?
> > > > Depends on the blobs... :-)
> > > Flaming ones, apparently.
> >
> > Goodness gracious -- great balls of fire!
>
> Shouldn't that be "great *blobs* of fire"? :-D
>
> (Sorry... couldn't resist!)

If you're sure Jerry Lee Lewis won't mind a little artistic
re-interpretation...

OAU