Messages in this thread |  | | From | Melvin Smith <> | Subject | Re: more make help | Date | Sat, 15 Jun 1996 22:59:23 -0400 (EDT) |
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> Ms. Tischler: > If you were to read my original post (Fri, 14 Jun 1996 15:59:05), > you would find that I apologized for burdening the list with such a > trivial problem, and furthermore tried to turn it into a constructive > forum for the discussion of how to avoid such postings in the future. Does > such resemble the thought of the user who only wants "pretty pictures and > totally pre-digested pup where the User is NOT required to think at all."? > Such blanket categorizations, particularly when given in the face of such > attempted humility, might prod the "pretty picture" lovers from the "great > unwashed massed" to categorize certain kernel developers as > self-aggrandizing egomaniacs bent on perversely generating their > self-esteem (atrophied by their lack of healthy human interaction- sad > fact of life). We wouldn't want that now, would we? > Ethan
We've all experienced it Ethan. :)
The problem is people find they can't resist replying with a clever snippet of sarcasm. I also find it interesting that many so-called kernel developers I see posting these newbie flames never post otherwise in real issues.
Learn to use the delete key and stick your pride ...(well somewhere)
Melvin
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