Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | Re: more make help | Date | Mon, 17 Jun 1996 01:59:41 -0400 (EDT) |
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From: Melvin Smith <msmith@quix.robins.af.mil> [from Ethan]
>> 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.
Can we get these lusers bounced from the list? I've had the misfortune to encounter Mark Hahn <hahn@neurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu>, and I think there are several others that like to flame people for just being alive...
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