Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: UNIX Compatibility | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Wed, 25 May 2011 06:18:28 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 18:31 +0000, Michael Witten wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 18:16, Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: > > > No one ever bothers to deal with issues because they are tiny, > > nit-pitcky things that no one other than standards mavens would care > > about. You have to be someone who is extremely anal to really care > > about this kind of stuff. It's really stupid stuff... paper pushers... > > > > If you want to waste time out of your life that you'll never get back... > > ... > > ... standards committee, as full of ivory-tower eggheads as it is, > > does have some folks who recognize that there is such a thing as > > the Real World)... > > The world would be a better place if you weren't so needlessly > confrontational when sharing your knoweldge, Ted.
Ivory-tower eggheads is common vernacular, a colorful and communicative description of a mindset. Ted's usage added useful information to the conversation, unlike the pompous interjection above.
-Mike
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