CentOS - Jun 2005 - Offtopic Posts [was Re: [OT] Memory Models and Multi/Virtual-Cores -- WAS: 4.0 -> 4.1 update failing]

From: Chris Mauritz <chrism at imntv.com>
> I agree completely.  Unfortunately, even though I've killfiled the 
> biggest offender, I'm still getting a lot of the noise since people 
> continue to feed him.
I assume the former is a reference to me.
As far as the latter, you might re-think your singularity focus.
As I've said before, you can't complain about me without complaining
about others too.

I.e., I try to point out things with_out_ going down into the tangent.
Then people "get smart" with me believing what I say is not true.

I can then either "let it go" and then people dismiss my offering of
my experience and knowledge.
Or I can correct them with the tangent.
It's a catch-22 for all of us.
> If people want to feed the trolls, please, for the love of all that's
> holy, trim your posts.  8-)
The funniest thing is that when people define what a "troll" is,
they aren't just defining it for myself.  Your partiality has been
noted.  ;->
> Sigh, this is the first technical list filter I've ever had to
> implement (for email...usenet is another story).
No offense but sometimes the "popular" thought or ignorance
is worse than the so-called "distractive" discussion that sheds some
light on it.

People are building servers with CentOS.  This stuff is pertinent.
I do _not_ introduce it myself, but when it comes up, I _will_
offer my recommendations based on experience and background.

If you see people only as "feeding" my so-called "trollish
nature,"
then maybe that's a sign you're not looking at the real issue.
I'm not innocent, and I'll _never_ claim to be.
But some others are very guilty of wanting many tangents and
are posting just as much as I in a thread!

Think about it.  ;->


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Bryan J. Smith   mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org

On 6/28/05, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> <thebs413 at
earthlink.net> wrote:
<sniggity snip>

Look - brevity is the soul of wit.  It also keeps other folks on lists
from calling you a troll.

You pretty much get to blab as much as you want and argue with people
over tangent issues proving you are right, or you get to maintain
"non-troll" status.  Pick one, but don't tangentially blab and get
upset about being called a tangential blabber.

Greg

Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> People are building servers with CentOS.  This stuff is pertinent.
I couldn't agree more.  I'm not keeping tabs here but it seems to me 
that a good majority of Bryan's posts offer helpful insight into 
hardware issues that one might encounter while using CentOS.

There have been some threads that I didn't bother reading since they 
weren't relevant to me so I just ignored them.  That's the key here; if 
you don't like what's on TV then change the channel.  Initially I
didn't
want to say anything but some of these comments are just too harsh and 
unfair.