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Date: | Thu, 25 May 2006 11:19:35 -0700 |
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Subject: | Re: slow share = slow scripts? |
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On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 02:11:09PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Language, please. Warning #1. Feel the power. > >Cut people some slack for once - they're on the same side as you trying to > >achieve the same goals. > > What you apparently are failing to realize is that while people > certainly have human foibles, there is no need to go out of your way > expose them to a mailing list read by thousands of people. It isn't > necessary or interesting. Yet it is also harmless and not really a bother. He's simply sharing an occurence, which possibly othes might have had, as a means of identification and tribal knowledge. Had he posted every single occurence of realizing his own mistakes - it'd be another issue - which it hasn't been. > (especially when you hadn't previously exposed your misconception) and > you surely don't have to send *two* messages explaining your confusion > when there really is nothing to be confused about. Yet we have to tell the guy to get off the computer and imbue user-stupidity instead? What purpose does that have? If the purpose is in alienating a fellow cygwin user/hacker/future contributor/etc. - then good job. -cl -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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