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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:21:06 -0600, Bruce Hill wrote: |
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>> > If we also stick to helping someone with their problem, and refrain from |
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>> > replying about how bad or useless we think an app or ideal might be to |
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>> > us, we could avoid flame wars. |
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> Unfortunately, there are times when it is necessary to point out how bad |
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> an idea is in order to help someone. Recent example: the suggestion to |
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> use dd to copy one drive to another with a different block size. While |
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> this may have worked for the person suggesting it, it is a bad idea in |
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> general and refraining from stating that could have resulted n problems |
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> for someone following that advice. |
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> Surely stating the merits or otherwise of an idea is a core element of |
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> discussion, and discussion is what this list is about. |
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> On the topic of swearing, some consider it "bad language", as you do, and |
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> I respect that view. Others consider it a means of expression (others |
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> seem to use it for punctuation, but no one is defending that). There are |
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> times that some words can add emotion or emphasis to a statement, |
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> especially when used rarely, but on a list like this there is generally |
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> little or no need for it. However, not all users of this list are |
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> native-English speakers and other cultures see use of such language |
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> different - one only has to look at the comments made on the podium of |
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> the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix, made by professional drivers who are paid |
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> not to offend. |
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> -- Neil Bothwick And on the seventh day God said :wq and then make |
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And there goes that sig again. How does that thing do what it does? lol |
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I'm of the sort that when you get to the point of swearing, you have ran |
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out of better ways to get the point across or just out of ideas all |
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together. In the recent case, it was not only disrespectful, it was |
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surely rude. This is something this list should not tolerate and I for |
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one have no plans to do so. I fixed my issue but that still leaves the |
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list to fix the rest. I just don't want to see this list be like -dev |
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once was. Gentoo has come a long way on this to start going backwards. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |
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