Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4547 mails)

[Don Parris <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Clausen wrote:

> On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 07:11:34PM -0400, Don Parris wrote:
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> > Mike McMullin wrote:
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> > > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 23:39, Don Parris wrote:
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Patrick Shanahan wrote:
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> > > > > * Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx> [04-29-04 20:50]:
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> > > > >          
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Friday 30 April 2004 03.04, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >            
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Then get him knoppix and teach him how to do support and data recovery
> > > > > > > then he can handle the simple problems and you can do the complex.  it
> > > > > > > worked for Moses after he followed his father-in-law's advice.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >              
> > > > > > Moses ran knoppix? I thought everyone ran Yggdrasil back then
> > > > > >
> > > > > >            
> > > > > cp/m
> > > > >
> > > > >          
> > > > Then along came Jesus and started a whole new distribution.
> > > >        
> > > More of a fork wouldn't you say?  And then not by intention on his
> > > part, as he was in computer terms, clarigying the documentation, was he
> > > not?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >      
> > Thanks for recognizing that.  One guy cracked a humorous joke.  I merely 
> > chimed in with my $0.02 worth, and got called off-topic.  After 
> > defending my position, the whole topic went dead.  Very revealing, if 
> > not helpful.
> >    
>
> Revealing?
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> > I think the discussion of teaching children about Linux is very 
> > important.
> >    
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> Indeed, as do I. It just so happens that *I* think the whole thread is a
> perfect candidate for [OT], being non-technical in it's nature (apart from
> the "very young children and passwords" -bit)...
>
> [OT] was created more or less as a direct result of Fred getting napalmed for
> posting links to articles, which usually had some sort of relevance to the linux
> community. It's the place for non-tech stuff.
>
>  
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> > I truly hope the others have just taken a day off, and not allowed someone's
> > misjudgment to ruin the discussion.
> >    
>
> s/misjudgment/opinion/
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> > If I was out of line - which I do not believe - someone point out how so. I'm
> > fairly well versed in netiquette, and taught that as part of Internet classes
> > back in the mid 90's.
> >    
>
> Fine. I'll just STFU now.
>
> /Jon
>  
I would have to agree that the whole discussion should be part of the OT 
list.  I came into it fairly late, though.  I didn't start the 
Moses-Knoppix-Yggdrasil theme, and should not have been singled out.  
The whole discussion should have been called "off-topic".  At the very 
least, the comments leading to the fork in the discussion should have 
been included along with mine.  By singling out my comments, it appears 
- to me, at least - that I was getting singled out for using the "wrong" 
word in a sentence.  If I have misunderstood, just communicate that.  
Since no one is stepping forth to suggest otherwise, I hold my view to 
be true.

I truly thought others had a sense of humor, too.  After all, that's all 
the fork was - humorous comments.  All I'm asking for is to be treated 
fairly.

Kindest regards,

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Don Parris           Webmaster
Matheteuo Christian Fellowship
Charlotte, NC
http://matheteuo.org/
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