[OT] Was: Disabling DNS

[Vincent Hoffman]

Hi Jorge,
    While the term dummy has been used in the sense of "basic" or
"beginner" (for instance the "for dummies" series of books,) The most
common context means stupid, or silly and has negative connotations for
the person referred to.

Vince


On 20/04/2010 20:48, Jorge Biquez wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> My English is not perfect at all since it is not my native language.
> With that in mind.... I read the comments about the dummy word,
> interpreted as a basic task, simple task.... In th eeffort of
> learning... can you explain why you considered the comments unfriendly
> and non-professional?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jorge Biquez
>
>
> At 12:30 p.m. 20/04/2010, you wrote:
>> In response to Alberto Mijares <amijaresp at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > >> > I have a FreeBSD server that, among other things, used to
>> provide DNS for a handful of domain names and a small network.  All
>> DNS is now provided by new machines.  On the old machine, DNS starts
>> when the machine boots, and bind continues to run lots of useless
>> named and named-xfer processes throughout the day.  How do I turn off
>> the DNS processes on the old machine and stop it from starting every
>> time the machine boots?
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >>
>> > >> FreeBSD has an excelent documentation. Just reading the manual you
>> > >> will know how to acomplish dummy sysadmin tasks like this.
>> > >                             ^^^^^
>> > > Maybe you have a language problem, but this looks very much like
>> > > inappropriate response.   We do no call names on this list.  It
>> > > is unhelpful, unfriendly and non-professional.
>> > >
>> > > ////jerry
>> >
>> > When you give a specific answer, you are just giving that: one single
>> > answer. When you give the source of this answer instead, you are
>> > giving many answers at once. Now, it's obvious that the OP hasn't read
>> > the handbook ever and I think he didn't try, at least, a google search
>> > before asking this question. So, why is it inappropiate, unhelpful,
>> > unfriendly or non-professional my advise? Ain't it a tacit rule in
>> > every list to do some research before asking help?
>> >
>> > Just in case, I made a search of every word I used in a dictionary;
>> > and no offensive nor annoying meaning was found (OK, I misstyped
>> > "accomplish", sorry about that. My native language is spanish).
>> >
>> > Please let me know if I'm missing something else.
>>
>> I suspect that jerry had a problem with the use of "dummy", which is
>> generally considered an insult when directed at a person.  I.e.  "You're
>> being a dummy." is an insult.
>>
>> Since your use of the term was associated with the task and not the
>> individual, the whole thing enters a grey area of interpretation.  Some
>> might consider the sentence an insult, others might simply consider
>> the use of "dummy task" as another way to say "beginner task" or
>> "basic task".
>>
>> In any event, it's my experience that if you spend time on the Internet,
>> you will eventually end up offending someone.  Just apologize for any
>> misunderstanding and move on.
>>
>> -- 
>> Bill Moran
>> http://www.potentialtech.com
>> http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/
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