[OT] Was: Disabling DNS

[Jorge Biquez]

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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