[OT] Was: Disabling DNS

[parv at pair.com]

in message <20100420183728.GA60493 at gizmo.acns.msu.edu>,
wrote Jerry McAllister thusly...
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:48:46PM -0430, Alberto Mijares wrote:
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> > >> 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.
...
> > 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).
...
> A person needs to be encouraged to read the documentation but
> should not be called a dummy.    I suppose you might have had a
> different intent for the use of that word which is why I mentioned
> the possibility of having a language problem.    But, it appeared
> in the text that you were calling the person stupid and that is
> inappropriate for postings to this list.   We avoid personal
> attacks.

Jerry, Alberto was referring to the task not the person being dummy
(as in basic, easy) as explained already by Bill.  There was no
personal attack.  I got that sense after reading Alberto's reply,
before both Bill's explanation & your indignation.  Please read the
response in context.


  - parv

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