A Riddle

[em1897 at aol.com]

Apparently you can't read. I didn't say you were an
idiot for running your own server. Only that you
were an idiot to use your server to download
tons of crap from lists that you don't want to
read when for free you can have it stored elsewhere.

I have a server, and a domain (several) and lots of
other cool stuff. I got tired of wasting cpu cycles
and disk space, considering that maybe 1 out of 20
messages actually interests me. You guys always
complain about wasted bandwidth. Well if you use
yahoo or gmail or aol then you don't waste any bandwidth
of your own. You just read what you want to read.


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris <racerx at makeworld.com>
To: em1897 at aol.com
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org; freebsd-listen at fabiankeil.de
Sent: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:31:58 -0600
Subject: Re: A Riddle

em1897 at aol.com wrote: 
 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen at fabiankeil.de> 
> To: em1897 at aol.com 
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> Sent: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:59:59 +0100 
> Subject: Re: A Riddle 
> > em1897 at aol.com wrote: 
> >> --- Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote: 
>> > em1897 at aol.com wrote: 
>> > > Hmm, I wonder if the lack of performance, or the 
>> > unwanted 
>> > > emails were more heavily weighted in the 
>> > decision? 
>> > > 
>> > > If there was any intelligent life on the list you 
>> > could 
>> > > counter what you call "Trolls" with solid technical 
>> > > arguments. This reminds me of the old bsdi 
>> > > list. A bunch of half-wits who are just happy 
>> > > to belong to something and have other half-wits 
>> > > to correspond with. 
>> > > 
>> > > FreeBSD used to have open discussions between 
>> > > users and developers and it used to be real 
>> > > good. Now it sucks and the developers are 
>> > > detached, off in their own little world. See 
>> > > a pattern? 
>> > > 
>> > > But with a user base from places like gnu-rox.org 
>> > > and makeworld.com, what do you expect I 
>> > > guess? 
> > > Please have a look at your own email address. 
> >> As an aside, all of the major web mail providers 
>> default to "top posting". Google (ever hear 
>> of them?) only shows the top N lines of a post. 
>> So if you bottom post, you don't see the message 
>> you want to see 
>> without having to make an effort. So when are 
>> you troglodytes going to climb out of your 
>> 1994 hibernations and get with the times? 
> > > They don't default to top posting, they put 
> the cursor on top, so you can read the whole 
> message and cut irrelevant parts before replying. 
> > If Google doesn't display the whole message, 
> the interface is crap. That's not the fault of 
> anybody on this list. 
> >> You may prefer one over the other, but its 
>> hardly a capital offense to do otherwise. Most 
>> of us have evolved out of our unix newsreaders. 
> > > If you want to be read by as many people 
> as possible on this list, the easiest way is 
> to write well formed mails. 
> > Unfortunately, you are not only top posting, 
> your mailing software also inserts line breaks 
> where there shouldn't be any and makes it 
> hard to see who wrote what. 
> > Have a look at the beginning of this mail. 
> Your quotation is a mess. 
> >> Anyone with a brain is using web mail for 
>> mailing lists these days: no more whining 
>> about spam or "wasted bandwidth". 
> > > Having a brain is good, but using it is even better. 
> If the web interface produces garbage, changing 
> the interface could be a smart move. 
> > Just my two brainless cents. 
> > Fabian 
> -- > http://www.fabiankeil.de 
>  
*** Formatted correctly for ease of reading *** 
 
em1897 at aol.com wrote: 
> WRONG on all counts! 
> 
> Firstly, anyone who uses their own server for lists is 
> a complete idiot. 
 
So - according to YOU, most all of us that run our own servers are 
idiots. Yanno what? You sound like the type that is forced to use his 
parents PC, Forced to use AOL, and forced to use web mail. 
 
So - since YOU can't have what most of us can and do have, you feel the 
need to lash out and verbally abuse. 
 
This is a classic case of the have-nots are beside them selfs over the 
haves. 
 
It's one thing to say something like: 
 
It's my opinion that (insert rhetoric here) 
 
Then to make a sweeping generalization as you just did. Shows us what 
kind a man (or boy) you are. 
 
Grow up - show some respect, don't insult - you will live longer when 
you do join society. 
 
And, as I said before - even tho you may bash us, think you are 
superior to us - we still love you anyways. 
 
Oh, and have a great day! 
 
-- Best regards, 
Chris 
 
If on an actuarial basis there is a 50 50 chance that 
something will go wrong, 
It will actually go wrong nine times out of ten. 
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