Alexander Viro writes:
>
>
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> > Alexander Viro writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > >
> > > > Alexander Viro writes:
> > > > > "ASCII is tough" -- Programmer Barbie
> > > >
> > > > Al, this is simply rude. You are deinigrating people who disagree with
> > > > you. If you don't agree with someone: fine. Feel free to argue the
> > > > technical issues.
> > >
> > > Richard, I'm bloody sick and tired of the ugliness that went into
> > > UNIX from each and every Missed'em'V in existance. Of unneeded
> > > interfaces. Of unneeded namespaces (e.g. the whole SysV IPC - _why_
> > > not a filesystem?) Of crap like AIX with its love to binary config
> > > files. Of braindead syscalls (sysfs(2) - look and enjoy) that are
> > > there because it's easier to add a syscall than to talk a dozen of
> > > primadonnas into <gasp> reading from unformatted text file. It's
> > > time to stop this idiocy. Please, before we continue that into a
> > > flamewar, search on DN for "UNIX philosophy", OK?
> >
> > Al, you seem to be ignorant of a fundamental point. Even if you are
> > technically correct on some issue (a point I'm neither conceding nor
> > denying here), you shouldn't be rude. It's a sign of immaturity.
> > I watched you for years on linux-kernel, ranting and raving, cursing
> > and cussing, flaming and insulting. Most aggressive young males go
> > through a phase like this, but they eventually get over it, and learn
> > to behave like adults. You've had your fun, now be polite.
>
> Richard, I hate to break it on you, but I'm not, erm, young. Wish I
> would ;-/ I am what I am. Take hippy, drive through some serious
So stop acting that way.
> shit and in ten years or so you'll get a bastard. Which I am. And I
> see no reasons to apologize for that.
Hm. "I like to beat my wife. I see no reason to apologise for that".
Well, I can see that I'm not getting through to you. You're rude, and
you're proud of being rude.
Regards,
Richard....
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