(Fwd) Re: (Fwd) Re: Not a bible thumper. . .

Webmaster (Nathan.Lewis@nixnet.qrp.com)
Fri, 19 Jul 1996 17:01:51 +0000


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From: George Bowles <gvb@indiana.net>
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: Not a bible thumper. . .
To: webmastr@indiana.net
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 06:55:20 -0500 (GMT-0500)

>
> Aaron Tiensivu graced my mailbox with this long sought knowledge:
> >
> > I just did a few 'find's because I was curious.. I'm not suggesting that we
> > change these, just something to chew on. The only one that reaches the user is
> > the UFS driver.
> >
> > ./fs/isofs/inode.c:/* Some dipshit decided to store some other bit of informatio
> > n in the high
> > ./drivers/cdrom/mcd.c: that are supposedly "OUT OF TOLERANCE" (but are really sh
> > itty presses!)
> > ./arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c: * else we eat shit later big time.
> > ./arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c: * this shit off... nice job Fujitsu.
> > ./fs/ufs/ufs_super.c: printk("ufs_read_super: fucking Sun blows me\n");
> > ./lib/vsprintf.c: * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-)
> > ./drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c: CURRENT=req->next; /* task can fuck it up GTL
> > */
> > ./arch/sparc/kernel/process.c: /* fuck me plenty */
> > ./arch/sparc/kernel/sunos_ioctl.c: /* Binary compatibility is good American know
> > how fuckin' up. */
> >
> >

I personally don't get offended by bad language. I think it sounds a bit
ignorant at times. In these cases, I think you should mail these people back
and tell them that it just plain looks unprofessional. We need to not have
this in linux just simply for the bad press it could produce. You can even
quote me on that

-G.