I would have been convinced if you had not top-posted! heh
Rob Schall wrote: > Tom, > > I disagree with your argument for a number of reasons. Each of these > reasons should be more than enough to convince you I'm correct and you > should do it my way and only my way. > > And for the record, VI and CLI. > > Rob > > Tom Rymes wrote: >> On Jun 19, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Senad Jordanovic wrote: >> >> >>> Tom Rymes wrote: >>> >> >> [snip] >> >> >>>> How many times does it have to be said? Don't feed the trolls! >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> >>> Tom...Who in your opinion is a troll? >>> >>> >>> Senad >>> >> >> Well, technically, I was calling the original post a troll, not the >> original poster. More specifically, the usage of troll I am referring >> to resembles the fishing technique more than the mythological >> creature. Basically, a troll in this context is a post that someone >> makes simply for the purpose of starting a heated discussion on a >> very touchy subject. In other words, the original poster is >> "trolling" for people who will get all bent out of shape about their >> post and fire back a heated response. >> >> For example, a user could post a message to the list asking "I'm new >> to Linux and Asterisk. Should edit my dialplan by hand, use FreePBX, >> or buy a commercial solution?" Imagine the response as you tried to >> convince them to buy PBXWare, FreePBX users try to convince them that >> they should start out using FreePBX, and others go on about how hand >> coding a dialplan is the one-true-way® to learn Asterisk. Generally, >> the original poster is just looking to get everyone stirred up over >> nothing. >> >> In other words, Paul's original post of "GUI bad! CLI good!" was just >> the sort of post that is going to get folks fired up re-re-restarting >> the age-old discussion of which is better: CLI or GUI. Basically, it >> could be like posting any of the following: >> >> - Which is better: emacs or vi? >> - Which linux distribution is the best? >> - Which is better: Macs or Windows? >> >> All of these questions share the following: >> >> 1.) They have no right answer (macs are better for some, Windows for >> others, and linux for others still, not to mention OS/2, BSD, etc) >> 2.) People on the various sides of the debate have extremely strong >> feelings on the matter >> 3.) Nobody is likely to be convinced that the other side is right and >> that they are wrong. >> 4.) They have all been discussed thousands of times before, and >> nothing new is likely to be said on the matter. >> 5.) The only purpose served by the discussion, due to the reasons >> above, is to clutter up the mailing list. >> 6.) Any discussion thread regarding these sorts of topics is best >> avoided. >> >> For a more thorough description of an internet troll, see the >> following wikipedia article:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_% >> 28internet%29 >> >> In other words, if you see a post that is just going to result in a >> re-rehashing of the last rehash of a specific subject, just hit the >> delete key instead of clogging up the mailing list with yet another >> thread on whether a GUI or a CLI is better. (for example). >> >> In Paul's defense, it looked to me like his original post was simply >> a joke that was misunderstood. (I thought it was funny, anyway) >> >> I suppose I should take my own advice on this one, but sometimes I >> guess we all just can't resist. <grin> >> >> Tom >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users