On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 23:53:37 -0600 "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > > From: "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [expert] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, > > software development] > > > > > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > > > > > > > A FLAMING Liberal and open source supporter, > > > > > mg > > > > > > > > boy! talk about a no brainer...I meant the part about the "flaming > > > > liberal." > > > > > > I love it! Best thread going in awhile. And lighten up people, > > > variety is good stuff. A big thanks to LX. You are the man... > > > > > > > These threads are kinda fun aren't they Craig? > > > > Mark > > a.k.a. daRcmaTTeR > > > > <post for a slow night> > Yes, I think so. I see a lot of people offering help here, and really > doing a fine job of giving back to the open source community on this > list. Yes, every now and then, we see someone act like an ass but that > is life wherever you may find it. Sometimes, even here on the list, we > need a bit of a relevant distraction. I say relevant because this thread > encompasses a subject that has direct bearing on the future of the open > source movement i.e. Linux. That is why it engenders such passionate > responses. If we all remember to be tolerant of the other person's > opinion, we will not only learn some new things but we will have some > fun doing so too. I try to keep it in mind that this is a public list, > and, as such, you will see a wide variety of responses. Now and again, > we might feel someone has responded to our solicitations sounding a bit > more critical than we had anticipated. I can only say, as far as *nix* > lists are concerned, this one is about as genteel as I have encountered > in my experience. Every other list that I have been on always has a list > nazi or two constantly responding with nothing more than "RTFM" of > "STFW". > </post for a slow night> > > J. Craig Woods > a.k.a. Dr John > the night tripper > Must be a slow morning... :^) <tweaked from RFC1122> 1.2.2 Robustness Principle At every layer of the [discussions], there is a general rule whose application can lead to enormous benefits in [exchanges] and [helpfulness] [IP:1]: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send" [Lists members] should be [able] to deal with every conceivable [post], no matter how unlikely; sooner or later a [post] will come in with that particular combination of [rants] and [stupidity], and unless the [list member] is prepared, chaos can ensue. In general, it is best to assume that the [list] is filled with malevolent entities that will send in [posts] designed to have the worst possible effect. This assumption will lead to suitable protective [responses], although the most serious problems in the Internet have been caused by unenvisaged [idiots] triggered by low-[relevance] events; mere human malice would never have taken so devious a course! [technical stuff snipped] The second part of the principle is almost as important: [users] on other hosts may contain deficiencies that make it unwise to exploit legal but obscure [responses]. It is unwise to stray far from the obvious and simple, lest untoward effects result elsewhere. A corollary of this is "watch out for misbehaving [users]"; [list recipients] should be prepared, not just to survive other misbehaving [posters], but also to cooperate to limit the amount of disruption such [jerks] can cause to the shared communication facility. </tweaked from RFC1122> :^) Pierre
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