Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Stef Slamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-01 20:50]: > On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 10:12:58PM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > > it's "muttrc" and "set sort=threads". learn typing. > > Perhaps you should learn to not be an asshole? he - i learned it all on usenet - a long time ago. and it's no as fun as

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-01 Thread Gerhard Häring
* Sven Guckes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 02:13 +0200]: > * Stef Slamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-01 20:50]: > > On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 10:12:58PM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > > > it's "muttrc" and "set sort=threads". learn typing. > > > > Perhaps you should learn to not be an asshole? >

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-01 Thread Sven Guckes
* Gerhard Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 00:58]: > > someone has to do it make 'em newbies to rtfm, right? > > de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc needs you - Robin > 'PLONK' Socha is probably feeling lonely there ;-) i think he's doing just fine. sometimes i read up on his flames on google: htt

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-01 Thread Ken Weingold
On Mon, Sep 2, 2002, Sven Guckes wrote: > sure - that's what happens with "tolerant" newsgroups: noise up - signal down. > only a few good flames will keep the folks reading the fine manual... > > the english newsgroups are really missing the good flamers. > they have probably all become bofh ad

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-02 Thread Oliver Fuchs
Hi, for all who are wondering about awnsers on this list please get 'How To Ask Questions The Smart Way' by Eric S. Raymond (utfi). Here are some passages: [...] Despite this, hackers have a reputation for meeting simple questions with what looks like hostility or arrogance. It sometimes loo

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-02 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:31:15AM +0200, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > Hi, > > for all who are wondering about awnsers on this list please get > 'How To Ask Questions The Smart Way' by Eric S. Raymond (utfi). a poor reference, since he rarely posts, does not engage in what one would call "dialog", and

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-02 Thread Oliver Fuchs
Thank you for your advice. Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang-bang fruit

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-02 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 12:08:33PM +0200, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > Thank you for your advice. ( no problem ;-) -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-02 Thread Bruno Lustosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven, are you a BOFH or what? Sven Guckes [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > (...) > Sven [who knows only a few good flamers who actively post] > (...) - -- Bruno Lustosa, aka Lofofora | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator/Web Progra

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-02 Thread Sven Guckes
* Bruno Lustosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-02 13:43]: > Sven, are you a BOFH or what? is that a trick question? Sven -- Sven Guckes [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE ART OF FLAMING http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/flaming/ FLAME TOAST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] FL

Re: flaming is art - dammit!

2002-09-02 Thread Ken Weingold
On Mon, Sep 2, 2002, Oliver Fuchs wrote: > for all who are wondering about awnsers on this list please get > 'How To Ask Questions The Smart Way' by Eric S. Raymond (utfi). Interesting, but he lost me from the beginning using the word 'hacker'. :) -Ken