There is nothing unique about this community. Just about any special
interest group acts the same way. If I join an owners club for my car,
install some customisation and take it to rallys, I would find exactly
the same sort of community.
But if I break down one day and expect someone to help me
A somewhat topical quote of a misquote:
Do not meddle in the affairs of primates; for they are subtle and
quick to anger.
--
Richard Urwin, Private
Confirmed as a crazy system administrator (NAG p348)
This email has
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 19:13, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote:
how bored are we... im loving this though, keep going.
Since you insist... :)
Isn't it funny the amount of attention OT gets? I don't know about
others, but I know why I reply to this. I'm such a total ignoramus of
all things
Meliton wrote:
Someone asked what makes this sort of list tick, and even I can have an
opinion on such matters. This being also the first mailing list I've
ever been on, and from not very long at that, I had no previous
experience of what they meant by flame. Holy shit.
As flames go, the stuff
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 07:40, Robin Turner wrote:
As flames go, the stuff you see on this list is nothing - this is
actually a pretty friendly and polite list, which is one reason I'm
still subscribed to it. Real classic flaming is stuff like
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH U sux donkey balls U
At 10:06 PM 12/13/2002 +0100, you wrote:
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 19:13, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote:
how bored are we... im loving this though, keep going.
Since you insist... :)
Someone asked what makes this sort of list tick, and even I can have an
opinion on such matters. This being
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 00:39, FemmeFatale wrote:
Meliton, jsut ignore the ppl who flame ya. They're just ppl who have their
sphincters in a knot. Hell with em. Its a list, yes. Its public
yes. But sometimes we need threads like this just to lighten up a little
for a while. And who
On Friday 13 December 2002 03:40 pm, Robin Turner wrote:
As flames go, the stuff you see on this list is nothing - this is
actually a pretty friendly and polite list, which is one reason I'm
still subscribed to it. Real classic flaming is stuff like
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH U sux donkey balls
Carroll Grigsby wrote:
On Friday 13 December 2002 03:40 pm, Robin Turner wrote:
As flames go, the stuff you see on this list is nothing - this is
actually a pretty friendly and polite list, which is one reason I'm
still subscribed to it. Real classic flaming is stuff like
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH U
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 22:58, Dennis Myers wrote:
On Wednesday 11 December 2002 09:38 pm, Ray Henry wrote:
I think it's grate that every on can help other Linux user. Unlike
Windows users Linux users stick to grate
I have a theory on that... :)
My great theory is that there are so
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On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 22:58, Dennis Myers wrote:
On Wednesday 11 December 2002 09:38 pm, Ray Henry wrote:
I think it's grate that every on can help other Linux user. Unlike
Windows
On December 12, 2002 01:02 am, Meliton wrote:
snip
Open minds, perhaps. But in my opinion the driving force behind the
amazing support one gets on Linux is fundamentally egoistic: it feels
good to help someone out, specially when they ask nicely. It also
implies a touch of vanity, not as in
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 20:31, Charlie wrote:
On December 12, 2002 01:02 am, Meliton wrote:
snip
Open minds, perhaps. But in my opinion the driving force behind the
amazing support one gets on Linux is fundamentally egoistic: it feels
good to help someone out, specially when they ask
Meliton wrote:
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 20:31, Charlie wrote:
[snip]
Or is egoism
as an answer appearing as to flip, to simplistic to fit the record?
Egoism is just a word, I use it a lot because it shocks some people
into not lying to themselves. Too few people. And I do believe that we
all
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Meliton wrote:
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 20:31, Charlie wrote:
[snip]
Or is egoism
as an answer appearing as to flip, to simplistic to fit the record?
Egoism is just a word, I use it a lot because it shocks some people
into not lying to themselves. Too few people
I used to use linux back in the day to piss everyone off that wanted to use my
pc. now its just a ing job...
On Thursday 12 December 2002 01:12 pm, Meliton wrote:
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 20:31, Charlie wrote:
On December 12, 2002 01:02 am, Meliton wrote:
snip
Open minds,
Ego???
Some times in some ways for SOME people, MAYBE. I've learned that being a
teacher (good teacher) one learns far more the the student
Joy comes in serving others.
Helping others is a commandment for some of us (Biblical speaking).
I may be new at Linux, but have spent much of my life
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:12:15PM +0100, Meliton wrote:
Egoism is just a word, I use it a lot because it shocks some people
into not lying to themselves. Too few people. And I do believe that we
all act strictly according to our interests, though not as rational
beings (which we are NOT).
On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 08:33, Todd Slater wrote:
This is your opinion and that is fine, but please don't insult others by
suggesting that they are living a lie and that you are a saviour that
can reveal the truth to them.
Imagine two soldiers who are ordered to carry out cruel and vicious
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 20:51, Robin Turner wrote:
How can you irrationally act in your own interests?
Well, I smoke, for example. That is certainly NOT in my material
interests. It is totally irrational. But in a totally irrational way,
the cancer is better than the stress of quitting. Notice
But absolutely every act
of every human being in History, including all the moving ones of
self-sacrifice, are for the actor's benefit. I'm not being cynical here.
this is THE MOST cynical statement possible. you are _clearly_ in denial.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
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Meliton wrote:
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 20:31, Charlie wrote:
[snip]
Or is egoism
as an answer appearing as to flip, to simplistic to fit
Franki wrote:
pardon me, but what has this to do about linux??
Well, to the extent that it's relevant to the Open Source community,
it's relevant to Linux, and to the extent that it's relevant to people's
motivations for posting to lists, it's relevant to any list. But
essentially you are
On December 12, 2002 01:12 pm, Meliton wrote:
snipped at random
Should this be taken off list? Probably matters not since I'm done with this
reply. Sorry for wasting the bandwidth.
Does this fit your mold of egoism and it's resultant behaviors?
Yes it does.
Are you sure?
reference:
Meliton wrote:
I have a debt of gratitude to these folks. But they do it because they
want to, they are Mother Theresas to me, but then she went to the lepers
'cos SHE wanted to, also. Money is not the only thing that moves people,
but altruism is at least as ambiguous as my use of egoism. I
FemmeFatale wrote:
[snip]
Sir Robin
(who, incidentally, took on that title as a way of taking the piss out
of people who had questioned his motivation for defending a damsel in
distress on this list)
I have to snicker luv, cause I must admit you taking that title was
quite the surprise at
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 15:58, Dennis Myers wrote:
On Wednesday 11 December 2002 09:38 pm, Ray Henry wrote:
I think it's grate that every on can help other Linux user. Unlike
Windows users Linux users stick to grate
I have a theory on that... :)
My great theory is that there are so
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 08:58, Dennis Myers wrote:
That may be part of it, but I believe that the people who venture in to linux
have open minds and a belief that the world is bad enough as it is so maybe
we can make it better with the OSS. Turn no one away, help all that we can.
This is a
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