You can hear the tone in his voice by reading text ????? Wow you have some super human abilities, you should be on that show Heroes.
What tone, did I just use ? My take from his message, was he thought the linux distro you are running was pathetic, not you. But you have never told us what disto this is, wouldn't that help us help you. If this were a system on the internet then people would tell you that not updating the system leaves it open to all sorts of vulnerabilities. But if you have legacy stuff that for some reason won't run on today's stuff then you have no choice, but I'll bet if you told us what those things are, we would try to help you update them so you could do updates. :-) -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Josef Lowder Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 5:06 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: OT: Do not appreciate the implication that I am "pathetic." Craig White wrote: > I can't quite figure out if this is an indictment on all Linux in > general or the specific distribution that he uses but this is pathetic. > > If the distribution you choose to use breaks because you update, you > need to find a different one...period, end of discussion. Craig, your comment in response to my question seeking assistance regarding 'scp' is not only unhelpful, but it conveys an implication that I am (in your opinion) "pathetic" because of my choice (and necessity) to keep this one computer (of the six different computer systems that I use) unchanged. It is not possible to safely update this particular computer. This "old reliable" system is the one on which I do much of my work because it incorporates a configuration and capabilities that are no longer available and cannot be replicated. Rather than being "pathetic," it is actually remarkable that this old system has proved to be the *most* rock-solid reliable of all of my systems. It has been running 24/7 for more than 4 years. It is never shut down except for power outages and vacations. And, praise God, I have *never* had a system failure or need to reboot. This current issue with scp seems to have occurred because I changed routers as became necessary to get a faster DSL speed. I had not needed 'scp' since that change until recently, and I have now learned that it was apparently because of enabling "IP Passthrough" that the inet address got messed up and I have not been able to get it restored. Craig, you have sometimes offered some helpful suggestions on various issues in the past (although often with a rather abrupt tone). However this kind of belittling ridicule is definitely not helpful. It is so much more helpful when comments are of a more positive and constructive nature and tone. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
