Too bad to see a guy like Bryan being accused of trolling...... many of his inputs are too valuable and insightful :) <Repeating this for the nth time> A mailing list like centos-offtopic will surely be very useful. questions like "which server is best with centos" etc etc can be asked and replied in detail here. <Repeating this for the nth time> On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 16:46 -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > From: Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison at gmail.com> > > Look - brevity is the soul of wit. It also keeps other folks on lists > > from calling you a troll. > > The problem is that then the same people then start complaining > about my "oversimplification." In fact, that's part of the problem here. > > I really _tried_ to make a recommendation without breaking down into > the engineering non-sense. I really don't see how much "wit" I could > do to satisify some people on that thread. > > > You pretty much get to blab as much as you want and argue with > > people over tangent issues proving you are right, > > Dude, at this point, I'm tired of having my experience cut, sliced and > diced by people who are like, "WTF does he think he is?" So you're > right, I'm going to just state something _once_ and if people don't > want to believe it, I'm just going to leave it. > > I tried several times in that thread, but yes, you are correct, I didn't > stop, and I kept posting too. My apologies. > > > or you get to maintain "non-troll" status. Pick one, but don't > > tangentially blab and get upset about being called a tangential > > blabber. > > I don't have a problem with being called a "tangential blabber." > What *I* have a problem is being singled out. Dude, re-read back > in that last thread. Although I didn't stop posting, at some point, > I realized it was going to have to go _deep_ before it would end. > > Now I've said my peace for the last time. I promise I will not > repeat something more than once -- at the most, making only a > 2nd post to "clarify" and if I didn't do a "good enough job" by then, > I'll leave it be _regardless_. > > Your opinion is noted. But also note that someone else insinuated > there was only *1* troll. I like holding everyone to the same standard. > > > -- > Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >