On Wed, 22 May 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
I dunno, if you really want to have this debate, I don't see why it's unreasonable for the list parents to not want rampant cursing.
In my travels to the southeast US, I found there are still people there who consider it inappropriate for a white woman to date a black man. I would hope that all on this list understand how illogical that is. To me it seems just as illogical to say it's inapproprate to use one word over another, when they both have the same meaning.
Come on, I curse like George Carlin but I don't to it in front of customers. Are you telling me there is no such thing as appropriate behavior in a public forum? I understand your argument. But the point is, this is somebody elses sandbox we're playing in. Calm down and play nice, or you'll have people trying to kick you out.
I'm not saying that the people on this list don't like you, I'm just saying that if you keep posting about CPU utilization when using linux for routing and about how cisco sucks, in a very frequent manner, it will make small idiosyncracies such as cursing stand out that much more.
Lots of people don't like me, and I like it that way. Saves me a lot nuisance from people who might think you're their friend.
Speaking of logic, that's an interesting way of putting things.
From the number of personal replies I got about these topics, it seems like many people are interested in sharing information about how to do routing on a budget, or how to avoid getting shot in the foot with your Cisco box.
Routing on a budget? Dude, you can buy a 7200 for $2 grand. Why bother with a linux box? Heh, at least use FreeBSD :)
I thought my posts were far more technical and relevant to network operation than the marketing hype being spewed by some others. However, if the consensus is my posts are off-topic, I'll happily shut up wait to be told what are accpetable topics.
I don't think they're off topic. But other people do. YMMV. HTH. Andy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC www.xecu.net xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access