Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758042Ab1EYPWX (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 May 2011 11:22:23 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:48450 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757794Ab1EYPWW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 May 2011 11:22:22 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QkbMhTe68afoM8pD2FxpE/r2SDHx0eFIz5HD58M+1xHF1TdkVZjCcpHNywan7QxaAD pWMNNBJzfZQjN8scAPPjgRMWZ7CKE366LnTC+aa6EjdhLf0hyqkRORYoRoCH0I3Q/0Xk dQ53MCh0nla4x3MW51JYc2hbroWEHCkIbc6zs= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1306336629.15714.13.camel@marge.simson.net> References: <20110524181619.GC26055@thunk.org> <1306297108.4819.28.camel@marge.simson.net> <64e4614dda6f4558a68a314d7b5979b5-mfwitten@gmail.com> <1306336629.15714.13.camel@marge.simson.net> From: Michael Witten Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 15:21:52 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: UNIX Compatibility To: Mike Galbraith Cc: "Ted Ts'o" , Richard Yao , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1803 Lines: 36 On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 15:17, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 14:20 +0000, Michael Witten wrote: >> On Wed, 25 May 2011 06:18:28 +0200, Michael Galbraith wrote: >> > On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 18:31 +0000, Michael Witten wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 18:16, Ted Ts'o wrote: >> >> >> >> > No one ever bothers to deal with issues because they are tiny, >> >> > nit-pitcky things that no one other than standards mavens would care >> >> > about.  You have to be someone who is extremely anal to really care >> >> > about this kind of stuff.  It's really stupid stuff... paper pushers... >> >> > >> >> > If you want to waste time out of your life that you'll never get back... >> >> > ... >> >> > ... standards committee, as full of ivory-tower eggheads as it is, >> >> > does have some folks who recognize that there is such a thing as >> >> > the Real World)... >> >> >> >> The world would be a better place if you weren't so needlessly >> >> confrontational when sharing your knoweldge, Ted. >> > >> > Ivory-tower eggheads is common vernacular, a colorful and communicative >> > description of a mindset.  Ted's usage added useful information to the >> > conversation, unlike the pompous interjection above. >> >> At first I thought you were labeling as `pompous' my suggestion that the >> world would be improved by the introduction of a little more civility in >> our discourse, and so I was confused. > > No you weren't.  I found your remark to be pompous sideline sniping. I like your ironical humor. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/