On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:38, Jo Rhett wrote: > 20-something people telling me that my shorthand for -core proves that I'm > an idiot. It wasn't the topic, and it doesn't change the real question one > bit, but it's a great chance for everyone to call me an idiot. Am I in this category? I wonder.. Anyway.. Your use of nomenclature not matching that of the rest of the community is a sure fire way to be misunderstood and brushed off. Yes, people shouldn't just ignore you because you used the wrong name, but since those people are very busy they are guessing you are probably just a troll, or clueless.. This sort of attitude is necessary otherwise you'd waste heaps of time dealing with clueless people or trolls. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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