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Re: [hobbit] Sorry... I had to vent
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- Subject: Re: [hobbit] Sorry... I had to vent
- From: "Xymon User in Richmond" <hobbit (at) epperson.homelinux.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:50:38 -0400
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On Wed, March 24, 2010 12:17, Tim Boyer wrote:
>
> One of the mailing lists I'm on - forget which one - actually has a
> boilerplate that says 'Read this:
> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html before posting'.
>
> Good advice, IMHO...
>
An excellent piece that could be used in the boilerplate for most
forums/lists. For someone who can sometimes come off as quite nearly
barking mad, Eric has written some seminal works in the cultural
literature of tech.
Of course, I wouldn't use that epithet to his face. He has two or three
black belts and a fondness for sidearms.....