[hobbit] Sorry... I had to vent

[Xymon User in Richmond]

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.....