Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 29 May 2007 07:56 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Linux: Rethinking Suspend and Resume
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| What started as the review of a bug report grew into an interesting
>>>| debate as Linus Torvalds slammed the current suspend and resume design
>>>| in the Linux Kernel...
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://kerneltrap.org/node/8267
>>>
>>> Why is Linus always so furious?
>>
>> I think the word you're looking for is "passionate". It's that kind of
>> passion which gets things done, mistakes fixed, understanding uplifted,
>> and so on.
>
> I must have had the "interface Nazis" remark in my mind when I typed this. I
> think Godwin law transcends the need for passion.
>
Well, the trouble with people being passionate is that they often offend
others in the process - I know this all too well. The other option is
to head for the "country-club" attitude, but the only thing that
achieves is that nobody ever does anything, because they're so afriad of
offending anyone.
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