On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:53:58 -0500, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:17:50 +0000, Kier wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:18:32 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Kier on Wednesday 23 January 2008 15:09 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:20:55 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, I read the first few paragraph and also remembered how he previously
>>>>>> defended GPLv3 against myths. I didn't read this carefully.
>>>>>
>>>>> No offence, Roy, but you *should* have read it it carefully. When you post
>>>>> stuff, anything at all, you should make sure it says what you claim it
>>>>> says, else you just lay yourself wide open to criticism of this kind - if
>>>>> not, in many cases, the criticism will be justified. If you have to choose
>>>>> between sacrifing volume of posts or accuracy of posts, choose the former,
>>>>> not the latter. You will save yourself a lot of trouble.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I agree, but there is always room for error. The question is, what will be
>>>> the recurrence? If one in 300 is incorrect or inaccurate, then that's
>>>> reasonable. Even reading entire articles isn't enough. In many cases, articles
>>>> themselves are incorrect (recent examples include articles about Mono, memory
>>>> leaks in C# and accusation against the olpcnews.com guy). To err is human.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Just ignore Kier and continue. He makes outrageous claims and never
>>> backs them, but demands that others prove things over and over. He's
>>> hardly a role-model here, and most certainly does not practise what he
>>> preaches.
>>
>> You're an idiot, Mark. Do you really think it is a good thing to be
>> inaccurate, or worse still, plain wrong, simply because you can't be
>> bothered to check? You think this will enhance either the reputation of
>> Roy or Linux? Really?
>
> And there you have it, another Roy Schestowitz drone.
Err, how do you work that out, when I don't agree with a lot of what Roy
posts?
> Enhance the reputation of Roy?
>
> Last time I looked this was a Linux advocacy group. What does enhancing Roy
> Schestowtiz's reputation have to do with anything?
>
> Are you being paid by Roy too, Kier?
Are you completely insane, or just slightly?
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Kier
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