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- From: ted@zeus.ocs.com (Ted Scott)
- Subject: AAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH <Re: Torek a hack? [Re: What must I learn...]>
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- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:27:05 GMT
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- brnstnd@nyu.edu (D. J. Bernstein) writes:
- : In article <1992Aug5.021413.6797@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
- : > I think it's pretty idiotic to try to define "a wizard" at all.
- :
- : However, as a practical matter, it's pretty idiotic to pretend that
- : comp.unix.wizards will benefit from seeing the same lengthy ``what is a
- : wizard?'' thread every month. By popularizing an *adequate* definition,
- : various people in this group have considerably shortened the average
- : lifetime of that thread, which used to sputter along for weeks. Why
- : don't you go with the flow? You're not helping by reacting in this way.
-
- Um... haven't we seen this thread sputtering along for years now?
- I've been laughing at it for at least 6 months.
-
- : All the people who I consider foo wizards can, in my opinion, write foo
- : from scratch, for various foo. And all the people who might know
- : something about foo but can't write foo from scratch are, in my opinion,
- : not foo wizards. It's a reasonable working definition. If you don't like
- : it, don't start a flame war in unix-wizards by saying so.
-
- FOO, FOO, FOO, FOO.
- FOO, FOO, FOO, FOO,
- Wunderfull FOO wunderfull FOO...
- <curtain opens revealing serveal net.personalities in viking garb singing>
- meanwhile; sitting at a table D.J.B.'s companion says "But I don't like FOO"
- ..
-
- SHEESH! Lighten up!
-
-
- -Ted Scott
- tscott@ocsmd.ocs.com I was told that I'm a P.C. person:
- (301) 601-2252 Politically Challenged, that is.
-