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- From: jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
- Subject: Re: Giles' Manual Mania (Was - Re: About the 'F' in RTFM)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.003746.8092@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <1992Aug26.210446.13402@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 00:37:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug26.210446.13402@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- |> In <1992Aug25.161037.29594@newshost.lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
- |>
- |> >In article <1992Aug13.175711.27749@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- |> >|> [...]
- |> >|> Find another job, Jim. One that lets you use something nice and
- |> >|> simple like MS-DOS.
- |>
- |> >This is an example of UNIX-speak. This comment is frequently encountered,
- |>
- |> No, Jim. This is an example of how to speak to someone who is without
- |> a clue and whining about that state.
-
- Oh, so your intent was not to commit a logical fallacy (an appeal to an
- irrelevant alternative), but to make an ad-hominem attack. The latter
- hurts your credibility more than the former.
-
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- J. Giles
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