[SlugLUG] Help Me Choose

[cerise at armory.com]

On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 10:57:07PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> 
> It had _everything_ to do with keeping a dozen architectures working as 
> major changes occurred in related packages.  Which has been the case 
> throughout the history of the Debian X Strike Force (which traditionally
> was mostly Branden Robinson).  

   You know, I'm going to submit your writings to a few councils on education.
Apparently, public school completely and utterly failed at teaching you how to 
read!
   You not only failed to grasp my point (which was in very simple language --
the kind I reserve only for "special" children like you), but you also failed
to present even an attempt at a logical opposition to my premise.
   Have you considered ceasing your mimicry of a broken record and reaching a
bit higher up the evolutionary scale?  Use those higher brain functions, Rick!
I know you can!  Show us that you can reason and effectively address your
opponent's points!
 
> Put up that cash, little flamer, or kindly shut the fack up.
>
> And by the way, I just pulled down the Debian-Unstable version from the
> official archives, and double-checked with that -- same, perfectly
> normal result.  
>
> Again, sorry to hear about your Seattle friend with the broken software;
> I hope he or she fixes it soon.  Meanwhile, it was of course your idiocy
> of calling me a liar that prompted the request that you pony up cash to 
> back up your claim -- which I'm not the _least_ bit surprised to find you 
> declining to do.

   Sorry -- are you saying that your supposedly c&p'd session was real?  
Because I can demonstrate quite easily that it was missing at least one
command in order to have your intended effect.  
   Why don't we have another look at it, shall we?

>   $ touch bar
>
>   $ ls -al foo.tar.bz2
>   -rw-r--r-- 1 rick rick 114 2006-09-29 17:33 foo.tar.bz2
>
>   $ tar xvjf foo.tar.bz2
>   bar
>
>   $ cat /etc/debian_version
>   testing/unstable

   Whence "foo.tar.bz2" in this session?  Either it existed beforehand (which,
I might add, would make you a liar by misrepresentation) or this shell session
is a fiction of your imagination.
   Moreover, how did "bar" get into "foo.tar.bz2"?  Either that touch didn't
create it (which makes you a liar by misrepresentation) or "foo.tar.bz2" was
a preexisting file.
   With serious errors like that, consider yourself fortunate that I'm not
questioning your $PATH and aliases.
 
> Fortuntely, I spent most of this weekend productively doing garden work. 
> Disposing of your postings has only stolen a few minutes -- and, oddly
> enough, is remarkably similar in spirit to turning over the compost
> heap.

   I'm not surprised in the least considering I quote almost the entirety of
your messages in the course of my replies.

-Phil/CERisE