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Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs

Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs

Posted Nov 24, 2010 14:55 UTC (Wed) by ironiridis (guest, #60586)
In reply to: Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs by ikm
Parent article: Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs

You're right; sorry about that. I shouldn't be paying for a service that "might rub me the wrong way".

It's been great guys. See ya.


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Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs

Posted Nov 24, 2010 23:52 UTC (Wed) by ikm (subscriber, #493) [Link]

I didn't mean to judge anyone, and especially you. For the record, I didn't particularly enjoy that biblical reference as well, so I do support you on this one. But lwn is a nice place, so why not leave people to believe what they want and quote what they want? We all have our differences. It would mean a lot to me if you would try to rethink your decision.

Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs

Posted Nov 30, 2010 16:58 UTC (Tue) by jone (guest, #62596) [Link]

'I shouldn't be paying for a service that "might rub me the wrong way".'

yeah .. that's why i don't pay my taxes either :)

but seriously .. i'm guessing it's understandable that some might be overly sensitive particularly if you've been thwacked too often or abused with out of context biblical references .. in a similar vein - i'm guessing that any sort of "open kimono" or "money shot" references might be equally offensive to people who may have been sexually abused

perhaps an entropy analogy would be more appropriate here since it's generally benign and science is generally the more widely accepted school of religious thought that nobody will complain too much about

(let's see if i've covered all the bases .. government/politics - check .. religion -check .. sex - check .. ok - my work here is done)

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