Various notes on /usr unification

Posted Feb 29, 2012 9:02 UTC (Wed) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: Various notes on /usr unification by pboddie
Parent article: Various notes on /usr unification

> Because it is tiresome, appearing in just about every discussion on the Internet, often accompanied by the equally tiresome accusations of "ad hominem" and "bad journalism" that are also due for retirement.

Wow! So, bikeshedding, ad hominems and bad journalism have all vanished from the Internet? This should make the headlines!

Various notes on /usr unification

Posted Feb 29, 2012 18:43 UTC (Wed) by jond (subscriber, #37669) [Link] (2 responses)

That's a straw man argument.

(sorry.)

Various notes on /usr unification

Posted Feb 29, 2012 22:56 UTC (Wed) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link] (1 responses)

Please explain the meaning of "motion to retire" and "due for retirement".

One of the easiest ways to troll: fight exaggeration with exaggeration. Sorry I fed it.

Various notes on /usr unification

Posted Mar 1, 2012 18:12 UTC (Thu) by pboddie (guest, #50784) [Link]

I actually forgot to suggest accusations of trolling, along with "correlation does not imply causation" and "the plural of anecdote is not data". Of course such terms and phrases describe actual phenomena, but they also seem to take the role of the panic button in any discussion.