Kent West <westk@acu.edu> writes: > Paul's a smart guy, and we really appreciate having him on this list, > but he tends to be rougher than sandpaper socially (at least on this > list); you gotta take him with a grain of salt. I try to be funny, not insulting the vast majority of the time. > What he meant is that the people on this list don't always have > information on specific pieces of hardware, such as the Intel Mobo > SE75010W2, only he generalizes the hardware here as the fictional > "CompuTron SpeedWidget 5000" (which is actually kind of humorous, if > not insulting), and that you should do your own research via Google, > etc first. Of course, you mentioned that you found this list via > Google, which indicates that maybe you had already been researching > for this info, and he apparently just missed that indication. (Or > perhaps his coffee was a bit weaker this morning than usual.) Damn call center coffee freezing my brain faster than WD-40 freezes a bicycle chain into a solid bar... > At any rate, if you haven't found any info to answer your question > after some searching on your part, then your post was quite > appropriate, and you just gotta learn to ignore Paul's > abrasiveness. He really is a smart guy and provides a lot to this list. I don't dish out more than I can take. > And (whew!), it's generally considered bad form on this list to > "top-post". Rather, you should reply after any relevant material. http://learn.to/quote/ -- .''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian. Because it *must* work. debian.org aboutdebian.com
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