On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:19:45PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > >> Please do not follow Terrys advice, unless and until you have
> > >> independent confirmation that his 10 year old knowledge is still
> > >> current.
> > >
> > >Poul: "I will say that advice is bad, but I will not provide advice
> > >       of my own, because it might be bad, too, and open me to the
> > >       same type of attack I like to make on others.  It's just so
> > >       much easier to criticize someone than it is to help solve a
> > >       problem and risk being attacked by someone else like me".
> > 
> > Terry: "I would appreciate if you would ensure that your knowledge
> >         is up to date before you mislead people with it."
> 
> Poul: "Of course, *my* knowledge is up to date because *I'm* Poul; but
>        I'll be damned if I'll share it, because then I can't beat people
>        over the head for not having it, and beating people over the head
>        is ever so much more fun, isn't it?  Meanwhile, I'm still not
>        going to answer the original poster's question...".

Gentlemen.. does this discussion on a public list serve any useful purpose?

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