On 5/15/2013 7:21 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > Viktor Dukhovni: >> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 06:37:14PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> >>> You're making incorrect assumptions about the usefulness of software >>> based solely on revision numbers, of which you apparently have little or >>> no understanding. You must be a very wealthy man, as you most certainly >>> buy a new car on Jan 1 of each year, as your current car must be "out of >>> date" at that point, i.e. 2012 vs 2013. >> >> [ Editorial comment. ] >> >> With Reindl off the list, in part at Stan's suggestion, Stan should >> try to not pick up too much of the slack... > > +1 > > Keep it friendly, Stan!
Bah, you're both New Yorkers so you surely must be plenty familiar with sarcasm. Ok, Wietse lives a little farther up state and spends all of his time at home or in the funny shaped IBM building with no windows, so he may not see that much sarcasm. ;) But Viktor you've worked in the city, may still, and you may live there for all I know, so surely you see sarcasm every day. But it's not just part of New York culture, but American culture. It's a powerful literary tool used by hundreds of thousands of publications and people daily. Sure, Reindl used sarcasm, but he also cursed at people and called them stupid, among other things. This was my beef with him. I don't do such things. Lumping me in with Reindl simply for using sarcasm is painting with a very broad brush and simply not kosher. If you want to make it a blanket rule that straight sarcasm is not allowed on the list then I'll abide by that. I think that would be pretty silly, given that sarcasm permeates our society, at least American society. Apparently you two don't watch Leno, Letterman, any late night comics, as sarcasm abounds on such shows, to name only a few. Of course they say it with a smile. If I'd added a winky at the end, would that have prevented all of this? As I'd have said it with a smile? Making it "lighter" and not perceived as being rude? Sheesh... -- Stan
