Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-02-01 Thread Patrick Frank
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's based on something not statistically significant, is it > unreliable? Whether my observations are reliable enough for you to value the point that I try to explain by samples that are valid to me, well, that is not in my hands. [paddy is behind everyth

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-02-01 Thread Patrick Frank
Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of private data, you have published an IRC log without > first securing permission from all the participants. Personally, I > detest people who do this even on channels where there is no explicit > policy forbidding such behavior, so to point out t

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-02-01 Thread Clint Adams
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 01:35:01PM +0100, Patrick "Ballpark" Frank wrote: > But lets have a look at http://pastebin.ca/885288 again and see how > HennaX started the chat when he joined that channel. He asked if he > has to reveal private data. A person answered him that he does not Speaking of pri

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-02-01 Thread MJ Ray
Patrick Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MJ Ray wrote: > > It appears that the politics of prejudice is something in common! > > Men do this, women do that? Get over it. > > This is not prejudice at all. > > The word prejudice refers to prejudgment: i.e. making a decision > before becoming aware

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-02-01 Thread Patrick Frank
MJ Ray wrote: > [...] > > Some men have the hope that the women they meet are more open > > minded. Some men have the hope that the women they meet are not > > constantly trying to appear cool and superior. > It appears that the politics of prejudice is something in common! > Men do this, women d

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-02-01 Thread MJ Ray
Patrick Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > So it was just politics that were not made visible? > And they have to be enforced in a violent way? IMO the politics are clearly visible from the URLs in the topic when HennaX joined #debian-women in http://pastebin.ca/885288 Enforcement is up to

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-02-01 Thread Patrick Frank
Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 04:46:56PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > > On Thu January 31 2008 9:35:08 am Richard Hecker wrote: > [#debian-women on irc.oftc.net] is to be an entry point for women to get involved in Debian development, Before somebody even dares to battle ma

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-01-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 04:46:56PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > On Thu January 31 2008 9:35:08 am Richard Hecker wrote: > > This looks like confirmation that vorlon was right to > > mistrust HennaX as a female. > But surely that is not a requirement to be in that channel, right? Indeed not. But

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-01-31 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu January 31 2008 9:35:08 am Richard Hecker wrote: > This looks like confirmation that vorlon was right to > mistrust HennaX as a female. But surely that is not a requirement to be in that channel, right? I mean, if vorlon and Clint were there I am not saying I mistrust vorlon or anyo

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-01-31 Thread Richard Hecker
Eeric Evans wrote: Martin Schulze wrote: [...] On several IRC channels it is a requirement to reveal the realname. [...] If one does not like such rules, they are free to not join such meetings. .. But lets have a look at http://pastebin.ca/885288 again and see how He

why privacy is mandatory

2008-01-31 Thread Eeric Evans
Martin Schulze wrote: [...] > On several IRC channels it is a requirement to reveal the realname. [...] > If one does not like such rules, they are free to not join such > meetings. First of all I want to thank you. You were not trying to feed me with violent behaviour till the self full-filli