Dude. If you don't like boobies so much, stop sending them to everybodys' mailboxes. Have your little war outside of my inbox so I can work.
-marc --- Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the huge number of issue covered in the past > and what I consider to be > very good documentation, I am surprised by a lot of > the questions asked, > including this one. In any event, to sympathize is > one thing and to > sympathize after this antisocial conduct is another. > Also, if you think the > documentation needs improving, I am sure no one will > stop you. > > On 7/25/06, Alex Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Quite frankly, I sympathize with the original > poster. This list is very > > unresponsive quite often, and I would never > recommentd tomcat to a > > commercial company because the mailing list > support is terrible. Heck, > > I've > > even called commercial support vendors for tomcat > who have not returned > > my > > phone calls. The tomcat community needs to do a > better job of helping > > users, or they can watch users go over to BEA > Weblogic and Websphere. I > > know I'm considering it as soon as I can afford a > BEA or Websphere > > license. > > When someone has to put 'BOOBIES' in the subject > to get attention that > > speaks of a wider problem than someone being > insensitive. > > > > Alex. > > > > On 7/25/06, Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > What can be gained is a measure of civility. I > don't think someone who > > > deliberately does something offensive to achieve > their own ends is in a > > > position to say when their behavior is properly > handled. Some people > > just > > > have a hard time putting themselves into the > position of others, or > > don't > > > care whom they offend. You would be, I would > think, the very last > > person > > > in > > > the world to adjudicate when this topic is > finished. However, you might > > > have noticed that it was finished before you > came back. > > > > > > On 7/24/06, Harris, Thomas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I sent the original message, with an > appropriate subject, over two > > weeks > > > > before the plea for attention follow-up with > the very offensive > > subject. > > > > The original subject was "Shared code but > different pages on different > > > > virtual hosts?" We're on a really tight > schedule, and having waited > > two > > > > weeks for any answer was no longer something > we could do, so my boss > > > > actually suggested getting a little attention > on the message via this > > > > silly stunt. > > > > > > > > So, I did get some help on the topic in > question, and lots more > > besides, > > > > It's was quite fun actually, reading some of > the silliness that this > > one > > > > word has spawned. Someone mentioned the > Superbowl of 2004, and I > > concur. > > > > > > > > Let's put this to rest... What can be gained > by continuing on and on > > > > about how horribly offensive this subject line > is. > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Januski, Ken > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 8:26 AM > > > > To: Tomcat Users List; Tomcat Users List > > > > Subject: RE: BOOBIES! > > > > > > > > Like many I've resisted this thread because I > figured it would be > > > > STUPID! STUPID, YES I SAID STUPID. Did that > get your attention? > > > > > > > > Now let me ask: how many people read threads > here whose subject is in > > > > caps followed by an explanation point? And > what does that subject > > > > usually say? Something like HELP, TOMCAT DONT > WORK, a type of spam or > > > > something similar. I almost always skip those > messages. Some people > > have > > > > more patience than I and so do end up helping > someone who has gotten > > > > desperate. More experienced users know that > they're much more likely > > to > > > > get an answer to their question by choosing a > more informative and > > less > > > > excited subject. > > > > > > > > So what does someone think when they see > BOOBIES! and what did the > > > > author of that message think that they would > think? Well I have little > > > > doubt that they expected anyone to think of > birds and I doubt that > > that > > > > was the first reaction of any reader no matter > how avid a birder. So I > > > > have a very hard time believing that the > author had any intent other > > > > than to get a reaction of some sort from > readers who saw the subject > > and > > > > didn't think bird. I don't think this has > anything to do with > > puritanism > > > > or political correctness. I can't think of > anything I like much less > > > > than political correctness. But it's very hard > to see this as having > > > > anything to do with political correctness. To > me it's just someone > > > > trying to be clever and then trying to cover > their tracks when they > > find > > > > out that many uses don't actually find it > clever. ENOUGH SAID! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Robert Koberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Sun 7/23/2006 7:28 AM > > > > To: Tomcat Users List > > > > Subject: Re: BOOBIES! > > > > > > > > Wow... how do some people make it through the > day without exploding > > from > > > > some terrible insult. > > > > > > > > I can't believe this thread subject has turned > into such a big deal. I > > > > deleted the first 5 or so because I thought it > was spam. Then I saw > > > > names responding which I recognized. > > > > > > > > I really don't understand how someone can be > offended by a word like > > > > 'boobies' and can still use the Internet, or > real life for that > > matter. > > > > > > > > grow up and grow a skin... Dantes Inferno > invoked for using the word > > > > 'boobies.' The road to hell is paved with... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dakota Jack wrote: > > > > > Golly, Charles, > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you need some training? Maybe you are > the one who does not > > get > > > > the > > > > > point? If you think I am going to apologize > for your taking a > > serious > > > > > > > > > topic > > > > > that hurts people and covering it with your > inane indifference, you > > > > > might be > > > > > wrong. The worst people are not the haters, > although they are bad > > > > enough, > > > > > the worst people are the indifferent. If > you read Dantes Inferno > > you > > > > will > > > > > find the colder the heart, the more the > indifference, the lower your > > > > level > > > > > in hell. Understand? > > > > > > > > > > On 7/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Thank you. I was caught up in a witch hunt > and feel undeservedly > > > > bashed > > > > >> over my attempt to inject some > light-hearted jest into an > > overheated > > > > >> atmosphere. Plainly the poster who calls > him or herself "Dakota > > Jack" > > > > > > > > >> didn't > > > > >> view the link. He or she had already made > up his or her mind and > > > > >> couldn't be > > > > >> bothered with facts. > > > > >> > > > > >> For those of you didn't see the link, it > was a photo of a bird (not > > > > >> engaged in a sexual or excretory function > of patently offensive > > > > nature) > > > > >> native to the Galapagos Islands. It has > blue feet and is commonly > > > > >> called a > > > > >> "Blue-footed booby". > > > > >> > > > > >> I await Dakota Jack's apology. > > > > >> -- > > > > >> Charles Knell > > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To start a new topic, e-mail: > users@tomcat.apache.org > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "This communication is intended solely for the > addressee and is > > > > confidential and not for third party > unauthorized distribution" > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To start a new topic, e-mail: > users@tomcat.apache.org > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot > make it float on its > > back." > > > ~Dakota Jack~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make > it float on its back." > ~Dakota Jack~ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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