Posted on 07/24/2010 5:49:03 PM PDT by dayglored
Jim Robinson has laid down the law with regard to tech thread flame wars.
I am motivated to make sure we tech-thread-heads are aware of this. This vanity is a heads-up with regard to Jim's comments last night, and I've added a few thoughts of my own as an observer.
Here's what Jim said:
To All: [That goes for everyone.] I dont see any reason whatsoever to be having flamewars on FR over computer products. Those who have a problem with Apple should just not buy the product and that takes care of that. Dont come to FR to flame those who like the product. Thats just dumb. Who cares what computer products people use.I think Jim's declaration of a cease-fire is clear as a bell -- the disruption, flame wars, abusive comments, etc. that have characterized many tech threads, especially Apple threads, are to stop.Everyone on these threads need to lighten up! On all sides!!
I'm sure we can all abide by this reminder of FR site policy, with no loss of meaningful content, and our enjoyment of the conversations in these threads will increase considerably. Arguments can be had civilly, and without rancor. We're adults, not 13-year-olds.
Personally, I think this applies by simple extension to the Windows threads, Linux threads, indeed any of the computer / high-tech threads. So I encourage ALL partisans, pro-Apple and anti-Apple, pro-Microsoft and anti-Microsoft, pro-Linux and anti-Linux, etc. to heed this reminder.
I am going to ping a handful of my FRiends of all tech persuasions, so that we can spread the word as widely as necessary, to ensure that nobody can claim they didn't know about it.
Here's to a saner, more enjoyable tech environment on FreeRepublic!
Thanks,
Dayglored
I wasn’t laughing. But I was thinking about buggy whips.
LMAO!
There’s 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary and those that don’t.
Thank God I’m only 8 times of people.
Bunch of Weenies
You need an Altair,,,
It was a huge investment for a newly married SSgt but it was worth it. Took me 4 hours to setup and type the first Officer Effectiveness Report, but I made that back the first of the 4 times that OER had to be retyped because some Lt Col or Col wanted it redone to change some word or other.
Besides, I never had to stand another inspection. The inspectors would just sit, ask questions and watch me work. They thought I was a magician.
I always wondered why someone would whip a buggy. I mean, it's not like it can feel anything. You'd get much better results whipping the horse, though that can backfire as well.
So you invented the ‘1’ just like Al Gore invented the Internet in order to make it work. Right?
I also invented the question mark, and I accuse chestnuts of being lazy.
Lucky for me, the next semester (1984), we had access to Apple II's with cool 3 1/4 floppy disks!
Lucky for me, the next semester (1984), we had access to Apple II's with cool 5 1/4 floppy disks!
I know, right? And here we thought techies were a boring, quiet, not easily riled lot!
Seek the source, Luke.
/johnny
There are only 10 types of people in the world those who understand binary, and those who don't.
heh, never gets old.
DOH!
How about peole that beat me to stealing a classic joke... can I still call them names?
Now I'm going to have nostalgic dreams...and nightmares.
...probably something about my first girlfriend whilst wearing steel gauntlets.
What sort of calculations?
I'm an un-abashed Linux fan. But I've been known to say nice things about Windows 7 (Yes, I bought a retail copy and installed it along side Ubuntu), and I have an iPod touch.
In the end, it comes down to this: use the right tool for the job. We all have to realize what we consider the right tool for a particular job may not be the right tool when evaluated by someone else's criteria and priorities.
Hey, I have done that -- for an Intel 8085 CPU! :-)
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