-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Crispin Cowan wrote: > John Richard Moser wrote: > >> What's top-posting > > > "Top posting" is where you insert your reply to a post *above* the other > guy's post instead of below. Business people tend to prefer top posting, > while technical people tend to prefer that you insert your response > *below* the text you are responding to. > I'm a business person, but I'm a technical person too. I tend to think in terms of PR and marketting, but also in terms of making sure that all claims are technically accuratet, when I discuss things. I like to be able to do things and understand the technical aspect of everything; and if I was ever given a managment position I'd prefer to be able to work with the programmers and engineers below me, but also to have them actually be smarter than me so I can learn from them too. What type of posting should I prefer? >> >On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 12:34:44PM -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: >> >>You found a bug, wow. >> >> Uh. I read my code like a thousand times, I was pretty sure I found all >> bugs. I'm used to you know, not having any; but I'm used to writing my >> entire codebase from scratch, so I usually know what the *entire* >> program does. >> >> I was surprised, is that wrong? > > > Greg K-H (a senior Linux kernel developer) did a bunch of work and > reviewed your code. He did you a favor. You belittled his work. It may > not be wrong, but it is not very smart. > Well I'm sorry, it just came across wrong and that wasn't my intent. I'll be more careful next time. > Crispin - -- All content of all messages exchanged herein are left in the Public Domain, unless otherwise explicitly stated. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB+9XshDd4aOud5P8RAs36AKCRSmbHB/yx4Y9dO4jTgWLSCocsegCfVlCk yW3RWsmPiowJFkHtk2uwpa8= =Csp4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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