[ale] Sunday 05-22-05 6PM RUN-AS-ROOT CHALLENGE

[George Carless]

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:58:37PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 12:46 -0400, George Carless wrote:
> > but all of human interaction through language involves 
> > certain assumptions, and if your argument balances on 
> > such a nicety as this then you're more of a troll than 
> > I had imagined.
> 
> If that is true, than you (and everyone else involved in this thread) is
> a troll for not assuming he was talking (if he even is) about a cdrom
> based distro.  Clearly the onus is on you to ask questions if you don't
> know the answer.  You can't go around all the time assuming you know
> everything about everyone else.  Basic assumtions, yes.  Gross oversight
> and/or wanton ignorance of what is being discussed is no excuse.

Ah, what a crock.  When people make extraordinary claims, the onus is upon them 
to support those claims.  Short of any evidence to the contrary, it is right 
and reasonable to work on the assumptions of the status quo (again, language is 
full of assumptions).

Or shall I claim that I can walk on water, and when you complain neglect to 
tell you that I am referring to ice?  You may find this kind of thing 
humourous; I consider it trolling.

--George

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George Carless ... kafka at antichri.st
Words are just dust in deserts of sound