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Skriven 2015-12-28 20:12:38 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.73)
  Kommentar till text 29866 av Björn Felten (3:640/384)
Ärende: Fidoweb connections
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29 Dec 15 08:25, you wrote to me:

 BF>>> Isn't it shorter to write "the Fidoweb" or even "the FW" than "this
 BF>>> web thing"?

 ml>> think of it like your "ditto" comments ;)

 BF>    So you use a derogatory notion because once upon a time you got annoyed
 BF> because I could spell ditto correctly? Or what?

who said my use of the term is derogatory? i certainly didn't and i definitely
don't view it that way...

 BF>>> Why the derogatory notion? It is not a thing, it's a distribution
 BF>>> system.

 ml>> is that not a "thing"? ;)

 BF> A distribution system is not a thing. At least not in my world --
 BF> smiley or no smiley -- maybe in your. YMMV

a "system", abstract or physical, is not a thing? wow...

 BF>>> And no, Ward is AFAIK not fully or even semi connected.

 ml>> interesting...

 BF> Why so?

i just found it interesting... that's all...

 BF> He's smart enough to reap all the benefits from the FW, but prefer not
 BF> to take part of our echomail distribution -- just as the system is
 BF> intended.

 BF> I think that's positive. I know of a certain colleague of his that
 BF> tries to take part of the echomail distribution -- and fails
 BF> miserably.

there's many out there like that... some things just don't come to them as
easily as others... i've had folks that i've helped with technical stuff that
never were able to understand it but they could write reams of documentation
that the average joe could easily understand...

 BF> Ward is smart enough to leave all that to us that love the challenge,
 BF> and focus on his primary job -- nodelist distribution. Something that
 BF> he's been doing extremely well for more than two decades.

you sure are talking him up... what'd you do? ;) ;) ;)

)\/(ark

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killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just and fair, and when
you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going to do
with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to protect your
glorious revolution from the next one?" - The twelfth Doctor

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