From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11122 invoked by uid 1002); 5 Oct 2003 02:31:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 5852 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2003 02:31:15 -0000 X-WM-Posted-At: mailandnews.com; Sat, 4 Oct 03 22:31:15 -0400 From: Jason Stubbs To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:27:25 +0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 References: <3F7D4315.1020900@gentoo.org> <200310050938.22128.jasonbstubbs@mailandnews.com> <3F7F7DA2.4080904@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <3F7F7DA2.4080904@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200310051127.26511.jasonbstubbs@mailandnews.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Speaking of new kernels being added to the tree X-Archives-Salt: 5e895a40-33ce-4745-8400-b0405ea179ea X-Archives-Hash: 90c176607abe1c86f3c89bcb91a60ec9 On Sunday 05 October 2003 11:10, Kumba wrote: > Jason Stubbs wrote: > > Sarcasm never helps anything in serious discussion... > > Sarcasm is rather useful, although, bizarre statements have much more > effect. Bizarre statements such as asking "So, did anyone hear that > Kermit the Frog just got signed to the Redskins for 8 years @ 252 > million as their new quarterback?". These tend to make people look at > you oddly, thus breaking the tension that can sometimes occur in a > serious discussion... I agree with you there, _but_ sarcasm directed at the 'opposition' can only be taken as a personal attack. Actually, I use sarcasm all the time in a serious discussion, but it is always directed at myself. Anyways... Jason -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list