On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:43 AM stanley lieber <sl@9front.org> wrote:

> Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 1:40 AM, Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:52:31PM -0700, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
> >>> > plan 9 as more than a masturbatory aid.
> >>>
> >>> put up or shut up:
> >> ...
> >> Congratulations on your accomplishments!
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> >% fn ck { grep $* /n/sources/patch/*/email /n/sources/patch/^(applied
> >maybe saved sorry)^/*/email >[2]/dev/null |wc -l}
> >% ck sstallion@gmail.com
> >     28
> >% ck khm@sciops.net
> >      0
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> >Perhaps it's better to be known for the occasional masturbatory
> >session than for being an incorrigible troll.
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> >Steve
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> What's incorrigible is the way you people consistently reply to questions
> from newbs with claims that it is trivial to do various tasks on Plan 9
> without ever quite revealing that 1.) it isn't, and 2.) you aren't really
> referring to the task they suggested, anyway. Skip does this, Every.
> Single. Time. What is the point?
>

you're assuming a person who is new to Plan 9, is new to computing, system
admin or programming.

easy means: "no different than setting up a cpu once you've configured your
fs and auth".  adding entries for 8 rpi's in /lib/ndb/local and /cfg/pxe is
as easy as cutting and pasting after the first one. they all run the same
kernel.

please take the hyperbole down a bit or provide instances for what you
claim i did. the internet has a long memory; http links would be sufficient.

regarding pi cluster, it was related to a work-in-progress i talked about
at IWP9 2010.  i've shared as much detail as i could.


> What do you use that rpi "cluster" for, Skip? Do you mean to imply some
> the availability of some facility for process migration? You know none
> exists.
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> The latest amusing evolution is a parade of replies from the usual
> suspects where it's never quite clear which of them are promoting or
> denigrating the degraded web-centric nature of modern computing. First
> various ribbons and medals associated with historic Plan 9 campaigns are
> displayed and then the same noble campaigners suggest that Plan 9 users are
> cave men clinging to stone tools. I think the quips are so clever precisely
> because their target is indeterminate. Great, you're funny, but again, what
> is the point?
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> How does any of this clarify matters for interested newbs?
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> My personal favorite aspect of this tiresome dance is the eventual
> denunciation of trolls. Here, in the spiritual home of Mark V Shaney!
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> The problem is not trolling. The problem is low to medium quality
> trolling, performed by armchair quarterbacks who want credit for being Plan
> 9 Gandalfs but who are unwilling to provide the simple service of speaking
> in words that make sense. Mothra forbid any should cast aspersions upon the
> sacred world wide web,
> bringer of the paycheck and dresser of the tongue.
>

and yet, it is you and your ilk who claim the mantle of the true keepers of
the faith, beating back the evildoers.


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> Kurt provides free hosting for the 9front mercurial repository, after
> Google found better things to do with their time. Thanks, Kurt.
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