On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:43 AM stanley lieber <
sl@9front.org> wrote:
Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com> wrote:
>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!
>
>% 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
>
>Perhaps it's better to be known for the occasional masturbatory
>session than for being an incorrigible troll.
>
>Steve
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.
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?
How does any of this clarify matters for interested newbs?
My personal favorite aspect of this tiresome dance is the eventual denunciation of trolls. Here, in the spiritual home of Mark V Shaney!
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.
Kurt provides free hosting for the 9front mercurial repository, after Google found better things to do with their time. Thanks, Kurt.
sl