Re: [9fans] the futility of #plan9 on irc

[Abhey Shah <as234@york.ac.uk>]

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Apologies for larding up the list with flippant  Simpsons' quotes but 
this one is appropriate for many situations.

  Homer: There are three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong 
way, and the Max Power way!
Bart: Isn't that just the wrong way?
Homer: Yeah, but faster!



On 25 May 2005, at 17:42, David Leimbach wrote:

>> The SCSI comment did get corrected, eventually, though
>> the comment about acme not being able to pipe a buffer
>> through an external program did not.
>>
>> Russ
>>
>
> Misinformation will continue to exist no matter what.  People just get
> stuff wrong.  They can even get it wrong here.  I don't think removing
> IRC is going to solve that problem.
>
> IRC just allows you to be wrong faster :)
>
> Dave
>
>


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Apologies for larding up the list with flippant  Simpsons' quotes but
this one is appropriate for many situations.


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param> Homer: There are three ways to do
things: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way! 

Bart: Isn't that just the wrong way? 

Homer: Yeah, but faster!



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On 25 May 2005, at 17:42, David Leimbach wrote:


<excerpt><excerpt>The SCSI comment did get corrected, eventually,
though

the comment about acme not being able to pipe a buffer

through an external program did not.


Russ


</excerpt>

Misinformation will continue to exist no matter what.  People just get

stuff wrong.  They can even get it wrong here.  I don't think removing

IRC is going to solve that problem.


IRC just allows you to be wrong faster :)


Dave



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