<div dir="auto">I owe everyone an apology, utmost Mike. My actions were thoughtless and above all, rude. My attempt was to privately vent frustration to a peer, which went wrong because the frustrations were based on ignorance.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mike, I'm sorry. I am most certainly not the smartest (clearly) and I forgot that no matter the skill level with anything I.T., we all start somewhere. I also forgot an important maxim ... "be kind, everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about".</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It was a dick move. My bad.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I hope you see the sincerity of my apology, as my hindsight reminds me how hurtful comments like mine can be.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I really am sorry, and I hope we can both move forward from this, together. Please feel free to reach out to me anytime.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Thanks,<br>Alexander.<br><br>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 10:41 <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing.<br>
Do:<br>
mount /dev/<my-dieing-hardrive> /some/where<br>
find /some/where/ -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;<br>
dmesg|grep '/dev/<my-dieing-hardrive>' <br>
<br>
You'll find a bunch of errors to validate your hunch or you'll fine none to <br>
rule it out.<br>
ET <br>
<br>
PS: I didn't 'sticking up for you'.<br>
I want to have you around so I can harass you at will! ;-)<br>
You are a good man Mike, and you have my appreciation and utmost respect. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Michael writes: <br>
<br>
> Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing. <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:19 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>> wrote: <br>
> <br>
>> No problem. Btw, did you ever figure out that latest little issue (I think<br>
>> it was with rsync)? <br>
>><br>
>> -Eric <br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Jan 31, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br>
>><br>
>> ET and Eric.... thanks for sticking up for me. <br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 7:10 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>> wrote: <br>
>><br>
>>> No. He is definitely not a troll and like me, he has some challenges that<br>
>>> can get in the way of properly dealing with the world. So, yeah, his brain<br>
>>> is wired differently. SO what! So is min, incidentally. On top of having to<br>
>>> deal with the lifelong effects of a traumatic brain injury (courtesy of a<br>
>>> hit and run driver in 1989), I am also totally blind. Does this make me any<br>
>>> less a person? Hell no! Does it mean I might require extra help from time<br>
>>> to time? You betcha! <br>
>>><br>
>>> So, before you go applying that label, please consider the mind behind<br>
>>> the post before making that judgement. <br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> -Eric<br>
>>> From the central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Special Services and<br>
>>> activities Dept. <br>
>>><br>
>>> > On Jan 30, 2019, at 7:55 AM, <a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> wrote:<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > No Alexander, Michael is not trolling.<br>
>>> > I know Michael personally and he is a great guy.<br>
>>> > He faces some challenges that most of us don't even know exist, and he<br>
>>> overcomes most of them remarkably.<br>
>>> > I will not extend about the challenges he faces, but I will indicate<br>
>>> that he deserves the patience, the help and the respect.<br>
>>> > Not all hackers are created equally... :)<br>
>>> > Best!<br>
>>> > Enrique A. Troconis<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Snyder, Alexander J writes:<br>
>>> >> I often wonder if the vague emails from "Michael" are just trolling the<br>
>>> >> Plug Distro... testing our patience and willingness to help! "I can't<br>
>>> log in" ....<br>
>>> >> "How do I print" ... Thanks,<br>
>>> >> Alexander. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+<br>
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