Man you guys should blog all this... do a few trackbacks... pings and put some adsense on your sites and take a vacation. Sorry could not help myself. ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Mon, 5/4/09, Joshua Zeidner wrote: From: Joshua Zeidner Subject: Re: Linux in a Nutshell (O'Reilly book) To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 9:28 PM On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 21:12 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> Craig, >> >>   you're not really disagreeing with me. > ---- > au contrare > > I disagree with your dismissive attitude, with your lack of interest in > the connection of the subject at hand to the progenitor of this thread, > with your assertion that people who buy these books are posers and > undoubtedly a whole lot more.   I might have used the term 'non sequitur' but that I thought that might exacerbate your hypersensitivity towards just about everything. > > What I can't figure out is how you think you can just toss these things > out there as if no one actually is applying critical thinking about that > which you write. > > Maybe it's my age but I love books...I read every day (mostly fiction). > I don't see myself ever buying a Kindle or other electronic device to > replace ink on paper. Then again, as you say, I like having books around > to prop up my cred.   Well if you don't recognize the moral imperative of preserving forests, I might suggest it is you who are guilty of being coarse and unreceptive.  Perhaps you can make a totem pole out of redwood tree with your likeness at the top? :)   -jmz > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss