Re: Linux in a Nutshell (O'Reilly book)

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.

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Keith Smith

--- On Mon, 5/4/09, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Linux in a Nutshell (O'Reilly book)
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 9:28 PM

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> 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


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