Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on

Thu Jun 20 07:15:21 MST 2024

Thank you Mike!!

What I really meant to say, in part, was there are some really talented 
and skilled people on this list. That is why I said one should take an 
inventory of what you have.  You are fortunate.

Thank you for your willingness to help those of us that struggle. I love 
technology and specifically programming.  Technology has been a 
love/hate relationship.

I was introduced to Linux in about 1998 or so.  I think at that time I 
bought a box set of RedHat version 4.2 ... or so I recall.

I had a couple corporate programming jobs.  Nothing special.  I had to 
start freelancing to really get into the game.  I have to tell you it 
was all God.

In the early days I was also on the Tucson Free Unix Group list.  TFUG 
and PLUG have been instrumental in my success.

Thank you for allowing us to lurk on your list and ask silly questions.

Keith

On 2024-06-20 06:14, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> And thank you Keith for your words! I wish I could remember meeting
> you. The only names I can associate with a 30 year younger face is
> Brian and Hans.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the support, Eric.
>> So glad that things are working out for you!
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 12:14 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Guys,
>>> 
>>> I am totally blind, and that’s partly due to traumatic brain
>>> injury back in 1989. I’ve also had my moments where I am
>>> exceedingly curse when it comes to some subjects. I also tend to
>>> be a little bit obsessive, compulsive, and that happens to be the
>>> autistic side of my nature which I’ve had all my life. I am a
>>> bit unusual, but science and technology are my thing so I tend not
>>> to ask too many questions because I’ve already done most of the
>>> research. However, sometimes research isn’t enough and I may end
>>> up having gas questions here. So, one should look past some of the
>>> commentary on here and recognize and realize those of us were
>>> traumatic brain. Injuries may not necessarily operate in a normal
>>> fashion. I happen to be one of the few exceptions because the area
>>> of the brain and question for me that was damaged with my visual
>>> cortex.  Also, as an aside, I also have prosthetic eyes, so it
>>> doesn’t matter what my visual cortex does because I wouldn’t
>>> be able to perceive anything anyway. In any case, this really
>>> hasn’t slowed me down much in both the accessibility and Lennox
>>> fields. I’ve been writing a bunch of scripts, especially for .
>>> Comes in handy when I want to download a video from YouTube and
>>> then listen to it using VLC. Makes a lot easier than having to
>>> deal with the stupid app and their commercials.
>>> 
>>> Anyway, that’s my opinion on this subject and now we should
>>> probably get back to Lennox and what it can be used for and how
>>> accessible it really is.
>>> 
>>> – Eric
>>> From the central offices of the Technomage Guild,  Opinions and
>>> research department.
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 16, 2024, at 6:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I hear about and read about everyone wanting to get along.  I
>>> am old enough to know that is impossible.  I tend to get political
>>> and my views are at odds with some or maybe most on the list.
>>>> 
>>>> Here is what I came to say.  Shame on you all.  You need to take
>>> an inventory for what you have.  Most of you can run me in the
>>> ground.  I struggle with technology.  I always have.
>>>> 
>>>> I talked with Mike about 10 years ago.  Apparently you do not
>>> know that Mike experienced a traumatic brain injury.
>>>> 
>>>> Mike do not let this get to you.  It is just junior and senior
>>> high BS.
>>>> 
>>>> I've been on this list since 1999 or 2000.  Some of the
>>> questions I ask are probably annoying.  I use Google and as of
>>> late have started using ChatGPT (AI) to seek information.  The
>>> latter seems to do a better job.
>>>> 
>>>> I believe we are all here because of our common goal to work
>>> with, learn, and enjoy Open Source - I know I am.  I also know we
>>> do not live in a vacuum. Other things overflow that are not Open
>>> Source.
>>>> 
>>>> We are a community.  I could go as far as to say we are a
>>> family.  I heard a pastor say once that families prepare us for
>>> the world.  I guess families have a lot of strife.
>>>> 
>>>> Keith
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2024-06-15 22:54, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>>>> There's been a long thread of people mocking somebody who asked
>>> a
>>>>> stupid question. Yeah, the guy's annoying; annoying Open
>>> Sourceenough that I piped
>>>>> all his posts to /dev/null starting two or three years ago.
>>> This thread
>>>>> worsens the list's signal to noise, and personally, it
>>> constantly
>>>>> reminds me of the annoying person I killfiled years ago.
>>>>> I have a suggestion. If the guy annoys you, either ignore him,
>>> correct
>>>>> him offlist, or killfile him and move on. There's no need to
>>> mess up
>>>>> the list with mockery. Whether you believe, as I do, that he's
>>> an
>>>>> attention seeking troll who thinks his stupidity is cute, or
>>> whether
>>>>> you believe his behavior is entirely caused by some sort of
>>> brain
>>>>> injury, either way, the on-list mockery does no good for
>>> anybody.
>>>>> Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on.
>>>>> SteveT
>>>>> Steve Litt
>>>>> Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
>>>>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21
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