Re: looking for a server

[Paul Mather <paul%gromit.dlib.vt.edu@localhost>]

On 3 Apr 2008, at 9:49 PM, Miles Nordin wrote:
> > > > > > "pm" == Paul Mather <paul%gromit.dlib.vt.edu@localhost> writes:
>
>    pm> if you wanted to tell the guy to get a Sparc-based system
>    pm> instead, why not just come right out and say it
>
> because, if you'll review the thread, it's more convoluted and
> contrary than that.  He doesn't even care about burning CD's.

But apparently you ARE concerned about burning CDs?

>  pm> Did port-alpha get out of the wrong side of the bed today?
>
> Does it matter?  My bed and my mood is emphatically my own business,
> and I don't come here for emotional support, smalltalk, or discussions
> about the best way to brew coffee and when to drink it.  This is not
> Sydney or Los Angeles, so I'm not required to appear happy.

Err... um... okay.

> Anyway, what I was pointing out with the ^W's was that you should have
> mentioned it was a SCSI burner.  I read your post as having this sort
> of implied smirk which is I admit very fun for me and probably other
> old listmembers---like, of course I would know it was a SCSI burner.

Just to let you know, but you misread my posting.  (That's pretty easy  
to do in e-mail communication.)  There was no "implied smirk" about it  
being a SCSI burner.  However, I can see, in retrospect, that someone  
who uses devices like ^W in postings might think along those lines.   
For my point, I was just supplying a data (counter-)point to your  
statement that CD burning did not work fine.  (BTW, did you notice  
that my original statement was in the past tense: hardly appropriate  
for offering current advice, don't you think?)

> But its SCSIness wouldn't be obvious to someone who didn't already
> know, as I do, that alpha IDE is ~broken.  Your audience includes the
> original poster who probably doesn't realize it was a SCSI burner, and
> that's why, given the audience, and the audience IS a given in this
> case because he's right there at the top of the thread, it's deceptive
> and, as advice/guidance, worse than nothing.  Hopefully everything's
> clear now---sorry for any possible offense.

I was replying to your posting, not his.  If I was addressing his  
query I would have quoted it or the part that I thought was relevant.   
I didn't offer any advice or guidance to him.  That you thought I did  
is your problem and misconception, not mine.

I guess if CD burning (or IDE support) is important to the OP's server  
requirements then he will be better informed because of the pedantry  
in this thread.

So, do you think he should get a Sparc-based system instead? ;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

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