AOTC and GeekPAC now: Off topic response

[Lucas Peet]

Man, that was sweet.  I especialy like the baseball part.  :)  Now that's
what I call a <rant>!!

And I agree.  Let's drop this stupid, stupid thread.

-Lucas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron" <aaron at aarons.net>
To: "Eric Rossiter" <rossiter at discoverynet.com>; <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: AOTC and GeekPAC now: Off topic response

> > Uhhhh....geeez.....that was totally uncalled for.  I didn't rip you or
> your
> > paper,
>
> Um.  Not my paper.  I haven't even read the paper.
>
> >and I am not now, nor have I been in the recent past, a whiny baby.
>
> Then what's this?
>
> > Monty had a point, you really should have caught those simple mistakes.
>
> I didn't write the paper.  I didn't even read the paper.  I don't give a
> flying f**k about the paper.
>
> >I
> > believe Monty unloaded on you with both barrells because this is
something
> > he feels strongly about.  I've noticed the continual degradation of the
> > written and spoken word over the last decade with more than an inkling
of
> > trepidation myself.  In conjunction with my above statement, I'd like to
> add
> > that the Linux community will forever be hard pressed to be taken
> seriously
> > if some of our brightest carbon-based bipedal units, while quite
possibly
> > being exemplary silicon wizards, still read, write and speak at an
eighth
> > grade level.
> >
> > I noticed you said you had several proof readers check your paper.
> > Uhhhh....personnally bubba, I'd find myself another set of proof
readers.
>
> NOT MY PAPER!!!
>
> > The next time you have one of these papers, ship it off to me, I'll
proof
> > read it.  If I have any reservations or possible concerns regarding  a
> > text-based anomaly, I'll ship of to my Mom, she's a published author and
> > editor.
>
> (*Grabs baseball bat*)  NOT *whacks monitor* MY *whacks again* PAPER!!!
> *Keeps whacking monitor*
>
> > Aaron, I understand your aggravation, <<SNIP>>
>
> Obviously not.  An e-mail went through the group with a link to this paper
> and the suggestion we sign on.  The suggestion was deemed not to be a good
> idea since we're not that kind of group.  That should have been the end of
> the thread.  Instead I get 50 e-mails about spelling and grammar.  Who
> cares?!  The subject was closed.  Then we go into the word predatory. It
was
> spelled wrong and it was admitted that it was spelled wrong.  But people
> (Monty) just couldn't let it go.  That's when I went nuts.
>
> I completely agree with you that grammar and spelling is horrible in
America
> today.  I have a three year old that is always spouting "aint got no" this
> or that.  It infuriates me.  Where does she get it?  Daycare.  But what am
I
> going to do about it?  It's hard to find people who will work for 8-10
> dollars an hour at a daycare that can speak.
>
> Back to my point.  The question was asked:  "Should we sign on to this?"
> The answer was: "No."  The end.  Back to the Linux stuff.
>
> Aaron
>
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