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I mean, it's a pretty accurate paraphrasing (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/7/80 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/7/80): > Of course, I'd also suggest that whoever w
by apetresc 11y ago
I mean, it's a pretty accurate paraphrasing (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/7/80 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/7/80):
> Of course, I'd also suggest that whoever was the genius who thought it
> was a good idea to read things ONE FCKING BYTE AT A TIME with system
> calls for each byte should be retroactively aborted. Who the fck does
> idiotic things like that? How did they noty die as babies, considering
> that they were likely too stupid to find a tit to suck on?
- zxcvcxz 11y agoNo, it's not accurate at all. It's embellished to make it sound much worse than it is. It's inaccurate and might as well be slander. If this is what you have to resort to to get people on your side, what does that say about your side?
- apetresc 11y agoYou're crazy if you think the paraphrasing was less offensive than the actual quote. I actually support Linus' (and the entire kernel team's) decision to be the way they are. You're discrediting his wit by saying the OPs paraphrase was more insulting.
- digi_owl 11y agoHis term was aimed generically, the paraphrasing made it seem directed at a specific person at the other end of the exchange. So far the only times i have seen an email where Torvalds direct it at an individual, it is because he already tried the calm and detailed approach and the person still didn't see the problem.