Re: Improving the WHOIS format
Tony <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:27:45 +0100
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--14dae9cdc3ef09fcaf04b673ba4b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The devil is in the details. The only way for Irssi to move past its competitors such as WeeChat, is by doing just that - paying attention to details. I understand though that you're friends with Jase and that you're trying to stand up for him, making him seem like the victim just because he lost this argument. But come on, the dude is a grownup. He can speak for himself. Tony http://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:11 AM, David Romano < [email protected]> wrote: > Dwayne Henderson wrote on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 05:21:41PM MST: > > Look, all I'm saying is change the likes of "ircname" to "IRC name". > > Basically you're arguing that all development on Irssi should cease > > because people are happy with the way things were. > > You don't like my ideas, fine. You wanna live in the past, fine. I > just > > hope you don't drag this project down with you. > I'm sure Irssi can be made better, but there's a term for what you're > doing: > bikeshedding. [1] Others are not trying to "drag this project down" and > the person you're attacking on this list (Jase a.k.a bazerka) *does* work > to > improve Irssi. [2], [3] > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality > [2] http://bugs.irssi.org/ > [3] http://www.irssi.org/ChangeLog > > -- > David Romano .:. [email protected] > ---- > 'In those far-off days, ownership of an automobile showed you were rich, > and > not merely that you had a job at the time when the dealer persuaded you to > sign the note.' > -- Robert Maynard Hutchins, Gateway to the Great Books Volume I, A > Letter > to the Reader > > --14dae9cdc3ef09fcaf04b673ba4b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The devil is in the details. The only way for Irssi to move past its compet= itors such as WeeChat, is by doing just that - paying attention to details.= I understand though that you're friends with Jase and that you're = trying to stand up for him, making him seem like the victim just because he= lost this argument. But come on, the dude is a grownup. He can speak for h= imself.<div> <br></div><div>Tony</div><div><a href=3D"http://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder"= >http://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder</a><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On= Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:11 AM, David Romano <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:david.romano%[email protected]">david.romano+irssi-users@g= mail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dwayne Henderson wrote on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 = at 05:21:41PM MST:<br> <div class=3D"im">> =A0 =A0Look, all I'm saying is change the likes = of "ircname" to "IRC name".<br> > =A0 =A0Basically you're arguing that all development on Irssi shou= ld cease<br> > =A0 =A0because people are happy with the way things were.<br> > =A0 =A0You don't like my ideas, fine. You wanna live in the past, = fine. I just<br> > =A0 =A0hope you don't drag this project down with you.<br> </div>I'm sure Irssi can be made better, but there's a term for wha= t you're doing:<br> bikeshedding. [1] Others are not trying to "drag this project down&quo= t; and<br> the person you're attacking on this list (Jase a.k.a bazerka) *does* wo= rk to<br> improve Irssi. [2], [3]<br> <br> [1] <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality= " target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Trivi= ality</a><br> [2] <a href=3D"http://bugs.irssi.org/" target=3D"_blank">http://bugs.irssi.= org/</a><br> [3] <a href=3D"http://www.irssi.org/ChangeLog" target=3D"_blank">http://www= .irssi.org/ChangeLog</a><br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> --<br> David Romano .:. <a href=3D"mailto:david.romano%[email protected]">da= [email protected]</a><br> ----<br> 'In those far-off days, ownership of an automobile showed you were rich= , and<br> not merely that you had a job at the time when the dealer persuaded you to<= br> sign the note.'<br> =A0 =A0-- Robert Maynard Hutchins, Gateway to the Great Books Volume I, A = Letter<br> =A0 =A0 =A0 to the Reader<br> <br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --14dae9cdc3ef09fcaf04b673ba4b--