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On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 12:00:13PM +0300, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote: > jrodman@xxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote: > > I was writing my grand opus explaining to an interested non-unix user > > all the hateful things about GNU Texinfo, the lack of manpages, botched > > Debian manpages, incorrectly installed Debian Texinfo pages, idiocies of > > the info tool, and so on, in response to a question he asked about my > > post to this list. It was pretty good. > > That sounds like a very worthy piece of hate (can we see it somewhere?) On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 11:22:15AM -0500, sabrina downard wrote: > i second this Call for Hate! The (series of) comments are posted in a livejournal entry which is private, and mostly describes the idiocy in broad strokes instead of specifics. I'll give it a shot, maybe it the process will generate some good secondary hate. Jarkko again: > I once was awestruck by some Linux fanboy trying vigorously (spittle and > all) to explain to me all the goodness and beauty inherent in the info > system. As an unforgivable linux fanboy myself, I still cannot comprehend this concept. Is there some transformation of the precept about the fleas taking in their littler fleas which applies here? Something about like "No matter how taken you are with Stockholm, there are always those who will love the flatbread more." -josh
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