Gnome borked after recent Lucid updates

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 10/04/10 03:41, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Ants Pants<antsmailinglist at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Errrrrrm, thank you, Liam.
>>>
>>> I'm totally aware of what this is. I'm not a noob. I happen to be a linux
>>> user of 10 years.
>>>
>> Good for you. I'd been using it for 4 then, and Unix for a decade
>> before that. Your point is?
>>
>
> The point is.....
>
>> And FWIW, posting with such a childish pseudonym makes *me* think
>> "gods, another n00b". I can't speak for anyone else, but "Ants Pants"
>> as a username does not make me think "mature, sensible user with a
>> grievance", it strongly suggests "11Y old who is playing about". Which
>> is fine, but is what prompted the tone of my reply.
>>
>
> ...that responses like yours is what makes Linux a pain-in-the-arse to
> get involved in: a condescending and impolite response from someone who
> thinks he is so clever and that the OP is a - in your own words -
> "another n00b". And stating "with such a childish pseudonym" - what
> gives you the air of superiority to state this to a person?
>
> If you aren't able to provide a sensible and a mature response to a post
> in this, or any, list then simply do NOT reply. If you cannot provide an
> actual polite response, keep your mouth shut.
>
> This type of behaviour has been mentioned time and time again in other
> lists I participate in, and people new to Linux are turned off by it and
> go back to the old OS. They have enough problems coming to grips with a
> new operating system and being weaned off M$ without having to put up
> with put-downs from people like you.

I disagree. I do not think that it was either impolite nor especially
condescending. I merely replied to a hostile and confrontational
response to my earlier perfectly reasonable message pointing out that
the original post to the list was unreasonable and unhelpful.

I absolutely stand by my comments about the pseudonym and point to my
own signature, below, as ample comment & response to anyone who "wants
to keep [their] real name off the Internet".

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