Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 15:11 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> I think it would be more pleasant to use the word "wrong" instead of >> "stupid". Just for better relations between posters. >> > > If it wasn't so commonly badly advised, I might agree. But it's often > the first thing, and only, thing said to people, and by far too many > posters, despite the (far less frequent) sensible warnings not to offer > that advice. > > I say it's dumb/stupid, because it's usually given without rhyme or > reason by one person who doesn't really know what they're advising to > another person who doesn't know what they're doing. Just like the old > close windows, open windows, reboot, retry, routine, where people expect > an idiotic sequence of events to magically fix some problem. > > The dumb advice top 4 list seems to be: > > 1. Do a "yum clean all" for any problem with updating. > 2. Remove pulseaudio for any problem related to sound. > 3. Disable SELinux when something fails to work. > 4. Wipe out and rebuild the RPM database regularly. > > I would prefer the use of the work "ignorant". People will get just as offended as if you've used "dumb/stupid/wrong" but at least you could then turn around and tell them that ignorant doesn't mean what they think it means. :-) -- Are you making all this up as you go along? Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7
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