X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: [1.7] su (goldstar) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:54:50 -0700 Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <31b7d2790911191346g53aafad3w8a4196fc2cc0a859 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20091119215258 DOT GB14033 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20091120004015 DOT GA14403 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090915 Lightning/1.0pre Thunderbird/3.0b4 In-Reply-To: <20091120004015.GA14403@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> X-Stationery: 0.4.10 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 11/19/2009 05:40 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:26:53PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >> Sometimes no is exactly the right answer. > It's a fun way of answering a Yes/No question and I've done it > countless times myself. The recipient of the "No" *usually* finds more > explanation and, more importantly, alternate ways of doing things more > useful. *Emphasis above (and below) mine* Ergo *sometimes* no is exactly the right answer. This is exactly what I said. Glad you agree with me. -- Andrew DeFaria 2400 Baud makes you want to get out and push!! -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple