[plug] The cavalry has arived.

[Mr Shayne]

I've tried my best.

But the cavalry has arived!
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050816092029989#comments

Admitedly I spent much of today explaining to PJ with my limited
understanding that jeremy isnt actually a super evil guy, but a good guy
acting for linus and this is all just a big storm in a teacup.

Seems PJ agrees.

--
Freedom's just another word for something new to regulate

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Leon Brooks wrote:

> On Tuesday 16 August 2005 13:52, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Lovely isn't it. A guy tries to help out - since that's how
> > everything seems to me - and gets completely trashed by people
> > jumping to conclusions.
>
> Not only that, I can't even post in his defence.
>
> Several *weeks* ago, SlashDot bitch-slapped my account because I posted
> some (polite but) controversial answers to some asinine questions and
> got repeatedly modded into the floor by idiots who Really Don't Want To
> Know, In Fact, Don't Want Anyone Else To Know Either.
>
> My karma, which had been redlined since three days after I started
> posting there, counted for nothing. The RDWTK crowd soaked up less than
> half of it, but the system forbids me from posting -- forbids anyone
> from posting from any ID (or as AC) at any of the three IP addresses I
> used in the weeks leading up to the bitchslapping -- and ahs done so
> continuously since then. The official moderators officially told me to
> sod off and stop whining.
>
> SlashDot User #8043 is officially history. Too hard. Someone else will
> have to defend Jeremy "Spammer Slammer" Malcolm today.
>
> Cheers; Leon
>
> --
> http://cyberknights.com.au/     Modern tools; traditional dedication
> http://plug.linux.org.au/       Member, Perth Linux User Group
> http://slpwa.asn.au/            Member, Linux Professionals WA
> http://osia.net.au/             Member, Open Source Industry Australia
> http://linux.org.au/            Member, Linux Australia
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
> http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au
>