He enjoys playing with language. Perhaps that term tickled his fancy over carefully phrased cussing. Either that or he wants to reserve the swear jar for NVIDIA.
He enjoys playing with language. Perhaps that term tickled his fancy over carefully phrased cussing. Either that or he wants to reserve the swear jar for NVIDIA.
The important thing is that everyone was nice, and that the community was inclusive and followed the code of conduct. That's the most important thing.
Linus swearing at people would have done nothing to make that announcement clearer. Clear communication for a disastrous bug is the most important thing and would have been hindered with a sweary rant. As it stands, it got to the explanation quickly, and then succintly explained the problem. Then the news of it spread around just as quickly, and the important information was reported as such, rather than it being the case of "Linus has fired off yet another nasty rant" that it would have been.
Linus swearing at people would have done nothing to make that announcement clearer. Clear communication for a disastrous bug is the most important thing and would have been hindered with a sweary rant. As it stands, it got to the explanation quickly, and then succintly explained the problem. Then the news of it spread around just as quickly, and the important information was reported as such, rather than it being the case of "Linus has fired off yet another nasty rant" that it would have been.
It's kinda cute that you took me so seriously. I gotta remember that sarcasm tag
I've been caught out with sarcasm/irony a few times today. It really didn't help that in recent weeks people have been trying to defend the indefensible by saying things like what you did but with no intention of irony.
I've been caught out with sarcasm/irony a few times today. It really didn't help that in recent weeks people have been trying to defend the indefensible by saying things like what you did but with no intention of irony.
No prob - I slip into terrible sarcasm on occasion, and forget the tag.
The IQ of the group is the lowest IQ of a member of the group divided
by the number of people in the group.
double ungood (Score:0, Troll)
Or creative (Score:2)
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He enjoys playing with language. Perhaps that term tickled his fancy over carefully phrased cussing. Either that or he wants to reserve the swear jar for NVIDIA.
The important thing is that everyone was nice, and that the community was inclusive and followed the code of conduct. That's the most important thing.
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Linus swearing at people would have done nothing to make that announcement clearer. Clear communication for a disastrous bug is the most important thing and would have been hindered with a sweary rant. As it stands, it got to the explanation quickly, and then succintly explained the problem. Then the news of it spread around just as quickly, and the important information was reported as such, rather than it being the case of "Linus has fired off yet another nasty rant" that it would have been.
It's kinda cute that you took me so seriously. I gotta remember that sarcasm tag
Re:Or creative (Score:2)
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I've been caught out with sarcasm/irony a few times today. It really didn't help that in recent weeks people have been trying to defend the indefensible by saying things like what you did but with no intention of irony.
No prob - I slip into terrible sarcasm on occasion, and forget the tag.