[Gllug] JFS and bad blocks

[Jack Bertram]

* Martin A. Brooks <martin at hinterlands.org> [051006 14:45]:
> Jack Bertram wrote:
> >No - this is pedantic, as it's very clear that I was asking for
> >help from experts.  In fact, the sentence was a casual way of saying
> >"Can anyone advise me?"
> 
> You're wrong.

No, I'm not - it *is* pedantic.  And it *was* a casual way of saying "Can
anyone advise me?" - I know it was, because I asked it casually with
that intention. 

> You asked (of JFS): "Anyone using it and can give advice?"
> 
> The completely correct answer is  "Yes, there is (almost certainly) 
> someone using it who can give you advice".
> 
> You don't ask who the person is, nor do you ask if they _will_ give you 
> advice.  You simply want to know of that person's existence.

Look - if you take a literal reading of the words I used, you're
obviously right.  I do understand - I'm not stupid, uneducated or even
obtuse.  However, the literal reading isn't the right one.
 
> Metaquestions are _very_ irritating in a technical context, your 
> question is only one step above "Can I ask a question?".

Whatever.

> Luckily for you, we're all nice people here :)

I do enjoy the conversations on this list, and have been enjoying and
participating for over two years on it, so I know how nice people are on
the list.  I don't see quite why people have to get their knickers in a
twist about - sorry - rather trivial things.

jack
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