[asterisk-users] SDP Issue

Phil Daws uxbod at splatnix.net
Tue Jan 24 06:21:56 CST 2012


Alex, I would hate for you to have to pen such a long email again using your mobile and do appreciate the comments hence the change to appear more human.
-- 
Thanks, Phil

----- Original Message -----
> I wasn't so much poking fun at the substance of your post as the fact
> that you're the only person on this mailing list that posts with a
> pseudonym, and at that, one evocative of online gaming or forum
> environments.  It just doesn't fit with the culture or the
> relatively serious, substantive and adult-oriented tenor of this
> type of list.  Do you not notice that?
> 
> At the risk of being rude, "--[ UxBoD ]--" is something that belongs
> in WoW or a phpBB board full of spotty adolescents.
> 
> If your real name is Phil, why not post as such?  Okay, so maybe you
> don't want to give out your surname for one reason or another--fair
> enough.  So, post as "Phil", or "Phil D.", if your full name were
> Phil Deleterious.
> 
> There's no rule saying you have to.  However, the survival of most
> human social institutions, including those devoted to the exchange
> of knowledge, is upheld in part by adherence to some conventions of
> self-presentation and deportment.  These conventions help delineate
> the identity and character of the venue to outsiders, and assist in
> self-knowledge and affirmation of that character internally.
> 
> Everyone else here posts with their full name because it
> communicates: "I am a real, adult person solving real-world
> technical problems related to Asterisk." It is, at least in part, an
> affirmation of the fact that real personalities--real humans, real
> identities--underlie participation in Internet forums, especially
> specialised ones.  It is also a nod to the benificent academic
> origins of the Internet.  There are reasons for these conventions.
>  They encapsulate our creation mythos, and they tell us what kind of
> people we are, as a community.
> 
> Quite frankly, your From: display name spits on the pedigree, on the
> storied heritage of how this open-source community came to be.  It
> is not deferential to the accrued wisdom of Internet-focused
> technical specialists in areas such as Asterisk or IP telephony, and
> it does not hallow the ground on which we tread.  It says that the
> ROFLcopter has landed!!!111 and lol p0wned teh n00bs.
> 
> Except, you're being the n00b.  Come on, Phil.  Self-awareness is
> important.  I know I am being a self-important ass pontificating on
> this to you.  Are you okay with an ASCII art pseudonym that says,
> "I'm a 14 year old playing WoW on a delapidated, slightly yellowed
> Windows tower draped in dirty underwear"?  If not for you, why not
> for us?  Please post with a real name.
> 
> --
> This message was painstakingly thumbed out on my mobile, so apologies
> for brevity, errors, and general sloppiness.
> 
> Alex Balashov - Principal
> Evariste Systems LLC
> 260 Peachtree Street NW
> Suite 2200
> Atlanta, GA 30303
> Tel: +1-678-954-0670
> Fax: +1-404-961-1892
> Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/
> 
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 6:02 AM, "--[ UxBoD ]--" <uxbod at splatnix.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > LOL :) that really made me chuckle this morning; and very apt for
> > the fact I did not post any fundamental details about the issue.
> >  All points duly noted!
> > --
> > Thanks, Phil
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 
> >> Is --[ UxBoD ]-- a first-person shooter gang--er, clan--name?
> >> Like,
> >> one of those who rocket-jumps onto the platform and camps with the
> >> grenade launcher, trying to stop the reds from capturing the blue
> >> flag? I hate how the health and the ammo takes so long to respawn.
> >> Is there any way to fix that in deathmatch?
> > 
> >> --
> >> This message was painstakingly thumbed out on my mobile, so
> >> apologies
> >> for brevity, errors, and general sloppiness.
> > 
> >> Alex Balashov - Principal
> >> Evariste Systems LLC
> >> 260 Peachtree Street NW
> >> Suite 2200
> >> Atlanta, GA 30303
> >> Tel: +1-678-954-0670
> >> Fax: +1-404-961-1892
> >> Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/
> > 
> >> On Jan 24, 2012, at 2:10 AM, "--[ UxBoD ]--" < uxbod at splatnix.net
> >> >
> >> wrote:
> > 
> >>> --[ UxBoD ]--
> >> 
> 



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