From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mr Dash Four Subject: Re: [PATCH] iproute2: lib/utils.c bug fixes Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:38:01 +0100 Message-ID: <51681C49.1080800@googlemail.com> References: <516771D5.3040607@googlemail.com> <20130411200656.42dfb8bb@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> <516810DD.80008@googlemail.com> <1365776751.4459.30.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Stephen Hemminger , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Eric Dumazet Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com ([209.85.212.182]:56393 "EHLO mail-wi0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752415Ab3DLOiO (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:38:14 -0400 Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id hi18so1659482wib.3 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:38:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1365776751.4459.30.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Fri, 2013-04-12 at 14:49 +0100, Mr Dash Four wrote: > > >> 2. How do you know that Dash Four isn't my name and is a "pseudonym" (do >> you consider the name "Dotcom" not to be a real name too, simply because >> in your, quite narrow-minded, understanding of the world this name >> "looks a bit strange, therefore it must be a pseudonym")? >> > > WOW, I can not believe this rant against Stephen. > It wasn't a rant at all, quite on the contrary (if it is perceived as such, my apologies, that was not the intention). > Is question was polite, your answer is definitely not. > The blanked assumption that I use a pseudonym, simply because "Dash Four looks a bit strange" wasn't very polite either. > Is "Mr" part of your name ? > It is as far as I am concerned (Mr = Mister, which is indicative of my gender). > My name is "Eric Dumazet", not "Mr Eric Dumazet" Right, so if I am unfamiliar with the common pool of French names (which, I presume, is where yours comes from), can I call you Miss Eric Dumazet then? The title (Mr) is included for those confused souls out there (*Mr* Hemminger included) who are not sure as to what my gender is, that's all. > or "Mr Sublime President Eric Dumazet" > And you don't find the above response patronising to say the least?