Subj : Re: Problem at your system
To   : Paul Hayton
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Mon Jan 23 2023 12:41 am

Hello Paul,
 
PH> Why you feel the need to invoke this sentiment and his name in a thread
PH> that you kicked off and I am just doing my best to respond to lord knows.
 
That is a very good question.
 
At some point in time, I coined the phrase "Pulling a Witt" meaning that when confronted with an issue the other side by definition must be wrong without looking into the matter. Roy was a master in that, especially in turning the argument around.
 
So when I got totally confused at what was happening and went to echomail, here was Andrew Leary suggesting I was accidentally the culprit anyway by unknowingly triggering a zonegate ... something which doesn't exist in D'Bridge.
 
I have been using the package since 1988 somewhat as a point, later as a node and I can run it blindfolded ... there's no hidden 2:2/3 in it, nor is there in the nodelist.
 
Some weeks ago there was some issue with a CRC in a nodediff down the line, only on 1 system ... "Ward must have made an error" was the immediate comment. This has happened before.
 
I have erred in the past and when I do I have tried to be open about it but the automatic finger pointing and guessing what I have done wrong needs to end at some point, my learning curve is close to 35 years long.
 
And remember, I wrote "Don't take it personal". When someone calls me an asshole, I don't take it personal either, after all that person may even be right.
 
Take care,
 
 \%/@rd

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 * Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)

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