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Message-ID: <51681C49.1080800@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:38:01 +0100
From: Mr Dash Four <mr.dash.four@...glemail.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iproute2: lib/utils.c bug fixes
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?
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