| Randal | and thus, my work is done! yes |
| ph1zzle | no it's not advice I don't want to hear, it's IRC and I could give a shit what someone thinks of the name, it's your determination thats a little on the off side there why do you care Randal ? |
| MitchM | well -- Randal just went through a hard nick change himself. |
| ph1zzle | ah |
| MitchM | and feels much better about himself because of it. thus he's "spreading the love" |
| ph1zzle | lol, I see |
| Randal | I care because I expect you won't know why you're not being treated seriously some times I'm trying to help you away from that |
| ph1zzle | what was his previous nick? n1zzle? |
| MitchM | no -- I think it was Randy. |
| Randal | I'm giving you some insight into how the rest of us think |
| MitchM | (kidding) |
| Randal | whether you think that will help you or not, I can't exactly tell but there's the facts, as best as I can describe them |
| ph1zzle | Randal, this isn't a board room or business conference, this is coding people in IRC |
| Randal | ph1zzle - look around. most of the senior staff do not have "l33t" nicks it's far harder to earn respect when you have a kid nick |
| ph1zzle | my nick could be Dilbert_Fuck_Himself and most people shouldn't be.. well ok, that one might bother a few people but you get the point |
| Randal | and you could be confused for a hacker instead do you want that? |
| MitchM | ph1zzle, -> http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
| ph1zzle | I am not trying to earn anyones respect, I don't want to be leader of this room, I am a network admin who codes in C |
| Randal | Ahh, still too young to understand why respect is a useful currency. :) |
| MitchM | ##C ? |
| Randal | I remember those days. |
| NOTevil | i wish i had time to play in c. |
| ph1zzle | Randal, there is a reason I am a network admin and it's what I used to do, but I never broke the law so confuse me for a hacker all you want, I am still the legal version of such |
| peshalto | ooooh |
| Randal | ph1zzle - the facts of your actual reality are overshadowed by your choice of nick |
| action | jagerman wonders if those days are what led to Randal's legal fun. |
| jagerman | wonders if those days are what led to Randal's legal fun. |
| Randal | that's why I'm being so direct |
| MitchM | I love off-topic rants. |
| ph1zzle | Respect is useful currency in the real world, this room should have the demeanor of a bar where people come in to chat with one another with no real expectations of what to expect of people who come in there other then they have an interest for beer/perl |
| MitchM | Really #bash is better for them though. |
| Randal | mind you, this is comign from a guy who will wear a coat-and-tie to a wallstreet gig, but insists on wearing his black nikes instead of loafers. |
| MitchM | or even #cisco -- those guys have fun. |
| NOTevil | ph1zzle: so you didn't actually expect help in here then? suprise! |