From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mandeepsandhu.chd@gmail.com (Mandeep Sandhu) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:33:36 -0700 Subject: Help with btrfs project In-Reply-To: References: <33643.1408535442@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org Agree with Jason here. If you don't find his questions palatable, just _ignore_ them instead of sending rants and sarcastic emails which just wastes more of your own time. That way the SNR of this list will improve! :) On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Jason Conklin wrote: > Guys, stop it. Nick has told us he has Asperger syndrome; as such, he > is not likely to understand facetious or flippant remarks for what > they are. The time you've spent responding to Nick's emails would be > much better used reading a little about autism spectrum disorders > [1,2] and the kinds of difficulty and confusion they cause in more > normal ("neurotypical") contexts, for both AS people and the people > they interact with. Otherwise, just move on. > > I am not a psychologist or an expert on autism spectrum disorders, but > I know enough to recognize that his behavior on this and other lists > is consistent with several aspects of those disorders. The sad thing > is that he's getting treated as a malicious troll or a fool, when it's > pretty clear (to me, anyway) that he's fascinated by the kernel and > just trying to learn as well as he knows how. > > Without going into autism spectrum intricacies or speculating on > Nick's particular traits, I'll note that Aspergers is "characterized > by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal > communication" (from Wikipedia) -- which we have seen repeatedly in > Nick's frequently inappropriate and unresearched questions and > misunderstanding/misuse of the good advice he has received. > > The resulting frustration is understandable. I acknowledge that the > format of this and especially the working kernel lists is simply not > equipped to handle Nick's sort of engagement. The best practice, if > you're frustrated by Nick's emails, is probably to follow the protocol > for feeding trolls -- ie, don't -- even though his motivations are > different from what I'd consider a "real" troll's. You simply cannot > expect him to respond (neuro)typically to your input. > > I don't intend to discuss this here anymore, but I really hope the > above can provide a little context to help the community make more > fruitful decisions in response to Nick's questions, or at least temper > your frustrations. > > Jason Conklin > > > [1] http://bit.ly/1odpfrd (Wikipedia: Autism spectrum) > > [2] http://bit.ly/1rmgrHg (Wikipedia: Asperger syndrome) > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies