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truepurpleikonia, rather then that being cutting me a break, its more like bordor-line harassment. Just because you could be worse and don't, doesn't make it "cutting me a break"08:15
truepurpleIf your going to make up rules, at least please define them!08:15
ikoniatruepurple: I'd wait for someone else to turn up to assist you on this, I don't want to go through explaining that asking the same question in multiple ubuntu channels is not something we like (asking at the same time - a minutes break between them) you've been asked, kicked/banned/warned/asked again about this, I just "asked" you again nicley 2 times to not do it, you have to argue, so someone else can deal with you as I don't want to waste more time 08:16
truepurpleHow long before asking on one channel, do I have to wait before asking in another?08:16
truepurpleYou gave me grief last time with 15 minutes apart in the asking08:17
ikoniatruepurple: give it 15 minutes for someone else to be free in this channel to go over it with again08:17
ikoniait was not 15 minutes apart last time - it was minutes, the same as it was this time08:17
ikoniaI'd suggest waiting 15 minutes in this channel for another operator to be free08:17
truepurpleNo, it was 15 minutes according to timestamp08:17
ikonia(please)08:17
truepurplelast time08:17
truepurplealmost exactly that08:17
truepurpleWhich is why I was so mad last time08:18
ikoniatruepurple: please wait for another operator to be free in this channel,08:18
truepurpleThat and you never defined a time limit08:18
truepurpleYou mean you want me to talk to someone else about the issue between us?08:18
ikoniathere is no issue between us, I'd just like you to not post the same questions in mutliple ubuntu channels minutes apart as you have been asked multiple times08:19
ikoniaI don't want to go over it again with you, so I suggest waiting for another operator to be free08:19
ikonia(please)08:19
truepurpleThere is a issue between us, it is just that your OP power tramples all over my side of our issue08:19
truepurple*OPS, er whatever the term is for IRC08:19
truepurpleI don't understand what you mean about waiting for another operator to be free, free to do what exactly?08:20
truepurpleikonia, if you doubt it was 15 minutes, if the system saves that long ago, check it yourself08:23
ikoniatruepurple: 3 operators explained this to you last time, I genuinly don't want to ban you (which is why I asked you two times) but at the same time I don't want to go through this whole conversation again08:25
ikoniathat's why I suggested waiting for another operator to perhaps explain it to you again08:25
ikoniaI'm hopeful someone will be free quickly08:25
ikonia(if someone isn't free very shorlty, I will explain it again clearly, I'm not intendeding to leave you in limbo)08:27
truepurpleikonia, it was 15 minutes, the proof is in the system, if anyone needs explaining, it is you, I told you last time it was 15 minutes too, back when it was very very easy to check, you just ignored me and repeated infinitely your school teacher like lecture as though the possibility of you being in error was laughable08:27
truepurpletalking down to me, ignoring me, giving me one sided lectures08:28
truepurpleand then when you got sick of me trying to talk back, kicking me out with more punishment08:28
truepurpleAnd here you are now talking like you want someone else to give me their best impression of a simple robot08:29
truepurpleThat can't comprehend its own BSOD08:30
ikoniatruepurple: ok - there doesn't appear to be anyone else around, so I'll try to be clear to not cause any confusion, or cause any reason for discussion.08:33
truepurpleThough I must admit the manners are much better, though then again I can't keep track of who said what back then, but considering many of you sat around and metaphorically noded your head at the farce, I don't exactly feel like I need bother. But I might be blaming you for another persons atrocious manners, it was a very long time ago. I remember someone with bang or something in their name08:33
ikoniatruepurple: Please, please, when using the ubuntu channels, can you please decide where you think the best channel to ask a question is and then ask it - and wait for a response (especially in quite channels)08:34
truepurpleah there it is in the list, bazhan g, I think that was the worst offender08:34
ikonialeave it around 15 minutes or so before deciding to try to find another channel that may be a second option08:34
ikoniatruepurple: is that clear/acceptable ?08:34
truepurpleWhat if I ask multiple times?08:35
truepurpleDo I have to wait 15 minutes from the last time?08:35
ikoniait would be nice yes08:35
ikonia15 minutes is a nice average time to give people chance to see your question and respond08:35
ikonia!guidelines | truepurple08:35
ubottutruepurple: The guidelines for using the Ubuntu channels can be found here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines08:35
ikoniait's mentioned in this link08:35
ikonia(if that helps)08:35
truepurpleikonia, I would like you to know that it was 15 minutes before with that issue that happened some months ago08:36
ikoniaI'm not searching months of logs08:36
ikoniaI'm just dealing with you here and now to be clear08:36
truepurpleI could find the time08:36
ikonia(so there is no future confusion)08:36
ikoniathe logs are public, you're welcome to find it if you feel it's that important08:36
ikoniaI just want to make the guidelines clear and remove the ban so you can use the channel08:36
ikoniatruepurple: if you're comfortable with the info in the guidelines document and feel you can abide by it, that would be hopefully no more cause for issue08:37
truepurpleikonia, the point is, you spoke of previous incidents, and the lot of you like to talk like I am in the habit of behaving badly. So when there is clearly incorrect history being remembered by people, I want that fixed08:37
ikoniatruepurple: the logs are public, the incidents you have had are recorded in our ban tracking tool,08:38
truepurpleAlso, I would point out that the rule in that link is based on the incorrect statement of each channel having its own specialization.08:38
ikoniatruepurple: if you're comfortable with the guidelines, I'm happy to remove the ban if you're happy to abide by them08:38
ikoniatruepurple: I really don't want to get into a discussion with you08:39
truepurpleI will wait 15 minutes,08:39
truepurpleBut you should, you accused me08:39
truepurpleThe logs ARE public08:39
ikoniayou're happy with whole content of those guidlines ?08:39
truepurpleSo please check them, and then apologize for your false accusation08:39
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ikoniatruepurple:  I just want to deal with this issue, I really don't want to get into a discussion with you08:40
ikoniacan we please focus on if you are happy with the guidlines in that document ?08:40
ikoniathen we can put an end to this08:40
truepurpleRefusal to address your own fopaw (how ever its spelled) cancels out much of your manner like words08:40
truepurplebut I will follow your ruling, it's not like I have another choice08:41
ikoniatruepurple: ok, I'm going to leave this discussion now,08:41
ikoniaI've tried to be as clear as possible but can't be bothered wasting any more time with your arguments08:41
truepurpleNo, just to apologize08:41
truepurpleNo arguements08:41
ikoniagood bye08:41
truepurplejust check the facts and apologize for falsely accusing me is all I ask08:42
truepurpleWhy is that so hard for you?08:42
ikonia1.) we've been through this before with multiple operators so I don't want to do this whole thing again - which is why I didn't want to deal with you in the first place08:42
truepurpleNo, never really been through anything08:42
ikonia2.) I just want to deal with this one issue so you can use the channel, but you just want to argue about everything08:42
ikoniaI cannot be bothered wasting any more time with you08:42
truepurpleI was given crap, but noone bothered to listen to me, check facts, or apologize08:42
ikoniaI am trying to get a resolution quickly so you can use the channel,08:43
truepurpleYou waste alot of time, avoiding something that takes very little time08:43
ikoniaI'm not avoiding anything - I don't want to get into another drawn out time wasting discussion, I just wanted to resolve this issue/request so you could use the channel again08:43
truepurpleI dont want to either08:43
truepurpleI just want you to check facts and apologize for falsely accusing me.08:44
ikoniagreat, so iof you are happy with the rules in the document, I'll remove the ban08:44
ikoniaI give in08:44
truepurpleIts in the timestamp, black and white08:44
ikoniagood bye08:44
truepurpleNo room for interpretation or anything08:44
truepurpleYou guys give me flack about history that never happened, why can't you apologize even once when you clearly got something wrong?08:45
truepurpleikonia, So you aren't going to remove the ban because I remain here persisting in asking for a well deserved apology?08:47
truepurpleEven though I consented to following your ruling?08:47
truepurpleI would point out that I was willing to do so before, if someone had given me one to follow in the first place.08:48
elkySo let me get a grasp of this. You cross-posted a question (asked in #ubuntu and #ubuntu-beginners less than 3 minutes apart), then denied asking in multiple channels when told to stop cross-posting?08:52
truepurpleNo elky08:53
truepurpleI was told I should know not to do it, as I was "warned last time not to", last time that happened it was 15 minutes apart08:54
elkyThen why did you make it closer, rather than further apart?08:55
truepurpleAnd from what I recall, bazhang was the one that was nastiest to me during this whole time, quite some vague lecture I got08:55
truepurpleelky, Last time, I asked how much time they wanted the times to be apart, I was refused a answer, I was given meaningless shit that was a cross between 'it's obvious', and the question being completely ignored08:56
truepurpleConsidering that I was not given the answer, combined with the great mistreatment I got, plus how I have been punished for much more obscure reasons, I figured it didn't really matter what I did, I would be punished or not regardless on the whims of OPS and their powers08:57
truepurpleSo I decided not to worry about it08:58
elkyDo you understand why cross-posting is discouraged?08:58
truepurpleI get it in principle, but in practice its absurd to make a rule against it, but I am fine with following rules anyway08:58
truepurpleThat is not the issue08:58
elkythen if you understand the principle, why did you make it worse?08:59
truepurpleMake what worse?08:59
elkymake the times closer together, so much more likely for the two potential conversations to interfere with each other unknowingly.08:59
truepurpleIf I was going to be punished for having times 15 minutes apart, I could be punished for having them hours apart, or days, or weeks, especially if I go by the crap words I was given last time09:00
truepurpleand thats BS that conversations would interfere with each other, especially if noones replying in the first place09:01
elkythat's strawman logic, and isn't going to help anything, certainly not you09:01
truepurpleIf that was the concern, you could have it so that if you get replies in both channels, you just drop one of the conversations09:01
truepurpleThat isn't hard or complicated, not that it makes sense to me that two conversations in two channels would interfere with each other, at worst there is some wasted effort because of duplication09:02
elkyif two people are telling one person to try things at the same time, then the two sets of instructions may interfere09:03
truepurpleAgain, I am willing to follow the rules, that is not the issue, elky, what are you calling stawman?09:03
truepurpleelky, if you are not very bright and following two separate lists of instructions at the same time, it would interfere with the fix, but the only one who would suffer from that would be you09:04
elkya strawman argument is a thing. it's like where politicians say "we can't possibly do blah because of <insert unlikely thing here>". I think it highly unlikely that hours, days or weeks would encompass single conversations09:04
truepurpleI know what a strawman argument is09:05
elkytruepurple, we don't hand out iq tests, we can't prejudge who to prevent tying themselves in knots. we must assume everyone is of equal risk.09:05
truepurpleBut 15 minutes is a long time to wait as it is with no reply before going to another channel, I was punished anyway and given meaningless lectures and insults, but no timelines09:05
truepurpleelky, if you are trying to prevent someone from doing something that hurts them, you give them advice, not rulings and punishment09:06
truepurpleOPS are there to protect the channel, not people from themselves09:06
elkytruepurple, you _were_ asked09:06
elkyactually, we are here to prevent bad advice, hence protect people from themselves09:07
truepurpleAsked what?09:07
elkytruepurple, to stop09:07
elkytoday. twice.09:07
truepurpleSo if I wanted to smash my computer, and spoke of it, you would ban me if I didn't promise not to do it?09:07
truepurpleelky, twice? There is only one incident09:08
elkythat's also a strawman argument.09:08
elkystopping you from ircing isn't going to stop the mallet. stopping you from using 2 helpers is going to stop you from a. wasting the time of one of them, and b. mixing up instructions09:08
truepurpleelky, no it isn't. Your statement has no bounds, your powers would be absurd if you could punish people from doing things that might POSSIBLY(or very likely not at all) hurt themselves09:09
truepurpleJust like being punished for 15 minutes apart cross talk and being given no time ruling back then had no bounds, so it could just as well have been hours or days09:09
elky15 minutes is much different from an hour in terms of conversations. most conversations don't go for an hour. many go for 15 minutes09:10
truepurpleIts not a false argument that distracts from the real issue, its a real argument with a bit of hyperbole that expresses the boundless nature of the argument09:11
truepurpleelky, it was 15 minutes of silence from the moment I asked, to not saying another word and asking in ubuntu 15 minutes later09:11
truepurple15 minutes as more then enough time for someone to see my words and respond if there was someone there09:12
truepurpleNot saying another word, or seeing another word in the channel09:12
elkyyou're getting awfully hung up on "last time", which you haven't pointed to the public logs for, and which I am not going to spend hours digging for09:13
elkyhow about we discuss *this* time?09:13
truepurpleI mentioned this back then, and I asked how much time is reasonable. So to have ikonia beat me over the head about that back then is absurd, its a false accusation. That false accusation is the real issue here09:14
truepurplePersisting in asking for a apology for being falsely accused from ikonia is the reason I have yet to be unbanned from ubuntu, so that is *this* time.09:15
elkytruepurple, that's not why you're not unbanned yet. you're not unbanned yet because you're dragging this out09:15
truepurpleIts not the first time a OPS has vaguely falsely accused me, but this time the proof that it is false is so definite and unquestionable09:15
truepurpleelky, dragging this out=persisting in asking for that apology09:16
truepurpleelky, there is no other way I am "dragging this out" then that09:16
elkyi'm confused as to what you're wanting an apology for precisely? For being reminded that this discussion was had before?09:16
truepurpleBut apparently the idea of actually apologizing to me is so repugnant to ikonia that s/he can't see to unban me for a matter semi-unrelated to the apology09:17
truepurpleelky, for being falsely accused09:17
elkyfalsely accused of what?09:18
truepurple ikonia of cross channeling, of having gone over this before with you guys09:18
truepurpleThe former is debatable, if you call 15 minutes of silence between inquires cross channeling, then maybe you could say that was correct, but I find that laughable and ikonia him/her self said 15 minute spacing was fine09:19
elkyso you're saying you did not, today, ask in 2 channels 3 minutes apart?09:19
elkySomeone found logs for me, it was 10 minutes apart last time.09:19
truepurpleI said, ikonia  accused me of doing this and having gone over it before, 'the previous time'09:19
elkyYou yourself are referring to the last time this was discussed. You want an apology for him referring to the same conversation you've been referring to?09:20
elkyOr, is it that you want an apology for being uncertain after the last discussion?09:20
elkyWe're sorry that it was ambigious to you last time. Really.09:20
elkyNow, lets make it clearer this time?09:21
truepurpleI am referring to the last time this was discussed because ikonia  did09:21
elkyplease read my last 4 lines before continuing.09:21
truepurpleAnd when ikonia referred to that last time, it was falsely and insulting to me09:21
truepurple"stop cross posting in ubuntu channels, you've been warned/kicked/banned for this in the past"09:22
elkyyou were warned last time, yes?09:23
truepurpleWarned that anything less then 15 minutes apart was forbidden? No09:24
truepurpleAnd I was punished last time when it was 15 minutes apart09:24
elkyWe're sorry that it was ambigious to you last time, then.09:24
truepurpleSo its not like any kind of clear signal was sent09:24
truepurpleNot just ambiguous, bazhang was downright mean/rude. So it perturbs me deeply to have ikonia refer to that as a previous corrective measure against me09:26
truepurpleI mean bazhang really tore into my from what I recall, yet avoided saying anything meaningful, and yet still being punished for it now like it was my fault09:27
elkyBazhang is very blunt when he discusses things. Many people are. Some people find it rude. If you can tell me any precise "mean" thing he said, I'll have a talk to him about it.09:30
elkyNow, can we discuss today's issue, please?09:30
truepurpleelky, I was not given any meaningful instructions on this before, so would it really be asking so much for ikonia to say 'Sorry, my mistake'?09:30
truepurplewhat is there to discuss?09:30
elkytruepurple, but last time you *were* told that 10 minutes (not 15) was "too soon", yes?09:30
truepurpleNo, I am blunt, bazhang was rude09:30
truepurpleI am not splitting hairs, bazhang was the opposite of blunt09:30
truepurpleblunt is getting straight to the heart of things without pretense, bazhang did not do anything like that09:31
elkywithout being pointed to anything specific, all i can do is talk to him with no meaningful input09:31
truepurpleelky, no time line was given09:31
elkytruepurple, how can no timeline have been given, 10 minutes was established by the actual events that happened right then09:32
truepurpleelky, I could go into my emails, find the old emails were I sent out appeals on the matter, the time and date were there, and if the system still holds the material, I could show you the specifics09:32
truepurpleelky, what established 10 minutes?09:32
elkythe 10 minutes you're saying you got told off for09:32
truepurpleelky, it was 15, and the way it was put to me, any amount of *undefined* cross talk was forbidden09:34
truepurpleSo it could have been hours or more from the way it was said09:34
truepurpleThere was alot of "know what you did, we aren't going to talk about this" type stuff, at least that was the most polite part of the "conversation"09:35
elky07:41 < truepurple> Making a start up disk on a usb flash, every 5 minutes or 07:31 < truepurple> Making a start up disk on a usb flash, every 5 minutes or09:35
elkythat's 10 minutes.09:35
elkyANyway, you were told that the 10 minutes was too soon, yes?09:36
truepurpleNo09:36
elkyYou were told that 10 minutes was cross posting?09:36
truepurpleI was told something like 'no cross talk will be allowed', actually at first it was, you broke some rule, figure out which one, well nearly anyway09:36
truepurpleit was not put that clearly09:36
elkyit was possibly asking what you thought you had done. we do that often to see if people know09:37
truepurpleelky, more like it was treated as though it was obvious, I was repeatedly sent the same stupid links, not just one but several, like a easter egg to find the right one in question09:38
elkythe guidelines?09:38
elkyThe code of conduct?09:39
truepurplefor freenode, for ubuntu, for whatever else09:39
truepurplethere was at least 3 I think09:39
truepurpleand freenode has no such rules against cross talk09:39
truepurpleThere were other complaints against me from what I recall, not that I would be told, if I was too stupid to see something so obvious, s/he/they would not waste their time explaining it to me, (man, that sounds like a girlfriend)09:40
elkyit does have other rules though, and we like to make sure people have been given an opportunity to see the documents that make up the terms of service for freenode and our channels before discussions09:41
elky(or a boyfriend)09:41
truepurpleelky, again, it wasn't like that, no explanation was ever given, it wasn't a opportunity, it was a "end of discussion" type thing09:41
elkyI've already said i'll discuss the bluntness with him. Can we move back to today's issue?09:42
truepurpleWith many of you guys, that's how it feels, all discussions end before they even begin, so any amount of discussion at all is just wasting precious ops time09:42
elkyTOday you posted 3 minutes apart in 2 channels, yes?09:43
truepurpleYou are the first OPS i have encountered of ubuntus that actually was willing to discuss stuff09:43
truepurpleSomething like that yeah, and I said I would obey the 15 minute ruling, even though I don't agree with it09:43
elky(trivia: it's actually Op, short for Operator)09:43
elkyYou said that when?09:44
truepurpleAnd saying that was enough for the ban to be lifted09:44
truepurple<ikonia> truepurple: if you're comfortable with the guidelines, I'm happy to remove the ban if you're happy to abide by them09:44
truepurple<ikonia> truepurple: I really don't want to get into a discussion with you09:44
truepurple<truepurple> I will wait 15 minutes,09:44
truepurple<truepurple> But you should, you accused me09:44
truepurple<truepurple> The logs ARE public09:44
truepurple<ikonia> you're happy with whole content of those guidlines ?09:44
truepurple<truepurple> So please check them, and then apologize for your false accusation09:44
truepurple* bazhang_ is now known as bazhang09:44
truepurple<ikonia> truepurple:  I just want to deal with this issue, I really don't want to get into a discussion with you09:44
truepurple<ikonia> can we please focus on if you are happy with the guidlines in that document ?09:45
truepurple<ikonia> then we can put an end to this09:45
truepurple<truepurple> Refusal to address your own fopaw (how ever its spelled) cancels out much of your manner like words09:45
truepurple<truepurple> but I will follow your ruling, it's not like I have another choice09:45
truepurpleI said it multiple times09:45
elky(trivia 2: fauxpas, it's a french word)09:45
truepurpleand ikonia said she would lift the ban, but then did not, because I persisted in my request for the apology09:45
elkyikonia is a he.09:45
elkyi am a she.09:45
truepurpleI am making a logical assumption on that part09:45
truepurpleOk, I just refer to people as female unless I know otherwise09:46
truepurpleIts easier that way09:46
truepurpleI tried the / thing before, but I got tired of it09:46
elkythere's actually invented words for ambiguous gender, but most people don't know them09:47
elkyshe/he/zie. his/her/zir09:47
truepurpleSo that brings us up to current, I want a apology, ikonia is refusing to give it, and apparently not unbanning me because I continue to ask for it09:47
truepurpleReally? True english words?09:47
elkyNot really, most people don't know them, they're not in dictionaries09:47
truepurpleThats super interesting, but I think your understating how few people would actually know that09:48
elkybut social justice circles use them a lot for queer/trans/intersex folk09:48
elkymost people would figure it out by context actually09:48
elkythey read/sound similiar enough to the male/female versions that many assume typos/ poor english09:49
elkybut, not widely known as such.09:49
truepurpleOr get completely thrown by the peculiarity of it.09:49
truepurpleWhat about him/her?09:49
truepurplezir?09:49
elkyzir09:49
elkyused as it/they ze/zir09:50
truepurpleHer/hers/him/his, two referring to the individual and the other two being possessives, yet using the same term09:50
elkyanyway, what precisely is ikonia apologising for, though? Saying that a discussion had happened? Assuming that you understood the discussion last time?09:50
elkywe've established the discussion *happened*09:50
truepurpleFor talking as though I had already done something that clearly broke the rules and I had clearly gotten my instructions as to what to do, and here I was yet doing it again09:51
truepurplePlease don't see this just in isolation, OPS around here love to talk about the pasts they imagine09:52
truepurpleer OP09:52
truepurpleor op09:52
ikoniatruepurple: I am sorry for assuming you understood that cross-posting was unacceptable bellow 15 minutes09:52
truepurpleThankyou, please understand though, it wasn't about you assuming my knowledge, but your implying my repeat offender status like I was someone to repeatedly ignore instructions09:53
truepurpleelky, may I please speak to you more about the zir stuff in PM?09:54
truepurpleThat assumption/statement reflected negatively upon me like a insult, and was done in a public channel09:54
truepurpleikonia,09:55
elkytruepurple, he understands that it might have seemed like an implication, and that's part of the apology too. Can we move on?09:55
truepurpleThat is fine, I just wanted to be sure that ik understood that part of it, but I am willing to take it like that, even though it does feel only partial09:55
truepurpleThe biggest reason I ask for apologizes is not for the apology itself as much as the recognition of offense to avoid repetition09:56
truepurpleAlso, if history is misremembered, I may suffer for that09:57
elkyIf that's the case, i should beg of you an apology?09:58
truepurplehow so?09:58
elkythat was the wrong key, i think :P09:58
elkyTo know you won't repeat it ;)09:59
truepurpleI did something that offended you?09:59
elkyto know you won't repeat cross posting now that we've had this discussion09:59
truepurpleI said I would follow your rules, I would append that by saying I can be forgetful, and may press things if I am feeling that the whole thing is particularly absurd and that I can get away with it, just me being honest.09:59
truepurpleI mean not right now, distant future from time to time, perhaps, its not a actual plan, just a possibility10:00
truepurpleBut I will give the effort to follow this ruling10:00
elkySo you apologise for having performed the action of cross-posting between channels less than 15 minutes apart?10:01
elkyI'm only asking because you use it as logic for us, so surely it works for you as well?10:02
truepurpleI said I would follow the ruling, but I was not given such a distinct ruling before, so I can't apologize for disobeying a order not given10:03
elkyi'm not asking you to apologise for not remembering/understanding. I'm asking if you apologise for what you did do today10:03
truepurpleAnd note that I say ruling, since the actual rule is very open for interpretation.10:03
truepurpleYou want me to apologize for disobeying a ruling before it was given?10:04
elkymost rules are. that's why we have courts, not statisticians, making judgements10:04
truepurpleI know10:04
elkywell yes. We didn't know you didn't understand, and we've apologised for not knowing10:04
truepurpleikonia, accused me of a past that did not happen. If you misremember something, that is your own error, if you intentionally misrepresent the past, that is just dishonest.10:05
truepurpleEither way, not a valid comparison10:06
elkythe apology i'm asking for has absolutely nothing to do with last time. i'm speaking as though this is the first time you've come here for cross posting10:07
elkydo you apologise for having made the mistake, today, of posting in 2 channels very quickly10:07
truepurpleI know the social edicute(I know I am misspelling this) is to trade apologize, but the weight of common sense seems to favor me.10:07
truepurpleAnyway, iks was a half apology at best, yet I still accepted it10:08
elkyHis apology was not half, he apologised for what he did. He can't apologise for your feeling.10:09
truepurpleelky, what should matter most it seems is my promise to try to avoid doing so in the future, if I do so anyway, then a apology from me makes sense10:09
truepurpleNo, he apologized for half of what he did, the part that really didn't matter as much10:09
elkyit was the exact same thing, just interpreted differently. I'm looking from the outside and making that judgement,  in honesty10:10
truepurpleHe apologized for assuming knowledge on my part, but it was the insulting public accusation of previous misbehavior that I really wanted the apology gfor10:10
elkyThe previous event did happen, he can't apologise that from history. That's not how the world works10:11
truepurpleI would not be so persistent in asking for a apology if it were simply the assumption of knowledge, I probably wouldn't have bothered to ask for it at all in that case10:11
truepurpleThe event did happen, but not how ikonia implied.10:11
elkyThat's because he misunderstood. He's apologised for having understood the event as he understood it.10:13
truepurpleYou know, the way you chop things up like this, it makes the apology less and less fulfilling for me :(10:13
topyliwow10:14
truepurpleAnd that is not what the apology was for anyway10:14
elkyIt shoudn't. It should make it mean more because he didn't apologise for things he cannot apologise for.10:14
topyliis the actual ban resolved yet? truepurple, are you interested in resolving it if it isn't10:14
topyliif not, i don't know what's going on anymore. this is the simplest of bans, taking the longest time ever to resolve10:15
elkytopyli, I'm waiting to hear if truepurple is sorry for having done the action that was done today, and if zie is, I'm happy to lift the ban.10:15
truepurpletopyli, I thought it was, but it seems elky wants a return apology for me not obeying a ruling before it was given (a absurd concept to me) when the apology for ik was partial and rather sad to begin with anyway10:15
elkytruepurple, if I were to tread on your toes, I imagine you'd be wanting an apology despite me not having known your toes were there, yes?10:16
topyliah ok. go on then if that's so entertaining. the logs will still fit in the servers i'm sure10:17
elkyThink of this as being like that.10:17
truepurpleikonia said/implied (implied because it was vague and some inferring is required) that there was already a situation were I did something that clearly broke the rules and was given instructions before, and there I was ignoring them.10:18
elkyand he apologised for thinking you had understood the rest is implied by that. really. i promise10:18
truepurpleHe referred to a past having happened, if he has no knowledge of the incident, its a false accusation, if he does have knowledge of the incident, it is a false accusation, either way...10:18
truepurpleSo its not just not knowing10:19
truepurple slash/ assuming knowledge on my part, which was all I got an apology for10:19
elkyyou're trying to break metaphysical boundaries of implied logic. This really isn't the place and it's stopping me from feeling confident to unban you10:20
elkyAll I want is you to apologise for having done the specific action of posting the same question in 2 of our channels 3 minutes apart.10:21
truepurpleelky, ok then, lets put it this way, iks comments had all the hangings and implications of a insult, without the detail, but there was enough detail to know what it was about, if you disagree, that only makes it worse.10:21
truepurpleIf there was not enough detail to know what iks comments were about, yet ik spoke them in such a derogatory way anyway in a public channel, that is cause for a apology10:22
elkytruepurple, I am very close to giving up on this conversation if you cannot simply apologise for what did factually happen in that timeframe of 3 minutes earlier today. I will not lift the ban unless you do10:23
truepurpleActually, it feels like you want a apology from me, just as a way to say the apology from Ik was unnecessary in the first place. Or in other words, elky, it seems like you are actively trying to erase his apology10:23
truepurpleI promised multiple times to try and obey the ruling, to expect a apology from me for obeying a ruling before it was given is beyond absurd, can you not see that?10:24
truepurpleThe apology was for assuming knowledge on my part, yet you want a apology for not knowing or something.10:25
elkyNo, I want an apology for the specific action of crossposting. The same as I'd trod on toes that I was not aware of.10:25
elkysame as if*10:26
truepurpleIf I step on toes, I hurt someone, noone got hurt by my cross posting, noone had responded in the other channel10:27
truepurpleAlso. it is reasonable to watch out for peoples feet, after how I was treated, I find it unreasonable for me to worry about some open ended cross channel thing.10:28
truepurpleNow that i have the ruling, it is reasonable10:29
truepurple(the respecting the ruling, not so much the ruling)10:29
truepurpleelky,10:30
elkyThe ban won't be lifted until you apologise for cross posting. You yourself said an apology is recognition that the same thing shouldn't be repeated.10:31
elkyI don't how a bodycount should matter whether or not recognition is valid.10:31
elkyIt is not unreasonable to expect of you the same standard of recognition as you uphold on others.10:32
elkyYour aversion from the recognising is what is troubling me.10:32
truepurpleThe promise that I would respect the ruling lets you know it wont be repeated, the apology implies my committing a moral wrong I don't believe I did.10:32
truepurpleWhat Ik did was emotional hurt, the same can not be said for disobeying a ruling before given10:33
elkyNo, an apology is a commitment to not do the same thing in the future. You yourself said as much.10:33
elkyI want your committment in the same currency as you wanted ours.10:34
truepurpleMy commitment to not do it in the future, is my commitment to not do it in the future, if the apology implies nothing more, its at best redundant, in case, why do you persist in asking for it?10:34
elkyBecause your promise to follow the rules was accompanied by saying you forget things. On the same line, even.10:35
truepurpleI can apologize to myself for my honesty with you, I shall avoid such blunt honesty in the future, but if I do, the apology will mean even less10:36
elkyHow about a compromise then. If you apologise in that other channel you're currently occupying, it won't be on the logs, but I will have seen it and would be assured by it.10:37
truepurplewhich channel? and all the channels are logged10:38
elkyNo, -irc-council is not logged10:39
truepurpleWhy do you want this apology, you think a apology is better assurance then a promise of not doing it? That makes no sense, and implies that all the stuff I suspected before, about it being to erase iks promise and stuff is true.10:41
elkyBecause i would like assurance in the same currency as you got your assurance from us. That way I can feel confident to unban you.10:42
truepurpleJust saying that reduced the apology10:42
truepurpleEverything you have said since suggests that what I want the apology for, isn't real.10:42
truepurpleAnd you want a apology from me, it seems, to further say it was stupid of me to want it from Ik.10:43
elkyWhat did you want the apology for, if not assurance of endeavour to not repeat the mistake?10:43
truepurpleI wanted acknowledgement that wrong was done in the first place, to recognize that it happened is what helps prevent it from happening in the future.10:44
truepurpleI am willing to admit I asked about something in one channel, then 3 or so minutes latter asked in another.10:44
elkyMt everest was the tallest mountain before it was discovered. Cross posting was wrong before you discovered it to be so.10:44
elkyOk. Lets work with that. Do you regret having done that thing you just described?10:45
truepurpleRegret goes to guilt, you think it was even slightly immoral or otherwise "wrong" of me to disobey a order BEFORE it was given?10:46
elkyThis isn't about orders at all.10:47
truepurpleAnd the action itself, I feel no guilt for, as OP you try and compel actions, but to expect to compel peoples hearts to feel guilt about disobeying a rule is a bit much10:47
elkyI'm not wanting you to apologise for disobeying. I'm asking if you are willing to regret what you actually did.10:47
truepurpleWhat is it about? My issue was being insulted and shamed in a public channel, what is yours?10:48
truepurpleThat doesn't even make sense10:48
truepurpleInsulted and shamed, in a false bases10:48
elkyThe issue now is that you're maintaining that you did nothing wrong.10:48
truepurpleIt isn't wrong till I am disobeying, and it isn't disobeying till I get instructions (that aren't absurdly vague and open ended and covered with mistreatment) not to do it10:49
elkyThat attitude is a risk we cannot take in a busy channel.10:50
truepurpleWhat attitude? What part of that logic do you disagree with?10:51
elkyThe part where everything is ok until specifically and explicitly denounced.10:51
truepurpleI didn't say everything10:52
truepurpleBut let me ask you this, if something doesn't hurt anyone, and you aren't disobeying rulings etc. is it wrong?10:52
elkyYes. Illegal drug use is a typical example of a victimless crime.10:53
truepurpleIf you walked into the post office, and there was a rule against wearing shoes in the post office, should you apologize for wearing shoes in the post office before you were told not to and took them off?10:53
truepurplePosting in two different channels is in no way comparable in degree or any other way to illegal drugs... of all the absurd things you could have said...10:54
truepurpleLet me point out that illegal drugs DO hurt people, and this is no secret10:54
elkyyes, you should apologise. And i'd hope so if you ever enter a muslim temple with shoes, for example.10:54
truepurpleWhere as posting in another channel after 3 minutes of silence hurts noone10:55
elkyMost illegal drugs used as intended are actually medications10:55
truepurpleelky, so you would apologize for wearing shoes in the post office before you were told it was against the rules?10:55
elkyYes, absolutely.10:55
elkyThe same as I apologise when I push my commits to the wrong branch because I didn't know otherwise.10:56
truepurpleYeah, that is what alot of the pot users would say.10:56
truepurpleelky, your definition of apology dilutes its meaning considerably, if I could get a full apology from ikonia, I will give the apology you want10:58
truepurpleOtherwise it makes iks apology just too weak and half hearted10:59
elkyikonia has gone for the day unfortunately10:59
elkySo it's up to you if you want this ban lifted.10:59
truepurpleThe things you say you want that apology for, are accomplished by my promise, that the promise is not accepted can only mean you want more from the apology then what you are admitting to11:00
truepurpleThe promise, and my acknowledgement of the event.11:01
truepurpleAnyway, if you really want something off the record, it would be in PM, not IRC council channel11:02
elkyI can however apologise for myself that I was unaware that discussions here previously had insulted you and did not leave you with sufficient understanding. I apologise that your dealings with bazhang were unhelpful and unkind and that I didn't notice.11:02
truepurpleBut the point is to recognize that it did happen11:03
truepurpleso it doesn't happen again11:03
elkyYes. I apologised that those things happened.11:03
truepurpleI recognize that I talked in two different channels, so that is not a reason for the apology you want11:03
truepurplebut you didn't do them11:04
elkyI can apologise for not knowing.11:04
elkyThe same as you can.11:04
truepurpleBut its not about not knowing, its about being thoughtless and doing something that could clearly hurt someone at best.11:05
truepurpleThat is what ik did11:05
truepurpleApology implies hurt, how did I hurt you, how did I hurt Ik, how did I hurt anyone?11:05
truepurpleAt worst I annoy with my persistence in the matter11:06
elkyYou're hurting me right now by not offering me the assurance I need to lift your ban.11:06
truepurpleYour really reaching there with your effort to reflect my words back on me11:06
elkyYou annoyed people with the cross posting.11:07
truepurpleI did not insult you in a public channel11:07
truepurpleOnly those who worry about things that don't really matter11:07
elkyYou compared me to marijuana users.11:07
truepurpleIk and a few other OPS were bothered, I bet I can safely say noone else was11:07
elkyI find that quite insulting considering I'm a victim of violence from a drug addict11:07
truepurpleMost others don't even know it happened11:08
truepurpleI did not compare you to a marijauna user, YOU brought up illegal drugs11:08
truepurpleAnd even after that, I did not do anything like that11:08
truepurpleI questioned the concept of illegal drugs for "medicinal use", when you brought it up, I did not compare you to anything11:09
elkyI don't see why me mentioning illegal drugs requires you to say that something I said is what drug users say11:09
elkyoh, you don't know the history of heroin, cocaine, etc?11:10
elkyIt's quite interesting.11:10
truepurpleNot entirely, no, what did I say that was anything like that in your opinion?11:10
truepurpleWhat are you speaking of?11:10
elky<truepurple> Yeah, that is what alot of the pot users would say.11:11
truepurplemedicinal use is, a excuse, I have seen plenty of stories on the news showing lots of evidence showing lots of them make up fake or exaggerated medical needs to really use it for recreation. But to say I was calling you a pot user by that is more then stretching things11:12
elkytruepurple, heroin and cocaine were legit medicines in the 20s/30s, for things unrelated to what they're used for now11:13
truepurpleWhat of it?11:13
truepurpleCoa cola use to have cocain in it11:13
elkyyup, to make it addictive11:14
truepurpleSo not even a medicine11:14
truepurpleWell I am sure they would say, like tobacoo companies do, "its for the taste"11:14
truepurpleI mean, would say back then11:14
truepurpleAnd the point of that is?11:14
popeyBONG! Congratulations! You've made it to 3 hours of near-pointless drivel! You win a prize!11:14
knomepopey, "bong" ?:P11:15
truepurpleThe Internets?!11:15
Myrttican we fast forward to the part where everyone is sorry, wipe their eyes and noses and move on?11:15
bazhangpopey, heh11:15
popeyNow, I don't know about anyone else, but this is a massive waste of everyones time. Please stop.11:15
truepurpleI think that is meant to be a oriental cymbal sound11:15
truepurpleOne of those mammoth ones11:15
knomeagreed with popey.11:15
truepurpleFine, I agreed to follow the ruling i was given, please unban me!11:16
popeytruepurple: You can't drag me into a rabbit-warren conversation about what style of gong or cymbal it may or may not have been!11:16
truepurplegong, that was the word I was looking for11:16
truepurplerabbit-warren?11:17
popeyStop.11:17
truepurple?11:17
popeyStop trying to divert the already lengthy conversation about a trivial misdemeanour into some other direction.11:17
truepurpleah11:17
elkytruepurple, you've been told explicitly the criteria for the unban.11:17
elkyIt's one we expect of everyone who has, as popey put it, "a trivial misdemeanour"11:18
elkyAnd that is an apology.11:18
elkyWe are not asking anything exceptional, but you sure have used an exceptional amount of time and effort here.11:18
truepurpleYour demand is beyond unreasonable, you might as well (hyperbole for demonstration of absurdness) demand I say I like cake, or hate carrots, or promise to make my bed in a certain way11:18
popeyI'd recommend you leave the channel and come back when you're in a less time-wastey mood then truepurple11:19
truepurpleIn some ways it is worse11:19
truepurpleI don't want to waste time, I just want my ban to be lifted without absurd conditions11:20
truepurpleAnd I am too persistent, especially when I feel I am being wronged, and lose track of time, especially as beyond the unreasonable demand and inability to see my main point, elky is enjoyable to talk to11:21
popeyYou don't want to waste time yet you're prepared to argue the toss for THREE HOURS about crossposting between two ubuntu channels. I honestly wish I had three hours to waste on this utter pointlessness, I really do.11:21
elkypopey, and zie has been apologised to no less than 4 times.11:21
elkyand still can't fathom apologising for what started all this.11:22
truepurpleI didn't understand that exactly11:22
popeyAs I said, if you don't plan to simply apologise and move on then I'd suggest you leave.11:22
elkytruepurple, do you understand that 3 hours is a long time to "persist" something at the expense of someone else's time?11:23
truepurpleI will put it in simple terms- I will do your absurd apology if I get a full apology from Ik, which means another time, or you could choose to not be unreasonable and accept my promise to follow your ruling and acknowledgement that I did talk in two different channels11:23
truepurpleelky, um, if you wanted to do something else, you would do it, otherwise we waste each others time equally with noone more at blame11:24
popeyI'll take that as a 'no'. Please leave.11:24
truepurpleelky, I want to ask you a couple questions about the zie thing, may I please PM you about it?11:24
elkyAfter this? No.11:25
truepurpleFine11:25
elkyIf you apologise, yes.11:25
elkynow i'm goign to tend to nature for a few minutes11:25
truepurpleI don't get it, how can you be so reasonable on somethings and totally illogical and unreasoning on another, I give up. I will just have to come back latter and hope its resolved eventually some day11:26
IgnacioHola!11:33
elky?11:33
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Ignacioelky: Excuse me!11:33
elkyIgnacio, spanish operators can be found in #ubuntu-irc :)11:34
Ignacioelki:Bye!11:34
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webnethello?15:33
oCeanyeah webnet, hi15:33
webnetok what is wrong with lmgtfy? yeah its sorta a bazinga, but it teaches people to google things before asking15:34
webneti wouldnt use it unless the answer could be easily found in the first result of a google search15:34
oCeanRaTTuS|BIG: yes, how can we help you?15:34
RaTTuS|BIGsorry - random join ... I'll be gone15:35
oCeanwebnet: it's like telling someone to RTFM, it's just as rude.15:35
oCeanjust because you do know how to use google, it does not mean that others do15:35
oCeanso, in general, referring to google is not acceptable in our channels15:35
oCeanlmgtfy is even worse, that's just plain rude15:36
webneti know but in this case it was as simple as typing i686 or 64-bit into the finder. nothing complex.15:36
webnetmy apologies. i didnt mean to be rude15:36
oCeanit's not about the complexity of the search15:36
webneti just get a little irritated when people cant google 1 word in the finder.15:36
oCeanTrue, I recognize that15:37
oCeanAnd we should try and educate others, but please just don't use the lmgtfy service for that15:37
webneti could understand if you were trying to google something like how to run a vnc session on a remote vps running ubuntu 10.1015:38
webnetok. i wont anymore15:38
oCeanthanks15:38
webnetapologies about that. i didnt realize it came off so rude.15:38
oCeanno problem, thanks for popping in here15:38
webnet:)15:38
webnetthx for letting me know about that. and i wont do it in the future15:38
webnetsorry abt that15:39
oCeanGreat. Enjoy #ubuntu :)15:39
webnet:)15:39
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