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Suzanne Pilon [suzanne_pilon2002 at yahoo.com]
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:35:46 -0800 (PST)
I've taken the liberty of giving this thread a proper subject, rather than "(no subject)". Anyone reading this who doesn't know already, it really is better to have an informative subject line! - Kat
I'm doing an article on 'Hubs vs repeaters' and 'Hubs vs Routers'. Could you send me some articles or where I can get this information? I will greatly appreciate it.
Suzanne Pilon
Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:23:52 +0000
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:35:46AM -0800, Suzanne Pilon wrote:
> I'm doing an article on 'Hubs vs repeaters' and 'Hubs vs Routers'. > Could you send me some articles or where I can get this information? I > will greatly appreciate it. Suzanne Pilon [email protected]
You're doing your homework, is what you meant to say. A repeater is something which propagates electrical signals from A -> B, amplifying the signal as it does so. A Hub is a device which connects many computers together, typically broadcasting the same information to each node (c.f. with switches, for instance.) A router is something else, but I've given you too much information already.
Can I have your teacher's email address? I'd like to make him aware that his students are imbeciles when it comes to doing something called _proper research_.
-- Thomas Adam
-- "Wanting to feel; to know what is real. Living is a lie." -- Purpoise Song, by The Monkees.
Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:37:40 -0600
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 07:23:52PM +0000, Thomas Adam wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:35:46AM -0800, Suzanne Pilon wrote: > > I'm doing an article on 'Hubs vs repeaters' and 'Hubs vs Routers'. > > Could you send me some articles or where I can get this information? I > > will greatly appreciate it. Suzanne Pilon [email protected] > > You're doing your homework, is what you meant to say. A repeater is > something which propagates electrical signals from A -> B, amplifying > the signal as it does so. A Hub is a device which connects many > computers together, typically broadcasting the same information to each > node (c.f. with switches, for instance.) A router is something else, > but I've given you too much information already. > > Can I have your teacher's email address? I'd like to make him aware > that his students are imbeciles when it comes to doing something called > _proper research_.
Thomas, that was entirely too harsh and completely unnecessary. I would appreciate it if you'd stop flaming people here. A bit of irony isn't out of place when you see less than reasonable behavior, but out-and-out insults are way over the top.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Suzanne Pilon [suzanne_pilon2002 at yahoo.com]
Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:12:00 -0800 (PST)
Who ever said I was doing this for a teacher??? And I would watch out who you call imbeciles!!!!!! It could get you into a lot of trouble. I don't think asking a supposedly a person that is to know their stuff something is stupid!!! When I was in school I was told no question was stupid and anyone who didn't ask was!!! So this is all I have to say to whose imbeciles who think they know everything!!!!! Thanks but no thanks!!!
Kapil Hari Paranjape [kapil at imsc.res.in]
Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:07:00 +0530
Hello,
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Suzanne Pilon wrote:
> Who ever said I was doing this for a teacher??? And I would watch > out who you call imbeciles!!!!!! It could get you into a lot of > trouble. I don't think asking a supposedly a person that is to > know their stuff something is stupid!!! When I was in school I was > told no question was stupid and anyone who didn't ask was!!! So > this is all I have to say to whose imbeciles who think they know > everything!!!!! Thanks but no thanks!!!
First of all please don't shout---it hurts my eyes.
Secondly, while I do agree that Thomas' reply was a bit on the rude side, he did give you some information. You could start by thanking him for that if it was not irrelevant. Perhaps what you meant to write was:
"Thanks for the information you provided. [It was not particularly useful however.] What I meant to ask was whether LG has published any articles on this kind of stuff. I realise now that dashing off such a query without consulting the standard web search engines was a mistake. I will clarify my question in a later mail." "By the way, I found your insinuation that I was getting you to help with my homework very annoying and your use of the term 'imbecile' was downright rude. Perhaps you will not be hearing from me again after all!"Regards,
Kapil. --