From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The name gnus-cloud.el Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:04:40 +0200 Message-ID: <83po75jxiv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87374jd66s.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87bmj6dda0.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <87vahe911g.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87374id7jy.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <877ett8g7k.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87a7yn7tqp.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878te75xa1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ind6l2tt.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877etklvsa.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83y3m0pv8u.fsf@gnu.org> <83h8snpew2.fsf@gnu.org> <83wp1gm2c8.fsf@gnu.org> <83k1xelgcp.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1514041384 32653 195.159.176.226 (23 Dec 2017 15:03:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 15:03:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tzz@lifelogs.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 23 16:03:00 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eSlKG-0007sP-49 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Dec 2017 16:03:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42474 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSlMB-00029d-I2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:04:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56449) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSlM3-00028s-Tx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:04:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSlLz-0005OA-Ck for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:04:51 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44109) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSlLz-0005Nx-9u; Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:04:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4060 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eSlLp-0001RB-VA; Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:04:38 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sat, 23 Dec 2017 09:58:21 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:221380 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: tzz@lifelogs.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 09:58:21 -0500 > > > Btw, by always doing the exact opposite of what the crowd does in this > > matter, we are actually still "following the crowd", > > What is "the exact opposite" of using a buzzword? The exact opposite is to never use it. > By declining to use that buzzword, we are _reacting_ to the crowd that > uses it. Reacting is different from following. If we never use it, unconditionally, then we do follow the crowd, just in reverse direction. A silly idea doesn't become a smart idea just by negating everything it says.