Talk:Lee Daniel Crocker
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editI probably can't get rid of the "Crocker's Rules" thing, so I won't delete it, but I'd like to set the record straight about its origin and use. I didn't create the term, Eliezer Yudkowski did. We were participants on the Extropian mailing list (this predates Wikipedia), and I was often (wrongly, in my opinion) perceived as rude by some there, because I was quite vocal and straightforward. I made a post saying that sometimes politeness gets in the way of simple, honest discussion, and that I personally considered being capable of taking offense a weakness of character. Postel's rule applies to human communications no less than network communications: one should be conservative in what you produce and liberal in what you accept. If some properly formatted, meaningful communication causes your server to fail (i.e. "taking offense"), that's your own fault. Eli thought that should be enshrined as a "rule", so he did. I'm not entirely opposed to the idea, but I would have made it more quotable. If someone wants a nice soundbite to list with other eponymous rules like Postels, I offer this: "Tolerance is an obligation of listeners, not speakers." --LDC (talk) 00:07, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
- I deleted it 'cos LW isn't a reliable source, and stupendously not for a BLP - David Gerard (talk) 10:52, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Interlacing
editThe 5-pass interlacing thing seems like a minor detail to need citation, but feel free to remove it. After all, it was rejected in favor of Mark's. Probably the only "documentation" of it is the archive of the mailing list. --LDC (talk) 01:36, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
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