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-A very public and off-topic conversation, often between only 2 people,
in a public forum such as a news group or email list.
-Reason and logic seem to go out the door
, and "ad hominem" attacks are plentiful. GodwinsLaw is sometimes (unwittingly) breached
.
+An outspoken dispute
in a public forum such as a news group or email list, with usually about half a dozen fierce combatants
.
-One famous flame war was (primarily) between LinusTorvalds
and AndrewTanenbaum (a well known cs professor who's written many books about os design, among other topics, as well as writing much of [Minix]).
-The first posting is from Tanenbaum
, and has the subject
"LINUX
is obsolete"
.
+Reason
and logic seem to go out the door
, and "ad hominem" attacks are plentiful. GodwinsLaw
is sometimes (unwittingly) adhered to
.
-It can be found in places on
the web - one such place
is %%%
-http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html %%%
-The first website decicated to Flamewars
, where flaming
is encouraged in
the interest
of passionate and entertaining debate is %%%
-http://www
.flamewarforum
.com
+Note that a FlameWar, which is defined by
the manner of discussion,
is not the same as a ReligiousWar
, which
is defined by
the topic
of conversation
. Naturally, though, they frequently overlap
.
-Here is
a brief quote from Linus in his first reply
. See if you can spot any hostile language:
+One [famous flame war | http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html] was opened by AndrewTanenbaum (
a well-known ComputerScience professor who wrote many books about, among other topics, OperatingSystem design, as well as writing much of [Minix]) by a posting with the subject "''LINUX is obsolete''"
. See if you can spot any hostile language in this brief quote from [Linus | LinusTorvalds]' first reply
:''''
-;:''
Re 2: your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix. I can only hope (and assume) that Amoeba doesn't suck like minix does.''
+ <pre>
+
Re 2: your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a
+
good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix. I can only hope (and
+
assume) that Amoeba doesn't suck like minix does.
+ </pre>
-A FlameWar is defined by the manner of discussion, unlike a ReligiousWar, which is defined by the topic of conversation, and these often overlap.
+!! See Also
-See also
ReligiousWar,
GodwinsLaw
+*
ReligiousWar
+*
GodwinsLaw
+* [http://www.flamewarforum.com/], a site decicated to [FlameWar]s, where flaming is encouraged in the interest of passionate and entertaining debate.
+* [http://hates-software.com/], a mailing list dedicated to flaming hateful software
