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Too true! This sort of misunderstanding happens all the time on sites like slashdot. To the extent that I avoid sarcasm entirely when posting to a board or sending email. In fact anyone who doesn't is an ignorant b******d. Emoticons can help tip off those less able to read between the lines :-) --- Ben Goodger <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ASCII is not a good medium for emotions and expression. On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 11:38:47 +0000, Terence McCarthy <tjmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 11:08:19 +0000 Alex Charrett <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 22:23 +0000, TerenceMcCarthy wrote:Yes, it's sad, isn't it? Those who know aboutLinux so often are too ignorant or stupid to call it GNU/Linux.Still, carry on with the evangelising I say. TerenceI would like to disagree with your assertionthat I am either ignorantor stupid because I don't call it GNU/Linux.Quite frankly, going roundcalling people names because they don't happento subscribe to using thesame name for something as you do is prettyignorant.I can cheerfully admit to being ignorant (of a lotof things, actually) but perhaps I was expecting too much from the list readership and/or being silly in not labelling my previous post "sarcasm" in capitals, so that my real intention was b***** obvious to everyone.I shall do so in future. Terence -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribelist" in themessage body to unsubscribe. FAQ:www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html-- ~ Ben Goodger ~ Join MSN Hotmail today and get free spam delivered straight to your inbox! ~ www.getfirefox.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html
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