Re: Disillusioned with Linux

From: Aragorn (stryder_at_telenet.invalid)
Date: 10/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:34:27 GMT

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 00:42, William Poaster stood up and spoke
the following words to the masses in /comp.os.linux.misc...:/

> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:26:51 +0000, a broadcast message from the
> Aragorn console, was as follows:
>
>> On Monday 24 October 2005 08:51, Mark Shroyer stood up and spoke the
>> following words to the masses in /comp.os.linux.misc...:/
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> That said, this topic would perhaps be more appropriate in
>>> comp.os.linux.advocacy and, at any rate, the original poster surely
>>> should have foreseen the flame war that would ensue. So you all have
>>> your fun now. :)
>>
>> Please don't send any more trolls into /comp.os/linux.advocacy./
>> We're already being swarmed by them, and they all come with the same
>> sad
>> stories, just like this one. I've already got more entries in my
>> /killfile/ than I can count.
>>
>> I'm not saying that the OP is a troll, but even if he were genuine,
>> he
>> should have foreseen the flamewar, indeed. His choice of words -
>> particularly towards the end of his message - was actually geared to
>> elicit one.
>
> Rather a la flatfish mode...

I was a bit reluctant to _cry_ "flatfish" but yes, I was indeed
_thinking_ that it'd be "flatfish"... ;-) 

-- 
With kind regards,
*Aragorn*
(Registered GNU/Linux user #223157)