Re: Complex Routing; Request for discussion/Help (no newbie question)

From: Paul Lutus (nospam_at_nosite.zzz)
Date: 09/06/03 

Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 11:26:58 -0700

Floyd Davidson wrote:

> /dev/rob0 <rob0@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>Another one I miss, who actually went on hiatus before I did, is the
>
> You also miss slamming a car door on your fingers???

Charming as always, if conspicuously lacking in originality.

>>inimitable, ever surly but always accurate, Paul Lutus. Google reports
>>that said Arachnoid just returned from a four-month tour of Alaska!! I
>>am seriously jealous. I wish I had the time and money to do that! :)
>
> Lutus, bless his crust covered set of scales, is indeed back.
>
> He posted a pointer to his Alaska pictures on
> alt.culture.alaska, as if we ...

Which "we" is that? alt.culture.alaska is not an exclusive Alaska resident
forum. Look at the posts. In the past few days, someone from the lower 48
wants to know how to find student housing in Fairbanks. In another post, a
prospective tourist wants to know what fun things there are to do in
Anchorage. Clearly I chose a perfect newsgroup for my post -- one read by
people interested in (not necessarily steeped in) Alaska culture. The
response to my post has confirmed my assumption.

This apart from the interest expressed by those Alaskans who want to see
their state portrayed in a more traditional way (before 1/2 the population
moved to Anchorage), something I fully expected from my firsthand
experience among Alaskans in the small towns bordering the Gulf.

> ... 'd be likely to fall all over
> ourselves to see "some pretty wild places in Alaska" where his
> "expedition" took him for adventure.

Try giving it a different, equally accurate name. You clearly know zip about
boating on the Gulf, or photographing wildlife that, were it not for a
bumper crop of salmon this year, might prefer to eat you than pose for your
camera (http://www.arachnoid.com/alaska2003/posing_bear.jpg).

> Heh heh, I guess he
> doesn't realize we see Alaska every time we head out the door...

More references to an imaginary "we", which means you are even more mental
than one gathers from your posts. Living in Ukpeagvik can do that to one,
but it is not an inevitable outcome.

> Nobody responded,

No, instead they visited my site and replied there.

> and I doubt that anyone bothered to look
> either.

Your scientific instincts are fully displayed here, along with your
jealousy.
 
> Now lets just hope he took up a BSD, or some other OS... ;-)

Too bad for you, I find the current flavor of RH perfectly satisfactory. Not
that I plan to post here regularly any more. This post is simply a reply to
an especially egregious canard.

What is wrong with you, Floyd? Don't you know newsgroups are public forums?
Are you really accustomed to having your subjective, transparent rants go
unchallenged?

And thank you for posting in so typical a way -- it reminds me why I don't
post here as a regular any more. 

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com
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