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William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:04:46 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ cc ] on Monday 18 December 2006 13:41 \__
>>
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> __/ [ cc ] on Monday 18 December 2006 12:12 \__
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Roy Culley wrote:
>>>> >> ngstats.pl version 1.21
>>>> >>
>>>> >> This report covers 2654 articles received by this system to
>>>> >> newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy [1]
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> > As Roy S. would say, "Thank you, Roy, for the biased statistics."
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/d15e2c554d331322?dmode=source&hl=en
>>>>
>>>> You seem to have a lot of spare time. Many of my remarks are, needless
>>>> to say, sarcastic/satirical.
>>>
>>> You telling me I have a lot of spare time is ironic. You make 20x more
>>> posts than I do. I have a good memory, and a simple search found it in
>>> about 2 minutes. So are these unbiased statistics then? The fact that he
>>> doesn't give a word on how he measures his quality posters, plus
>>> includes labels such as TROLL, IDIOT, and RACIST(which is terrible),
>>> should clue you in on the answer to that question.
>
> The labels TROLL, IDIOT, and RACIST are good descriptions IMO & let a
> newbie to the group know *exactly* who is what. If teh wintrolls,
> mactrolls & shills don't like it, they can always leave. They wouldn't be
> missed.
Of course, if they respected the charter, and behaved as reasonable
gentlemen (and ladies, on those rare occasions that females are not, in
fact, Gary Stewart having a feminine moment), then they'd not be in the
list at all.
>
>>> [snip everything else that has nothing to do with my comments]
>>
>> That incident happened yesterday, so it was fresh in my mind. I used it to
>> argue a broader point.
>
> Which the OP apparently didn't like, hence the snip.
>
Didn't like it at all, did he? I thought it raised a very interesting
point about how small computing shops have been doing business for a
very long time.
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