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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote: > > I dunno, if you really want to have this debate, I don't see why it's > > unreasonable for the list parents to not want rampant cursing. > > In my travels to the southeast US, I found there are still people there > who consider it inappropriate for a white woman to date a black man. I > would hope that all on this list understand how illogical that is. To me > it seems just as illogical to say it's inapproprate to use one word over > another, when they both have the same meaning. Come on, I curse like George Carlin but I don't to it in front of customers. Are you telling me there is no such thing as appropriate behavior in a public forum? I understand your argument. But the point is, this is somebody elses sandbox we're playing in. Calm down and play nice, or you'll have people trying to kick you out. > > I'm not saying that the people on this list don't like you, I'm just > > saying that if you keep posting about CPU utilization when using linux for > > routing and about how cisco sucks, in a very frequent manner, it will make > > small idiosyncracies such as cursing stand out that much more. > > Lots of people don't like me, and I like it that way. Saves me a lot > nuisance from people who might think you're their friend. Speaking of logic, that's an interesting way of putting things. > >From the number of personal replies I got about these topics, it seems > like many people are interested in sharing information about how to do > routing on a budget, or how to avoid getting shot in the foot with your > Cisco box. Routing on a budget? Dude, you can buy a 7200 for $2 grand. Why bother with a linux box? Heh, at least use FreeBSD :) > I thought my posts were far more technical and relevant to > network operation than the marketing hype being spewed by some > others. However, if the consensus is my posts are off-topic, I'll happily > shut up wait to be told what are accpetable topics. I don't think they're off topic. But other people do. YMMV. HTH. Andy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC www.xecu.net xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access
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