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<DIV>Guess people have to learn to read between the lines and have a sense of
humor.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jon<BR><BR>>>> shayne@guild.murdoch.edu.au 1:56:25 pm 4/07/2005
>>><BR><BR>True. I've said it before, but it bears repeating. The
internet is an<BR>inherenly autistic medium. Without body cues, you can only
guess peoples<BR>motives. Usually wrongly.<BR><BR>--<BR>Freedom's just another
word for something new to regulate<BR><BR>On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Senectus .
wrote:<BR><BR>> On 7/4/05, Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>
wrote:<BR>> > Shayne O'Neill wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > >Oh you
know I'm joking fella. I'm a bloody greeny for heck sake. I dont<BR>> >
>*DO* violence :)<BR>> > ><BR>> ><BR>> > It was somewhat
difficult to tell, to be honest. There are folks out<BR>> > there who
"solve" things by violence, after all, and sometimes it can be<BR>> >
surprising who they are. Crackers bring out the worst in sysadmins, too.<BR>>
><BR>> > That said, the number of times I've joked "OK, where's the
axe, I need<BR>> > to pay Telstra a visit" when the DSL goes down during
an important time<BR>> > or talked about "fixing" the macs at work - with
a hammer - is would be<BR>> > difficult to count...<BR>> ><BR>>
The lack of emoticons make it hard to read the comment as anything<BR>> other
than what it says.<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Ubuntu Hoary 5.04<BR>>
"Luminocity is a cracktastic technology testbed for Metacity." - From<BR>>
the gnome.org website<BR>> www.modmeup.net<BR>>
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