Author: Albert Silver
Date: 13:07:47 02/14/00
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On February 13, 2000 at 20:22:53, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>On February 13, 2000 at 13:55:06, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On February 13, 2000 at 12:57:14, Andrew Carey wrote:
>>
>>>On February 13, 2000 at 11:05:08, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>>>have to avoid turning the CPU and associated motherboard area into an icecicle.
>>>>
>>>
>>>icicle
>>
>>This comment warms my heart. Bruce would be prowd. :-)))
>
>Na.
>
>What happened in that one case is that someone complained via moderator email
>about a post that contained essentially zero content. I didn't really want to
>delete the post, but I figured that if I commented on the guy's spelling I could
>let him know that I was annoyed and increase his level of education at the same
>time. This backfired, as I should have predicted. I should have just deleted
>the post.
>
I know, I remember. It also sprouted a whole thread on that which I thought was
quite amusing, which is the only reason I mentioned it. :-)
Albert Silver
>I would never be so petty as to comment on spelling when someone is trying to
>use the language to express something tangible. I think that's only a couple of
>small increments above throwing poop at someone.
>
>bruce
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