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Too bad to see a guy like Bryan being accused of trolling......

many of his inputs are too valuable and insightful :)

<Repeating this for the nth time>

A mailing list like centos-offtopic will surely be very useful.
questions like "which server is best with centos" etc etc can be asked
and replied in detail here.

<Repeating this for the nth time>  

On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 16:46 -0500, Bryan J. Smith  wrote:
> From: Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Look - brevity is the soul of wit.  It also keeps other folks on lists
> > from calling you a troll.
> 
> The problem is that then the same people then start complaining
> about my "oversimplification."  In fact, that's part of the problem here.
> 
> I really _tried_ to make a recommendation without breaking down into
> the engineering non-sense.  I really don't see how much "wit" I could
> do to satisify some people on that thread.
> 
> > You pretty much get to blab as much as you want and argue with
> > people over tangent issues proving you are right,
> 
> Dude, at this point, I'm tired of having my experience cut, sliced and
> diced by people who are like, "WTF does he think he is?"  So you're
> right, I'm going to just state something _once_ and if people don't
> want to believe it, I'm just going to leave it.
> 
> I tried several times in that thread, but yes, you are correct, I didn't
> stop, and I kept posting too.  My apologies.
> 
> > or you get to maintain "non-troll" status.  Pick one, but don't
> > tangentially blab and get upset about being called a tangential
> > blabber.
> 
> I don't have a problem with being called a "tangential blabber."
> What *I* have a problem is being singled out.  Dude, re-read back
> in that last thread.  Although I didn't stop posting, at some point,
> I realized it was going to have to go _deep_ before it would end.
> 
> Now I've said my peace for the last time.  I promise I will not
> repeat something more than once -- at the most, making only a
> 2nd post to "clarify" and if I didn't do a "good enough job" by then,
> I'll leave it be _regardless_.
> 
> Your opinion is noted.  But also note that someone else insinuated
> there was only *1* troll.  I like holding everyone to the same standard.
> 
> 
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