[OT] (was Re: Is there a partiton size limit?)

[Thorny]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:17:21 -0700, Ray Parrish posted:

> Thorny wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:15:40 -0700, Ray Parrish wrote:
>>   
>>> If you insist on pressing this minor issue, then I can easily fix it,
>>> by establishing a filter to sort your posts to the trash, and you will
>>> never experience the "problem" again.
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> Okay Ray, I don't mind if you plonk me.
>>
>> I gave you the opportunity to learn, as always it is up to you whether
>> or not you choose to.
>>   
> Learn what? Your preferences for posting? That you're paranoid that
> someone else might think you were being given an answer, when it should
> have been obvious I was talking to the person that asked the question?
> 
> Sorry, but it was a real "splitting hairs" type of complaint. I'm willing
> to learn anything you might actually teach me about Ubuntu, but I actually
> already have a pretty good grasp on threading from about 20 years of
> participating in groups, beginning in the days of group access via 2400
> baud modem to the local bbs.
> 
> Your suggestion to the OP was related to why I was giving him set up tips
> for Thunderbird, and the reason I included your post in my reply to him.
> I'm sure no one with a reading comprehension level above that of a first
> grader thought I ws actually talking to you.
> 
> Anyway, that's enough of this, let's get back to the technical aspects of
> Linux and Ubuntu, instead of wasting bandwidth, and archive space on
> trivial matters.
> 
> Later, Ray Parrish

If the three of us were discussing this in a room and he asked a question,
would you turn to face me and answer him?

It's not about paranoia, it's about threading of posts that are archived
and may at some later time be searched.

My beard is grey too Ray.

Besides, I thought you were going to killfile me, that's what you
threatened in your last flame.

I wouldn't try to teach you anything about Ubuntu, you seem to know it all.

Regards