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Re: A Change
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lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.curators
Date: 
Sun, 11 May 2003 04:08:52 GMT
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mattdm@*IHateSpam*mattdm.org
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Richard Noeckel <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote:
Don't worry, sometimes it takes a while to get heard!
That's probably not true. It just takes a while to get *responded to*.
You jus' totally reiterated my statement because...?
I said: "it takes a while to get heard!"
U said: "takes a while to get *responded to*."

Well, do you think "to be heard" is the same as "to get a response"? 'Cause
it's not. There's often a lot of perfectly good reasons for there to be a
lag between the two. The "*" for emphasis was meant to highlight the
distinction between the two phrases.



--
Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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  Re: A Change
 
(...) <Playful-Sarcasm On> Ohhhhhhh, I see... What a big difference! ;) <Playful-Sarcasm Off> Sorry I didn’t know such clarity was needed! (Oups, didn’t completely turn Off the sarcasm) I jus’ assumed that someone would need to hear/read the post (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.curators)

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  Re: A Change
 
(...) You jus' totally reiterated my statement because...? I said: "it takes a while to get heard!" U said: "takes a while to get *responded to*." O.k. kinda weird... Jus' playin' ;) --==Richard==-- (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.curators)

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