Re: Are you a Switch-It! owner?

[danb@a.crl.com (Dan Brown)]

jfenske@MBnet.MB.CA (John Fenske) wrote:

 >Cold Fusion (minuet@indy.net)

	Good idea, John!  Unfortunately, you forgot to mark a few
applicable features.  I'll use an asterisk so it will be clear which
are mine:
 
In response to your recent post/mail quoted above, I have the
following comments:
 
_X_ your post was (check one):
    _*_ lame
    _*_ stupid
    _*_ pathetic
    _X_ much longer than any worthwhile thought of which you may be
        capable.
    _*_ without question the most useless thing I have ever seen
___ what you posted/said has been done before.
___ yur pist contaned numrus speling erorz.
___ your post contained multiple grammatical errors.
___ YOUR POST CONTAINED EXCESSIVE CAPITALIZATION AND/OR
    PUNCTUATION!!!!!
___ your post contained no text whatsoever.
___ your post replyed to a thread which is long since gone.
___ your post does not even come close to belonging in this newsgroup.
___ your post was an obvious forgery.
    ___ and was done clumsily.
_X_ your post contains the following fallacies (mark all that apply):
    ___ red herring
    ___ slippery slope
    ___ begging the question
    ___ non sequitur
    _*_ post hoc, ergo proptor hoc
    _*_ ad hominen
    _X_ ad naeseum
___ you cross-posted unnecessarily.
_*_ your login name sucks the chrome off a trailer hitch.
_X_ your host has a stupid name.
___ you quoted an article/letter in followup and added no new text.
___ you quoted an article in followup and only added the line "I
    agree."
___ you quoted an article/letter in followup and only added ___ lines
    of text.
___ you quoted unnecessary text (mark all that apply):
    ___ the original poster's .sig
    ___ four or five levels of previous quoting
___ your followup had nothing to do with the original post.
_X_ you flamed someone who has been around far longer than you.
_X_ you flamed someone who is far more intelligent and witty than you.
    ___ And considering who you flamed, that's sad.
___ your lines are 80 columns wide or wider.
___ your .sig is longer than the acceptable four lines.
___ your .sig is stupid because (check all that apply):
    ___ you listed ___ snail mail address(es).
    ___ you listed ___ phone numbers for people to use in prank calls.
    ___ you included a stupid disclaimer.
         ___ your pathetic attempt at being witty in the disclaimer
             failed.
             ___ Miserably.
    ___ you included:
         ___ a stupid self-quote.
         ___ lame ASCII graphic(s) (Choose all that apply):
             ___ USS Enterprise
             ___ Australia
             ___ Company logo
                 ___ and you stated that you don't speak for your
                     employer.
             ___ Bicycle
             ___ Other: (explain) __________________
 
 
Furthermore:
 
_X_ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of this newsgroup.
___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of the net.
_*_ You are a loser.
_X_ You must have spent your entire life in a box to be this clueless.
_X_ You are something to hold a telethon for.
_X_ It is recommended that you:
    _*_ stop being a bonehead.
    _X_ come back when you've grown up.
    _*_ find a volcano and throw yourself in.
    _*_ find a gun and shoot yourself.
    ___ go argue this unresolvable topic somewhere else until
        you're blue in the face.
    _*_ consume excrement.
    _*_ consume excrement and thus expire.
 

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