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Re:So, that was a bummer by roc on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @11:26PM (#1762572)
While I agree on the technical-level bit, the tone in your sample floats between cavalier and condescending. That's worse than technical overkill IMO.
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Re:So, that was a bummer by dotBen on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @12:01AM (#1762649)
It would be interesting to know which bits you felt that was?

Also keep in mind I tried to edit their original post, as kinda suggested. I'm not sure I'd have written any the post quite in the way that they did - but I tried to work with what I had.

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Re:So, that was a bummer by roc on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @07:17PM (#1766245)
Pretty much every one of the attempts at editorial comedy. People are only reading a post like that if they've been inconvenienced. Comedy is hard to pitch at an angry crowd, so unless you're really good at it, it's probably best not to try.
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