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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:26:29 -0400
To: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...
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At 01:42 PM 4/20/2002, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> > BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to 
> > this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content 
> > qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serve to ENCOURAGE this 
> > sort of insistent, badgering, and rude behavior?
> > 
> > I mean, geez -- it worked, didn't it?  The guy IS getting his answers -- 
> > and very rapidly...  In behavioral science, we call this "positive 
> > reinforcement of aberrent behavior".
>
>Yeah, what ever happened to "because we're mean"?

LOL!

You know, that classic line came to my mind immediately on reading the 
original post! ;-)



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