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On 4/1/2010 11:18 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 08:03:34AM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>
>> On 04/01/2010 07:21 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> How could a specific error message, which tells you how to turn it off,
>>> be construed as a bug?
>>
>> Maybe a bug as in "this bothers me".
>
> By those criteria you classify as a bug.

Bugs bug me too.  I had a fly buzzing around that I just couldn't catch.
Finally I got out the can of Raid and zapped it.  No more bug.  I was
happy.  But then I had to live with the smell of Raid...

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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