On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, John wrote:
> I may be a Linux newbie, but I think I can contribute here. I've
> noticed that some people have trouble with the concept of terminating
> a discussion thread.
What are you talking about? You're totally out of line here. ;P
> Over and over, I see some people saying, "This thread should
> die", and "This thread should be terminated".
Gasoline, fumes, spark, boom! This thread is dead.
> The problem is, the statement seems to appear at the bottom of a
> inflamatory message that they have just fed into the thread!
> Um....no, sorry, if you want to terminate a thread, that's not quite
> how to do it.
Oh...shoot.
> Admittedly, the concept is very difficult to grasp, but here it is:
> To terminate a thread, just DON'T REPLY. At all.
At all? But...but...
> For those who still don't quite get it, and would like a
> demonstration, please reply to this message.
I think I need another demonstration.
Paul Braman
aeon@tampabay.rr.com
P.S. If you don't get it, you need a humor transfusion!
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