Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/31/07 00:22

Ivan Marsh wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:05:21 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:47:59 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:42:18 +0200, Rik wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now, about the topic of posting his question in this group. Yes it
>>>>>>> was not the best place to post it, but Rami could have simply
>>>>>>> answered his question, and
>>>>>> No and, it sets precedents. Even now more and more people keep
>>>>>> turning up here for MySQL questions. Why? Because they get answered.
>>>>>> I myself am also guilty, giving answers to those questions.
>>>>> I have no problem that people ask MySQL questions in this group... a
>>>>> lot of us run LAMP servers after all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not to mention the original question had *almost* nothing to do with
>>>>> MySQL.
>>>>>
>>>>> The MySQL client will produce output as wide as the terminal you're
>>>>> running it in. Set the xterm window for 120 characters (for instance)
>>>>> and the MySQL client will produce 120 character wide output.
>>>> Maybe YOU don't. But most of us would rather see PHP questions here.
>>> Did I miss the meeting where you were elected talking head for the
>>> group?
>> It was the same meeting where you were elected newsgroup troll.
>
> Brilliant retort... you clearly put me in my place there... but you
> should probably look up what "troll" means in an nntp context.
>
>

Yep, I know exactly what it means. And it fits you perfectly.

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