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> Its ironic, I can make jokes, I am always joking, but seem to be the lasto note the humor. If I am wrong, I apologize to the fella.
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> The deal about text not carrying across tone reminds me of the saying "Text is for kids" a spinoff of the old commercial about the rabbit trying to get a taste of Kix cereal - it would always say "Silly rabbit!, Kix is for kids!"
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> From: James Britt <james.br... / gmail.com>
> To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-t... / ruby-lang.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:11:54 PM
> Subject: Re: ruby IDE's
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> Garry Freemyer wrote:
> > I am surprised to see sarcasm in this mailing list, or maybe I am just disappointed.
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> A person's tone of voice does not come through in text, so humor can easily be misinterpreted.
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> Better to assume the best, at least at first.
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> That's not to say people here aren't sometimes snarky, just that it may  ¨Βοτ  ¨Βμχαωβε  ¨Βθεωοτθιξιτ ισ>
> -- James Britt
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Uh, it's *TRIX* are for kids. Kix is "kid tested, mother approved."
Just to set the record straight :-)~