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Re: Analogies=dead threads (was RE:Open, anonymous services and dealing with abuse)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Tue Feb 17 16:11:55 2004

To: Rainer Atkins <raineratkins@hotmail.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:38:12 GMT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:05:54 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:38:12 GMT, Rainer Atkins <raineratkins@hotmail.com>  said:
> 
> Is it just me, or is it a clear indication that a thread is ending its 
> useful life is when people start debating the merits of the analogies that 
> have been posed rather than the original subject matter of the thread?
> 
> Or, maybe a thread is exhausted when the analogies start to crop up.

No, it's not dead until some jackboot shows up and invokes Godwin. ;)

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