On 20-Jan-00, Paul Cundle wrote:
> http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text has no banners or graphics
> of any kind.
Excellent! Just what I wanted. Thanks for that. It's what all web
sites should look like.
> Only because you snipped my argument and then pointed out something
> which completely ignored it,
Yeah, dirty trick, I know.
> and if it was you just being temporarily
> dippy I wouldn't have minded but you added insults as well.
Temporarily? No way, man! I am as constant as the northern star . . .
>> (Hint: An attempt at sarcasm is unsuccessful _only_ if the target
>> doesn't respond. Responding that it didn't work is self
>> contradictory.)
>
> Nope. I can quite easily reply to a verbal insult with "yeah, yeah,
> whatever" and the insultor would have failed miserably. I relpied in
> the equivalent 'textual' way.
No Paul, the only really effective way is to carry on as if the sarcasm
in question did not appear at all on your screen. Only then does the
needler think his jab was wasted into the nether regions of cyber
space. Unless of course you can treat it as if you think the sender
meant it literally and you can respond literally in a way that makes it just look
silly.
Regards
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