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From: "Nelson, David \(ED, PAR&D\)" <David.Nelson2@astrazeneca.com>
To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] [ot now?] pants
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:44:13 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0C7B@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070110072342.GG11109@archimedes>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Findlay [mailto:justin@jfindlay.us]
> Sent: 10 January 2007 07:24
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] pants
> 
> At the risk of appearing too willing to always defer to the RFC's here
> is a quotation from the appropriate RFC,
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
> 
>     - Use smileys to indicate tone of voice, but use them sparingly.
>       :-) is an example of a smiley (Look sideways).  Don't assume
>       that the inclusion of a smiley will make the recipient happy
>       with what you say or wipe out an otherwise insulting comment.
> 
> Therefore, total lack of standards.  Ye haw!
> 
> . .
> \_/
> 
> 
> Justin

The example given is :-)
Maybe (-: is for left handed people? 

I do use >.> a bit (shifty eyes) or >.< (excited/shocked) though which
aren't sideways :>

David "7.40am is for playing on emails not working, silly" Nelson

Note: These views are my own, advice is provided with no guarantee of
success. I do not represent anyone else in any emails I send to this
list.

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-10  7:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-10  4:00 [gentoo-user] pants Korthrun
2007-01-10  4:20 ` Cliff Wells
2007-01-10  4:21 ` Joshua Schmidlkofer
2007-01-10  4:22 ` Kent Fredric
2007-01-10  4:31 ` Justin Findlay
2007-01-10  5:21 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-01-10  6:25   ` Justin Findlay
2007-01-10  6:40     ` Korthrun
2007-01-10 15:09       ` Willie Wong
2007-01-10  6:43     ` Iain Buchanan
2007-01-10  7:11       ` Dale
2007-01-10  7:23       ` Justin Findlay
2007-01-10  7:44         ` Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) [this message]
2007-01-10  9:49     ` Neil Bothwick
     [not found] ` <20070110223400.GA3135@cortana.slightlyderanged.net>
2007-01-10 22:44   ` Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
2007-01-11  2:26     ` Daniel Vrcic

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