[Novalug] /topic topic/ question

[American Dave Kline]

On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 12:16:13PM -0400, cmhowe at patriot.net wrote:
> List,
> 
> Any number of times I have seen posts where the poster wants to rant a
> bit, then get back on topic. How do I do that?

The easiest way to rant then go back on topic is to lose an argument.
Usually someone will make a qualitative argument or use a fallacy of
appeal to authority, and buckle under quantitative feedback.

<rant>
I've been using this stuff for x years, and I've never seen this work.
</rant>

Response:
"This option is documented in the man page, have you tried that?"

<rant>
I shouldn't have to do that, it doesn't make sense.  Now, back on topic
...
</rant>

-A. Dave