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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ben Greear wrote:

> > so far your appraoch is that of a shotgun i.e  "let me fire in
> > that crowd and i'll hit my target but dont care if i take down a few
> > more"; regardless of how noble the reasoning is, it's  as Linus described
> > it -- a sledge hammer.
>
> Aye, but by shooting this target and getting a few bystanders, you save
> everyone else...  (And it's only a flesh wound!!)

especially considering that the current code nukes the whole city ;)

	Ingo

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