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It's gonna be tough getting by his hotels on Park Place.

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
I really, really hate the fact that I upvoted you. Seriously. I was going to make the same joke, but I was also going to follow it up with something more pertinent, like the fact that rails have the best cost-per-ton-mile or that railroads are both a monopoly and in limited supply (you can't just make more of them) So -- love the joke. But everybody can't just shoot out one-liners like that, myself included. Next time add something of value to the reader besides a joke. We don't want this place turning into reddit.
- davi 17y ago
  I really, really hate the fact that you upvoted him too.
  - DanielBMarkham 17y ago
    I tried to make up for it by giving him a stern lecture. Think it helped? Looking at the topic currently, out of 10 root replies, 2 are jokes, 1 is a basically a one-liner, 1 is trash, 5 are on-topic, and 1 is a complaint that this isn't HN. (sigh)
    - davi 17y ago
      Looking at the topic currently, out of 10 root replies, 2 are jokes, 1 is a basically a one-liner, 1 is trash, 5 are on-topic, and 1 is a complaint that this isn't HN. (sigh) Yep, it's kind of a bummer. Be interesting to see how it unfolds over the next hour or so (and we are polluting this unfolding with our meta-discussion) -- maybe it will even out. (Aha! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919318 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919318)
- johnohara 17y ago
  Read my other post Dan. I had an office two blocks away from the BNSF line in Chicago when they were laying the fiber from downtown to the central office in Hinsdale. I went out and talked to the guys boring underground (TX fiber-slingers wearing metal-tipped boots and hats -- I'm sure people here have met them). Berkshire made a good purchase.
  - DanielBMarkham 17y ago
    Great post! [next time] Could you just combine the two please so that I can enjoy voting up both the great one-liner and the pithy insight. I love humor, and I have a soft spot for great one-liners. My point is that others are the same way, and sometimes the jokes get more karma than the meaty content. That's not good for the board over the long term. Whenever I find myself wanting to throw out a one-liner, I make myself stop and find something useful for others (or usually I don't post at all) Lame attempt at this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919298 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919298 Apologies for the meta-discussion. This is yet another of my bad habits...
- marknutter 17y ago
  ycombinator users look down on reddit users who look down on digg users. Ah, the snobby internet pecking-order in full effect.

I really, really hate the fact that I upvoted you. Seriously. I was going to make the same joke, but I was also going to follow it up with something more pertinent, like the fact that rails have the best cost-per-ton-mile or that railroads are both a monopoly and in limited supply (you can't just make more of them) So -- love the joke. But everybody can't just shoot out one-liners like that, myself included. Next time add something of value to the reader besides a joke. We don't want this place turning into reddit.

davi 17y ago
I really, really hate the fact that you upvoted him too.
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  I tried to make up for it by giving him a stern lecture. Think it helped? Looking at the topic currently, out of 10 root replies, 2 are jokes, 1 is a basically a one-liner, 1 is trash, 5 are on-topic, and 1 is a complaint that this isn't HN. (sigh)
  - davi 17y ago
    Looking at the topic currently, out of 10 root replies, 2 are jokes, 1 is a basically a one-liner, 1 is trash, 5 are on-topic, and 1 is a complaint that this isn't HN. (sigh) Yep, it's kind of a bummer. Be interesting to see how it unfolds over the next hour or so (and we are polluting this unfolding with our meta-discussion) -- maybe it will even out. (Aha! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919318 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919318)
johnohara 17y ago
Read my other post Dan. I had an office two blocks away from the BNSF line in Chicago when they were laying the fiber from downtown to the central office in Hinsdale. I went out and talked to the guys boring underground (TX fiber-slingers wearing metal-tipped boots and hats -- I'm sure people here have met them). Berkshire made a good purchase.
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  Great post! [next time] Could you just combine the two please so that I can enjoy voting up both the great one-liner and the pithy insight. I love humor, and I have a soft spot for great one-liners. My point is that others are the same way, and sometimes the jokes get more karma than the meaty content. That's not good for the board over the long term. Whenever I find myself wanting to throw out a one-liner, I make myself stop and find something useful for others (or usually I don't post at all) Lame attempt at this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919298 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=919298 Apologies for the meta-discussion. This is yet another of my bad habits...
marknutter 17y ago
ycombinator users look down on reddit users who look down on digg users. Ah, the snobby internet pecking-order in full effect.