> > Do you really want "smarmy" here? I don't think it works. Don't you
> > mean "flip" or "smart-alecky" or "facetious"?
>
> Hmm. I think the word we're looking for here is "snarky". ;-)
>
> Although, I confess to ignorance on what a "snark" is or whether
> it is particularly known for brief self-consciously clever sarcastic
> responses.
>
> I sympathize with the shared-hosting problem, that's a major pain.
> I would say 'go find a virtual private hosting service', but my
> batting average is not so good with actual companies on that. I had
> one that was pretty decent, but then went out of business and now
> I'm with one that has rather poor-to-mediocre support and has been
> extraordinarily slow ("VPSLand", BTW). I don't suppose anyone has
> better options? I was looking for somebody that would let me run
> Debian on a VPS.
>
> Cheers,
> Terry
Thanks for the considerate reply, it is annoying being stuck on a
shared server.
> > Thanks for the info. No thanks for the smarmy "pony" comment.
>
> Do you really want "smarmy" here? I don't think it works. Don't you
> mean "flip" or "smart-alecky" or "facetious"?
>
>From some Internet dictionary:
Smarmy:
1. Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest; unctuous. See
Synonyms at unctuous.
2. Sleek.
I was aiming specifically towards the "effusively earnest" I don't
think that's a bad word to describe "would you like a pony with that
too?"
Anyway, the first time I read replies to my message I chuckled. It's
like the stereotypical intellectual debate, if you don't like the
message then focus on the detail.
The message in this case was that I /couldn't/ install anything by
myself as it is on a /shared/ server that's why I wanted to know
whether there was anything out of the box I could use.
Of course I would install all the "ponies" I wanted given I had proper
privileges to the machine.
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