On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 10:22:55PM -0600, Craig Jackson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 18:27, Nano Nano wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 06:49:48PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I need to upgrade my Gallant TV Tuner card > > > > This kind of randomness happens a lot. I figure it's one of three > > things: either (1) the sender intended to ask debian-user this question; > > (2) the sender is on a shared computer and this was in the address book, > > and it just looked useful, or (3) it's some kind of spam. > > > > If it's (1), how would someone "stumble" onto www.debian.org and learn > > the address? I can imagine the clueless doing dumb things but that > > seems like a highly unlikely choice. > > > > If it's (3), what is the purpose of sending such a pointless spam? Is > > it just pointless anarchy? > > > > (2) is a stretch. Maybe debian-user is a link on some web page listing > > a collection of email support addresses, and the clueless just sort of > > click randomly to get here. > > > > Actually what surprises me most is the the number of replies and the > length of the thread for messages like his. I've posted many genuine > requests for information or help in many news groups, many of which > received not a single response, yet I've seen embecilic posts turn into > long threads. Sometimes makes me wonder what the real motivation is for > many people in these groups. > > Craig Jackson
Yeah, I guess some people are just here to bitch or something. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
