Speaking for myself --
Sometimes an off-topic email perks my interest
so powerfully that, defying all reason of course,
I neglect to disassociate the off-topic from the
topic that it was off. I shall try harder now in
such situations to discipline my response.
PA
Weaver wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct
On 09/10/11 09:26, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 10/8/2011 4:59 PM, Weaver wrote:
>
>> It's a pity that's not the case, as I sometimes have a question
>> regarding firewalls, etc and take it to the firewall list, yet the
>> number of questions regarding firewalls I have seen on 'debian-user'
>> probab
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:26:24 -0500
Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 10/8/2011 4:59 PM, Weaver wrote:
>
> > It's a pity that's not the case, as I sometimes have a question
> > regarding firewalls, etc and take it to the firewall list, yet the
> > number of questions regarding firewalls I have seen on 'd
On 10/8/2011 4:59 PM, Weaver wrote:
> It's a pity that's not the case, as I sometimes have a question
> regarding firewalls, etc and take it to the firewall list, yet the
> number of questions regarding firewalls I have seen on 'debian-user'
> probably far out-number those on 'firewall'.
>
> This
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:46:11 -0700
Freeman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:24:07AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> > On 10/06/2011 06:32 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> > >All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more
> > >difficult to assist those who actually need help with De
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:24:07AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> On 10/06/2011 06:32 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> >All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more
> >difficult to assist those who actually need help with Debian.
>
> If you are using an MUA that supports threading,
On 8 October 2011 20:22, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
> If you all are true believers in off topic posting, as you have so
> vigorously defended, why don't we _all_ commit ourselves to making one
> OT post per day and see where that leads?
Actually I am not one of " true believers in off topic posting"
On 10/8/2011 8:25 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> I can honestly say that I've yet to find this a problem - either when
> googling or going through list archives. Searches ALWAYS find lots of
> extraneous material and have to be narrowed down. When looking for
> technical information, things get ver
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:01:40 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
> I've been trying like h3ll to avoid another response to this for obvious
> reasons.
> ...
I have too. But it appears that I need to speak up on list.
(I've previously apologized to Stan off list.) I hereby offer
my most humble a
Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 10/7/2011 7:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
I've been trying like h3ll to avoid another response to this for obvious
reasons.
Me too. But...
But a point needs to be raised that everyone should read and
comprehend.
OT messages get archived with the rest. Depending on t
On 10/7/2011 7:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 07/10/11 07:32, Weaver wrote:
>> What I have seen, with the clearly marked OT threads is the ability to
>> ignore/delete them
>
> Agreed.
I've been trying like h3ll to avoid another response to this for obvious
reasons. But a point needs to be ra
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:58:39 +1100
Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 07/10/11 07:32, Weaver wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:15:07 -0400
> > Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >
> >> Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> >>> All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it
> >>> more difficult to assist those wh
On 07/10/11 07:32, Weaver wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:15:07 -0400
> Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
>> Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>> All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more
>>> difficult to assist those who actually need help with Debian.
Agreed (Stan), but unfortunately,
Weaver wrote:
> The point has often been made that this list is for Debian 'Users' and
> not therefore strictly Debian subject matter. I think a bit of social
> interaction does have the tendency to create 'community' which is
> Debian's strength, so it could be viewed as productive.
While this is
I totally agree with what Weaver said.
On Oct 6, 2011 4:31 PM, "Weaver" wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:15:07 -0400
> Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
>> Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> > All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more
>> > difficult to assist those who actually need help with
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:15:07 -0400
Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> > All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more
> > difficult to assist those who actually need help with Debian.
> >
> > Debian is an OS for _mature_ Linux users. Please act like one and
> >
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