On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:27:34PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > > > I qualify as one of the "brand spanking new members" and I say I have > not laughed so hard in a long time. Keep the OT stuff going.... > Welcome!
> There are forums and other online resources for people to get help. The > technical questions posted on this list seem to be answered. Sometimes > by more than one person. What's wrong with a bit of off-topic > discussion on occasion? Must we eat, drink and sleep only Debian? May > we also talk about other distributions of GNU/Linux? > Do you *really* want to things to get out of hand? If so, just start spouting off about Ubuntu or Fedora or Mandriva and the flamefest will positively dwarf this one :-) > The way I see it, what ties everyone here together is that they chose > Debian over other operating systems. Some people may need help, and > they are getting it. Other people are here to answer questions, and > sometimes things get off topic. > > In older times I was a sysop of a BBS, and I know how threads can change > topics. What starts out as a help request can result in a discussion > about the weather. It doesn't matter. > > There is a delete key. > That's a good philosophy. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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