On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:56:23 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:32:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:17:57AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > > I agree the list is much "cleaner" now, but, with a few exceptions, the > > > > big OT threads have been much fun. > > > > > > so, with all due respect and being genuinely curious, you seem to be a > > > proponent of debian-ot. Can I ask why? (note that I'm not diggin > > > through the archives ATM, so if I've mischaracterised you, I > > > apologise.) > > > > You're right, I beat Joey Schulze (the other Joey) by 12 days at > > proposing a debian-offtopic list (#425439 and #427218). > > > > As I just said above, I think (most of) the OT threads are fun and they > > are also bringing the community together. A debian-offtopic list would > > be the best way of having all those offtopic discussions inside the > > debian project, but without disturbing the "normal" d-u (or d-d, ... , > > whatever) traffic (and no, debian-curiosa is *not* suited). > > > > ... looking at the "Etch + USB Modem -- Supported?" thread I'm guessing > > you guys (at least you and Ron) are also missing those. > > yeah, sorry I spelled your name wrong there. But since Celejar has > logged my claim to be done with that thread, I can't properly issue a > correction. Don't worry, I won't hold you to it. > I'm still up in the air about d-ot (heh. that's a good one, d.o.t.) as > I don't think its actually practical to implement. For example, how > would one go about moving that USB^h^h^hVituperations thread over to > d.o.t. and then moving it back when it veers back on-topic. Well, I guess we'll just need to be very, very careful not to veer back on topic. > its a difficult social problem for which there are few if any > technological solutions... > > A Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
