Kent West wrote:
Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
However, the off-topic posters (and I have been guilty myself) seem to
have taken this to mean that this list is appropriate for any and all
discussions b
H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Kent West wrote:
> > Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
> > because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
>
> any helpful comments other than "read the manual". Those lists were so
> full of arrogant self-proclaimed Linux or
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 14:03 -0500, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
> > Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
> > because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
> >
> > However, the off-topic posters (and I have been guilty myself) seem to
> >
Kent West wrote:
> Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
> because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
>
> However, the off-topic posters (and I have been guilty myself) seem to
> have taken this to mean that this list is appropriate for any and all
> discu
Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:19:50 +0100
steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i like, within constraints, political discussions on this list. gave
me sometimes something to think about and/or a good laugh. i hate
one-liners. from what side they come: they are always beside the
po
On Thursday 08 March 2007 09:18, Kent West wrote:
> Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
> because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
>
> However, the off-topic posters (and I have been guilty myself) seem
> to have taken this to mean that this list is appr
Kent West wrote:
Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
One of the reasons I love this list. Most of the messages are on topic,
off topic messages are tolerated and if they live for too long, polite
requests ar
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:48:12AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 08:18 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> > Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
> > because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
[...]
> >
> > I would urge the off-topic posters to
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:19:50 +0100
steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i like, within constraints, political discussions on this list. gave
> me sometimes something to think about and/or a good laugh. i hate
> one-liners. from what side they come: they are always beside the
> point for lack of nua
Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:18:12 -0600
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
However, the off-topic posters (and I have been guilty myself) seem
to have
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:18:12 -0600
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
> because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
>
> However, the off-topic posters (and I have been guilty myself) seem
> to have taken this to me
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 08:18 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely
> because such threads have tended to be short-lived.
>
> However, the off-topic posters (and I have been guilty myself) seem to
> have taken this to mean that this list is
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