Re: how to address people

2006-03-30 Thread Manaen Schlabach
On 3/29/06, Leonid Grinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not? Serena Cantor wants help. > > Because this is a list that is used specifically for Debian questions, > and not for questions in general. For example, posting a question > about how to best cook shrimp would be totally inappropriate

Re: how to address people

2006-03-29 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Leonid Grinberg wrote: Why not? Serena Cantor wants help. Because this is a list that is used specifically for Debian questions, and not for questions in general. For example, posting a question about how to best cook shrimp would be totally inappropriate, whereas posting a question about

Re: how to address people

2006-03-29 Thread Leonid Grinberg
> but are we configuring X for debian? what about X in general? > what if i have a question about firewalls. this is not a debian specific > question, but a general computer question. > > the point is, what should be posted and should not be posted is a grey > and fuzzy line. Sure, but still, at l

Re: how to address people

2006-03-29 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 10:45 -0500, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > > Why not? Serena Cantor wants help. > > Because this is a list that is used specifically for Debian questions, > and not for questions in general. For example, posting a question > about how to best cook shrimp would be totally inappropr

Re: how to address people

2006-03-29 Thread Leonid Grinberg
> it has been discussed that the is a list for debian user and has > discussed many, many OT things. We like to talk about stuff once in a > while. This is not allow on strictly techincal lists. Sure, but I still think that such random questions are not appropriate here. I mean, if we can allow th

Re: how to address people

2006-03-29 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:45:04AM -0500, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > > Why not? Serena Cantor wants help. > > Because this is a list that is used specifically for Debian questions, > and not for questions in general. For example, posting a question > about how to best cook shrimp would be totally in

Re: how to address people

2006-03-29 Thread Leonid Grinberg
> Why not? Serena Cantor wants help. Because this is a list that is used specifically for Debian questions, and not for questions in general. For example, posting a question about how to best cook shrimp would be totally inappropriate, whereas posting a question about how to configure X is. Furth

Re: how to address people

2006-03-29 Thread Hans Vogelsberger
Matthew R. Dempsky schrieb: On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:09:23PM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: Sorry, this is not a Debian question! Sorry, then it's not really appropriate for this list. Why not? Serena Cantor wants help. H.V. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: how to address people

2006-03-28 Thread Matthew R. Dempsky
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:09:23PM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: > Sorry, this is not a Debian question! Sorry, then it's not really appropriate for this list. > I have a relative, Peggy Smith, and her husband, John > Smith. Now I want to write a letter. How to address > them on the envelope: ``Mr

Re: how to address people

2006-03-28 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:09:45PM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: > Sorry, this is not a Debian question! > > I have a relative, Peggy Smith, and her husband, John > Smith. Now I want to write a letter. How to address > them on the envelope: > > Mr John Smith & Mrs Peggy Smith > > This sounds wordy