Re: META: Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
David Jardine wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 01:14:51PM -0500, Eric d'Alibut wrote: When freedom and tolerance seem to fail, repression always is an answer. Sound familiar? Be afraid, children, be very afraid. That last sentence certainly sounds pathetically familiar ;-) Yes. I believe Master Yoda

Re: META: Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-31 Thread David Jardine
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 01:14:51PM -0500, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > > When freedom and tolerance seem to fail, repression always is an > answer. Sound familiar? Be afraid, children, be very afraid. > That last sentence certainly sounds pathetically familiar ;-) -- David Jardine "Running Debian G

Re: META: Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-31 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 01:14:51PM -0500, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:20:22 +0100, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So much easier to just ban abusing list members, after suitable warning. > > One could ask for no clearer demonstration of the animus that fuels the >

Re: META: Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-31 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:20:22 +0100, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So much easier to just ban abusing list members, after suitable warning. One could ask for no clearer demonstration of the animus that fuels the fervor of the so-called "Open" and "Free" (source, software, whatever) crow

META: Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-30 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 10:19:46AM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > I wonder if one could implement a kind of "p2p-killfile". A group of > people that trust another share a list of Msg-IDs. If one member kills a > mail, it is killed for the others - possibly eben whole threads. So much easier

Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-30 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 29.12.2004, 14:35 -0500 schrieb Antonio Rodriguez: > I think it would be wise to implement a way of stopping a thread at > the top level when it goes to far off topic. It has been the case is > several of them very recently. I wonder if one could implement a kind of "p2p-kill

Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 15:26 -0500, Brendan wrote: > On Wednesday 29 December 2004 14:35, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: [snip] > You've got to be a socialist. ;-) Hey, let's throw even *more* gas on the fire! Woo Hoo! -- - Ron Johnson, J

Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-29 Thread Brendan
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 14:35, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I think it would be wise to implement a way of stopping a thread at > the top level when it goes to far off topic. It has been the case is > several of them very recently. In the last DWN there are some > references about it, with some

Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-29 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 02:35:41PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I think it would be wise to implement a way of stopping a thread at > the top level when it goes to far off topic. It has been the case is > several of them very recently. In the last DWN there are some > references about it, with

Re: When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 11:35 am, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I think it would be wise to implement a way of stopping a thread at > the top level when it goes to far off topic. It has been the case is > several of them very recently. In the last DWN there are some > references about it, with s

When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-29 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I think it would be wise to implement a way of stopping a thread at the top level when it goes to far off topic. It has been the case is several of them very recently. In the last DWN there are some references about it, with some propositions about implementing a list moderator I think. It is putti