On 15:16 Wed 07 Nov , Nate Duehr wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2007, at 2:24 PM, John Masters wrote: > >> On 13:15 Tue 06 Nov , Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >>> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to >>> add missing categories: >>> >>> >> <big big snip> >> >> Sorry but here's where I unsubscribe for a couple of months while the >> same stuff is rehashed as it was a few months ago. Does this totally >> unscientific poll have any real use? Apart that is from reigniting the >> antediluvian arguments like mutt v emacs, bash v korn etc. > > Sheesh... sort by thread, delete key. Not difficult... > Not the point. Why rehash stuff that has been over and over.
>> There is a method to gauge the popularity of FLOSS apps built into every >> Debian installation. If you haven't enabled it yet, do so and eliminate >> this totally superfluous 'poll'. > > You might have mentioned that it's called "popularity-contest" and can be > found via your favorite package manager. :-) > I thought everybody would know what it is called seeing as it is offered as an option on install. > Picture yourself standing in a big room with a hundred people all having > different conversations... imaging yelling at the top of your lungs "I'm > tired of hearing that group over there talking about that! I'M LEAVING!" > > Think anyone would, a) care?, b) not think you were insane? > > That's pretty much the equivalent of what most "I'm leaving the list" > messages amount to. No one cares, we all just shake our heads and say, > "There goes a very troubled person." > Do not presume to psychoanalyse me. I see the Debian Users list as an invaluable source of information and advice, to which I attempt in my own small way to contribute. Posts requesting opinions as to which is the best software/hardware/distro inevitably invite flame wars which fill my inbox with dross. -- Regards, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]