On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 11:02 -0500, Ted Roche wrote: ... > However, this is often the only networking channel many folks have, and > I don't mind the occasional digressions about "how 'bout them Sox?' or > 'looking for a job' or 'anyone want to buy an old snowmobile,' as long > as the level of chatter doesn't exceed the level of information. > Besides, once you start to filter, the slippery slope is steep: ham > radio is not off topic to some, but irrelevant to others. Free software > on non-free platforms may be impure to some. > > Besides, it never hurts to get to know a little more about your > colleagues, even if it is just who to avoid <s>. > > Another forum I belong to has actually created two email feeds, one of > which explicitly filters out [OT] posts. Some like political debate, > apparently, and 33,000 of the 51,000 messages posted to the list last > year were OT. Luckily, I only read the other 18,000. > > Live and let live. OT. Free speech and free beer.
I like the Free Beer aspect. I have a tendency to touch off nasty political debates. I will confine all future debates of that nature elsewhere -- usually at a Cafe somewhere. I wish Cafes would also serve Beer, because bars are too smoky and noisy. Then again, perhaps the same unsavory crowd would be attracted, killing the advantage. I wish the planet well. Well, it survived the dinosaurs; I suppose it'll survive us silly humans as well. And so, cheers <gulping down another slug of beer> to you all. -- Come join The Linux Cafe: http://mailman.puissante.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cafe Where no topic is "OT". All Linux die-hards, fans, and devotees are welcome. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
