Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
On 24/11/2014, Joel Rees wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Larry Owens wrote: >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret.bu...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:03 AM >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already >> >> On 24/11/2014, Curt wrote: >>> On 2014-11-23, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> >>>> To any listmasters that might be paying attention. > heh > >> rule allows you to evaluate a function expressed as a ratio at a limit >> where both the numerator and the denominator tend to zero. > > I think the zero is what has everyone -- on all sides -- worried. > Reminds me of what I believe to be The Zeroth Law Of Thermodynamics, whereby everything tends toward Chaos... :) -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8nnkrryf3vzhgd5xvcj2rt3nhm5swzarspyjw1tiki...@mail.gmail.com
Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Larry Owens wrote: > > > -Original Message- > From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret.bu...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:03 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already > > On 24/11/2014, Curt wrote: >> On 2014-11-23, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >>> To any listmasters that might be paying attention. >>> >> >> L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? >> >> > > I think that, in one of the sciences, was a "L'Hopital's Rule", but, do not > remember to what it applied, or, what was the rule. > > Otherwise, I wonder whether the above, has something to do with mosques and > charities and hospitals? > > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the > answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > > Not that it is relevant to the discussion but L'Hospitals heh > rule allows you to evaluate a function expressed as a ratio at a limit > where both the numerator and the denominator tend to zero. I think the zero is what has everyone -- on all sides -- worried. > Larry -- Joel Rees ... don't know what you'er expecting of me ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caar43io-e2y2mjew1+h4bnceqvvfhqzvfqk-zc7kplkb5c8...@mail.gmail.com
RE: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
-Original Message- From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret.bu...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:03 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already On 24/11/2014, Curt wrote: > On 2014-11-23, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> To any listmasters that might be paying attention. >> > > L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? > > I think that, in one of the sciences, was a "L'Hopital's Rule", but, do not remember to what it applied, or, what was the rule. Otherwise, I wonder whether the above, has something to do with mosques and charities and hospitals? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 Not that it is relevant to the discussion but L'Hospitals rule allows you to evaluate a function expressed as a ratio at a limit where both the numerator and the denominator tend to zero. Larry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8m4osczy1djni7tiqucavorlv2_on97onqhnxxppzf...@mail.gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/001e01d00780$cef9a560$6cecf020$@netptc.net
Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
On 24/11/14 03:38, Curt wrote: > On 2014-11-23, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> To any listmasters that might be paying attention. >> > > L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? > > :) Apt. (In English "Pot, meet kettle") Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54724c40.9080...@gmail.com
Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 03:03:20 +0800 Bret Busby wrote: > > L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? > > > > > > I think that, in one of the sciences, was a "L'Hopital's Rule", but, > do not remember to what it applied, or, what was the rule. > > Otherwise, I wonder whether the above, has something to do with > mosques and charities and hospitals? L'Hopital and La Charité were the two main Paris hospitals in the middle-ages, the one run by the city, and the other by the Church; and both were just equally bad in how fast their patients died off Cheers, Ron. -- /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \ AND POSTINGS -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141123170726.13d49...@ron.cerrocora.org
Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
On 2014-11-23, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? >> > I think that, in one of the sciences, was a "L'Hopital's Rule", but, > do not remember to what it applied, or, what was the rule. My etymological sources tell me that from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Renaissance, in large European cities, there was a certain rivalry between publicly-administered hospitals and religiously-administered charities in treating the sick and the poor. > Otherwise, I wonder whether the above, has something to do with > mosques and charities and hospitals? Moquer (to mock), not mosquée (mosque). The expression signifies that before criticizing others, you should make sure that you yourself are beyond reproach. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnm74dbt.30l.cu...@einstein.electron.org
Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
On 24/11/2014, Curt wrote: > On 2014-11-23, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> To any listmasters that might be paying attention. >> > > L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? > > I think that, in one of the sciences, was a "L'Hopital's Rule", but, do not remember to what it applied, or, what was the rule. Otherwise, I wonder whether the above, has something to do with mosques and charities and hospitals? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8m4osczy1djni7tiqucavorlv2_on97onqhnxxppzf...@mail.gmail.com
Re: enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
On 2014-11-23, Miles Fidelman wrote: > To any listmasters that might be paying attention. > L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnm743ct.30l.cu...@einstein.electron.org
enough with the what's (not) on-topic discussions already
To any listmasters that might be paying attention. Perhaps it's time to establish policy that meta-meta-discussions about what's on-topic and what's not, are themselves off-topic, and grounds for moderation? All of the wrangling, degenerating into name calling, conspiracy theories, and profanity seems to be eating up far, far more bandwidth than any of the topics that are being discussed (it seems like a mention of systemd - be it a pro statement, an anti statement, a complaint about the TC decision, or even a legitimate bug report or support question, leads to dozens of "that's offtopic" and "no it's not" exchanges). Lots of noise, not at all productive, maybe it's time for someone to put their foot down? Respectfully, Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. Yogi Berra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5471e6b7.6060...@meetinghouse.net
