Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-09 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
by users of Debian. I would doubt that was the original intent of the spirit of the phrase Help and discussion among users of Debian. I would urge the off-topic posters to return to the spirit of the phrase, and please wind down your off-topic posts, and then strive to keep your posts a bit

Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Kent West
. I would doubt that was the original intent of the spirit of the phrase Help and discussion among users of Debian. I would urge the off-topic posters to return to the spirit of the phrase, and please wind down your off-topic posts, and then strive to keep your posts a bit closer to Debian

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Greg Folkert
is appropriate for any and all discussions by users of Debian. I would doubt that was the original intent of the spirit of the phrase Help and discussion among users of Debian. I would urge the off-topic posters to return to the spirit of the phrase, and please wind down your off-topic posts

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Liam O'Toole
-topic posts, and then strive to keep your posts a bit closer to Debian-related topics. Thanks! I agree. I, too, have been guilty of posting way too many off-topic messages. I intend to be more circumspect in future, and ask that others do likewise. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread steef
wind down your off-topic posts, and then strive to keep your posts a bit closer to Debian-related topics. Thanks! I agree. I, too, have been guilty of posting way too many off-topic messages. I intend to be more circumspect in future, and ask that others do likewise. i like, within

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:19:50 +0100 steef [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i like, within constraints, political discussions on this list. gave me sometimes something to think about and/or a good laugh. i hate one-liners. from what side they come: they are always beside the point for lack of nuances.

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
to the spirit of the phrase, and please wind down your off-topic posts, and then strive to keep your posts a bit closer to Debian-related topics. [...] True, I grow tired. But please throttling is the best answer. We don't need everyone going cold turkey on posting. I've slowed my

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread H.S.
that this list is appropriate for any and all discussions by users of Debian. I would doubt that was the original intent of the spirit of the phrase Help and discussion among users of Debian. I would urge the off-topic posters to return to the spirit of the phrase, and please wind down your off-topic

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Hal Vaughan
is appropriate for any and all discussions by users of Debian. I would doubt that was the original intent of the spirit of the phrase Help and discussion among users of Debian. I would urge the off-topic posters to return to the spirit of the phrase, and please wind down your off-topic posts

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread steef
Liam O'Toole wrote: On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:19:50 +0100 steef [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i like, within constraints, political discussions on this list. gave me sometimes something to think about and/or a good laugh. i hate one-liners. from what side they come: they are always beside the

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
discussions by users of Debian. I would doubt that was the original intent of the spirit of the phrase Help and discussion among users of Debian. I would urge the off-topic posters to return to the spirit of the phrase, and please wind down your off-topic posts, and then strive to keep your posts a bit

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread Freddy Freeloader
, and please wind down your off-topic posts, and then strive to keep your posts a bit closer to Debian-related topics. Thanks! I could not have said any better. I completely agree with you. Let's hope that the handful of OT posters come to their senses quickly. raju LOL. If we were

Re: Off-Topic Posts

2007-03-08 Thread s. keeling
H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kent West wrote: Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely because such threads have tended to be short-lived. any helpful comments other than read the manual. Those lists were so full of arrogant self-proclaimed Linux or Unix

I hate off-topic posts (including this one :) [was Re: Acer machines]

2000-01-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, aphro wrote: : well i read from multiple sources that their UP-SMP upgrade tool worked : about 20% of the time..compaq came up with a tool that was 99-100% : successful *if* you had compaq hardware.. : : there are many many files that had to be changed to give NT SMP

Re: I hate off-topic posts (including this one :) [was Re: Acer machines]

2000-01-17 Thread kaynjay
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 01/17/00 at 01:24 PM, Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I hate to prolong this thread, but I have to ask ... Who the hell cares? And what is the relevance to Debian? Don't know about the _thread_, but do know that sometimes I have questions that I really don't

Off topic posts (OFF TOPIC)

1999-03-12 Thread Ali Graham
Please, people, is there a debian-political mailing list where posts that don't specifically relate to *using* debian could be directed? Threads that mainly consist of pointless pedantry or marketing schemes could be profitably removed from this already high volume mailing list, IMNSHO. ali.