Re: [PLUG] Main plug list "civil and on-topic"

2013-04-05 Thread Mike C.
The most recent flame war erupted two years ago, and some folks > left the list because of it. They stopped leaving when we > forced one person to leave. > > I was one of those folks who left for a short while after witnessing many a flame war with the one person who was forced to leave. I thin

Re: [PLUG] Main plug list "civil and on-topic" - frontier

2013-04-04 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 02:32:06PM -0700, Dale Snell wrote: > P.P.S. Keith: Frontier hates your domain; says it's not found. :-( 8.8.8.8 - always there for your net needs -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity Other Adventures: h

Re: [PLUG] Main plug list "civil and on-topic"

2013-04-04 Thread Dale Snell
On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:25:29 -0700 Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Seriously, there's a troll born every minute. And if trolls > want to post uncivil or off-topic stuff, it helps to point at > the banner and suggest they mosey over to plug-talk, increasingly > loudly if they are persistently clueless. W

Re: [PLUG] Main plug list "civil and on-topic"

2013-04-04 Thread Michael Dexter
On 4/4/13 1:40 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > I concur with Keith. There is no harm in "civil and on-topic", and > possibly some important help. Good, unfortunate points. My top priority is practicality and: 1. I'm glad the name now works in Thunderbird 2. For Twitter I used "PDX Linux/Unix Group

Re: [PLUG] Main plug list "civil and on-topic"

2013-04-04 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Michael Dexter wrote: > >Everyone, may I suggest "Portland Linux/Unix Group" in place of "General > >Linux/UNIX discussion and help (civil and on-topic)"? > ... > > Seriously, there's a troll born every minute. And if

[PLUG] Main plug list "civil and on-topic"

2013-04-04 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Michael Dexter wrote: >Everyone, may I suggest "Portland Linux/Unix Group" in place of "General >Linux/UNIX discussion and help (civil and on-topic)"? On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 08:21:00AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > Since the flame wars of a decade or so ago have run out of fu