>I think that one of the reasons that people get sidetracked so much, aside >from rampant ADD, is that some of us are nitpicking when we'd do better to >concentrate on solving technical issues. However. there's a huge overlap >of technical, community, government, politics and legislative issues, so a >sidetrack is sometimes a lot more interesting and fruitful than the tech >problems that can be answered in a few messages.
Very well put. Over the years computers have become more mainstream so "community, government, politics and legislative issues" that we would never post about are now just as important as the bits and bytes. >FWIW, a hot rant or flame every so often is good for the soul. I've been >laughing at the Windoze/M$ comments this week. I think some folks have trouble laughing. That's a shame. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
