I'm tempted to be smartassed and say something like Why don't we start a eug-lug-tech list so that we don't clutter the main list with useless technical questions that no one can answer?
On the one hand, I do sort of understand where dexter's coming from and wouldn't want to squelch that kind of energy. On the other hand I do sort of see a certain decline in the overall level and tone of the postings on the list within the past several months with opinions being expressed for shock value (or entertainment value) and reasonably serious technical questions going unanswered, or being answered in a flippant smug manner that makes us all look like snotty brats with keyboards. My Question: How can we use this list (as a group) to grow our knowledge (as individuals) of unix/gnu/linux programming / admin /hardware. http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) http://allie.office.efn.org/phpwiki/index.php?OregonPublicNetworking On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Dexter Graphic wrote: > > Ben Barrett wrote: > > I personally think this thread should move to another list > > altogether! > > Why is it that you think a discussion of ethics, freedom, > openness, and enhanced human creativity (the achievement of > real advances in civilization) does not belong on this list? > In my view it is the very essence of what the free software > community and open-source movement is all about. > > Dexter >
