Amen, Brother.  Preach it!

larry a price ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 
>
>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
>>
>
>

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