On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 05:33, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > i really do have the confidence in you to understand that you'd followed the > thread. it was specifically mentioned that people should post me *off-list* > if they are keen on doing so on the above mentioned subject line [and that > the subject-lines on this list are way off the mark is another story !!], > you really cannot be taking so much things into assumption while picking on > this subject line.
it is not the subject line that i was writing about, but the *contents* of some letters that seemed irrelevant to me. and i said nothing against you. it was a general appeal. why do you feel obliged to defend yourself? > anyway since you did post it and since you do have a > point, let us then for a moment read out exactly what is *relevant* to the > list. relevance my dear sir is a very relative word without doubt. but ask yourself if hardware vendor addresses aren't off-topic on a linux-related list. and this is only one example. everyone sends an OT mail now and then; it just struck me that perhaps the trend had become a little too rampant in the past few days. > and especially that > proverb about meat and poison comes to mind. just to remind you that this is > not meant to be an apology for the post[s] that i made, and why should you apologise at all? i didn't even think about you (or about anybody in particular, for that matter) when i wrote that. what is more, my letter wasn't an accusation, but an appeal to ourselves. > but just another > point. and while we are on the issue of relevance, how does it feel to > download ~12 mails all with the inanity "i agree"/"i disagree" to > something.... yes, that is there, too. so what's your point? > these are things you feel the need to discuss with *friends* and list is > sometimes the best we can get to a community feeling going. goes without saying. this list is one of the best fora available to me for friendly technical discussion. and i was only trying to suggest an improvement so that it becomes more focused and helpful. but i was a little confused and taken aback by your misgivings. i only suggested that we should write fewer off-topic mails. this is such a matter of course on most technical lists that i didn't think anyone would even bother to reply. but now that you have replied, could you explain what it is exactly that you are griping against? are you trying to say we should continue to freely exchange all kinds of information through this list? or that since relevance is such a relative concept, nothing should be considered off-topic? frankly, i don't get your meaning. but since you are usually such a responsible writer, i am assuming there must be some meaning in your letter though i fail to see it. do you care to point it out for me? - t. -- cogito, ergo es. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
