[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why are we bringing politics to this list (including the petition > itself - it isn't about fuel, it's about politics)? There are other > forums for such things. Can't we stick to the reason this list exists > and the one thing we all have in common?
Please don't take this personally, I think it makes a good reminder to all list members. The letters NPC in a subject line mean "No Power Content." The letters NMC mean "No Miata Content." They are self exclusive - I may want to turbo my lawnmower - definitely power content, yet NMC. I may want to get opinions about upholstery kits for my 1990 Miata - definitely miata content yet NPC. I may to discuss the current flamingo in Croatia - neither power nor Miata content so NMC and NPC. The intent is to use your mail applications filtering system, if you prefer, to automatically move content marked NPC and or NMC into a different folder, or even delete it directly from the server before downloading. May members (Larry is the first that springs to mind IIRC) use this feature religiously. It's nice to know that I can talk smack about him right behind his back only because he actively chooses to ignore conversations about him... :P About 95% of the time list members are accurately tagging their subject lines. Occasionally a thread slips by, but normally the first or second responder will add the tag to the thread for everyone else's benefit. Personally I like to read the NPC and NMC material. I consider the vast majority of the people on this list to be close, personal, yet largely unmet friends of mine. I have been a member of this list for 10 years, longer than I have known most of my real life friends. It's a way for us to have conversations about things other that Miatae, largely because this list has the best brainpower quotient than all but one of the various internet based forums/email lists I belong to*. I know I can come here for answers to questions ranging from atoms to electronics to geothermal power and someone has an answer, or knows where to find a really intelligent answer. Brad * The "winner" would be forums.compiz-fusion.org only because of the amazing capabilities of the application programmers and the remarkable things they do with Compiz Fusion. Don't believe me? Look up Compiz on Youtube and be prepared to be amazed. Linux ain't what it used to be! _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
