I agree. Once you start down the path of who is wasting whose time on these lists, you never come back. Let's be honest, there are many "on topic" conversations that take place that are a huge waste of time for most of us, because they don't apply to our situations. As people who work in IT we should have the capabilities to simply deal with these situations. I for one have server-side rules that move all list traffic away from my Inbox, and if I arrive in the morning to find a long conversation about ISA server (sorry Dr. Tom but I don't use ISA so I just don't care), I simply sort by Subject and toss it all out. Not a big deal. If anyone feels the need to auto-delete mail from myself, Shook or anyone else, I can assure you we won't be offended. After all...You take the good, You take the bad, You take them both and there you have The Facts of Life, The Facts of Life. :-) TVK
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. While I will agree with Kurt that occasionally the conversation here may go a bit more towards the excessive on non-technical arena's, I also have to agree with Andy that when you put this many people that are diverse in every possible way there is no way to avoid the clashing of various backgrounds and mindsets both in joking and perspectives. That is of course unless we wanted to remove all humor and fun from the list and make it strictly a technical resource; which I would not find very fun at all. I think a certain degree of tolerance is required and simply delete/ignore conversations that one finds offensive. We too can of course attempt to mitigate the degree of our horseplay in an attempt to be more sensitive to our fellow guys/gals. If Shook can take the amount of bashing and joking we do with him in jest then I think many of us can do the same. Sorry if you feel offended Kurt, I would hate to lose anyone's contributions because of joking. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. You want some cheese with that whine? Geez, Kurt who hasn't gotten offended by this list? While I have no desire of you to stop contributing, you've got to loosen up. This list is like a technical dinner theater. Good real-life info and advice mixed in with multiple flavors of humor/stress relief. Shook -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. Andy (and the rest of you), Can you please stop with the gay-bashing moronity? I may be straight, but not only are two of my brothers gay, many of my friends as well. It's really annoying. Please, satisfy your juvenile impulses some other way. Kurt On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TVK = homo-troll > > > > Shook > > ________________________________ > > From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. > > > > With the exception of Monday, I'll be at the same events each evening so > hopefully you won't be ducking me like in Seattle. :-P > > Perhaps breakfast or lunch someday would work for everybody? > > (I must give credit for this wonderful idea to EZ, apparently he gets up > earlier when Shook can't keeping him up late at night.) > > > > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:11 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. > > > > I'd love to meet up with y'all sometime. On Monday is the publisher's dinner > though, on Tuesday is the MVP party, on Wednesday is the "Key Influencer" > party, and Thursday is the theme park event. > > > > What about during the day? :-P > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:15 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th. > > > > OK...The TechEd pass went fast! > > On a similar note, the TechNet group is having a party on Wednesday night > (the 11th) at TechEd. Perhaps that may be a good place to socialize. > Assuming most of us attending have TechNet subscriptions. (Maybe a bad > assumption.) > > Let me know if you are interested and I will email you the info on how to > get registered. > > TVK > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
