This list has always had its noise, it's unavoidable. It definitely seems to be higher during the Summer months when the traffic is low.
That being said, it's an invaluable resource. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? I agree the noise here is far too high lately... But I don't delete the messages (takes time) or use conversation view; is it that hard just to ignore a thread, not read it, and move on? Read what's important. Most on topic questions get answered quickly and thoroughly imo. I think a little noise is needed to build a network and trust within the contributors. It gives my a good laugh too from time to time. Stu always seems to chime in at the right time to put things to a halt. -Sam ________________________________ From: Christopher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Good NT sysadmin list? Yeah, thank goodness for Gmail's conversation sorting (it has its moments..). Althought I totally agree with Ben, you have to admit that the signal itself has been pretty low lately so it makes the noise seem a lot worse.. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: If it weren't for OWA 2010's conversation view, I would've had to drop out awhile ago. Thankfully, the Exchange list isn't quite as noisy. The only other "quality" forums I know of also have high-noise. ________________________________________ From: Ken Schaefer [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? Personally I don't really want to wade through 100 messages deleting 75 of them. When you get 5-600 messages a day, pressing delete for 75% of them isn't scalable. I'm with Ben - can we either have less noise, or can someone recommend a better list? Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 28 August 2009 6:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? I'd be worried more if that 25% actually took up 25% of my time. But the delete key's a beautiful thing. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Good NT sysadmin list? Anyone here know of a good email list to discuss NT sysadmin issues? Seriously, folks, the signal-to-noise ratio on this list is going to hell. Today we had 15 messages on the definition of a word (here's a tip: www.google.com), 37 on a cartoon, 8 on banjos, 5 on the security of Mac's, 7 that were basically bitching about lack of recognition in one's job, 4 asking if the list was up (email asking if email was working?!?), and 1 get-well wish in a 3-day-old banned thread. That's 77. Oh, and about 20 that were actually something like on-topic. That's a ratio of about 4:1, or 25%. Twenty five percent. Ponder that a bit. Would you work for 25% of your pay? Would you pass a student with a 25% grade average? I think it's one thing to have the occasional off-topic message or thread, or occasional joke. This is something else entirely. This is the occasional on-topic message in a sea of crap. I've seen Stu kill more threads in the past 7 days than I've seen him do in the previous year. Is it too much to ask that people act like adults and exercise a little self-discipline? Whatever happened to "on-topic and low noise"? I realize I've been a sometime contributor to some of this myself, and from this point forward I'm going to strive not to be. I ask that you please all join me in that. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
