On 05/17/2010 07:57 PM, Russell Deneault wrote: > I joined this list recently to see about participating more with PLUG. > Is this really what a Linux-oriented mailing list is about? My mailbox > as never been so full of crap. > > What's the usual ratio of rabid howling to actual technical discussion?
The list will be solidly technical for two or three weeks at a time. Then a hot political topic comes along that generates a huge amount of off topic traffic. On rare occasions threads refuse to die so list admins have had to kill them. > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Craig White <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 19:12 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:08 PM, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > http://huertanix.tumblr.com wrote: > > > > > Ubsubscried, > > > > What does Ubsubscried mean? > > > > > > > > > > > > It means: I'm going to throw a hissy fit if anyone calls illegal > > aliens what they are. > ---- > it means that there are some who cannot exert self control and abuse > this list to push their political views. > > I'm somewhat close to unsubscribing at this point. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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