In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hi folks, > >I find it absolutely OK to have some off-topic mails on this list now and >then. But in the last weeks there has been a neverending *huge* flood of >absolutely non QL-related traffic. > >PC's, Microsoft, the related software and the related viruses and the >related problems will never end, and there are enough forums where they can >be discussed. There is no reason why these forums are not used, and the >ql-users list is constantly abused instead. Why don't you open a >ms-users-and-smalltalk-list? > >Please see that I'm not talking about just a few mails now and then - >that's fine by me! I'm talking about floods of mails. > >The consequence is, that I will now leave the list, because I don't have >the time to handle this anymore. I'll unsubscribe after this mail. I don't know about the rest of you but I have always seen this list as the cybernetic equivalent of the chat in the pub after a QL show. There are some groups of people earnestly discussing some aspects of code or esoteric uses of hardware and others (like Dave Walker and I suddenly finding we have a shared liking for the music of Judie Tzukie) exploring other co-incidences of interest.
Quite apart from that most people on this list access it via M$ systems and are, as such, prone to the juvenile antics of those who have the mistaken idea that it is big to write and disseminate virus code. We all need to understand and protect ourselves against this because one slip could pass infections to the rest of us. No-one should ever be smug about their level of virus protection or ability to deal with it so, since this is an Internet and email based discussion all, of the mails on this are on topic. Wear blinkers - get run down. -- Roy Wood Q Branch, 20 Locks Hill Portslade. Sussex. BN41 2LB. UK Tel : +44 (0)1273 386030 Fax : +44 (0)1273 430501 (New number!) Mobile +44(0)7836 745501 Web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk
