Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-24 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all, On Sunday 24 Apr 2011 03:20:39 Joel Limardo wrote: I must have skipped the previous e-mails when all of this discussion about swearing started. I think there are times when a good curse word most adequately describes a situation, but these instances are exceedingly rare. When I look

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-24 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Sunday 24 Apr 2011 04:29:14 Peter Scott wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:08:49 -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: PLEASE (i am being nice but loud) get this off the advocacy list. it has nothing to do with it. I agree. The description of this list is: A discussion list for Perl advocacy. There

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-24 Thread Jacinta Richardson
Shlomi Fish wrote: wanting to help them. As a result, I suggest moving it to advocacy@perl.org (or maybe beginners-c...@perl.org or possibly perl-c...@perl.org , if Ask and friends will be kind enough to set it up (modelled after the haskell-cafe concept, where discussions are moved from the

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-24 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Jacinta, (top-posting) Very good advice, thanks! Yes, you are perfectly right. OK, now we'll need to wait for the @perl.org mail admins to set up a $something-c...@perl.org mailing list (hoping they would agree.). So I'm killing this thread here. Regards, Shlomi Fish On

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-23 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Brian, and all. please read my entire response. On Saturday 23 Apr 2011 22:22:13 Brian Fraser wrote: On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Marilyn Sander, Ken Armstrong marilyn-san...@earthlink.net wrote: The F-bomb is totally unnecessary. Such language is for teenagers who do not yet

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-23 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Shawn, moving to advocacy@perl.org . On Saturday 23 Apr 2011 20:24:36 Shawn H Corey wrote: On 11-04-23 12:53 PM, Casey West wrote: 1. What did you do that doesn’t fit with our Lincoln School Rules? (Be specific and start with “I”) Wow. The very first thing they have to think about is

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-23 Thread Uri Guttman
PLEASE (i am being nice but loud) get this off the advocacy list. it has nothing to do with it. uri -- Uri Guttman -- u...@stemsystems.com http://www.sysarch.com -- - Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support -- - Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-23 Thread Joel Limardo
I must have skipped the previous e-mails when all of this discussion about swearing started. I think there are times when a good curse word most adequately describes a situation, but these instances are exceedingly rare. When I look back in history and think of some barring my rights to vote or

Re: Nature of this list

2011-04-23 Thread Peter Scott
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:08:49 -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: PLEASE (i am being nice but loud) get this off the advocacy list. it has nothing to do with it. I agree. The description of this list is: A discussion list for Perl advocacy. There are usually success stories, news stories about or