On Tue, 22 May 2007 01:33:53 -0400
Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What I fail to understand is what difference does it make if text is
> above or below a sig delimiter?
It doesn't.
> Either it is offensive or it is not.
What is offensive or isn't is entirely up to the reader.
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 03:34:25AM +, s. keeling wrote:
> Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:31:12PM +, s. keeling wrote:
> > >
> > > No. Think about what you're saying. Sigs are a time honoured
> > > practice, and if you don't like one, hit delete an
Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:31:12PM +, s. keeling wrote:
> > Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > thread I started (Good, evil, etc) was a response to a sig that I felt
> > > attacked religion unfairly. Many people use quite provocative sigs,
>
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:53:44AM -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> >So, let me see if I understand this. The things for which Michelle,
> >Ron, Michael, Johannes, Judd, Florian and I were criticized, because
> >they were supposedly offensive, would be OK as long as t
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
So, let me see if I understand this. The things for which Michelle,
Ron, Michael, Johannes, Judd, Florian and I were criticized, because
they were supposedly offensive, would be OK as long as they were in a
sig?
If they also honored the four-line sig netiquette, y
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 04:31:12PM +, s. keeling wrote:
> Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > I see your point about offensiveness, but I'll point out that the OT
> > thread I started (Good, evil, etc) was a response to a sig that I felt
> > attacked religion unfairly. Many people use quit
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:34:55PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:34:50PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
>
> > This type of guideline means a whole heck of a lot more than large
> > sweeping corrections. Plus, we do need someone to thwack the
> > responder(s) from time
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:34:50PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> This type of guideline means a whole heck of a lot more than large
> sweeping corrections. Plus, we do need someone to thwack the
> responder(s) from time to time. Many could do this, specifically and
> privately over private e-mail.
On 18.05.07 23:59, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> Between those who post OT threads, and those who whine about the OT
> threads, it's hard to say what's more annoying.
I understand those tho whine. I don't understand those who are OT.
> PS, I'm pretty excited about the Ottawa Senators/Buffalo Sabres ga
* Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-20 01:04:15 -0400]:
> Hoping for a resolution without bloodshed,
Hear,here.
Regards,
Klein.
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M. Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Personally, I had already decided that, from now on, any off topic
rambling by the people we have already mentioned will cause an
immediate reply, both on the list and to the moderators, requesting,
with links to this thread, that they ar
Hi all,
I really, honestly think this thread has gone on quite long
enough--it has degenerated into an argument over whether or not OT
posters have taken the hint, and I really don't see that getting
anywhere. So, to summarize what I think has been said so far:
1) Offtopic posts are out of contro
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On Sat, May 19, 2007 17:55:34 PM -0400, Miles Fidelman
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>Ple
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 12:34:29AM +, s. keeling wrote:
> Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 10:15:01PM +0200, M. Fioretti wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 19, 2007 14:34:50 PM -0400, Greg Folkert
> > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > > That changes many t
Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 10:15:01PM +0200, M. Fioretti wrote:
> > On Sat, May 19, 2007 14:34:50 PM -0400, Greg Folkert
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > > That changes many thing. First off BANNING is not the answer. It
> > > will be seen a a "bad
M. Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Personally, I had already decided that, from now on, any off topic
> rambling by the people we have already mentioned will cause an
> immediate reply, both on the list and to the moderators, requesting,
> with links to this thread, that they are banned from
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 10:15:01PM +0200, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 14:34:50 PM -0400, Greg Folkert
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > That changes many thing. First off BANNING is not the answer. It
> > will be seen a a "bad thing" by the blogosphere and some journalists
> > that
On Sat, May 19, 2007 17:55:34 PM -0400, Miles Fidelman
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >Please avoid this kind of technical suggestions in this thread:
> >
> >* it is still the same unacceptable "since you can buy ear plugs, I
> > can yell whenever I want" attitude. See my previous messages
> >
>
* Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-19 17:55:34 -0400]:
> Enough already, or does somebody have to mention Nazis?
Nazis. There, I did it...
Regards,
Klein
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M. Fioretti wrote:
On Sat, May 19, 2007 17:19:31 PM -0400, Miles Fidelman
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
M. Fioretti wrote:
No, sorry, the problem is a concrete, objective one:
* everybody with any metered connection _pays_ real money every time
these characters rerun their show
On Sat, May 19, 2007 14:34:50 PM -0400, Greg Folkert
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> That changes many thing. First off BANNING is not the answer. It
> will be seen a a "bad thing" by the blogosphere and some journalists
> that see only bad things.
You mean more bad than "the main support forum of o
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Greg Folkert wrote:
> No, there is another way, making all Debian lists subscriber only.
And what exactly is this going to solve? How many of the "offenders" are
not subscribed already?
Besides, I would definitely not want all lists to be subscriber
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 20:13 +0200, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 11:18:22 AM -0500, Gnu_Raiz
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > What it comes down to pretty much is some people want a moderated
> > debian-user list! The only choice left is to see if you can
> > change, the list typ
On Sat, May 19, 2007 11:18:22 AM -0500, Gnu_Raiz
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> What it comes down to pretty much is some people want a moderated
> debian-user list! The only choice left is to see if you can
> change, the list type to moderated, or add more to the code of
> conduct.
I don't kno
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anyone receiving their email via ham radio would be in a bit of a pickle
>since it would be them that caused such messages to be transmitted on
>ham frequencies.
Thats a good point, we should be considerate of other users, when we make
our ra
On Sat, May 19, 2007 01:50:10 AM -0500, Gnu_Raiz
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> ROFL Those are some true words short and sweet and to the point!
> Nice! I consider this like the newspaper how many people read the
> whole paper cover to cover?
One main difference is that the real cost of the newspap
> Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Between those who post OT threads, and those who whine about the OT
>threads, it's hard to say what's more annoying.
>
>I dunno. I just ignore 'em all.
>Mark
ROFL Those are some true words short and sweet and to the point! Nice! I
consider this like the
Between those who post OT threads, and those who whine about the OT
threads, it's hard to say what's more annoying.
I dunno. I just ignore 'em all.
Mark
PS, I'm pretty excited about the Ottawa Senators/Buffalo Sabres game
this Saturday.
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Gnu_Raiz wrote:
> Let me get this straight developers are complaining about OT topics, how
> it takes up their developer time. But they manage to compile a list of
> offenses made by people who read the list? Then they threaten to leave
> due to issues of people not being on topic?
>
Naa! He
Gnu_Raiz wrote:
> Let me get this straight developers are complaining about OT topics, how
> it takes up their developer time. But they manage to compile a list of
> offenses made by people who read the list? Then they threaten to leave
> due to issues of people not being on topic?
>
> Then t
Let me get this straight developers are complaining about OT topics, how
it takes up their developer time. But they manage to compile a list of
offenses made by people who read the list? Then they threaten to leave
due to issues of people not being on topic?
Then they wonder why Etch was late
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