really? we've just had some very interesting and articulate ideas discussed that are relevant to Linux users. This sort of thing attracts intelligent people. Honestly I get the impression that some people are blowing it out of proportion because they have some stupid petty agenda. -jmz On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Ryan Rix wrote: > Joshua Zeidner wrote: > >> I mean god, a few extra >> emails in your inbox and the world is coming to an end?  get over it. > > The problem is that for a new user, who is instantly presented with a fairly > heated discussion on politics that may or may not contain > FUD/untrue/misinformed thoughts could possible deter said user from > participating in a NOT-OT discussion, or from participating in the list at > all. > > It's not about 'getting over it' or anything, it's about making sure that > the list is about, well, discussing GNU/Linux :) The politics, while > interesting and engaging detract from this for users who may not be able to > go through all of their plug-discuss mail all day, or may not want to take > part in these discussions. Many of those users may be lurkers on the list > for this very reason... > > I'm not saying that something -needs- to occur, only that a discussion > regarding it -needs- to occur. I understand that these discussions may be > productive in the getting-people-to-talk-and-articulate-their-thoughts > department, but they pretty much fail in the talk-about-gnu/linux > department... > > -- > --- > Ryan Rix > (623)-826-0051 > > Seriously, the way I did this was by using a special /sbin/loader binary > with debugging hooks that I made ("dd" is your friend: binary editors > are for wimps). >        -- Linus Torvalds, in an article on a dnserver > > http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com | http://twitter.com/phrkonaleash > XMPP: phrkonaleash@gmail.com          | MSN: phrkonaleash@yahoo.com > AIM:  phrkonaleash                    | Yahoo: phrkonaleash > IRC:  PhrkOnLsh@irc.freenode.net/#srcedit,#teensonlinux,#plugaz and >      countless other FOSS channels. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss