Hi, >I don't think that this should be such a big deal. Hearing somone elses opinion shouldn't be a problem or a foreign concept. We should >respect and accept that we won't always agree with eachother. I do feel that we have already discussed the OT situation and it was >decided that OT was to be placed on off topic discussions. I do also seem to remember somone posting a solution to filtering out OT >discussions The problem, imo, is that people are acting disrespectful of others and that threads like it bring the signal to noise ratio to virtually zero. I've been battling with DNS for a week and (no offense to Dan Lund, his help is VERY VERY appreciated) i am lost because I have no idea what is going on and neither does Dan. Threads like 'we are screwed' while 'interesting' detract from the point of the mailing list: to discuss GNU/Linux and F/OSS. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Tim Noeding wrote: > I don't think that this should be such a big deal. Hearing somone elses > opinion shouldn't be a problem or a foreign concept. We should respect and > accept that we won't always agree with eachother. I do feel that we have > already discussed the OT situation and it was decided that OT was to be > placed on off topic discussions. I do also seem to remember somone posting a > solution to filtering out OT discussions. > > I personally enjoy reading each and every post whether on or off topic. I > don't think I want any drastic changes to occur because part of the appeal > of this list is the opinion of the posters. I don't want to look at this > list as nothing but an easy button for my linux questions. I want it to > continue being the community I subscribe to. > > Thank you all for your time and patience. > This is being typed on a G1 at work so forgive any grammar or spelling > errors. > > Tim > > I also realize I'm more of a lurker than an actually contributor, but I > tend to enjoy reading rather typing. Mainly because nothing important > typically comes from something typed with your thumbs. > > On Nov 6, 2008 8:46 AM, "Ryan Rix" wrote: > > This seems reasonable :) > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > > > I think it would be p... > Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica > Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace. > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Thanks and best regards, Ryan Rix TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.