>
> Rather than use some off irc server, why not use OPN - Open Projects Net
> that has hundreds of mirrored and synced servers and is guaranteed to be
> around more than an off personal server.
Is the stuff saved in an archive somewhere in case you want to search
for questions/answers/flames/whines/whatever?
> FWIW: Many of the larger LUGs use OPN currently.
>
> -Derek
>
> > > Rather than cluttering up the list with jabber related trolling, it might
> > > be more appropriate to ask if there's a announcement related mailing list,
> > > or something along those lines. Most organizations have one.
Hmm. Seems we've got an announce list already... (I checked ;-)
> > > Since there's a lot of crosstalk between organizations around here, as you
> > > yourself point out, it makes some sort of sense that the PLUG list, which
> > > is the most general and least Official[tm] list of these organizations,
> > > have a lot of the jabber that is an unavoidable side effect of this form
> > > of communication.
> > >
> > > This is the reason I have PLUG in it's own folder, as I have AZIPA, AzPHP,
Same here. One thing I like about the PLUG is that it is pretty informal.
However, at work I'm on a bunch of 'bb's (mailing lists by a stupid name),
and even there sometimes the 'discussion' can be pretty ... lame? .. so
being More Official [tm] does not guarantee much...
<Old Fart Mode>
I remember the old days of the 'net. Back when UUCP was the primary
means of transport of news (and email, for that matter!). Even in
the old days, flamewars about the appropriateness of a post ended
up burning thousands of times more bandwidth than the initial
post.
</Old Fart Mode>
So, as a reminder to all (myself included) - try to reply to sender
when appropriate, and don't forget that its HARD to do so here
on the plug list!
Now, as to what to do when something is posted that you are *CERTAIN*
will result in multiple posts to the list as replies that were intended
to be private - well, as someone once said - I'm open for suggestions...
> > > ... drowned in the stream of babble. Hooray for procmail.
Long live procmail! (or in my case, the filters of netscape :-)
> > > A complaint was raised against this person in a public forum. They should
Oops, sorry, I hope my comment was not read as a complaint. I was trying
to head off the very thing that happened... Oh, well, next time maybe
I'll just keep my hands in my pocket :-)
> > > be allowed to respond in kind. Do I really care? No. How long would it
> > > take me to delete the post? Yea, about three seconds.
And here I go helping make it last longer! Yikes!
> > > Now, I may be going against the grain here. More people may think that
> > > this is a problem rather than just an unfortunate side effect. In which
> > > case, perhaps a seperate 'plug-useless' mailing list could be set up, or
> > > perhaps a completely different form of communication, such as IRC, or more
> > > appropriately, a Jabber server. :)
I tend to go with Sam here - I think its an unfortunate side effect, and
does not need IRC or anything else.
But then, I *am* an old phart ;-)
rc
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