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[Shayne O'Neill]

It is a burst, but it aint the first time. But there pretty irregular (Am
I noticing btw some unresolved tensions among some folk btw...) The
problem with filtering [ot] is that one then needs to ask oneself is , say
, discussion of the windowsworm offtopic or on. What about best
etherswitch for ones bux. ANd even the shuttle thing.... It sure is OT,
but damn if it wasn't at least personality-based on topic. (Why does one
think slashdot is such a clever demographic... Linux, space and Scifi).

It's a hard call. Sometimes OT keeps on sane. Sometimes it gets overboard.

Cheers,
Shayne,

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Simon Scott wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:50, Onno Benschop wrote:
> > While I run the risk of having a flamethrower pointed at me, can I ask
> > if the recent spate of off topic posts is normal. I'm all for
> > conversation, but I did think I subscribed to a Linux list.
> >
> > If this signal to noise ratio is normal, can someone point me at a Linux
> > list with more signal and less noise?
>
> I think youll find that the recent spate of OT messages are waaaay beyond the
> norm. While its a pretty casual list, normally its pretty much on topic.
> Sometimes it wanders into hardware and MS specific issues (especially when MS
> bugs cause undue load on linux servers) but in general its Linux software and
> especially the application of linux in real-life scenarios.... with a bit of
> troubleshooting thrown in.
>
> You could ofcourse spend a few minutes and direct any [plug][ot] messages to
> /dev/null.... depending on the mailer you use.
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