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[Shayne]

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And we prove where not propellor heads because we chose to have a talk about,
oh say... Klingon , Ham radio or  Lego rather than "computers, sex and beer" 
:)

Point taken tho :)

On Tuesday 04 February 2003 23:55, Jon Miller wrote:
> Alex has a point as most non-IT folks think computer IT people are
> nothing more than a bunch of propeller heads who have no personality or
> know any other subject other than computers, sex and beer (doesn't sound
> too bad does it 8-)).
>
> J
>
> On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 08:35, Alex Polglaze wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > I have to agree. Sometimes the topics are quite interesting even though
> > they have nothing to do with Linux, but that is just life, nothing is
> > that pure. Life is an amalgam and so a bit off OT discussion is a stress
> > relief I find.
> >
> > So whilst there is a lot of junk, there is always the delete button if
> > you are too busy.
> >
> > <Tangent> Following the Columbia -> bushfire (?) discussion, would a
> > guest speaker talking about a non Linux subject, such as the bushfire
> > control/ burnoff policy be of interest to PLUG? It would be a chance for
> > members to hear from an expert that they may not necessarily have
> > otherwise.
> >
> > It could be plug policy that one a quarter or six months, a non linux
> > topic guest speaker address the group.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > Alex