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I'm sorry - I couldn't resist!!<br>
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Alex Nordstrom wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Friday, 18 November 2005 09:54, Alex Polglaze wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Chris Caston wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Off-topic seems to be used more for casual chitchat
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The OT list doesn't get used for discussions that people find
interesting because not enough people are subscribed to it. Not enough
people are subscribed to it because it doesn't get used for discussions
that people find interesting. At some point, someone has to play the
role of either the chicken or the egg.
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Seems we have plenty of people who are chicken [to use the off-topic
list], so what we need is a few good eggs.<br>
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<pre wrap="">I don't read the OT list, I haven't got time, but I like the regular
list.
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Funny, that's how some of us feel about OT threads on the main list. I
haven't got the time.
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Agree entirely. More people should subscribe to both and the lists
should be used for what they are for.<br>
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Meanwhile, some simple mail filters would help solve the problem for
people who don't want to manually pick and choose what they read.<br>
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Off-topic into one folder to read later etc.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> From my point of view, the list is made up of technical people, but
all of us have a life outside "techieville". Sometimes, the things
that interest us, interest others as well.
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A lot of people like porn, but that doesn't mean one should post it to
the list either.
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Really. Damn.<br>
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...I'm kidding!!!<br>
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