Hi Kenneth -<br>Thanks for the input! I appreciate you taking the time to write it out. I am brand spanking new to this list and am looking to contribute as I can and also benefit from the discussions!<br><br clear="all">Cheers,<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Kenneth Hawkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kjurkic@yahoo.ca">kjurkic@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Hi all<br><br>I mostly just lurk here, but work intensively with Ubuntu (servers as VBox hosts, plus LAMP servers as guests; my desktop is U8.10, & have many single-purpose appliances)<br>
<br>I have been a newsgroup/mailing list/forum subscriber since before the "web" (anyone here remember BBS's?, 1200baud modems? Overnight floppy image downloads?)<br><br>ALL lists suffer from OTD at some point or another. No matter what list you join, this will occur. In the old days of structured moderation (also remember when that was a PAID job at some locations), the restrictions on OT discussion actually stifled the sense of community that can develop when folks with similar interests are collaborating.<br>
<br>I am more active in many international newsgroups, and despite many Americans' anal-rectal inversion
syndrome vis-a-vis economics & politics, I find many of them very likable otherwise, and do not get bent when the inevitable ranting starts up. THAT IS WHAT THE DELETE KEY IS FOR.<br><br>Most email client programs also have the ability to automatically filter out any postings from particular senders (we used to call that the 'twit filt...<br>
</div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Chris Kata <<a href="mailto:ckata@sparkinternetmarketing.com" target="_blank">ckata@sparkinternetmarketing.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, October 26, 2009 8:28:28 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: I need the link to remove
myself from the list<br></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>I am new to the group - so please excuse me if I am out of line. But I agree as well. Perhaps a link to a off list blog post to carry on the off topic conversation would have been better. But so far I like the group and would not want to see anyone leave over this.<br>
<br clear="all">Cheers,<br>Christopher Kata<br>Chief Technology Officer<br>Spark Internet Marketing Corporation <br><br>E-mail. <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ckata@sparkinternetmarketing.com" target="_blank">ckata@sparkinternetmarketing.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Andrew Mathenge <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mathenge@gmail.com" target="_blank">mathenge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a><br><br></div>Personally, I don't see a lot of off-topic posts and I don't think that going off-topic once in a while is a bad thing. Most lists are bound to do this.<br>
<br>Cheers.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Andrew.</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:candive1@gmail.com" target="_blank">candive1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I have a brain injury and sometimes get confused.<br>
Thank you<br>
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