Off topic and other offensive posts

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Thu May 7 18:17:21 UTC 2009


Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Thu, 7 May 2009 10:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
> Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> There is more of this crap being discussed on the list, than actual
>> Ubuntu and OS issues and I wonder why.
>>     
>
> I used to audit a garden pond group on Usenet where the off-topic posts
> would grow and grow.  It was finally discovered that OT grew during the
> times when ponders were inside for the winter and pond subjects just
> didn't apply to peoples lives.
> I submit to you that Ubuntu is so user-friendly and obvious that tech
> questions are becoming more and more unlikely and the list is bound to
> become more and more off-topic.  
>
> I further submit that that's a /good/ thing! (user-friendliness, that
> is)
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
>   
    I think the Subject should read Re: OT: Off topic and other 
offensive posts so that IT conforms to the way things are supposed to be.


Karl





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