Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS released

[Basil Chupin]

On 23/08/2010 19:23, ms wrote:
> On 23/08/10 02:26, Johnneylee Rollins wrote:
>    
>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>      
>>> On 08/22/2010 05:39 PM, ms wrote:
>>>        
>>>> On 21/08/10 11:26, Res wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>>             Hard to believe since I wrote only 8 emails to this list this
>>>>>> week and cannot see how they could do so much damage.  If your so
>>>>>> worried about my misleading other users by all means you need to correct
>>>>>> what I write. Then maybe I can learn as well
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>> or, you could STFU and stay out of what you know nothing about, there are
>>>>> many knowledgable folk here who will answer people with their need for
>>>>> help and will learn the right way, and, you too can learn the right way by
>>>>> reading those replies, you far too often but in when you know nothing
>>>>> about it, throwing in ' thoughts of what might be, in your opinion '
>>>>> thats dangerous, Karl, this has been brought to your attention many a time
>>>>> before, its about time you listened to them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> Can't just the guy be banned from the list? I think there is consensus
>>>> he's a net negative.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>           Better that you be banned. I am NOT a net negative. I have been
>>> on this list from well before you were old enough to send your first
>>> message  with trash.
>>>        
>> Isn't that just a testament to how long you've been polluting the list?
>> Also, no one is getting banned, just stop your stupid damn whining.
>> Lol, old people these days. :(
>> They just ain't what they used to be, or in this case, maybe they are.
>> Once a troll...
>>
>> ~SpaceGhost
>>
>>      
> No, I mean, isn't there a mail blocking mechanism? A way for stuff to be
> filtered out?
> This is a technical, public mailing list. People look for help here. If
> people pollute it with false and misleading information, repeatidly,
> this has to be stopped for the good of the service. It's a real problem.
> It's even worse than spam.
>
> m.
>    

It's all very much subjective, isn't?

And it is a problem.

What sort of blocking mechanism are you suggesting?

My wife participates in a couple of forums and she typed, "skyscraper" 
in one of her posts - and this got REJECTED!

Why?

Because the word contained "rape".

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BC

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