Explain to me again why Unity is so great...

[Roy Smith]

On 04/27/2011 01:50 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 20:35 +0200, Amedee Van Gasse wrote: 
>> On Wed, April 27, 2011 18:51, Ric Moore wrote:
>>
>>> I guess a filter on OT alone would do as a filter.
>>
>> What about this thread:
>>
>>
>> Subject:  	F-SPOT problems
>> From:  	"Kipton Moravec" <kip at kdream.com>
>> Date:  	Sat, September 11, 2010 22:03
> 
> Heh, we need a better "maker's mark" to filter on. On the old Caldera
> list we used <TID> (thread is deteriorating) quite successfully. Mad Dog
> would post his latest shenanigans, along with some of the Founding
> Fathers of Linux joining in. We had a real ~interesting~ list. People
> that could afford the initial sticker shock of the price of a Caldera
> CD, grew the list into a personable place to hang out; for technical
> info, personal sharing and the mystical search for the "Right Thing". 
> 
> But anyone not using <TID> got called out quickly. Just like top posting
> and the use of html. It proved very workable for some time, until Ray
> Norda no longer ran things. Sadly, most jumped ship when it all changed.

Why not just let people use what's convenient for them and filter for
either one.  Just allow for [OT] and <OT> then have your filter set for
<OT> OR [OT].  A simpler filter would be ?OT? if your filter allowed for
wildcards.

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Roy Smith
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04/30/2011 09:56:44 PM