<OT> Re: Explain to me again why Unity is so great...

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-04-30 at 21:57 -0500, Roy Smith wrote: 
> 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.

As Alan pointed out, OT pops up in a lot of other words and a filter
would blow them off into the trash can. So, the filter would have to be
specific and we'd need to agree on <OT> or [OT] for it to be
simpler. ?OT? would catch a word like BOTS as well. I'd vote for <OT> as
I just hold down the shift key with my little finger as I type it out.
Ric

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