Re: [NTLK] [VVOT] WTF?

From: Brian Pearce (bpearce_at_cloud9.net)
Date: Mon May 03 2004 - 07:27:39 PDT


> Okay, I've seen OT threads come and go. What is so hard about keeping
> Newtontalk on topic? Is it just that Newtontalk is the only mailing
> list some people subscribe to? I'm on *dozens* of lists, and Newtontalk
> is the *only* one that ventures this far off the road. Honestly, I'm
> more curious than anything, but why can't the OT threads become Off
> Mailinglist threads?

One could reasonably say that this says a great deal about the diverse
interests and intelligence of the membership.

I don't much care for most of the wildly off-topic stuff, but I just
ignore it. (Of course, I know it's a different case for people reading
the Digests or reading the list on a MessagePad.)

BRIAN/bpearce_at_cloud9.net

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