[ale] Fwd: Georgia Bill Would Prohibit Subsidies For Municpal Broadband - Slashdot

[Lightner, Jeff]

The SNR issue isn't quite as bad as the pure vitriol that hits the list in discussions of this nature.   There was quite a heated discussion a few years back on splitting the list (which also led to some people leaving the list).   The issue has come up several times but the list has NOT split and is NOT likely to do so given how often it has come up with no such split occurring.  I'd hate to see that whole can of worms opened again.

Hopefully we can all just agree that there are varying opinions on whether such a split is a good idea but accept that it isn't going to happen and not rehash the reasons why it is a good or bad idea.





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Chris Fowler
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:13 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Fwd: Georgia Bill Would Prohibit Subsidies For Municpal Broadband - Slashdot

On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 19:33 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> Honestly...  The signal to noise ratio is far better on this list than
> on several other lists I've put up with.  Some people are not going to
> put up with anything and, in their leaving, do the very damn thing
> they object to - add to the noise and degrade the signal to try and
> make a personal point.  So be it.

For many years I thought it may be time to split ALE in ALE and ALP.  P
is for professionals.  Those that make a living using Linux vs those
that do it on the side.

I run Linux on my desktop 24x7

cfowler at compaq-desktop:~/Downloads$ uptime
 15:07:46 up 44 days, 18:13, 11 users,  load average: 0.12, 0.10, 0.13

Those 11 users are my xterms :)

I do not berate Windows users.  I learned a long time ago that to learn
anything immersion is required.  Dual booting allows us to gravitate to
what is easiest.  Even if I did dual-boot Linux would be easiest and I
would still boot it.  I know others who "are Linux" but gravitate to
boot Windows.

I think the SNR on this list is bad.  It could be because the list has
been around for so long.  I've quit a few times, but always came back.
Maybe it is because I've been here since 1995.






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