[ale] Please stop spamming the list (Was: Re: researcher develops new secure login procedure)

[Jerald Sheets]

Well, the thing is, the "powers that be" like it that way.

I made suggestions regarding possibilities of splitting into "OT" and "On topic" lists, gave some examples of other lists around the country that were doing it successfully, and was vilified STRONGLY on this very list for even offering the notion.

So, if you're going to hang out here, you're going to get everything from Aardvarks to Zebras, and you really can't complain about any of it.  The only thing to do, then, is to hang out, be civil, ignore what doesn't apply or is off topic, and comment where you are interested or can be helpful. 

Attacking each other solves nothing and scares away newbies from asking questions, afraid they'll get the same treatment.  


On Oct 11, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:

> On 10/11/2013 12:53 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
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>> So, from this list, you can clearly see three things.  A) This list has plenty of OT content, whether I'm contributing or not.  B) most of the OT messages are flagged as OT, including those by me.  C) Some people who post OT messages, including you and me and others, don't mark the message OT some of the time.
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> The signal to noise ratio sucks.
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> Occasional OT is fine, but what about pure Linux related stuff that is _VERY_ technical in nature.  Or lt least more technical than an install of Ubuntu and what you see on the screen and what you click on the screen.
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