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

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Unfortunately, I would NEVER recommend a newbie to this list.

Ron



Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:

>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:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> The signal to noise ratio sucks.
>> 
>> 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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