From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 29 17:55:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45DFD37B41A for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:55:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (win.atkielski.com [10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fAU1tBx05270; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:55:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <02fe01c17942$0c8a30b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Nils Holland" Cc: "Ken Bolingbroke" , References: <20011129213220.I6240-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:55:11 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nils writes: > May I interrupt you for a moment and ask what > is actually the use of discussing very irrelevant > topics? I have not followed this thread, neither > am I going to get involved in it, but I wonder > what purpose this discussion actually serves. According to the subject line, this was originally a discussion of the suitability of FreeBSD for the desktop. > I have seen people complaining about off-topic > threads on this list. Interestingly, such off-topic > threads would not exist if people simply would > not reply to off-topic messages, or stop a thread > (or continue it as a personal discussion), as > soon as it has lost it's value regarding the > charter for this list. True. The fact that people continue the thread, and even retitle it, implies that at least a few are interested in the topic. When I see messages on topics that do not interest me, I do not read or reply to them. It seems illogical to participate in a thread I fine useless just to complain about people participating in a thread I find useless--don't you agree? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message