From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 11:29:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F18016A4CE; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:29:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A865143D5F; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:29:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91) with ESMTP id <20041228112926i9100rfinne>; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:29:28 +0000 Message-ID: <41D14393.7080803@nbritton.org> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:29:23 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041219) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joshua Tinnin References: <6587631D.5034AB43.0F75C5EC@netscape.net> <200412280020.16012.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <20041228094838.GA32901@weller-fahy.com> <200412280212.20958.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <200412280212.20958.krinklyfig@spymac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: grog@freebsd.org cc: Wes Peters cc: core@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org cc: "David J. Weller-Fahy" Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:29:29 -0000 Joshua Tinnin wrote: >On Tuesday 28 December 2004 01:48 am, "David J. Weller-Fahy" > wrote: > > >>* Joshua Tinnin [2004-12-28 09:20 +0100]: >> >> >>>"freebsd-questions >>> >>> > >OK, once again that's supposed to be -newbies, but you knew that ... >man, not proofreading my email ... > > > >>>is a general discussion forum for new FreeBSD users >>>to share their experiences and to help each other with non-technical >>>issues. It is not a technical help or support list. See: >>>http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ " >>> >>> >>What about: >> >>Please use this list for general problem solving, sharing ideas, and >>moral support. Take specific technical issues to freebsd-questions. >> >>Most of that's from the charter. >> >> > >Personally, I like that better than mine. I think that pretty much says >everything. Maybe "technical support issues," although that might be >redundant. One nitpicky thing - although punctuation rules say it's >technically correct to use a comma before the last item in a series, >that is archaic usage, and the most commonly accepted modern rule is to >leave it off. So, it would be better as: "... problem solving, sharing >ideas and moral support." It's not that big of a deal, but it's better >to use accepted punctuation rules, and, besides, if it ends up the >other way it's going to drive me crazy. Sorry, but I was raised by a >mom who's an English teacher ... > >- jt > > My college English teacher said it was only ok for news papers to leave it off so they could save space. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >