Re: upgrade
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 10:22:55PM -0600, Craig Jackson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 18:27, Nano Nano wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 06:49:48PM -0500, WCESSNOCK@aol.com wrote:
> > > I need to upgrade my Gallant TV Tuner card
> >
> > This kind of randomness happens a lot. I figure it's one of three
> > things: either (1) the sender intended to ask debian-user this question;
> > (2) the sender is on a shared computer and this was in the address book,
> > and it just looked useful, or (3) it's some kind of spam.
> >
> > If it's (1), how would someone "stumble" onto www.debian.org and learn
> > the address? I can imagine the clueless doing dumb things but that
> > seems like a highly unlikely choice.
> >
> > If it's (3), what is the purpose of sending such a pointless spam? Is
> > it just pointless anarchy?
> >
> > (2) is a stretch. Maybe debian-user is a link on some web page listing
> > a collection of email support addresses, and the clueless just sort of
> > click randomly to get here.
> >
>
> Actually what surprises me most is the the number of replies and the
> length of the thread for messages like his. I've posted many genuine
> requests for information or help in many news groups, many of which
> received not a single response, yet I've seen embecilic posts turn into
> long threads. Sometimes makes me wonder what the real motivation is for
> many people in these groups.
>
> Craig Jackson
Yeah, I guess some people are just here to bitch or something.
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