On Tuesday 22 August 2006 17:21, Steve Lamb wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > >> It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > >> related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this > >> very much... > > > > C'mon. Give everyone a break. Some of us have no life at all, so > > arguing about pumping gas is the highlight of the week. You don't want > > to take that away from such people, do you? > > Besides, as is brought up every time someone whings about off-topic, > this is Debian User. We're users of Debian. While being users of Debian > it does not follow that all we will talk about is Debian, just most of the > time. I'm fairly sure the precedent for a wide range of topics on this list far predates my 7 years on it... > Furthermore (not to you Hal) I find it mildly Ironic that anyone from > Brazil would worry about what other people are doing on a mailing list. > When Brazil decides to crack down on its own prolific black-hacker > community and widely open spam relays is the day anyone from Brazil can say > anything disparaging to people who are at least mildly on topic in a > mailing list. Hear, hear! -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca
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