Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

[PMA <PeterArmstrong@aya.yale.edu>]

Speaking for myself --

Sometimes an off-topic email perks my interest
so powerfully that, defying all reason of course,
I neglect to disassociate the off-topic from the
topic that it was off.  I shall try harder now in
such situations to discipline my response.

PA


Weaver wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:26:24 -0500
> Stan Hoeppner<stan@hardwarefreak.com>  wrote:
>
> > On 10/8/2011 4:59 PM, Weaver wrote:
> >
> > > It's a pity that's not the case, as I sometimes have a question
> > > regarding firewalls, etc and take it to the firewall list, yet the
> > > number of questions regarding firewalls I have seen on 'debian-user'
> > > probably far out-number those on 'firewall'.
> > >
> > > This probably means that the answer to a searcher's question exists,
> > > but they have been looking where the answer isn't.
> >
> > Since you are apparently unable to discern on your own what is and is
> > not on topic, do you require someone to write a detailed list of
> > everything possibly discussed on this planet, with a little star next
> > to each that is on topic?
>
> I think the best answer to that is just to let it stand as it is.