[lug] Re: ot mailing list was ( RE: Academic exercises (was: Re: [lug] File modification))

[Hugh Brown]

There is some appeal in this for me.  I think rather highly of this
group of people and there are times that I would like to throw out a
question about home audio or something completely off topic because I
know I can get some solid information.  I am not inclined to go join a
list on home audio because my interest is short lived (e.g. I just want
to know what to look for in a tuner/receiver/speaker set up), I don't
want to go to the depth that is likely to be on such a list.

Unfortunately, setting up an off topic list will likely mean that those
who have little time but lots of knowledge will not subscribe so the
benefit is lost.  Also, how often has the comment "please take your
conversation elsewhere" served to end the conversation completely.

Maybe the right answer is to make sure and put an OT in the Subject line
so that people desirous to filter it to /dev/null can.

Just my 2 cents.

Hugh


On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 17:57, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:47:23PM -0700, J. Wayde Allen wrote:
> >As for off-topic lists go ... don't they already exist?  Pretty much
> >any list dealing with something not remotely Linux related would
> >qualify so this is a pretty vague wish.  I do know that there are already
> >lists involved with the discussion of training and education on various
> >topics if that is what is desired?
> 
> My proposal was for a *BLUG* off-topic list...  For BLUG-started or
> somewhat related discussions to move to.  An obvious place that BLUG folks
> can talk about non-Linux stuff.
> 
> Sean