On Wednesday 16 September 2020 11:44:13 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2020 Wed, 16 Sep 11:10:00 -0700 > > William Morder via trinity-users via tde-users scripsit: > > [...] > > > > > (Personally, I like to see a little personal banter and joking; it > > > helps one get to know the folks we're communicating with. It does go a > > > bit too far sometimes, but for me it only becomes irritating when these > > > two problems are combined -- page after page after page of untrimmed, > > > now-irrelevant quotes many levels deep, scrolling, scrolling, > > > scrolling, just to find a line or two of something completely > > > irrelevant at the bottom.) > > > > I can live with that. My problem is always, where to start revising or > > cutting what others have said. > > > > And when the original topic (say, about installing Icecat) suddenly veers > > into philosophy and politics and Big Brother, etc., this really ought to > > be turned into a completely new, separate thread. It's interesting, > > sometimes, but the original topic got lost in discussions of matters that > > were several steps removed from where it started. > > > > So what would be our rule? except to create a new thread, early on, once > > we realize where this train wreck is headed. > > @ topposting: https://habr.com/ru/post/13714/ > @ rules: rules are there to be broken. The more the world drifts to law & > order, the more imporant that gets. > > Nik > I also agree with this position, but only because I am feeling very agreeable today. I don't know about *rules*, but at least guidelines, signposts, guardrails, some sort of official notice that says, for example, DANGER! BRIDGE OUT! BOTTOMLESS ABYSS AHEAD But I am also against rules that are too rigid and unyielding, as that is both inhuman and inhumane. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
