New Computer

[Peter Connolly]

On 8/28/07, bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> and i would tend to think/believe and interpret that what karl has posted
> has to do with fedora.. it's his experiences, both small, and large that
> he's posting to the list with...
>
> everything that he's posted (as far as i can tell) has to do with his
> machine, which has fedora, that he's been trying to gte up/running..
>
> so, i ask again.. what's your issue?


If there is ANYTHING of general interest in Karl's initial posting, I do not
see it.  Blathering about unnamed jumpers and god-knows-which lights on an
anonymous motherboard does not equate to productive reading for anyone,
including Karl himself.  I'm not even sure why he wastes him time writing
this drivel...

i would also say that there are more than enough people who do want to play
> list police. they're the same ones who want to go into the correct way to
> post top/side/bottom (for those san fran guys)!!


???  I suggest you don't "go there" (figuratively mostly, but also in real
life).

if an actual fedora list admin wanted to slam karl, than hey.. it's his
> list, go for it.. but i'm reasonably sure that whoever is the admin of
> this
> list has way more critical things to spend their time on. also, to this
> point, if you object to karl... start your own email list for fedora that
> you moderate, and you can ensure that the environment would be up to your
> standards...


Yes, yes, yes.  It's a free world isn't it?  So, let's all write and read
about how our generic motherboards go beep (or not) in the night.  I've got
nothing better to do with my time.  [Sarcasm alert for the dim-witted.]

Hey, I've got an idea!  Instead of having lots and lots of people (see
thread above) move off an otherwise perfectly good maillist, how about:

1) Karl learns how/when to post useful information & questions, or
2) Karl (and you) leave this maillist and make the world a happier place.

peace


Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
--Friedrich von Schiller

-----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of DJ Delorie
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:37 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: New Computer
>
>
>
> "bruce" <bedouglas at earthlink.net> writes:
> > if you really want a locked down environment
>
> I never said that.  I said your idea was wrong because it puts the
> onus on the wrong people.  You would punish the innocent to avoid
> inconveniencing the guilty.
>
> > then you should create a moderated list of your own... you'd have
> > complete, and utter mastery over what could be submited/posted...
>
> It's a sad day when we must resort to moderation because people can't
> be bothered to be respectful of the purpose of the list.
>
> > but i don't believe the list needs you, or anyone else as it's
> > police..
>
> This list *has* police.  They're called list administrators, and they
> can blacklist whoever they feel is appropriate, since this is their
> list and we're here at their sufferance.  I'm not an admin, and I
> don't think this is an appropriate case for such drastic measures.
>
> > every so often people tend to pop up, and want to police the list in
> > their image...
>
> Not "my image".  The list is the "Fedora" list.  It's purpose is in
> its name.  It's not the "Betty Crocker" list, or the "triathlon" list,
> it's the "Fedora" list.  It's not the "building my computer" list.
> None of this is my *opinion*, it's what the list *is*.
>
> See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PostIsOffTopic :
>
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