Is this possible? (Storage) (Off-topic?)

I've been putting off my response to this message because I was a little annoyed and didn't want to toss out a flame which could erupt into another list war. I've calmed down now and simply want to go over those points which I consider salient, without writing a flame-bait reply. Sam, since you wrote the first message publicly, I replied in public. If you're going to post a flame, even a 'Stay on topic' flame - in public - expect public replies. Let me simply state that I didn't consider Tim Hotze's message noise, but respectable signal - especially since he had the courtesy to note the message as possibly off topic. And hell, the thread migrated to an interesting on charter discussion anyway. [snip] I want to pay special attention to this point. I had _no_ idea Tim is twelve, but honestly, I don't think it matters one bit. I stand by what I wrote before, be he twelve or of legal age; he's written more signal than noise on the group and deserves to be treated as such. Given that the 'other' current flame war going on is being perpetuated by 'adults' in the legal sense, I'll take Tims' occasional off topic posts anyday over that garbage. And again, let me suggest procmail as a filtering agent. I've filtered everything out Enrico posts and find it quite refreshing. If you find the stuff Tim writes that disturbing, why not just filter it out? It saves us all from reading those angry 'keep on topic!' posts, and in general limits the bad feelings all around. [snip] --jmg ps - I've tried to write this with diplomacy in mind. If anyone has something _angry_ to say, please just email me personally. Otherwise, use your judgement.