16 Jun
2013
16 Jun
'13
2:30 p.m.
On Sun, 16 Jun 2013, Josh Dersch wrote:
On 6/16/2013 12:47 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
"Offensive" is highly relative. What offends me may very well not offend
certain others, and what others don't see as offensive may well offend me.
Given that, I suspect what offends me may differ greatly from what offends
Dave McGuire or Mike Stein, or even yourself.
For that fact, I think many of us were active here long before the
"offensive posts" bit was added to the mailman listinfo during one of the
past server migrations. A quick grep of the archives shows your first post
the list as 24 Apr 2006, so you've been here long enough to know that.
On 16 Jun 2013, at 15:42, "Josh Dersch"
<derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
From http://www.classiccmp.org/cctalk.html:
"The general discussion list is appropriate for discussion of the following
topics:
* classic computer hardware, software, and documentation. We define
"classic" as "at least ten years old, plus or minus cool factor";
* computing in general ten or more years ago; and,
* fringe topics relevant to the pursuit of the hobby, such as
electronics, moving heavy equipment, and cleaning techniques.
...
Overly offensive or junk posts are not welcome. Please read the FAQ
<http://www.classiccmp.org/faq.html> before posting." A more useful statistic might be "on topic
posts." You managed to write a
whopping 15 posts (out of 100) between 6/1 and 6/15 that could be
considered "on topic" for this list (and I'm being generous.)
Is the point becoming more clear now, or shall I be more blunt?
To be fair, ?off-topic? seems on-topic here with the list being ?General
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts?.