Re: [opensuse] [OT] Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

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Brad Bourn

21 May 2007 21 May '07

19:01

woot! last word naner, naner, naner..... On Monday 21 May 2007 12:30 pm, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Brad Bourn [05-21-07 12:33]:

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LET ME GIVE YOU THE ALL CAPS ONE THEN, FOR MORE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

:^) you are demonstrating an IQ countable on one hand :^)

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JB2

21 May 21 May

23:38

New subject: [opensuse] [OT] Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

On Mon 21 May 07 14:01, Brad Bourn wrote:

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woot!

last word

No, you twit, this is the last word... you are now <plonked> -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Pueblo Native

22 May 22 May

02:51

New subject: [opensuse] [OT] Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

JB2 wrote:

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On Mon 21 May 07 14:01, Brad Bourn wrote:

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woot!

last word

No, you twit, this is the last word... you are now <plonked>

Oh no, Brad, JB2 has plonked you, what will you ever do? Do you just drown your sorrows in liquor, or throw yourself in front of an oncoming semi. Oh the sheer horror of it all. Oh the humanity. You like. It's the most dramatic I could think of on short notice. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

JB2

04:43

New subject: [opensuse] [OT] Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

On Mon 21 May 07 21:51, Pueblo Native wrote:

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...throw yourself in front of an oncoming semi.

Test that for us and tell us how it comes out. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Russell Jones

10:25

New subject: [opensuse] Removal of OT posters Was: Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

JB2 wrote:

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On Mon 21 May 07 21:51, Pueblo Native wrote:

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...throw yourself in front of an oncoming semi.

Test that for us and tell us how it comes out.

Actually a better suggestion: List mods, could you threaten to remove or ban Pueblo, Patrick, et al if they continue posting completely OT material apropos nothing, please? Posting OT in relation to something already being discussed (that is OnT) is one thing, but just spamming the list with random articles, jokes, anecdotes, funny pictures, etc is another. Posting about OSuSE related news (i.e. news about events which directly affect and involve OSuSE or Novell) is a grey area as they are non-technical but relevant: I think they should still be marked OT but tolerated. Perhaps there should be a opensuse-inthenews list? OTOH, one can just filter [OT] flagged messages to the big circular folder. So I'd ask people consider this and remove the [OT] flag if they come back on topic. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jonathan Arnold

13:49

New subject: [opensuse] Re: Removal of OT posters Was: Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

Russell Jones wrote:

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JB2 wrote:

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On Mon 21 May 07 21:51, Pueblo Native wrote:

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...throw yourself in front of an oncoming semi.

Test that for us and tell us how it comes out.

Actually a better suggestion: List mods, could you threaten to remove or ban Pueblo, Patrick, et al if they continue posting completely OT material apropos nothing, please? Posting OT in relation to something already being discussed (that is OnT) is one thing, but just spamming the list with random articles, jokes, anecdotes, funny pictures, etc is another.

That's the beautiful thing about reading these lists via Gmane and using a newsreader. One simple keystroke, and the entire thread is ignored, for now and forever. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

JB2

15:19

New subject: [opensuse] Removal of OT posters Was: Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

On Tue 22 May 07 05:25, Russell Jones wrote:

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JB2 wrote:

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On Mon 21 May 07 21:51, Pueblo Native wrote:

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...throw yourself in front of an oncoming semi.

Test that for us and tell us how it comes out.

Actually a better suggestion: List mods, could you threaten to remove or ban Pueblo, Patrick, et al if they continue posting completely OT material apropos nothing, please?

Why Patrick? AFAIR, I've never seen anything OT here from him. -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Pueblo Native

17:06

New subject: [opensuse] Removal of OT posters Was: Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

Russell Jones creatively edited:

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JB2 wrote:

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On Mon 21 May 07 21:51, Pueblo Native wrote:

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...throw yourself in front of an oncoming semi.

Test that for us and tell us how it comes out.

After you, my good pal, since you're so fond of taking words out of context. If you want to ignore somebody do so, but to publicly announce it as though you matter to that particular person or anybody else just smacks of ego and self-importance. I'm not here to win a popularity contest and I doubt anybody really cares who you ignore, <plonk> or whatever you wish to do to put on the blinders. There are people on this list that could put drama queens of both genders to shame. Check yourself. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Brad Bourn

15:59

New subject: [opensuse] [OT] Now this gives "Playing with your pingus" a whole new meaning

On Monday 21 May 2007 8:51 pm, Pueblo Native wrote:

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JB2 wrote:

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On Mon 21 May 07 14:01, Brad Bourn wrote:

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woot!

last word

No, you twit, this is the last word... you are now <plonked>

Oh no, Brad, JB2 has plonked you, what will you ever do? Do you just drown your sorrows in liquor, or throw yourself in front of an oncoming semi. Oh the sheer horror of it all. Oh the humanity.

You like. It's the most dramatic I could think of on short notice.

I wish more of the complainers would "plonk" me. Funny thing is, they've used that as the last word, most powerfull threat, "oh, no, what will I ever do" type of plugging ears and humming reaction to me. And the truth of the matter is, that there are some people that actually have knowledge about all things suse. They even (while complaining about OT) contribute to what they complain about. I subscribe to the list to learn and help. Those that don't want my help because they are too worried about controlling the list by threats and name calling instead of leading by example doesn't bother me. Those that won't help me because of same, wouldn't be a good lasting relationship either. However, I can forgive them their shortcomings and often I will only click on their responses to get some of that knowledge. But more and more, the only knowledge I get from them is how to abuse and belittle other posters because they don't follow what they think is necessary for posting to the list. Eventually I get frustrated enough that the only thing these people seem to be contributing is conforming, all or nothing, zero tolerance, our way or the highway attitudes that would seem to be just the opposite of what an open community of folks with different backgrounds, beliefs, habits, education, experience, etc. stands for, or gets its benefit from. And it seems to be the same people. People that would be smart enough to filter out such posts. So that obviously isn't the point. The point seems to be controll. So, if the first thing you look for in a post is conformity, plonk me PLEASE! I don't conform, I innovate. If all top posted responses elicit an immediate critique, plonk me PLEASE! I believe there is a place for them, and I for one appreciate a quick one line answer to a well defined syntax question. Bottom line, think for yourself. You list cops should start your own secret list that nobody that doesn't conform can subscribe to. Of course you all know everthing that ever was and is (naturally, since you are soon adept at knowing what is OT and what isn't), so I don't know what you'll do when you don't have innovators to chide, but some people like the ol' circle jerk. B-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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