From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id f741ffab for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:46:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BA914A1819; Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:46:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35A0A1815; Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:46:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 510B2A1815; Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:46:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail1.g22.pair.com (mail1.g22.pair.com [66.39.65.155]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9A4D9EDE9 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:46:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail1.g22.pair.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail1.g22.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5DD648462F; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:46:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.16.0.147] (unknown [88.98.95.237]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail1.g22.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 60C95449668; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:46:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Bradshaw Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_6C047036-2985-4092-B85D-4EB876066A46" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:46:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20180622142846.GS21272@mcvoy.com> To: Larry McVoy References: <20180621234706.GA23316@minnie.tuhs.org> <20180622142846.GS21272@mcvoy.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) Subject: Re: [TUHS] off-topic list X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_6C047036-2985-4092-B85D-4EB876066A46 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 22 Jun 2018, at 15:28, Larry McVoy wrote: >=20 > For the record, I'm fine with old stuff getting discussed on TUHS. > Even not Unix stuff. We wandered into Linux/ext2 with Ted, that was = fun. > We've wandered into the VAX history (UWisc got an 8600 and called it > "speedy" - what a mistake) and I learned stuff I didn't know, so that > was fun (and sounded just like history at every company I've worked = for, > sadly :) As a perpetrator of some of this off-topicness I think (on reflection, I = originally also wondered about a different list) that a good approach = would be to allow anyone, if something is just clearly off-topic, to say = 'please take this to a more appropriate forum', but if no-one does so it = should be fine. Obviously this requires people to actually do that, but = I hope no-one sits and fumes without saying anything. Equally obviously = this is just my opinion. (My main problem with off-topic things is now that the OSX mail client = no longer seems to be able to reliably thread things which I find an = astonishing regression, so I have to delete several threads. I suspect = it gets precisely no care and feeding from Apple, at least not from = anyone who understands email.) --tim --Apple-Mail=_6C047036-2985-4092-B85D-4EB876066A46 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii On 22 Jun 2018, at 15:28, Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:

For the record, I'm = fine with old stuff getting discussed on TUHS.
Even not Unix stuff.  We wandered into = Linux/ext2 with Ted, that was fun.
We've wandered into = the VAX history (UWisc got an 8600 and called it
"speedy" - what a mistake) and I learned stuff I = didn't know, so that
was fun (and = sounded just like history at every company I've worked for,
sadly :)

As a perpetrator = of some of this off-topicness I think (on reflection, I originally also = wondered about a different list) that a good approach would be to allow = anyone, if something is just clearly off-topic, to say 'please take this = to a more appropriate forum', but if no-one does so it should be fine. =  Obviously this requires people to actually do that, but I hope = no-one sits and fumes without saying anything.  Equally obviously = this is just my opinion.

(My main = problem with off-topic things is now that the OSX mail client no longer = seems to be able to reliably thread things which I find an astonishing = regression, so I have to delete several threads.  I suspect it gets = precisely no care and feeding from Apple, at least not from anyone who = understands email.)

--tim

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