On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 07:58 -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:17:54 +0100 gord <gordslater@ieee.org> wrote:
I wasn't pedantic or impolite enough to suggest that it was off-topic here (which, technically, it is), simply saying that it was doing my
Actually, I don't think it is off-topic. Meta-discussions about the list are considered on-topic for the list. This is a discussion about whether the rules for the list should be changed and so is on-topic.
I was referring to my initial post/comment that started all of this, _that_ thread was technically off-topic when referring to software methods, though that's largely irrelevant and I personally couldn't give a hoot. http://www.nanog.org/mailinglist/listfaqs/topicfaq.php?qt=offtopic&q=all refers. Now I sound like a bookthumper :) What I was originally saying was "I'm confused - this is a bottom-post list by the list convention, but top-posting is happening to my detriment" Stepping back from it, I think I'll take a break from this for a weeks - contact by phone/irc and noc@ only please. If you don't have the numbers, well, tough. gord --