0ffh wrote:

> I second digitalmars.D.totalyofftopic btw. I just wonder:
> Would on-topic discussions be off-topic in
> digitalmars.D.totalyofftopic?
>

yes, and they would be ejected to the other NGs <G>

> regards, frank

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Clay,
> 
>> Anyways, I think
>> Walter is aiming at dealing with personal insults and merit-less
>> discussions more so than off topic threads.
>>
> <snip>
> *anything* that isn't offensive <snip>
> 

Everything these days seems to offend somebody somewhere.

Christopher Wright wrote:
> Clay Smith wrote:
>> 0ffh wrote:
>>> Alexander Panek wrote:
>>>> 0ffh Wrote:
>>>> [nice troll]
>>>> That's the nicest troll message I've ever read, that's for sure! :D
>>>
>>> Thanks for feeding the troll! :)
>>> I wonder if it might be construed that it would be a fair compromise
>>> if everyone who writes off topic, in reply to whatever posting, marked
>>> the subject with the literal "off topic" so that the posting can be
>>> easily filtered out with a kill file (or for the tuning freaks, with
>>> a score file). I have seen people do that here, and I think it might
>>> be a real good idea.
>>>
>>> regards, frank
>>
>> Trolls will not self moderate themselves, however.
> 
> They might self-moderate other people, though.

It's probably not the type of self-moderation of others that you want. :-p As in typical troll fashion...

ZOMG ur thread is offtopix, and you suck because you crack eggs open from the big end, everyone knows to crack eggs open from the little end.

/me done trolling

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:31:02 -0600, Clay Smith wrote:

> BCS wrote:
>> Reply to Clay,
>> 
>>> Anyways, I think
>>> Walter is aiming at dealing with personal insults and merit-less
>>> discussions more so than off topic threads.
>>>
>> <snip>
>> *anything* that isn't offensive <snip>
>> 
> 
> Everything these days seems to offend somebody somewhere.

Hey! Ya lookin' at me?

-- 
Derek
(skype: derek.j.parnell)
Melbourne, Australia
27/11/2007 11:40:04 AM

BCS wrote:
> 0ffh wrote:
> 
>> I second digitalmars.D.totalyofftopic btw. I just wonder: Would
>> on-topic discussions be off-topic in digitalmars.D.totalyofftopic?
> 
> yes, and they would be ejected to the other NGs <G>
> 
>> regards, frank
> 

Wouldn't an on-topic post, by virtue of being being off-topic in
digitalmars.D.totalyofftopic, count as legal on-off-topic post?
                                                              /
That reminds me: We should really have loads of obscure  ( o   \
and ambiguous rules which we can then strictly and with      O ||
all neccessary means, and then some, not enforce at all! ( o   /
                                                              \
regards, frank

p.s.
no smiley? w00t, no fixed width font?

Op Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:34:18 -0800, schreef Walter Bright:

> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>> I've wished for that too after reading through the Python-dev
>> summaries.
>>  (http://www.python.org/dev/summary/)
>> But it does take a dedicated volunteer.
> 
> Wow, that's exactly what we need for D!

Python "uses" newcomers (often students) who want to become cpython developers, as editors for those summaries.  It's a good way to learn to know the internals...


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JanC