From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 20 21:10:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA17662 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:10:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA17598 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:09:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA26873; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 16:09:30 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980321160927.60170@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 16:09:27 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Photon Blizzard Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: Welcome to freebsd-chat] References: <351346FC.F38B1686@photons.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <351346FC.F38B1686@photons.net>; from Photon Blizzard on Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 10:50:05PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 10:50:05PM -0600, Photon Blizzard wrote: > > Welcome to the freebsd-chat mailing list! I think you might be trying to demonstrate a point that I agree with. The mailing list descriptions don't make sense from our perspective. If you're a hacker and assume everyone else is too, then they make sense. Freebsd-chat is for the people who know most about FreeBSD. They have been there a long time and have their own social group established. It's comfortable. They don't talk about things that newbies talk about, and don't want to. > Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, > in case you don't already have it: > > FREEBSD-CHAT Non technical items related to the community The meaning of the term "community" is changing. If I understand correctly, we are not part of the freebsd-chat community, but we are part of "the community" > This list contains the overflow from the other lists about Meaning other highly technical lists. "technical" is another word I'm having difficulty interpreting. I consider a basic man page technical, but they're looking at things so technical that I can't even imagine what they are. > non-technical, social information. It includes discussion about > whether Jordan looks like a tune ferret or not, whether or not to > type in capitals, who is drinking too much coffee, where the best > beer is brewed, who is brewing beer in their basement, and so on. > Occasional announcements of important events (such as upcoming > parties, weddings, births, new jobs, etc) can be made to the > technical lists, but the follow ups should be directed to this list. This reads as if it's written for a group of people who already know each other pretty well. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message