From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 9 13: 5: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from carbon.btinternet.com (carbon.btinternet.com [194.73.73.92]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56BCD37B53A for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 13:05:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [213.1.60.19] (helo=parish.my.domain) by carbon.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12eNww-000737-00; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 21:04:50 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA00959; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 20:55:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 20:55:49 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Will Andrews Cc: Steve Price , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Chat charter Was: Re: FreeBSD jobs in Nashville, TN (fwd) Message-ID: <20000409205549.B234@parish> References: <20000408231440.A27888@argon.blackdawn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000408231440.A27888@argon.blackdawn.com>; from andrews@technologist.com on Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 11:14:40PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 11:14:40PM -0400, Will Andrews wrote: > On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 05:29:04PM -0500, Steve Price wrote: > > Pardon the interruption. I hope the charter of this list is > > loose enough that posting this here as well won't get me flamed > > too bad. :) Just in case, please direct *all* replies (including > > flames) to me and not the list. > > As far as I know, the freebsd-chat charter is simply "Anything can be > posted to this mailing list, and it need not even be remotely related to > FreeBSD." This certainly has proven true, given that !$%@ stupid thread > about guns and stuff like that. :-) > You may well think that the guns thread was !$%@ stupid, and I can imagine many (most?) Americans are fed up discussing gun law, however since freebsd-chat is frequented (mainly) by intelligent, educated people it is an ideal place, IMHO, for such discussions as the quality of the information/opinions posted is equally high (I found the thread on guns very enlightening and gained an interesting insight into American attitudes towards firearms). Several people have suggested that that thread was too OT, even for -chat. If that is the consensus of opinion why not created another list (freebsd-social?) where FreeBSD (or indeed computer) related topics are the exception rather than the rule? That way those who wish to discuss guns, fine wines, ancient Tibetan proverbs, or the mating ritual of the Budweiser frogs can do so without stepping on anyone else's toes. Just my two pen'orth > -- > Will Andrews > GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- > ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ > G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message