[clug] New list?

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

Maybe some responders joined late and missed the issue here.

The original suggestion was to split off a technical discussion list.
I suggested that we simply keep technical threads on-subject and split
a new thread if we want to go off topic. This way people can manage
which threads they want to participate in.

As such, a technical discussion about a TV tuner is not the place for
a discussion of women's role in FOSS. However such a thread in welcome
(by some) on the list.

In short, there was no suggestion that the technical and social aspects
of (FOSS) ironing is not a valid, valuable discussion item on the list.

cheers
	Eyal

On 20/08/10 08:55, Andrew Boyd wrote:
> Iron? Goodness, woman, do you think I'm made of money? If a brick heated by the fire wrapped in an old sock was good enough for my mother... :)
>
> In all seriousness, I can't see that the women in technology discussions are that off topic or numerous enough to justify their exclusion from this list. Else have 20 lists, and I'll join the ones I want.
>
> Cheers, Andrew
>
> Andrew Boyd facibus at gmail.com
> http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss
>
>
> On 20/08/2010, at 8:45 AM, Jim Croft<jim.croft at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> yeah, according to #MrRabbit a tv tuner is the the way to go because
>> she doesn't deserve NBN fibre... but only after she's done the
>> ironing...
>>
>> jim *ducks*
>>
>> On Friday, August 20, 2010, Andrew Boyd<facibus at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> ...and will we make the woman with a tv tuner wear a head scarf before posting?
>>>
>>> Andrew Boyd facibus at gmail.com
>>> http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20/08/2010, at 8:08 AM, Lana Brindley<lanabrindley at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 19 August 2010 21:59, Eyal Lebedinsky<eyal at eyal.emu.id.au>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't see your point. If we keep to the spirit of the original subject
>>>>> (technical or not) then people can easily decide what thread to follow.
>>>>>
>>>>> e.g. If the subject is "how do I get this TV tuner driver to work" and
>>>>> you want to discuss a license issue then it probably does not belong
>>>>> in the same thread. But it is OK on this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> And if I mention that a friend of mine "he has it running OK" and you
>>>>> want to say that there are also women using Linux then it again should
>>>>> go in another thread. But it is OK on this list.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> But if it's a woman with a TV tuner running on Linux? Is that a different
>>>> thread?
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting confused already ...
>>>>
>>>> L
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers! Lana
>>>>
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>>>> remarkable felicities of expression.
>>>>   - Amos Bronson Alcott
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> info

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Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)