On Wed, Nov 24, 2010, Karanbir Singh wrote: >On 11/24/2010 05:04 PM, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: >>>> My personal opinion is that it's not a big deal. As with other mailing lists, >>>> stuff I'm not interested in I simply ignore. > >Are you saying that having focus and topic specific lists are not >something you agree with ? Because thats what it sounds like! I would agree with that. The Apple mailing lists are a great example, they have a metric tonne of mailing lists, each on a specific topic, but none of general interest where one can ask an off-the-wall question without getting flamed. One of my favorite Linux related lists is the one that started as a Caldera users mailing list, and is still going today. There's a pretty strong sense of community on that list with participants all over the place in terms of Linux usage and geography. Off topic items have ranged from who makes the hottest chili to the draught in Australia and how people deal with it. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. -- Thomas Jefferson 1802