From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B8C13877A for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:17:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 214E0E09E7; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-f175.google.com (mail-yk0-f175.google.com [209.85.160.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DDF96E09E1 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:17:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yk0-f175.google.com with SMTP id 9so4372531ykp.20 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:17:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TKEKAeykq5AGL/5QZHFRt8r0Ahnfsx36EGyoEKmU4CQ=; b=tTZgTnN6UAuWyx+IDU825lGE82cRFEaj9dtmlWDb4Ihm8AWm1b0aH2Zs1PIRu1SSMD +jZw/eSOL046SrqPyPqS6jedtVx3yczJxm5y2tP9rqcYsQGcziyhvaep5VAhYicco1d9 BRMMx3bLg1kH6zz9/MgExF2oSWyKKu1wythsB8mi2Lf5ldN0BDhlyn6LN4hM5mMNSUNg GzijDyXVwQ/TpxL7Hni7cDqDo6agqp/wV1Et39kta7jHoYHQ/TFtbWGCw3quZ8vfjl25 hn55nZR1SGow9xqPAJ/k83G66F6J0iuF91G4XVn1X6KkrsX8puCVj8CP0AywJ+rRmO2l LDgw== X-Received: by 10.236.53.163 with SMTP id g23mr55516172yhc.15.1404112666204; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-95-206.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.95.206]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id p55sm16922588yhh.34.2014.06.30.00.17.44 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:17:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53B10F18.4030608@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:17:44 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 SeaMonkey/2.25 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Way OT] Tally ho! References: <2496439.MpaEqoKpQ0@wstn> <2449262.q8siHepaFf@wstn> <53AFDAC8.8040608@gmail.com> <2331335.SeYTxk6H8K@wstn> <53B040F3.7020801@gmail.com> <20140629185136.3cf1e6f1@hal9000.localdomain> <53B06934.8010400@gmail.com> <20140629203810.3e195360@digimed.co.uk> <20140629224650.53fc6839@hal9000.localdomain> <53B0846B.1080700@gmail.com> <20140630012648.1d74f8f5@hal9000.localdomain> <53B0AB70.905@gmail.com> <20140630031612.5502faed@hal9000.localdomain> <53B1038B.7090509@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53B1038B.7090509@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 506400b9-bb94-40fd-a8ea-61e6959b26de X-Archives-Hash: cbf711638da8be53389f8480cd7e9145 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 30/06/2014 03:16, wabenbau@gmail.com wrote: >>> This isn't the first time a topic has started or ended up being not >>>> related to Gentoo or even computers. >> You are really tenacious. :-) It seems that I should lower my >> expectations regarding what's on-topic and what's not. Lets say, every >> topic is fine as long as the poster asks a question about a technical >> problem he has and as long as the topic has nothing to do with weapons. >> Is that definition ok for you? > > It's a case of regular posters who have been here for 5+ years, and in > some cases more than 10 years. These folks have become friends with each > other and sometimes what is being discussed derails somewhat. > > That's what humans do - they chat about whatever they feel like chatting > about. It is going to happen and there is nothing you can do about it. > Just let it go. It happens once every month or so on average. > > It's interesting to note that the sub-thread of how off-topic WWII > aircraft are is getting larger than the thread it is complaining about. > > +1 Dale :-) :-)