* off-topic posts @ John Heim ` Gregory Nowak 0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread From: John Heim @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Is anyone besides me bothered by the huge number of off-topic posts to this list? I guess I've gone OT a few times myself. But I think it was different when *most* of the posts were about speakup and maybe somebody would ask about a character-based program for whatever. It seems that the vast majority of posts to this list are now about ubuntu and/or orca. I know there is a list for orca developers. Maybe there should be one for ubuntu & orca users. And there is a list for blind linux users. (blinux-list-request@redhat.comm) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts off-topic posts John Heim @ ` Gregory Nowak ` John Heim ` Samuel Thibault 0 siblings, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What off topic posts are you talking about? I don't recall having seen any off topic posts recently. As for the ubuntu/orca/newby questions posts, this still deals with gnu/linux. As far as I know, Kirk's policy has always been that anything gnu/linux related goes. Unless Kirk has changed this recently, all the recent ubuntu/orca/newby posts would seem to be along those lines. Now, if Kirk has changed this recently, then you'd be right that this is OT. My apologies to Kirk of course if anything I've said here is out of line. Greg On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:34:16PM -0500, John Heim wrote: > Is anyone besides me bothered by the huge number of off-topic posts to this > list? > > I guess I've gone OT a few times myself. But I think it was different when > *most* of the posts were about speakup and maybe somebody would ask about a > character-based program for whatever. It seems that the vast majority of > posts to this list are now about ubuntu and/or orca. > > I know there is a list for orca developers. Maybe there should be one for > ubuntu & orca users. And there is a list for blind linux users. > (blinux-list-request@redhat.comm) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGNjHI7s9z/XlyUyARAl22AKDYO2C14aH9Sbyd2LQg8bbMursIvgCfYsze sifrpmIcONLx/M/Dy5EO+Lw= =7SO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts ` Gregory Nowak @ ` John Heim ` Gregory Nowak ` Chris Norman ` Samuel Thibault 1 sibling, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread From: John Heim @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Greg, I quite clearly explained what I was talking about. If you want to tell me I'm mistaken as to what is considered OT for this list, that would be fine. I think it's reasonable for someone who subscribes to a list named "speakup" to assume it's about speakup and NOT about orca. But whether the orca posts are technically off-topic is not the point. Maybe you disagree with me but there is no reason to be rude. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: Re: off-topic posts > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > What off topic posts are you talking about? I don't recall having seen > any off topic posts recently. > > As for the ubuntu/orca/newby questions posts, this still deals with > gnu/linux. As far as I know, Kirk's policy has always been that > anything gnu/linux related goes. Unless Kirk has changed this > recently, all the recent ubuntu/orca/newby posts would seem to be > along those lines. Now, if Kirk has changed this recently, then you'd > be right that this is OT. My apologies to Kirk of course if anything > I've said here is out of line. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:34:16PM -0500, John Heim wrote: >> Is anyone besides me bothered by the huge number of off-topic posts to >> this >> list? >> >> I guess I've gone OT a few times myself. But I think it was different >> when >> *most* of the posts were about speakup and maybe somebody would ask about >> a >> character-based program for whatever. It seems that the vast majority of >> posts to this list are now about ubuntu and/or orca. >> >> I know there is a list for orca developers. Maybe there should be one for >> ubuntu & orca users. And there is a list for blind linux users. >> (blinux-list-request@redhat.comm) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGNjHI7s9z/XlyUyARAl22AKDYO2C14aH9Sbyd2LQg8bbMursIvgCfYsze > sifrpmIcONLx/M/Dy5EO+Lw= > =7SO0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts ` John Heim @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Kirk Reiser ` Chris Norman 1 sibling, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm sorry. I just reread your earlier message, and noticed the references to ubuntu/orca, which I guess my ears/brain must have skipped over the first time around. It wasn't my intent to be rude, and if one had assumed that I've read the entire message, one would conclude from my reply that I was being rude. So, please accept my apologies. Greg On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 01:50:01PM -0500, John Heim wrote: > Greg, I quite clearly explained what I was talking about. If you want to > tell me I'm mistaken as to what is considered OT for this list, that would > be fine. I think it's reasonable for someone who subscribes to a list named > "speakup" to assume it's about speakup and NOT about orca. But whether the > orca posts are technically off-topic is not the point. > > Maybe you disagree with me but there is no reason to be rude. > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGNj/r7s9z/XlyUyARAr1wAKCJx/2Xc/ilf/Kob9WVyHo5pTfgwQCgvRYR XAHM6ul6A1UUlZa6cRYqkxI= =iVGM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Kirk Reiser ` John Heim 0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread From: Kirk Reiser @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Well, comparing this list to some other lists I run the topics here are just about as close as one could get to staying on topic. I really don't want any list Nazis going on here. As far as I am concerned if it is about speakup/gnu/linux/synthetic speech or applications relating to those topics it is on topic. What is not on topic is maybe brailletty subjects or race cars, lotteries are pretty suspect also unless I'm the winner. I'm not crazy about Chihuahuas or Taco Bell for that matter so they're probably off topic also. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts ` Kirk Reiser @ ` John Heim ` the joy of procmail was " C.M. Brannon ` Kirk Reiser 0 siblings, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread From: John Heim @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Geez, "list nazi"? All I did was offer an opinion that the list is getting to be more about orca than about speakup. Holy cow, not as if I'm setting up gas chambers. Alright. I withdraw my objection. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk@braille.uwo.ca> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:08 PM Subject: Re: off-topic posts > Well, comparing this list to some other lists I run the topics here > are just about as close as one could get to staying on topic. > > I really don't want any list Nazis going on here. As far as I am > concerned if it is about speakup/gnu/linux/synthetic speech or > applications relating to those topics it is on topic. What is not on > topic is maybe brailletty subjects or race cars, lotteries are pretty > suspect also unless I'm the winner. I'm not crazy about Chihuahuas or > Taco Bell for that matter so they're probably off topic also. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* the joy of procmail was Re: off-topic posts ` John Heim @ ` C.M. Brannon ` Gregory Nowak ` Kirk Reiser 1 sibling, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread From: C.M. Brannon @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. "John Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu> writes: > Geez, "list nazi"? All I did was offer an opinion that the list is getting > to be more about orca than about speakup. Holy cow, not as if I'm setting up > gas chambers. We're Linux people, and we have powerful tools at our disposal... A well-crafted procmail rule or two can do wonders. Most of the Orca/Ubuntu/distro-of-the-day messages have a relevant subject line. Take care, -- Chris ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: the joy of procmail was Re: off-topic posts ` the joy of procmail was " C.M. Brannon @ ` Gregory Nowak ` John Heim 0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is true, and, procmail isn't the only option in that department. Maildrop/mailfilter is another tool that does the same thing, and there are probably other such programs that I don't know about. Greg On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 09:40:26AM -0500, C.M. Brannon wrote: > We're Linux people, and we have powerful tools at our disposal... > A well-crafted procmail rule or two can do wonders. > Most of the Orca/Ubuntu/distro-of-the-day messages have a > relevant subject line. > > Take care, > -- Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGN4NX7s9z/XlyUyARAhBhAJwNtmti7iU5fIfo+5tJ9Tgyx6RT1wCcC/L/ A1UQ01fxlFj9WwkZNa1Ktio= =je+S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: the joy of procmail was Re: off-topic posts ` Gregory Nowak @ ` John Heim ` Adam Myrow 0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread From: John Heim @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Right, well, the clutter (if you can even call it that) isn't really my main problem with the OT posts. My main problem is that I think this list has become the de-facto list for blind linux user questions and it has all but killed off the blinux list. That's a shame because: 1. That list is a lot more publicized 2. It actually is for general linux questions for the blind If you google "blind linux user" the first couple of links are for the blinux list. I don't know how far you have to go down before you find a link to this list but it's more than a handful. I'm afraid that blind linux users are going to find the blinux list and conclude that there isn't much of an active blind linux user community. And even if they find this list, they would conclude that it's about speakup. Not about orca or emacspeak. I don't know how many people on this list are also on the blinux list. Not too many I think. But every once in a while you get someone asking how to get started with linux. I've steered some people here saying speakup is probably the best way to get started. I don't know... I just think that if this list is going to be about linux for the blind, it should say so. Neatness counts. And the problem isn't *really* with my .procmailrc. list----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:13 PM Subject: Re: the joy of procmail was Re: off-topic posts > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > This is true, and, procmail isn't the only option in that > department. Maildrop/mailfilter is another tool that does the same > thing, and there are probably other such programs that I don't know > about. > > Greg > > > > On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 09:40:26AM -0500, C.M. Brannon wrote: >> We're Linux people, and we have powerful tools at our disposal... >> A well-crafted procmail rule or two can do wonders. >> Most of the Orca/Ubuntu/distro-of-the-day messages have a >> relevant subject line. >> >> Take care, >> -- Chris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGN4NX7s9z/XlyUyARAhBhAJwNtmti7iU5fIfo+5tJ9Tgyx6RT1wCcC/L/ > A1UQ01fxlFj9WwkZNa1Ktio= > =je+S > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: the joy of procmail was Re: off-topic posts ` John Heim @ ` Adam Myrow 0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread From: Adam Myrow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. On Tue, 1 May 2007, John Heim wrote: > If you google "blind linux user" the first couple of links are for the > blinux list. I don't know how far you have to go down before you find a link > to this list but it's more than a handful. I'm afraid that blind linux users > are going to find the blinux list and conclude that there isn't much of an > active blind linux user community. The fact that the FAQ and web page haven't been updated in years may lead one to the same conclusion. For example, the question about installing Linux eyes-free only barely mentions Speakup, and fails to mention the Speakup modified Redhat, or that Slackware has included Speakup since version 8.0 which was released in 2001. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts ` John Heim ` the joy of procmail was " C.M. Brannon @ ` Kirk Reiser 1 sibling, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread From: Kirk Reiser @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Well, I meant that comment to apply to myself not you. After rereading it I see where you would consider that I was referring to you which I was not. I apologize for not being more clear on that point. I meant to say that I do not want to be a list Nazi about what issues should or should not be discussed within the realms of what I outlined in the other post that is. So *no* dialogues on irritating yappy little dogs that represent non-food organizations pretending to be Mexican cuisine. -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts ` John Heim ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Chris Norman 1 sibling, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread From: Chris Norman @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. I don't think the intention was to appear rude. We're all friends here. On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 13:50 -0500, John Heim wrote: > Greg, I quite clearly explained what I was talking about. If you want to > tell me I'm mistaken as to what is considered OT for this list, that would > be fine. I think it's reasonable for someone who subscribes to a list named > "speakup" to assume it's about speakup and NOT about orca. But whether the > orca posts are technically off-topic is not the point. > > Maybe you disagree with me but there is no reason to be rude. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: off-topic posts > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > What off topic posts are you talking about? I don't recall having seen > > any off topic posts recently. > > > > As for the ubuntu/orca/newby questions posts, this still deals with > > gnu/linux. As far as I know, Kirk's policy has always been that > > anything gnu/linux related goes. Unless Kirk has changed this > > recently, all the recent ubuntu/orca/newby posts would seem to be > > along those lines. Now, if Kirk has changed this recently, then you'd > > be right that this is OT. My apologies to Kirk of course if anything > > I've said here is out of line. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:34:16PM -0500, John Heim wrote: > >> Is anyone besides me bothered by the huge number of off-topic posts to > >> this > >> list? > >> > >> I guess I've gone OT a few times myself. But I think it was different > >> when > >> *most* of the posts were about speakup and maybe somebody would ask about > >> a > >> character-based program for whatever. It seems that the vast majority of > >> posts to this list are now about ubuntu and/or orca. > >> > >> I know there is a list for orca developers. Maybe there should be one for > >> ubuntu & orca users. And there is a list for blind linux users. > >> (blinux-list-request@redhat.comm) > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > - -- > > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > > skype: gregn1 > > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > > > - -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFGNjHI7s9z/XlyUyARAl22AKDYO2C14aH9Sbyd2LQg8bbMursIvgCfYsze > > sifrpmIcONLx/M/Dy5EO+Lw= > > =7SO0 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems -- Chris Norman. <!-- cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk --> Catch me via e-mail, or on the PTFM MUD (telnet://ptfm.co.uk:4242). Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
* Re: off-topic posts ` Gregory Nowak ` John Heim @ ` Samuel Thibault 1 sibling, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread From: Samuel Thibault @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Hi, Gregory Nowak, le Mon 30 Apr 2007 11:13:29 -0700, a écrit : > As for the ubuntu/orca/newby questions posts, this still deals with > gnu/linux. Well, ok. But I often see question that would probably be far better answered on appropriate lists... Samuel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 13+ messages in thread
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