The Logic Off Topic list

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob B" <rob@...>
To: <logic-ot@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: [L-OT] What is off-topic?


> ... aren't the following topics essentially off-topic as far as Logic is
concerned ...

> > microphone's and the best speed at which to burn a CD :-).
Don't see why. They often come up as part of an attempt to answer a specific
"on-topic" question.

> Similarly for those endless discussions re the minutiae of hard-drive
specifications, SCSI/firewire speeds, and so on.
Endless discussions are always tedious ... no matter what the topic. Is it
is the endlessness you are referring to or these specific topics. They beg
different solutions.

> Perhaps there should be a separate
non-emagic-hardware-tweaks-and-intellectual-debate list or something. Or
then again, there is this OT list.
Can't see why.
Delete-delete-delete.
Or ... page down page down page down

> There have been so many great Logic-centric discussions on the main list
that are helping everyone to further their understanding of a great
program...
Many of these, also, are tediously repetitive. Always some newbies around.
So ... perhaps frequency is not really the issue? In which case ... delete
delete delete whenever something is discussed you are not interested in.

> but it's like searching for needles in a haystack a lot of the time.
Agreed. Delete-delete-delete ...... page down-page down-page down.


> So many of the Logic gurus on the list seemed to get dragged into
sometimes interesting
If they are interesting, what's the problem?

> but always largely Logic-irrelevant proud
What's Logically irrelevant? Whose criteria? Who is to police this?

> one-upmanship-type arguments
THOSE are definitely tedious. Delete-delete-delete; page down-page down-page
down.


> on emagic update policy, business tactics, philosophy, scientific method,
etc etc.
You've got a very good point here. Same arguments going round and round and
over and over and over again.
Hmmmm. Next time such a topic comes up, why not send an email privately to
everyone who responds in an interminable way on a topic you find
interminable, and suggest to them that next time may be they shouldn't say
anything??


> This means that many completely Logic-relevant questions get lost amongst
the noise
True. I've missed a couple of things. That's the problem with
delete-delete-delete page down-page down-page down


> or are completely ignored.
4,000 plus members ... don't think that anything, actually, gets ignored. If
it does ... poster can always try again.


> My point is: keep OT stuff where it belongs.
Yes ..... but the big problem is setting up criteria for what is OT. You
want to moderate this? Don't think Joeri wants to do this. Do you Joeri?

Maybe ... next time you see a topic that you think should be OT, gently mail
specific persons and tell them, especially those who contribute often, that
you think that that particular matter would be best discussed OT.

Then they can leave a message to the original questioner saying that they
have answered the question, but over on the OT list. That way everyone will
gradually get an idea for what 'should' be OT and what should not.

I.e. best to lead by example here.

Don't see what else can be done.